Matinee

1993 · 99 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 12,942 VOTES · DIR. Joe Dante

Matinee poster

Overview

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,393 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:50 [Explosion]
00:06:16 [TV] * BRILL CREAM BRILL CREAM *
00:09:31 IS NOW IN PREPARATION ON THAT IMPRISONED ISLAND.
00:13:28 "SHE-GATOR," "GATOR GAL," "GAL-I-GATOR"!
00:17:26 IF YOU DIE WHEN THE BOMB FIRST FALLS, YOU'RE LUCKY, 'CAUSE IF NOT...
00:20:49 YEAH, 'CAUSE YOU'RE IN CONTROL, MAN.
00:25:00 MAN, THAT LITTLE THING CAN REACH CUBA?
00:28:30 LET THEM FORGET ABOUT CHURCH, SCHOOL AND --
00:32:11 BUT IN MALLORY SQUARE THEY'RE HAVING A SPECIAL EXHIBIT ON CORAL
00:36:03 THAT THEY HAVE GOING BY ON IT.
00:39:31 FIVE HUNDRED DOWN HERE AND A HUNDRED IN THE BALCONY. THAT'S ALL FOR THE BALCONY?
00:42:42 THEY GOT IT.
00:46:05 MAYBE IT'S TIME YOU TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR OWN TOWN, MISTER.
00:50:00 TAKE YOUR HEAD OFF.
00:55:28 HERE SHE IS. WHOA! OH, GOD!
00:59:12 HOW ARE YOU, HAROLD? HOW ARE THE NUMBERS?
01:02:39 TAKING ON MORE ANT-LIKE CHARACTERISTICS.
01:06:54 COULD I TALK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE? WHAT ABOUT?
01:11:06 JESUS, WHAT THE HELL'S HE DOIN' TO THAT KID?
01:15:01 THEY MUST'VE HIT THE TV STATIONS FIRST.
01:20:05 MOM! OH, MY GOD!
01:23:56 WHAT'S GOING ON? WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE PICTURE HERE.
01:29:17 MY SON'S BEEN WAITING THREE WEEKS TO SEE THIS MOVIE!
01:32:45 AH... YEAH.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,393
Dialogue density14.1 lines / min
First line00:00:50
Final line01:32:45

Production Record

DirectorJoe Dante
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$9,532,895
IMDb votes12,942