Cookie's Fortune

1999 · 118 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 14,043 VOTES · DIR. Robert Altman

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Overview

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,150 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:04 I deliver perfection... and don't brag about it!: D
00:07:37 Don't look at her! It's bad luck to look at the princess.
00:13:06 ...with golden wings.
00:19:31 That Freeman boy next door borrowed the blue croquet ball.
00:24:13 Hey, Josie, baby! - Willis! What's going on?
00:28:04 Yeah, I've seen the bed.
00:34:23 It need Mother's bowl for Easter dinner with the Tippetts and Hendersons.
00:40:12 Manny?
00:45:35 She's dead, officer, she's dead.
00:50:31 Except when I had to run some errands and buy groceries.
00:56:46 Ms Dixon, what are you doing here?
00:59:53 I'll say what I please, because it's Cookie's house!
01:03:43 Of course he didn't do it. Jesus!
01:06:47 Awe, Lester, awe.
01:12:25 Wait till you see that head. It looks great with the blood...
01:15:36 Man, if the electric chair doesn't kill me...
01:19:37 How unsociable, all those guns in the foyer. What'll we do with them?
01:23:09 I tried to tell you. - You scared me.
01:26:50 Never, daughter of adultery!
01:31:43 Oh Lester, please!
01:36:15 Buck and Momma was sister and brother.
01:40:31 You found another place to stay? - Manny. With me.
01:43:58 She did not shoot herself.
01:49:07 Willis two, Emma zero!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,150
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line01:49:07

Production Record

DirectorRobert Altman
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue$10,920,544
IMDb votes14,043