The Case Against 8

2014 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 1,105 VOTES · DIR. Ben Cotner, Ryan White

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Overview

A behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Dialogue Timeline — 2,168 lines

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00:00:55 Mr. Chief Justice
00:05:43 And you might be uncomfortable
00:10:12 had voted to take away my right to marry.
00:14:48 that it would be fun to work together on something,
00:19:29 'cause she's always been an ally and my best friend.
00:24:05 has really erased the partisanship out of an issue
00:28:37 "we're gonna make you an honorary lesbian."
00:33:00 So he's attempting to withdraw as a party to this case?
00:36:56 And this is all double-sided.
00:41:36 at a disadvantage over and over again.
00:46:55 I can't. I have to represent me.
00:51:32 And he did.
00:55:27 but other people over time, I think, would benefit
00:59:58 No more questions.
01:04:24 And that's how they're gonna prove it,
01:08:47 does not cut it. It does not cut it
01:13:56 because you have so much joy.
01:18:31 Hear ye, hear ye, Hear ye.
01:22:43 but down the middle of every human heart."
01:28:28 Thank you, guys.
01:33:19 It's a part of the right of privacy,
01:38:27 Okay, the Supreme Court has decided
01:42:54 You're gonna have to call the state
01:48:40 I'd have said, "Amen to that."

Cast & Characters

Theodore Olson Self
Christopher D. Dusseault Self (as Chris Dusseault)
Jeffrey J. Zarrillo Self (as Jeff Zarrillo)
Paul T. Katami Self (as Paul Katami)
Kristin M. Perry Self (as Kris Perry)
Sandra B. Stier Self (as Sandy Stier)
Ted Ung Self
Chad Griffin Self - American Foundation for Equal Rights
Kristina Schake Self - American Foundation for Equal Rights
Adam Umhoefer Self - executive director, American Foundation for Equal Rights
Rob Reiner Self
Dustin Lance Black Self
Elizabeth Riel Self - American Foundation for Equal Rights
David Blankenhorn Self
Katherine K. Young Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,168
Dialogue density19.9 lines / min
First line00:00:55
Final line01:48:40

Production Record

DirectorBen Cotner, Ryan White
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,105

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