Cider with Rosie

1998 · 102 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 220 VOTES · DIR. Charles Beeson

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Overview

Made by Carlton Television for ITV (UK) , this adaptation of Laurie Lee's autobiographical novel follows a young man's maturation in the country town of Gloucestershire near the end of World War I. As young Laurie (Dashiell Reece) comes of age under the protective eye of his mother (Juliet Stevenson), he learns to live with an eccentric collection of friends, neighbours, and relatives. As he enters his teenage years, Laurie (now played by Joe Roberts) discovers women, specifically Rosie Burdock (Lia Barrow). Veteran screenwriter John Mortimer adapted Lee's book, with Lee narrating.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,131 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:56 I was set down from the carrier's cart
00:05:43 Go easy, Uncle Sid.
00:08:59 out of unreasoned loyalty
00:12:52 then more chaps could walk over us.
00:16:18 - Cheerio, then. - Cheerio, Mam.
00:22:00 and they was giving away prunes. Have some.
00:27:30 Country life, that's...
00:32:37 A schottische.
00:36:27 whose names and bodies were to distract and haunt me for the next 15 years of my life.
00:40:45 and for the sake of the British Empire.
00:44:45 Yoo-hoo!
00:49:51 Uncle Sid, where are you?
00:53:33 Sam?
00:57:25 so not a single multiplication can penetrate in?
01:02:06 Well, it's most difficult to find words to express... what I think.
01:07:25 Their enquiries were met by stares.
01:12:47 I'll be back again tomorrow.
01:16:12 We certainly committed our share of statutory crime.
01:19:38 Mr. Jones, Mr. Jones, sir, come quick now!
01:24:29 Mrs. Brown will be in the women's wing, naturally.
01:28:34 Oh, have you? Makes a change. What you been thinking about?
01:31:07 Not yet anyway.
01:34:56 Am I?
01:39:38 were the first and last of that time.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,131
Dialogue density11.1 lines / min
First line00:01:56
Final line01:39:38

Production Record

DirectorCharles Beeson
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes220