Roots: The Gift
1988 · 93 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 703 VOTES · DIR. Kevin Hooks
Overview
On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,050 lines
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00:00:13 I'm AIex HaIey, the author of Roots.
00:07:08 That's aII for today, boy.
00:10:52 Right there, just as fast as you can say. . . .
00:14:14 You don't go sticking your neck in where you don't beIong!
00:18:08 A suIIen boy.
00:22:07 Seems I remember your mama had the same diIemma with you.
00:25:01 Free man, are you? You don't Iook so.
00:28:27 He African. His feet be on the ground. . .
00:31:39 Keep them moving.
00:35:39 Come their revoIution, I, for one, wiII see to it that the revoIution. . .
00:38:48 I'd just as soon die than be a sIave aII Iife Iong.
00:41:18 We gots to go to the big house. The master want you.
00:45:45 Ciris. Ciris.
00:48:56 So fast.
00:51:52 I must speak to your father about these.
00:54:41 Why don't we go and see?
00:58:05 Oh, Kunta. . . .
01:02:46 Come on.
01:05:33 Let's go, Iet's go!
01:10:29 Go.
01:13:50 Y'aII seen a bIack man riding through these parts aIong that way?
01:18:41 AII right, now.
01:22:48 Lord.
01:25:42 You'II have to think of some expIanation for your absence. Hurry.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,050
Dialogue density11.3 lines / min
First line00:00:13
Final line01:25:42
Production Record
DirectorKevin Hooks
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes703