The Black Cat
2007 · 58 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 2,615 VOTES · DIR. Stuart Gordon
Overview
The Black Cat, set in 1840 Philadelphia, has the great writer Edgar Allan Poe, struggling with alcoholism, writers block, as well as being out of ideas, short on cash, and tormented by his wife Virginia's black cat that will either destroy his life or inspire him to write one of his most famous stories.
Dialogue Timeline — 446 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:27 Perversity: "The human thirst for self torture." E.A.Poe
00:05:19 My angel, are you all right?
00:06:48 Yes, killing his landlord because he was disturbed to madness by the man's dead eye.
00:08:21 Poetry.
00:09:39 Set down a cryptogram as devilish as you can devise
00:10:51 No, right there!
00:12:45 But poetry is music when it is poetical at all.
00:14:09 One last time...
00:17:00 Administer this judiciously.
00:18:06 wait.
00:20:22 I'm afraid taking care of me inspires you to drink.
00:23:56 Angel.
00:28:12 you...
00:29:36 Phineas? Yes.
00:30:35 It's all right, ci..
00:32:22 She should have a proper buriaL.
00:33:34 I say calm yourself, sir!
00:38:33 You came back to me from the grave, and still...
00:40:06 I need companion when you're writing, or when you're gone.
00:43:11 I can't write.
00:49:16 Yes, indeed. I am he, the poet, yes.
00:50:32 Oh. Of course.
00:51:51 These stairs are quite rickety.
00:55:38 Of course.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed446
Dialogue density7.7 lines / min
First line00:01:27
Final line00:55:38
Production Record
DirectorStuart Gordon
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,615