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.

00:06:31 YOU AIN'T DOING IT. PUSH.

00:09:04 NO, I'M NOT GONNA KILL MYSELF.

00:11:24 ANGIE.

00:18:59 TEMPERATURES RISING.

00:23:11 THE GROCER AND THE BUTCHER AND THE PEOPLE THAT I MEET

00:26:56 MM-HMM.

00:28:06 NOW, ME AND SMOKE HERE, WE TAKING OUR ISSUE.

00:29:19 DON'T CALL YOUR MOTHER ' MOT DEAR?'

00:30:51 WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ANOTHER RAGGEDY ASS CAR FOR, HUH?

00:33:48 WELL, MY BABY...

00:37:13 AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WON'T HAVE TO PULL IT ALL OUT?

00:41:37 YOU DIRTY DOG.

00:43:02 WHY'D YOU HAVE TO KICK THE SON OF A BITCH

00:46:51 BLOCK IS BUSTED.

00:50:07 THROW MY GODDAMN SHADES DOWN.

00:54:20 I'M SURE SOMEONE MAY ANSWER MY CALL

01:00:13 LOOK AT THEM OLD UGLY GIRLS.

01:07:02 IT'S GETTING LATE.

01:09:27 BRING THE REST OF THE STUFF.

01:11:03 THAT AIN'T ENOUGH.

01:15:14 STAN JR.?

01:19:56 GOING HOME.

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 line01:19:56

Production Record

DirectorCharles Burnett

LanguageEnglish

Budget$100,000

Revenue$362,222

IMDb votes7,776