Slam
1998 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 2,508 VOTES · DIR. Marc Levin
Overview
Raymond Joshua, a young black performance poet, is arrested and imprisoned for a petty marijuana charge in a Washington, D.C. jail. Although the confining prison walls do little to shield him from danger, it is within those walls that Raymond establishes his identity, strength, and voice and meets a prison gang leader and a prison writing teacher, Lauren Bell. Bell inspires Raymond to use the power of creative expression to free himself from the struggles and demise of the Black male as another victim of the judicial system.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,384 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:40 Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Can't nobody get me.
00:05:57 You gotta give me the right poems and shit.
00:10:22 What makes you think you can use drugs in our city?
00:15:26 - You heard about Mike? - Yeah, I heard about it.
00:18:54 a snowball into an elephant's mouth at a hundred feet.
00:22:05 and you'll understand what makes me so angry.
00:27:09 motherfucka you ducked trying to hop up in the truck.
00:31:28 - What do you mean? - Everybody wants a piece of you, man.
00:34:27 Minister of information, but can fight. How's that?
00:39:18 It's hard to be yourself here, man.
00:43:16 - Are you okay? - Um, yes.
00:46:46 I'm gonna put this in my hand using my family for an excuse.
00:49:49 Um, they, um
00:53:00 I'm gonna be all right. You gonna be okay?
00:56:22 This is something a friend of mine gave me a long time ago.
01:01:51 'Cause you know what?
01:04:55 Who the fuck you fighting for? What are you fighting to protect?
01:08:31 If it is up to me, I'll die tomorrow a thousand times
01:13:37 'cause I can't see what it is I'm supposed to be doing now.
01:16:16 What the fuck are you saying? What are you saying?
01:19:12 'Cause I've been there. That's all.
01:23:36 Another 9.5. Don't tell me there's synchronization here.
01:26:47 around the corner, in the alley, underneath the feet of somebody
01:30:23 ya, ya, ya, sha clack clack.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,384
Dialogue density13.8 lines / min
First line00:02:40
Final line01:30:23
Production Record
DirectorMarc Levin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,508