The Chamber

1996 · 113 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 16,565 VOTES · DIR. James Foley

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Overview

Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,334 lines

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00:00:44 [Dog Barking]
00:05:31 and you've kept him alive all these years.
00:09:55 of the only 12 remaining virgins in all of Jackson...
00:14:54 - Not a good day to see Sam. - Why is that?
00:18:37 This from the son of a man that blew his own brains out?
00:22:25 I don't make fancy bombs. They're just simple little things.
00:25:50 Are you asking me my legal strategy, Your Honor?
00:29:33 Wh-What do you think I should do about it?
00:33:14 - [Phone Ringing] - [TV: Female Newscaster, Indistinct]
00:36:36 - The citizens' councils used them to do their dirty work. - And the Sovereignty Commission?
00:41:08 And then my dear, sweet father...
00:44:56 Meeks waited. The witnesses waited.
00:48:19 My memory isn't that perfect. Get off my back, here. Will you?
00:51:53 She's going through a tough time right now.
00:57:01 - Thumbs down on insanity later today. - Hi.
01:02:18 Second, if you spent half as much time learnin' to be a lawyer...
01:06:28 He had to live with that for the rest of his sad life.
01:10:13 Tell him that you don't want my client to die.
01:14:31 You know, sort of like a reunion.
01:19:12 and placing this institution on lockdown status.
01:26:02 to see the only thing wrong with this country...
01:30:41 - What should we do? - Do? I don't recall bein' asked to do anything.
01:35:27 Tonight, however
01:40:05 I reckon this old man must've passed on something good to him.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,334
Dialogue density11.8 lines / min
First line00:00:44
Final line01:40:05

Production Record

DirectorJames Foley
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50,000,000
Revenue$22,540,359
IMDb votes16,565