The Borrowers

1997 · 87 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 24,212 VOTES · DIR. Peter Hewitt

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Overview

The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.

AdventureFantasyActionComedyFamily1990s

Dialogue Timeline — 1,474 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:40 [winding]
00:05:16 Joe: I don't believe this.
00:08:57 Stupid little squirt.
00:14:05 I had to run 'round the whole kitchen.
00:17:01 Swag moss... Dustbunny bin.
00:21:39 What's a bean?
00:24:39 He's here, honey.
00:27:37 Try not to worry.
00:32:18 Dad, you got to stop.
00:36:59 [machine bubbling]
00:40:07 Nothing. You look fine.
00:44:26 Come on!
00:47:42 Scenting. Scenting.
00:50:59 [Peagreen yelling]
00:53:32 Mr. Milkman! Mr. Milkman!
00:57:57 Call me spud.
01:01:05 Fire!
01:03:24 Hey!
01:06:37 [tires squealing]
01:10:30 Oh.
01:14:50 [men chuckling]
01:18:50 Anyone who thinks he can squish us!
01:22:42 [pop music playing]
01:26:11 % sometimes %

Cast & Characters

John Goodman Ocious P. Potter Jim Broadbent Pod Clock Mark Williams Exterminator Jeff Celia Imrie Homily Clock Flora Newbigin Arrietty Clock Tom Felton Peagreen Clock Raymond Pickard Spiller Bradley Pierce Pete Lender Aden Gillett Joe Lender Doon Mackichan Victoria Lender

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,474
Dialogue density16.9 lines / min
First line00:00:40
Final line01:26:11

Production Record

DirectorPeter Hewitt
LanguageEnglish
Budget$29,000,000
Revenue$22,619,699
IMDb votes24,212