Mark Twain Tonight!
1967 · 78 MIN · IMDB 8.3 · 219 VOTES · DIR. Paul Bogart
Overview
Recreating the one-man show he starred in on Broadway, Hal Holbrook portrays Mark Twain as a 70-year old humorist who skewers politicians, newspapermen and so-called patriots in this 90 minute monologue. Holbrook adapted Twain's own words for a commentary on slavery, religion and politics, mixing the satire with comic yarns about life on the Mississippi and a very effective ghost story. The show's highlight are the lengthy passages from ""Huckleberry Finn"".
Dialogue Timeline — 1,195 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:46 Ladies and gentlemen, how solemn and beautiful is the thought
00:04:55 and I expect to go out of it blowing smoke rings.
00:08:44 but I was not receiving
00:12:08 fumbling in the grass to get it.
00:16:02 every time she winked, it would roll over.
00:20:08 Well, you just look at my Uncle Lem and then talk to me about accidents
00:25:00 and, uh..
00:29:57 Its roots were hooked under my uncle's right big toe.
00:34:58 that reigned from pulpit and press
00:38:17 he was continually
00:41:41 I was all over welts.
00:44:47 leaking out of the front end of it.
00:47:50 and..
00:50:55 or black?"
00:55:26 he would take that whole populace to his heart
00:59:36 besides
01:03:52 Going to be left out, in the..
01:07:45 at the end of the week's work.
01:11:28 en den, way back yonder where de grave is
01:15:01 Then that wicked old rascal would send us up to bed.
01:18:37 remoteness from the worry and bustle of the world.
01:22:07 Well, that California 'get rich quick' disease of my youth spread like wildfire
01:26:19 if I can find an unpolitic publisher.
01:29:37 with course on course of canvas towering into the skies
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,195
Dialogue density15.3 lines / min
First line00:00:46
Final line01:29:37
Production Record
DirectorPaul Bogart
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes219