Angels and Insects

1995 · 118 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 4,947 VOTES · DIR. Philip Haas

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Overview

In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and Eugenia begin a torrid romance, but as the couple become closer, the young scientist begins to realize that dark, disturbing things are happening behind the closed doors of the Alabaster manor.

Dialogue Timeline — 816 lines

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00:23:41 Young Mr Swinnerton wishes to marry my daughter.
00:26:39 Well, that must be so.
00:30:24 They are so terribly fragile.
00:33:59 Oh...
00:36:25 and not be able myself...
00:39:41 As for breeding, I count my father as a kind man, an honest man
00:43:10 We are both men of the outdoors. We have that in common, do we not?
00:51:06 My present good fortune...
00:57:29 You put molasses in a tin and they fall in and can't right themselves.
01:01:03 can hardly be said to have a distinct origin.
01:04:13 Am! Am!
01:06:52 Yes, yes.
01:09:04 I pray nightly for the cause of President Lincoln.
01:11:23 What would you say to a few cartoon-like illustrations to your text?
01:15:49 Where does it all come from?
01:18:43 I don't, not a personal one. But in her general wellbeing.
01:21:27 "They are beaten back, for the most part, from their home nests
01:24:53 This cushion here. That's better.
01:29:30 Is she ill?
01:33:15 It was just something secret... that was, you know?
01:35:34 It's perfectly obvious. You just have to look at them.
01:40:05 I choose to know about some things and not about others.
01:42:38 I have a banker's draft from Mr Murray, the publisher, which will more than suffice
01:44:54 - Matty... Miss Crompton... - Up here, at night, there is no Matty!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed816
Dialogue density6.9 lines / min
First line00:23:41
Final line01:44:54

Production Record

DirectorPhilip Haas
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,947