Man Friday
1975 · 115 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 1,134 VOTES · DIR. Jack Gold
Overview
Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of his own heritage and upbringing and is incapable of seeing Friday as anything other than a savage who needs Crusoe's brand of cultural and religious enlightenment. Friday attempts to share his own more generous and unashamed culture, but ultimately realizes that Crusoe can never see him as anything but an inferior being. With that awareness, Friday sets out to turn the tables on Crusoe.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,549 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:13 Man: "AND GOD CALLED THE FIRMAMENT 'HEAVEN.'
00:06:29 ¶ AND SEE THE STORY ¶
00:11:47 THERE MUST BE NO RISK. NO RISK AT ALL.
00:18:49 MASTER, FRIDAY. FRIDAY, MASTER.
00:22:52 THERE IS THE SKY.
00:26:41 GODS RIDING ON BACKS OF GOATS
00:30:57 WE HAVE MANY THINGS THAT FRIDAY'S ISLAND DOES NOT HAVE.
00:34:42 VERY GOOD. ( chuckles )
00:38:31 VERY GOOD. AND NOW
00:42:29 I DO NOT UNDERSTAND. WHY SHOULD YOUR GOD BE ANGRY?
00:46:30 AND YOU UNDERSTAND LITTLE, BUT YOU HAVE OFFERED ME A POISONOUS GIFT.
00:50:58 HOW DO YOU THINK WE'D SURVIVE ON THIS ISLAND IF IT WASN'T FOR ME?
00:56:25 - ( animals howling ) - ( loud snap )
01:01:54 AND IF YOU COME TO ME AND SAY, "MASTER
01:05:38 TOO BUSY, STUDYING THE STARS.
01:10:22 ( clears throat )
01:15:02 LOOK.
01:20:51 CAN WE TRY IT NOW, MASTER? CAN WE TRY IT?
01:26:32 PUT YOUR HAND DOWN. YOU WILL RAISE YOUR HAND
01:31:31 THOSE ARE THE DAYS OF SORROW.
01:37:28 ¶ I'LL TAKE MY KNIFE ¶
01:42:00 THAN TO COUNT YOUR MONEY?
01:47:46 THAT I PITY HIM
02:00:00 THAT'S FAIR.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,549
Dialogue density13.5 lines / min
First line00:00:13
Final line02:00:00
Production Record
DirectorJack Gold
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,134