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 ]
00:05:20 at $8.75 an hour and all those nice benefits.
00:09:52 profit-sharing plan for the workers
00:13:52 We're gonna win! We're gonna win!
00:17:01 CROWD: We don't need First Bank's greed!
00:20:35 Do the unions have any clout?
00:23:52 It's the wrong kind of unionism.
00:27:29 The union there. 52 in Monroe and this one.
00:30:42 Give me a "W"!
00:33:47 We'll send the letter tonight, then. Right, Case?
00:37:20 It's just a whole new part of people
00:41:04 It don't mean anything.
00:44:43 LEWIE: The more that the membership seems unreasonable
00:47:52 that it's better to settle than it is to fight
00:51:48 We have said until we're blue in the face.
00:56:26 And sending in money, you know.
01:00:07 there's no one in charge!
01:03:46 Wait a minute. You see what they got here?
01:07:04 I said I was considering.
01:10:10 got fired for honoring P-9's picket line
01:14:14 My wife and children have been my backbone.
01:18:56 No, no. Not by any stretch of the imagination.
01:22:19 That cannot be considered anything but positive.
01:27:34 Part of why it's gonna be so hard to leave
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,553
Dialogue density15.8 lines / min
First line00:00:29
Final line01:27:34
Production Record
DirectorBarbara Kopple
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$269,823
IMDb votes1,048