Ask the Dust

Name: Ask the Dust
Director: Robert Towne
Released: 2006
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Donald Sutherland, Eileen Atkins, Idina Menzel

2006 · 117 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 10,247 VOTES · DIR. Robert Towne

Overview

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,238 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:33 Good evening.

00:04:44 I'm not a Mexican, and there isn't a dog in the whole story.

00:08:09 Think of something besides stealing a bottle of milk.

00:15:12 Then mop it up.

00:22:01 Take Hellfrick, across the hall, from Minnesota.

00:25:11 Well, would you like to order something?

00:30:44 Do you like your name?

00:35:31 Camilla!

00:40:10 Garbage.

00:44:58 She was in a week before last

00:49:15 You know all about them.

00:53:25 -Too nice? -Way too nice.

00:57:11 I'm tired.

01:01:14 How does it look?

01:05:36 Why would I bother? I don't even love you.

01:08:57 Only you're Italian.

01:13:41 "Very truly yours, H.L. Mencken."

01:19:58 You are. You'll go for anything that's white.

01:29:01 I've never been served breakfast anywhere.

01:32:01 "And he waited and waited and waited until..."

01:36:27 I'm fine.

01:39:44 -You're ashamed to love me. -Camilla, I swear to God, that's not true.

01:45:00 Like what else?

02:06:02 Bloomington 25

Cast & Characters

Colin Farrell Arturo Bandini Salma Hayek Camilla Donald Sutherland Hellfrick Eileen Atkins Mrs. Hargraves Idina Menzel Vera Rivkin Justin Kirk Sammy Jeremy Crutchley Solomon Ronald France Columbia Sweeper Dionysio Basco Filipino Houseboy Donna Mosley Red Headed Girl

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,238

Dialogue density10.6 lines / min

First line00:00:33

Final line02:06:02

Production Record

DirectorRobert Towne

LanguageEnglish

Revenue$2,500,000

IMDb votes10,247