Black August
2007 · 116 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 305 VOTES · DIR. Samm Styles
Overview
The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years in jail (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a $70 gas station robbery crime in 1960. He was 18 years of age when the sentence of one year-to-life was handed down to him.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,280 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:13 I walk alone.
00:06:12 I hear you say "use" and it's not setting right.
00:09:38 If he knows you want it, he'll tear it apart.
00:16:15 Just...
00:20:25 - You okay? - Yeah, no, I'm fine.
00:23:36 Proven true.
00:27:15 I could see the officer's body trembling. Finally it seemed like it just went limp.
00:31:00 They got it all locked up tight.
00:35:04 Keeps a convict from judging his captors...
00:39:30 And I'd like to take a look at those letters to see if it could be included in the book.
00:43:57 George.
00:47:37 You all heard her, folks.
00:51:32 We had to. They were one step away from lining us up and shooting us all.
00:55:20 Hey.
01:00:50 ...that's the government that's responsible.
01:04:15 Guys like that know the world has abandoned them, man.
01:10:52 Quicken the pace a little bit, huh?
01:15:38 He knew there was no justice in the courts.
01:20:28 Come on. Come on, push. Get that money. Push.
01:27:21 What the hell is this anyway?
01:31:16 There are claims that someone else wrote it.
01:35:14 Sometimes I see Jonathan.
01:38:36 They need to know that the crimes that have been committed...
01:42:22 I won't live to remember it anyway.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,280
Dialogue density11.0 lines / min
First line00:00:13
Final line01:42:22
Production Record
DirectorSamm Styles
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,500,000
IMDb votes305