Biloxi Blues
1988 · 106 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 16,973 VOTES · DIR. Mike Nichols
Overview
Eugene, an aspiring writer from Brooklyn, is drafted into the US Army during the final months of World War II. For his basic training, the Army sends him to Camp Shelby in Mississippi, where toil, bad food, and antisemitic jibes await. Eugene takes refuge in his sense of humor and in his diary, but they won't protect him in a battle of wills with an unstable drill sergeant.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,411 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:17 (# "How High the Moon" by Pat Suzuki)
00:05:41 # Pardon me, boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo-Choo?
00:09:44 Detail, attention.
00:13:16 - Selridge, 100 push-ups. Hit the deck. - Me? I didn't say nothing.
00:17:12 (Eugene) He's here for his cup of blood.
00:20:49 OK.
00:24:42 How about Epstein?
00:29:08 - I need ten days. - It's my game. You only get a week.
00:32:33 - For a whole week? - Maybe we'd stop for tea and crumpets.
00:36:23 I heard threats, challenges, invitation of bustin' noses of minority races.
00:40:30 What are you? One of those lrish Jews?
00:44:10 The rest of you are on 48-hours' leave. Fall out!
00:48:33 Yeah, sure. Are you kidding? Five or six times.
00:52:51 Yeah.
00:57:02 I still live there with my husband.
01:00:42 ..so as not to touch the bare back of his partner.
01:04:19 - Do you keep a journal every day? - Yes. Since I was 14.
01:09:19 - I'm not a Jew any more, Wykowski. - What do you mean?
01:12:45 You just fired number five.
01:18:26 ..will surely crack under the strain of interrogation.
01:24:43 I don't know.
01:29:11 The irony is that despite the fact...
01:33:00 May I have your pistol, Sergeant?
01:37:14 She married a doctor from New Orleans.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,411
Dialogue density13.3 lines / min
First line00:00:17
Final line01:37:14
Production Record
DirectorMike Nichols
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20,000,000
Revenue$51,684,798
IMDb votes16,973