Sahkanaga

2011 · 81 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 93 VOTES · DIR. John Henry Summerour

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Overview

In 2002, over 300 bodies were discovered on the property of the Tri-State Crematory in the Appalachian foothills of northwest Georgia, thrusting an unassuming, tight-knit community into the international spotlight. SAHKANAGA (meaning “Great Blue Hills of God” in Cherokee, pronounced “sock-uh-nogga”) imagines this event from the perspective of Paul, a teenager who stumbles upon the first body. Matters are further complicated by his father’s ownership of the local funeral home and the arrival of Lyla, a beautiful stranger whose recently deceased grandfather is the first corpse that Paul finds.

2010s

Dialogue Timeline — 950 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 [ SILENCE ]
00:06:24 BEAUTIFUL SHORE ♪ ♪ IN THE SWEET BY AND BY ♪ WE SHALL MEET ON THAT
00:08:41 >> YEAH. THE OTHER DAY. >> NO.
00:11:55 >> YOU CALL. >> YOU'RE THE BEST! CALL! >> DUDE, IT'S PRETTY
00:13:13 MINUTES. BYE-BYE, NOW. >> WHERE'S MOM?
00:18:40 NOW. NOW. KIDS. SORRY.
00:22:36 >> FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY FOREVER.
00:24:42 >> [ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ] >> [ CHUCKLES ] >> WHAT IS THAT?
00:25:57 >> DUDE, I'M A PIMP. I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU OUT. >> THERE'S NO WAY THIS IS
00:30:46 IT'S ALL I HAVE LEFT OF HIM. BUSTER DIDN'T BELIEVE IN CREMATION.
00:35:36 SO, DO YOU HELP YOUR DAD, LIKE, EMBALM AND STUFF? >> NO.
00:38:03 THREE STATES. IT JUST TAKES A WHILE. >> WHY DON'T YOU USE SOMEONE
00:41:37 WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM IS NOT CONDEMNED, BUT WHOEVER DOES NOT BELIEVE STANDS CONDEMNED ALREADY
00:43:05 CALLER NUMBER 2, WHAT'S YOUR NAME, WHERE ARE YOU FROM, AND DO YOU HAVE CHAT OR A PRAYER?
00:45:49 EXPLANATION HAS BEEN GIVEN. >> WHATEVER THE WORST POSSIBLE CONVICTION IS, IT STILL WON'T BE
00:49:17 LOAD! HANDLE CARTRIDGE! TEAR CARTRIDGE!
00:52:58 [ RINGING CONTINUES ] >> SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE FOOD?
00:57:16 >> DOES IT GO TO HEAVEN WITH YOU? >> NO, JUST YOUR SOUL.
01:00:49 I MADE THE CALL. >> YOU WHAT? >> IT'S ALL MY FAULT.
01:02:36 AND WHAT DO YOU FEEL NOW? IS IT BETTER? IS IT OVER?
01:03:58 SO, HEY, GUYS, I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING. DID, UH, DID ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY
01:05:34 STOP IT. >> COME ON! DO IT!
01:09:05 I'LL BE SCREAMING FOR YOU EVERY NIGHT... WAITING FOR YOU TO COME BACK...
01:15:37 WHEN MORNING COMES, WILL DAYLIGHT MAKE IT EASIER TO FIX PIECE BY PIECE, STITCH BY

Cast & Characters

Trevor Neuhoff Paul Kristin Rievley Lyla Jace Flatt Scotty Charles Patterson Chris Laura Maynard Rachel Sharon Huey Lovey Chip Jones Dave Rhea Thurman Sandy Larry Summerour Sheriff Buster Kershaw

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed950
Dialogue density11.7 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:15:37

Production Record

DirectorJohn Henry Summerour
LanguageEnglish
Budget$100,000
IMDb votes93