Medium Cool
1969 · 111 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 4,920 VOTES · DIR. Haskell Wexler
Overview
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,223 lines
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00:01:29 Better call an ambulance.
00:06:40 yelling "Black Power" at me, and I'm just shaking to death...
00:09:48 Yeah!
00:13:51 In the Saturday Evening Post there was a statement...
00:20:40 Nobody.
00:25:56 You guys here to cover the funeral?.
00:30:17 - Look at the holes there. - Golly!
00:35:13 I'd rather keep my kidneys for a while.
00:40:31 No, not really. I did this documentary. Those words are on a tape.
00:45:21 - TV, that's for us. - Hey, TV man! What's happening?.
00:49:37 Well, I don't do anything. It just hangs there.
00:52:41 You came down here to shoot 1 5 minutes...
00:55:54 - The damn thing's stuck. - Point that down.
00:59:45 Well, you know that. I would.
01:03:03 You ever boxed?. Or do you just wrestle when you fight?.
01:06:25 I didn't manage. One thing I did was--
01:10:07 a foremost expert on urban violence on the contemporary scene.
01:13:11 Here.
01:20:26 But the thing about Mailer is that he cuts through the bullshit.
01:24:20 Every town must have a place where phony hippies meet
01:35:27 Do you have the phone number?.
01:41:44 Get the badge numbers!
01:47:38 where he's reported to be in critical condition.
01:50:20 and people are really being hit.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,223
Dialogue density11.0 lines / min
First line00:01:29
Final line01:50:20
Production Record
DirectorHaskell Wexler
LanguageEnglish
Budget$800,000
Revenue$5,500,000
IMDb votes4,920