Killer of Sheep

Name: Killer of Sheep
Director: Charles Burnett
Released: 1978
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry

1978 · 80 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 7,776 VOTES · DIR. Charles Burnett

Overview

An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

Dialogue Timeline — 728 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:39 OH, LULLA-LULLA-LULLA LULLABY BYE

00:03:35 STOP RIGHT HERE.

00:06:30 PUSH, YOU GUYS.

00:08:58 GO OUT LIKE JOHNNY ACE.

00:11:10 SO YOU WANT SOME COFFEE, MAN?

00:17:49 THIS OLD MAN CAME ROLLING HOME.

00:22:53 A CERTAIN WORD, DEMOCRACY?

00:26:50 HEY, MAN, LOOK, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT.

00:27:56 FROM DEALING WITH SON OF A BITCHES EVERY DAY

00:29:11 IF YOU GET SICK

00:30:30 WITH ALL THEM FUCKING KIDS

00:33:17 BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU' RE A NO-GOOD WOMAN.

00:35:47 HE TAKES CARE OF THE REGISTER.

00:39:49 ALL I GOT IS $10.

00:42:36 ALWAYS FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF.

00:45:58 IT'LL STAY UP THERE.

00:48:58 IF YOU CAN.

00:52:53 MMM, THAT NO ONE SHARES?

00:58:23 TRY TO LIVE IN BY YOURSELF.

01:06:28 GENE.

01:08:31 GET IN THE GAME, MAN?

01:10:08 MAN, WE' RE READY TO GO.

01:12:52 THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T KEEP NO SPARE.

01:17:48 WHAT GOOD AM I?

Cast & Characters

Henry G. Sanders Stan Kaycee Moore Stan's Wife Charles Bracy Bracy Angela Burnett Stan's Daughter Eugene Cherry Eugene Jack Drummond Stan Jr. Slim Delores Farley Delores Dorothy Stengel Tobar Mayo

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed728

Dialogue density9.1 lines / min

First line00:00:39

Final line01:17:48

Production Record

DirectorCharles Burnett

LanguageEnglish

Budget$100,000

Revenue$362,222

IMDb votes7,776