Paul Calf's Video Diary
1993 · 34 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 303 VOTES · DIR. Geoff Posner
Overview
Lager lout and philosopher Paul Calf records his video diary over New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Accompanied by his friends Fat Bob and Roland and his sister Pauline, he staggers through two days of drinking, fighting and failed sex, in desperate pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, Julie.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,470 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:08 Good evening.
00:03:53 And I am a car mechanic.
00:06:28 - No. All I'm saying is... - No. Button it.
00:09:36 Yes, Paul. That's right. It's like you. Cheap.
00:12:30 Used to be in the TAs. Dead fit, isn't he? He goes rock climbing.
00:15:17 - "Mother!" - Who are you going as?
00:18:20 What the hell's going on here?
00:21:29 Uh, Orson Welles, The Trial.
00:24:25 Setting me up with a false opposition like that?
00:27:20 Don't worry about me. Who are you going as?
00:31:06 Yeah, but I'm not sad. Julie, I don't understand.
00:34:50 apart from being regarded as a landmark mise en scène
00:38:33 (MIMICKING PAULINE) "I'm not having egg butties, I'm having an omelette."
00:41:21 Well, they rebuilt it after the fire.
00:44:21 Darren's been searched again, it's his orthopaedic shoe.
00:47:12 Pauline, you look more lovely now...
00:50:09 if this gets on telly.
00:52:42 - That's Mark's dad, actually. - Oh, yeah. Sorry.
00:55:42 - Where did you have it last? - Dad's funeral.
00:58:28 PAUL: Dominoes?
01:01:15 Anyway, I'm having a good time.
01:04:00 Where am I gonna find a man like that again?
01:06:35 Was I better than Spiros?
01:10:03 - Leave it, leave it! - No!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,470
Dialogue density43.2 lines / min
First line00:00:08
Final line01:10:03
Production Record
DirectorGeoff Posner
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes303