The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Name: The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Director: Mary McGuckian
Released: 2004
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Bates, F. Murray Abraham

2004 · 120 MIN · IMDB 5.0 · 3,745 VOTES · DIR. Mary McGuckian

Overview

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who has witnessed the tragic accident then goes about inquiring into the lives of the victims, seeking some sort of cosmic answer to the question of why each had to die.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,239 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 If there were any plan in the universe...

00:05:44 It's but a book of findings.

00:09:03 to visit the university

00:12:18 rather than dazzle her with secret indifference.

00:15:11 that you prepare one of your charges to take up the post.

00:18:50 It will be a burden, I know

00:22:58 Utterly enchanting. Exquisitely spoken.

00:25:41 My life has three aims, Your Excellency.

00:30:43 You mean His Excellency?

00:35:12 that a matador might commend a bull to her

00:44:09 Oh! Is that for me? Oh.

00:49:04 with Doña Maria, la Marquesa de Montemayor.

00:52:42 Is it not some mistake

00:55:44 How dare he?!

01:00:53 every copy... every copy... to be burned at dusk.

01:05:34 You're wasting your time.

01:08:49 but for herown.

01:14:43 God has taken him into His hands.

01:19:32 And thitherthe Marquesa was carried

01:24:35 every one was returned.

01:31:22 Get away from me! Get out of my house!

01:38:16 common consistently to all of the victims.

01:41:41 The more able the actress, the less won'thy the witness.

01:45:07 that this testament, this tome of his

Cast & Characters

Gabriel Byrne Brother Juniper Robert De Niro Archbishop of Peru Harvey Keitel Uncle Pio Kathy Bates The Marquesa F. Murray Abraham Viceroy of Peru Geraldine Chaplin The Abbess Émilie Dequenne Doña Clara Adriana Domínguez Pepita Samuel Le Bihan Dona Clara's Husband Pilar López de Ayala Camila Villegas (La Perichola)

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,239

Dialogue density10.3 lines / min

First line00:00:01

Final line01:45:07

Production Record

DirectorMary McGuckian

LanguageEnglish

Budget$24,000,000

IMDb votes3,745