God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
1985 · 119 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 51 VOTES · DIR. Tony Palmer
Overview
The story of the last years of Handel.
Dialogue Timeline — 741 lines
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00:01:22 This night, this very night
00:05:22 A rich hovel of a bed, and who else would now leap to clamber into it?
00:10:15 Halle-by-the-sea? Bognor Halle?
00:16:03 Though I doubt it, any of it, gains more attention than my portliness
00:18:57 even if it might light up nothing.
00:23:08 "who best bear his mild yoke, they serve him best, "
00:29:08 Even as I am sightless, I can see.
00:34:56 humiliations, gout even
00:38:34 I swear no child, and I have, I am certain, none of my own to fire my feeling
00:43:17 I followed the coach routes and I saw... I saw them
00:48:27 imbibing inordinately, tickling the little girls and fondling overmuch
00:51:12 The death of the good queen had left me in somewhat of a pickle
00:55:56 and they have smiled on me, as they should have done
01:02:06 "Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written
01:05:19 like most ladies
01:10:01 In brief, I was accused of stealing from the said Stradella
01:16:43 I won, by the way, and had my work protected
01:21:08 the Lord Lieutenant in tears at a special command
01:30:01 most earned by oratorios in the last season.
01:33:24 No, not contrived
01:38:10 What have I done for the Georges of England!
01:43:23 The light, the light...
01:48:23 What places
01:51:58 "And music shall untune the sky, "
Cast & Characters
Trevor Howard
Georg Friedrich Handel
Dave Griffiths
Middle-aged Handel
Christopher Bramwell
Young Handel
Ranald Neilson
The Boy Handel
Tracey Spence
Mary Granville
Anne Downie
Vittoria Turquini
Simon Donald
Prince Ruspoll
Peter Stanger
Domenico Scarlatti
Beth Robens
Handel's Mother
Mitzi Mueller
Francesca Cuzzoni
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed741
Dialogue density6.2 lines / min
First line00:01:22
Final line01:51:58
Production Record
DirectorTony Palmer
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes51