Take Out
2008 · 88 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 563 VOTES · DIR. Tsou Shih-ching, Sean Baker
Overview
An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Ming Ding has only until the end of the day to come up with the money.
Dialogue Timeline — 509 lines
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00:00:27 Which floor?
00:02:01 - Bring him out. - Get up.
00:03:30 There's no money.
00:10:14 Nothing.
00:12:18 Make a killing.
00:16:16 Ma, get the flour.
00:17:59 - Are you gambling? - No.
00:20:06 Because they already had my brother's debt to deal with.
00:21:35 More rain, more deliveries.
00:30:07 No, he's still trying.
00:33:38 Two months.
00:36:06 What are you talking about?
00:39:57 It doesn't go down.
00:42:00 No.
00:45:09 Is it that hard?
00:46:17 - Canada. - Really, Canada? Not bad.
00:47:38 It's all your fault.
00:54:35 You still have to do it.
01:02:42 One case of chicken. Three cases of chicken wings.
01:03:52 Don't talk to me about attitude.
01:08:26 It would be great to be home with my wife and my son.
01:13:15 - We don't have fries, right? - Yes.
01:20:01 I don't want to work there.
01:24:02 All right, see you tomorrow. I'm headed to the subway.
Cast & Characters
Charles Jang
Ming Ding
Jeng-Hua Yu
Young
Wang-Thye Lee
Big Sister
Justin Wan
Wei
Jeff Huang
Ma
Shih-Yun Tsou
Collector #1
Joe Chien
Collector #2
Waley Liu
Ming's Roommate
Ed Jansen
Ming's Roommate #2
David Liu
Ming's Roommate #3
Huang Shengyi
Ming's Cousin
Ethel Brooks
First Delivery
Victor Sally
Fried Hard
Tanya Perez
Second Delivery
Maria Greenspan
Portuguese Delivery
Sandra McCullogh
Mother with Children
Sharinee McCullogh
Running Toddler
Renae McCullough
Older Sister
Javier Cortes
Nice Tipper
J.P. Partland
Horn Delivery
Theodore Bouloukos
No Speakee English
Yessica Amadis
Smoking Phone Woman
Patrice A. Duffy
Nice Woman Delivery
James Price
Hardware Store #1
Carlos Eleutice
Hardware Store #2
Juan Carlos Perdomo
Hardware Store #3
Eunice Wong
Dark Hallway Delivery
Yaron Prywes
Young Prep Delivery
Karren Karagulian
Chicken or Beef
Alia Carpenter
Mother with Crying Baby
Kamali Smith
Crying Baby
Rory Kelly
Dog Hallway Delivery
Tim Hummel
Fighting Couple Guy
Althia A. Cline
Fighting Couple Woman
Michael Fuehrer
Mail Order Faster
Monica Kester
Thank You Delivery
B.J. Anthony Pass II
Bad Hair Day
Cailin Pitt
Barber Shop Kid
Ronald Garret
Barber
Marie Pitt
Barber Shop Mom
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed509
Dialogue density5.8 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line01:24:02
Production Record
DirectorTsou Shih-ching, Sean Baker
LanguageChinese
Budget$3,000
IMDb votes563
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