The Book of Life
1998 · 63 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 2,171 VOTES · DIR. Hal Hartley
Overview
New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdalena discuss and debate the End of the World.
Dialogue Timeline — 599 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:42 Forgive me Jesus, for I have sinned.
00:05:08 I feared my father's wrath.
00:06:58 Cheer up, Mac.
00:08:23 There is a priest on the radio and that's all he ever talks about.
00:10:00 He can take it to the regular court and try for ever.
00:13:05 What, you lose?
00:14:27 The soul is... only what we call our awareness of things
00:17:10 So what if it's the last day of the world?
00:21:33 It's all over. Everything I've worked so hard to achive...
00:26:31 Panicked by both the legitimacy and the hopelessness of their cries...
00:30:01 The world is infinite, expansive, and full of possibility.
00:32:08 Where is the Book of Life?
00:34:17 I thought he'd fallen in love with me.
00:39:09 Excuse me, have you got a quarter for the phone?
00:42:27 We're supposed to change the world with love, compassion, and forgiveness.
00:44:02 It's amazing, the things they do. They're inventing themselves, now.
00:45:38 ...my idealistic young Nazarene.
00:47:11 No one ever learns.
00:50:23 ...you would've been saved? - I got a deal.
00:51:46 A pawn in my father's troubled empire.
00:54:12 Give it to him.
00:56:50 They think of everything.
00:58:57 Or perhaps evolved through computers...
144:00:00 who will be saved from eternal damnation.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed599
Dialogue density9.5 lines / min
First line00:00:42
Final line144:00:00
Production Record
DirectorHal Hartley
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,171