Sting: When the Last Ship Sails (Live at the Public Theater)
2014 · 100 MIN · IMDB 8.6 · 60 VOTES · DIR. Paul Bozymowski
Overview
In an intimate evening of music and storytelling filmed on Sting’s birthday during a run of benefit concerts at The Public Theater in New York City, “The Last Ship” features Sting joined by 14 musicians performing original songs from his critically acclaimed album and Broadway musical of the same name. Inspired by his childhood experiences, “The Last Ship,” is set in the seafaring town of Wallsend in the north-east of England where Sting was born and raised and marks his Broadway debut as a composer. Against a backdrop of evocative visual projections, this captivating live performance takes us on a journey of love, loss, redemption, and self-discovery, offering an inside look at the story behind “The Last Ship".
Dialogue Timeline — 1,054 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:13 This programme contains some strong language.
00:03:42 # The noise at the end of the world in your ears
00:06:23 And this next song, which is
00:09:02 # And I don't know what we'll do if the yard gets sold
00:11:49 # And that's what we'll all be facing
00:14:16 # And the only life we've known is in the shipyard
00:17:17 # And yet, and yet
00:20:38 # The fishing boats set out upon the sea
00:24:06 # - Good people, give ear to me story - Steady!
00:26:41 What do you get for your vote?
00:29:14 Every line, every word is scrutinised
00:32:48 # With one roof above our heads A warm house to return to
00:35:48 # I'd been sent from the town to deliver
00:39:47 so they called it dead man's boots.
00:42:40 # When all ye've got left is that cross on the wall
00:46:34 That's the Wilson Family.
00:50:15 # I told her of the list I'd read and the trouble I was in
00:53:09 # When I'm singing Well, you'd best lock up
00:56:11 singing in it, and then
00:59:17 # For when that ship sails And the course has been set
01:03:00 # Ships don't get built debating Or launched just contemplating
01:07:02 # But his soul was still trapped in the cage, son
01:11:26 my mother dresses me up in my Sunday best, which I hate
01:14:29 # Looking crushed and uncomfortable in his top hat and tails