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.
00:08:30 Poverty.
00:09:44 and I will solve it for a bottle of your best port.
00:10:55 You didn't say it had to be my finger.
00:12:57 I'm sorry, mister...
00:15:24 My angel, you all right?
00:17:07 Your wife is a consumptive, Mr. Poe.
00:19:09 Pluto, stop it!
00:20:32 Please don't destroy them with drink.
00:24:15 I'll protect you.
00:28:24 There.
00:29:48 No, no, no, no. There was another cat, a black cat, just like pluto.
00:30:49 No...
00:32:38 We all have to go on, you know
00:35:30 We stand on the brink of a precipice
00:39:09 No. You'll catch a draft.
00:41:44 You.
00:43:47 Eddie. Leave me be.
00:49:43 Two nights ago.
00:51:01 nothing here, sergeant.
00:52:29 Thank you for your help, but we have a great deal of business, criminal business, to attend to.
00:56:43 Edgar A.Poe.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed446
Dialogue density7.7 lines / min
First line00:01:27
Final line00:56:43
Production Record
DirectorStuart Gordon
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,615