The Brother from Another Planet

1984 · 108 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 6,789 VOTES · DIR. John Sayles

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Overview

An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth parallels that of the immigrant experience.

Dialogue Timeline — 852 lines

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00:10:01 The 130th Spirit House gives the neighborhood youth...
00:15:48 Got bloodhounds at his heels.
00:17:45 No way he gonna find my ADC form.
00:19:29 How about...
00:21:57 - What's that he talking? - Man might be Haitian.
00:24:05 Up.
00:26:05 Come on, man. It's been a long day.
00:28:11 Where you from? You look like you might be from the South.
00:31:39 What's Robert gonna say, he sees somebody walking around in his clothes?
00:35:31 ...llama Hector.
00:38:47 Where is he?
00:42:41 Fast as you can fix these things, I can wear them down.
00:46:17 So Joe goes out. Cut the cards.
00:48:31 Now we just gotta find the...
00:51:35 And it never really dawned on me that he was black.
00:54:57 There was blood on the floor, at the bottom of the stairs tonight.
01:04:07 ...if you fix my shoe.
01:10:39 We would like to ask you some questions.
01:13:52 Oh, well. My voice isn't what it used to be when I was with the girls...
01:16:28 Thank you.
01:20:18 Come on, shoot it up. Come on!
01:24:59 - We'll come back later. - When Mr. Prescott is in.
01:33:39 Oh, the flesh is weak, but the spirit finds a way.
06:07:05 She's really 65."

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed852
Dialogue density7.9 lines / min
First line00:10:01
Final line06:07:05

Production Record

DirectorJohn Sayles
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes6,789