Chinese Coffee

2000 · 99 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 4,806 VOTES · DIR. Al Pacino

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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!
00:06:09 All your equipment... you wouldn't have it if it wasrt for my money.
00:09:33 Okay. Continue about the money.
00:12:55 - "Does," not "do." - Does not do what?
00:16:29 She thought... The supermarket cashier.
00:20:19 All the combined and wretched prophets of heart disease and stroke...
00:23:54 Come on. We'll get some coffee with milk. We got enough money for that.
00:27:29 She told the two Irvings that she came here to be photographed...
00:31:10 - Not by me. - My sorrow is great and fearful...
00:35:00 Not that I'm against compromise per se, but...
00:39:11 - Anthony Trollope? - Yeah.
00:42:46 Speak of court news, right? Who's in, who's out.
00:46:48 Sounds like fun, from what she tells me.
00:50:48 Guy she's with is a palooka.
00:54:40 Guilty.!
00:58:17 This book you wrote is the grisly proof.
01:01:35 in the police photo...
01:05:48 He is an utterly unique character, but he's a real character.
01:09:19 I am rotting in my slipper socks.
01:12:45 Salacious. How is it salacious?
01:16:22 You see this? This is film.
01:20:06 Last thing she said to me before she left...
01:24:01 Because you're upset. Because you're angry.
01:28:26 - [Chuckling] - Yeah?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,650
Dialogue density16.7 lines / min
First line00:00:26
Final line01:28:26

Production Record

DirectorAl Pacino
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,806