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
00:05:00 Well, I think temperate temperance is best.
00:09:01 and counted my way up home.
00:12:31 Wait a minute, now, it wasn't Smith of Calaveras.
00:16:36 which is one of them browny, yellowy eyes
00:20:46 Now then, people said it was an accident.
00:25:58 she boxed him.
00:32:12 I want to get a hymn book.
00:35:49 Why should we help the nation lie the whole day long
00:39:31 Well, then she dressed me up in some of them new clothes
00:42:51 Why, a man can't get his rights in a govment like this.
00:46:12 I'd go to sleep.
00:49:22 Well, then he got the canoe ready for me and
00:53:30 Well, it's a comical invention, the human race, any way you look at it
00:57:38 But where shall such brave men be found?
01:01:57 some doves
01:06:10 In a republic, the government is merely a servant
01:10:23 En bimeby she died
01:13:33 en he know dat it's in de room!
01:17:51 I took a measureless
01:21:07 I had no use for a long-handled shovel.
01:25:17 and yet we have rendered the verdict. Now, to my mind this is irregular.
01:29:08 Dana's Two Years Before the Mast
01:32:12 homeward bound. Thank you and goodnight.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,195
Dialogue density15.3 lines / min
First line00:00:46
Final line01:32:12
Production Record
DirectorPaul Bogart
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes219