Svengali
2013 · 90 MIN · IMDB 5.6 · 1,142 VOTES · DIR. John Hardwick
Overview
Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They are young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, Dixie heads out onto the streets of London…
Dialogue Timeline — 1,740 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:35 (UPBEAT SONG PLAYING)
00:05:28 - Just give them the beers. - MACCA: No, he's from Wales.
00:09:19 Brian Horse.
00:13:00 Why is that?
00:16:29 Yeah, sure.
00:20:05 -(RINGING TONE) - I'll sort the gig out.
00:23:03 No, what it is, right, because I'm Welsh
00:26:02 Coldplay ain't fucking music, mate.
00:29:04 Auditioning a few more sperm donors.
00:33:01 - Hello, Mam. - DIXIE'S MAM: Hiya, love.
00:35:41 SHELL: Put it top up, there.
00:38:53 - Yeah. All of 'em. - Hang on, pal.
00:42:46 Listen, we've been waiting for two hours.
00:45:32 No, I'm sorry, Ange, he's taking the fucking piss.
00:48:45 and I won't put any money on this prick
00:51:45 All right to go up the club?
00:55:24 - And I'm scared, like... And I'm scared, man. - Oh.
00:59:41 I'll sort it out, okay?
01:02:44 MACCA: No. (CHUCKLES)
01:07:06 so I'll come and pick you up if you want.
01:10:53 I love this track!
01:15:48 But what you've got to do is get yourself to Sorted Records.
01:19:29 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Just somebody tell me what's going on here.
01:24:24 Dixie?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,740
Dialogue density19.3 lines / min
First line00:00:35
Final line01:24:24
Production Record
DirectorJohn Hardwick
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,142