Hay Fever

1984 · 91 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · DIR. Cedric Messina

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Overview

Set in a British country house in the 1920s, Hay Fever follows the outlandish bevaiour of the Bliss family when they each invite a guest to spend the weekend. Best described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, Hay Fever is one of Coward's most popular plays.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,715 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:10 Listen to this, Simon.
00:04:18 Lots of pink, naked women rolling about in a field.
00:07:48 You know perfectly well what I mean.
00:11:10 What about you, picking up old gentlemen at dances?
00:14:30 Oh, dear.
00:17:58 Oh, Clara, before you open the door,
00:21:48 That was when I first fell in love with you.
00:25:43 and break everything in the house and jump into the river.
00:29:36 -Allow me. —Oh.
00:34:30 and different from other people.
00:37:59 Oh, and this is Sandy Tyrell. Everybody.
00:41:43 That's not an adverb.
00:45:49 Sorel, you're behaving disgracefully.
00:49:21 When I first met Sorel, I guessed what you'd be like.
00:54:27 -I don't know, Mother. -Neither do I.
00:57:48 You just fell victim to the atmosphere, that's all.
01:01:14 -What makes you think that? -You're being rather the cynical author,
01:04:43 This was bound to happen sooner or later.
01:08:04 No, she hasn't been drowned, she's been something else.
01:13:57 Well, you were last night, you know.
01:19:00 Do you think you could get us some more?
01:22:13 Hello. where's everybody gone?
01:26:54 You can't say, "A vast pattern of sound what was Paris."
01:30:12 "swept out of the rue Saint-Honoré into the Place de la Concorde..."

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,715
Dialogue density18.8 lines / min
First line00:01:10
Final line01:30:12

Production Record

DirectorCedric Messina
LanguageEnglish

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