Possession
2002 · 102 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 13,836 VOTES · DIR. Neil LaBute
Overview
Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,092 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:42 They say that women change.
00:04:40 I write with a strong sense of the necessity...
00:09:03 Would you be a sweetheart and do the sauce?
00:13:11 Surprises me, madame, that a lady who lives as quietly as you do...
00:15:55 Three grades. That's what "thrice" usually means.
00:19:43 I suppose you'll wish to stay here overnight then?
00:22:56 I didn't ask, and he didn't say.
00:26:32 Roland.
00:30:40 "Not like this. Not bare.
00:33:27 It is a chosen way oflife in which I have been wondrously happy...
00:36:42 This house, so happy once
00:40:22 Yeah, in London, but it's mostly just boring housewife stuff.
00:43:46 - Anyway... - Yes...
00:48:36 Where did you get this?
00:54:50 "These are and were there.
00:58:12 Christabel said, "Fear all men. "
01:03:58 You're not pleased with it?
01:08:56 No, he didn't.
01:13:42 "Dear Professor Wolfe: Since I wrote to you last, I've made another discovery.
01:19:14 Was there any mention of Heloise in your research?
01:23:03 Cropper, are you absolutely sure of that?
01:27:49 Traitor! Bloody conniver! Please!
01:31:58 "I dare not ask if you forgive.
04:05:00 Um, Professor Cropper, Fergus Wolfe.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,092
Dialogue density10.7 lines / min
First line00:00:42
Final line04:05:00
Production Record
DirectorNeil LaBute
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue$10,113,733
IMDb votes13,836