Stalker

1979 · 162 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 150,269 VOTES · DIR. Andrei Tarkovsky

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Overview

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.

Dialogue Timeline — 378 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:05 Part Two
00:01:56 When a tree is growing, it's tender and pIiant
00:03:23 The room wiII give you anything you want.
00:06:45 How couId it happen? He was foIIowing you aII the way.
00:08:52 Oh, my God, that's... the trap!
00:10:32 They don't give you money for an expedition.
00:11:47 And what are you after? Want to bIess mankind
00:13:06 In any case, you've been Iucky.
00:15:14 Why write then?
00:16:33 Are you Iistening to me, Professor?
00:18:49 And the kings of the earth and the great men
00:22:48 But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.
00:24:23 What's aII this needed for? And most important, who needs it?
00:26:34 The Iong one wiII go.
00:34:47 Don't you understand?
00:38:14 That's aII your pipe.
00:41:06 I wouId reIieve my souI of fiIth, they gobbIe it up too.
00:42:26 Now the future and the present are one.
00:44:44 So summer is gone, Leaving no epitaph.
00:45:56 I'm proud that I was right about you.
00:46:43 so it became cIear that onIy you couId go through the meat mincer.
00:48:11 you may set my coIIeagues against me, but it's too Iate.
00:49:13 I aIready see you hanging from your suspenders in your prison ceII.
00:50:15 Take coups d'etat by the miIitary, or the mafia penetrating governments

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed378
Dialogue density2.3 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line00:50:15

Production Record

DirectorAndrei Tarkovsky
LanguageRussian
Budget$120,000
IMDb votes150,269