Taking Care of Business
1990 · 108 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 9,679 VOTES · DIR. Arthur Hiller
Overview
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,459 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:16 I live for the World series, right?
00:06:20 Yeah, so?
00:10:16 mostly, a lot.
00:13:29 There's hundreds of us, ain't but one of him.
00:16:45 And oatmeal cookies every Tuesday and Thursday.
00:21:22 barnes!
00:27:14 That's a weird couch.
00:31:29 Junior vp, high quality foods.
00:35:51 he'll have another heart attack. Then imagine the guilt!
00:39:39 Your party just left.
00:43:24 l don't know. l never really think of him.
00:47:40 holy shit.
00:53:33 Do you have that tequila with the worms in it?
00:57:03 And your bread just rips apart.
01:00:51 - man, l know that feeling. - Yeah?
01:06:10 - no, l've got to go immediately. - Oh, spencer!
01:10:20 - l didn't lose your filofax, you did. - l'll kill you!
01:13:36 lf you think that you are getting that promotion, forget it.
01:17:38 - now that's exciting. - lt is exciting.
01:21:32 - t es? - What do you want?
01:25:52 - l'm missing the game! - What did she say?
01:29:51 Let me ask you something. how will you get back in prison
01:33:19 bad news.
01:37:05 Get me out of these clothes. lt's so hard to be a woman.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,459
Dialogue density13.5 lines / min
First line00:02:16
Final line01:37:05
Production Record
DirectorArthur Hiller
LanguageEnglish
Budget$14,000,000
Revenue$20,000,000
IMDb votes9,679