If I Had A Hammer

1999 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 93 VOTES · DIR. Josh Becker

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Overview

A period piece set in the summer of '64 just days before the Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time. Goofy daydreamer Phil Buckley meets the cause caring Lorraine in a music store and the two hit it off, and agree to spend the evening together at a local beatnik coffee house which offer it's patrons an open mic to perform the then ever so popular "folk" music of the day.

Dialogue Timeline — 650 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 You all look terrific.
00:01:28 [ Sighs ] Fine.
00:02:45 You look more like a schoolmarm than a female powerhouse, rippling with sensuous--
00:04:05 We'll fix that. [ Chuckles ]
00:06:16 Come on. Get up, you no-good-for-nothing lunk.
00:07:56 He just wasn't the right one for you.
00:09:43 - Salmoneus. - Yeah.
00:13:25 The perfect man.
00:15:56 I guess I got him. [ Grunts ]
00:17:48 I got me some big family shoes to fill
00:19:26 I call it The Ponderer.
00:21:12 [ Man ] Hurry. There you go. Come on. Help him.
00:22:47 Which one is it to be, Hercules?
00:24:45 but, uh, this isn't natural.
00:26:21 I'll explain later. I may not have a later! Those guys wanna lynch me!
00:28:05 I do a lot of things that Her-Hercules doesn't do.
00:29:40 He attacked us in her barn.
00:31:12 There can't be anything between us.
00:32:48 [ Grunts ] No!
00:34:12 And even worse, I tried to pretend I was somebody I'm not.
00:35:30 Shut up! Okay. I'm shutting up.
00:36:56 Now, you're coming with me! Hey!
00:38:27 [ Grunting ]
00:42:03 We attach it with a caraway seed to your navel--

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed650
Dialogue density6.7 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line00:42:03

Production Record

DirectorJosh Becker
LanguageEnglish
Budget$350
IMDb votes93