Distant Thunder
1988 · 114 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 874 VOTES · DIR. Rick Rosenthal
Overview
A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he's been living like an animal in the forest. He finds himself unprepared for the changes that he will have to cope with, and when the vet tries to contact his son, he realizes that he has caused more damage than he had imagined.
Dialogue Timeline — 758 lines
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00:06:36 Shut up, Billy.
00:14:16 - smashed all to pieces. - Hey, you've had shit
00:20:10 Good.
00:22:49 A lot of fathers are gonna be at graduation.
00:25:09 Well, the foreman's not here today, but... Well, wait a minute.
00:27:55 You haven't had any contact with him since?
00:30:35 And I feel all of us know, to have true satisfaction in life
00:32:34 - That's it? - I don't even know
00:34:55 - What's going on here? - Nothing. Nothing's going on here.
00:37:39 This is great.
00:45:37 Hear you got a new place to live.
00:47:15 He once had a real bad day in the Nam.
00:51:19 Why don't you take a flying fuck.
00:54:01 He went back into the woods.
00:59:51 You better let me handle things, Harv.
01:04:08 No.
01:08:44 - Yeah. - Oh, that's great.
01:12:22 Why, was it because I was coming?
01:14:04 You've never really gotten out of Vietnam. Only, now you're trying
01:18:46 I'm gonna roast my marshmallows too.
01:21:07 So... He had to be taken out.
01:23:15 And Billy crying and whimpering. I kept trying to keep him quiet.
01:32:34 You killed that guy.
01:38:35 Dad!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed758
Dialogue density6.6 lines / min
First line00:06:36
Final line01:38:35
Production Record
DirectorRick Rosenthal
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue$156,188
IMDb votes874