Kes
1970 · 111 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 23,976 VOTES · DIR. Ken Loach
Overview
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence—until tragedy strikes.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,208 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:25 (alarm clock rings)
00:08:36 ''- Right! Where do you want to fight? - Right here!''
00:11:32 One row at a time. This one, stand.
00:18:18 - No. - You're not a member, then.
00:22:19 - Why? Are yer entertainin'? - You're kiddin'.
00:25:44 Depends what yer lookin' for, dun't it?
00:29:47 Help me get these bleedin' trousers off.
00:37:54 Every lesson it's the same old story, ''Please, sir, l've no kit, sir.''
00:40:41 Right, we'll play with the wind, downhill, this way.
00:44:52 Right inside!
00:48:55 - MacDowall. - Sir?
00:55:03 Every morning alike. Clear your throats on the way to school, not here.
00:58:06 Better wait in the queue, then.
01:01:07 A honk from a greasy, pimply-faced youth
01:04:36 And l want the rest of yer to look at him - if you can bear it -
01:07:53 - Doesn't it fly away? - Course it don't fly away. l've trained it.
01:11:08 l called her.
01:15:10 All right, all right, all right. Calm down.
01:19:41 - Hope l'm not too late. - No. But you'll have to stand over there.
01:24:11 (TV) ''Same price, 7-1, number 12, Doorkeeper.''
01:29:28 - (Clegg) l'm on 'ere! - Seen our Billy?
01:35:35 You know, as an electrician or a bricklayer or something like that.
01:40:46 Kes!
02:00:03 l could understand it.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,208
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:00:25
Final line02:00:03
Production Record
DirectorKen Loach
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes23,976