American Dream
1990 · 98 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 1,048 VOTES · DIR. Barbara Kopple
Overview
When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local labor union decides to go on strike and fight for a wage they believe is fair. But as the work stoppage drags on and the strikers face losing everything, friends become enemies, families are divided and the very future of this typical mid American town is threatened.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,553 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:29 [ Pigs squealing ]
00:05:27 Then give us a fair shake like you got a fair shake.
00:10:04 WOMAN: I've worked for Hormel, it'll be 43 years this year.
00:14:19 getting the daylights kicked out of them.
00:17:25 Then you get up again.
00:21:18 - So far, I haven't seen much. - Really?
00:24:37 One of two things happens.
00:28:29 [ Horn honking ]
00:31:25 by taking their money out
00:34:47 tonight before midnight.
00:38:50 It became a place where families could come.
00:42:48 especially in an industry that's in turmoil, like this one.
00:46:03 We're decent human beings
00:50:11 is simply that very issue.
00:54:44 They'll understand later.
00:58:55 MAN: I'd like to know how many people
01:01:48 I've graduated from high school with them.
01:05:50 or you should have never went across.
01:09:08 Okay. It's the risk they take.
01:13:12 What do we expect is gonna happen?
01:16:27 [ Voice breaking ] Provide for my family.
01:21:38 And let's talk about what has happened here
01:26:23 I don't get none of it, because I didn't get back in the plant.
05:00:00 union members in the Midwest
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,553
Dialogue density15.8 lines / min
First line00:00:29
Final line05:00:00
Production Record
DirectorBarbara Kopple
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$269,823
IMDb votes1,048