Chinese Coffee
2000 · 99 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 4,806 VOTES · DIR. Al Pacino
Overview
When Harry Levine, an aging, unsuccessful Greenwich Village writer, is fired from his job as restaurant doorman, he calls on friend and mentor Jake, ostensibly to collect a long-standing debt.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,650 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:26 [French Accent] You're the worst doorman I ever saw in my life!
00:06:17 It's insanity, the way you stuff yourself in here like this.
00:09:49 so you owe me $440...
00:13:21 He said I wasrt servile enough.
00:17:14 It was gone, but she was staring.
00:21:00 He comes to my room, he says...
00:24:42 When it comes to coffee, it's the freshest.
00:28:23 how many customers have you had altogether?
00:32:15 You hang around Chinatown. Who's gonna see you there? Not even the Chinese.
00:36:37 Sure. Why not?
00:40:35 It's riddled with chaos. It oozes disease.
00:44:17 [Groans] Awful pains.
00:48:31 Do you, uh... Do you want to have a drink when we close up?
00:52:52 Why do we have sheets on the windows?
00:56:27 the hand-tailored garments, the trips to wherever.
01:00:09 Changing my hair around different ways...
01:04:19 What an unseemly idea...
01:08:05 meaning, you are completely and utterly self-obsessed.
01:11:44 [No Audible Dialogue]
01:15:23 - It may be the best thing I'm ever gonna write, Jake. - But it's no good!
01:19:14 but how much fiber can one person stomach?"
01:23:17 that nothing good can ever, will ever, should ever happen for you.
01:27:40 - Who do you think? - You don't have the goods.
300:00:00 a year doesn't make me feel good.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,650
Dialogue density16.7 lines / min
First line00:00:26
Final line300:00:00
Production Record
DirectorAl Pacino
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,806