Sounder

2003 · 96 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 197 VOTES · DIR. Kevin Hooks

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Overview

This is a coming-of-age story of a boy living in the Depression era of the South. ""Boy"" (Daniel Lee Robertson III) learns the hard way about the realities of being black, poor and unable to read. But he also learns about the deep love of family, the long-suffering loyalty of a dog and the importance of words, faith, stories & truth.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,357 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 Father: Don't nobody know how a story's gonna end.
00:03:24 [ dog whining ]
00:05:40 (music) come on, clap your hands (music)
00:08:03 Three ones... Three ones is three.
00:10:48 We'll see.
00:13:31 I am!
00:16:12 Want to skip his brothers selling him as a slave.
00:19:05 That's where you tore them
00:22:46 [ hinges squeak ]
00:26:14 I gave the stuff back.
00:29:33 Now you're it!
00:34:07 [ chuckles ]
00:40:45 Jailer was mean to visitors
00:44:30 Seems content just to sit there and wait.
00:47:34 God asked everything from twice.
00:52:23 Sorry I ain't your father.
00:55:41 Say the person who wrote it ain't coming.
01:00:11 [ children cheering ]
01:02:55 Just that I never thought about it much.
01:05:51 Child, I don't know what the Lord's plan is for you
01:08:47 [ brother laughing ]
01:11:56 We was j-just gonna have cold peas
01:16:38 He never asked me before.
01:22:00 (music) Jesus walked (music)

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,357
Dialogue density14.1 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line01:22:00

Production Record

DirectorKevin Hooks
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes197