Lost in America
1985 · 91 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 10,685 VOTES · DIR. Albert Brooks
Overview
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,187 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:34 Hazy sunshine through Wednesday.
00:03:46 All right, then I can't talk to you, so good night.
00:06:31 Yeah, but for eight years it's been one way. I've been this employee...
00:10:58 He genuinely believes...
00:14:21 I've got two of the best men in modern advertising right here.
00:16:57 Maybe you should tell him about the campaign. That'll help.
00:19:15 I'm standing here until you give them back!
00:22:19 He won't die and won't be eaten, but he'll never find his way back home.
00:26:17 Linda, this is just like Easy Rider, except now it's our turn.
00:30:51 I just can't wait. I'm just carried away by this.
00:35:19 No. It's occupied.
00:39:41 She's been here all night. She's not on a lucky streak.
00:42:26 -You don't understand-- -Just a minute. I'm tracing my life.
00:45:43 If we had a billboard and the Desert lnn handed us our nest egg back.
00:48:35 They come to gamble. That's what we do here.
00:52:47 "The fair thing"?
00:55:59 Don't use any part of it either! Don't use "nest" or "egg."
00:59:59 Thank him for the ride, tell him it was a family squabble.
01:03:27 Fine. You'll see.
01:06:39 That would be great. This is like a club, isn't it?
01:12:04 I'm interested in the delivery job.
01:15:24 Have you got any jobs for me?
01:19:28 I was a kid once. Get out of here, you--
01:23:24 What do you want me to do?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,187
Dialogue density13.0 lines / min
First line00:00:34
Final line01:23:24
Production Record
DirectorAlbert Brooks
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,000,000
Revenue$10,179,000
IMDb votes10,685