The Chosen

Name: The Chosen
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Released: 1981
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Rod Steiger, Robby Benson, Barry Miller, Hildy Brooks

1981 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 2,491 VOTES · DIR. Jeremy Kagan

Overview

In a 1940s New York, two Jewish teenage boys are determined to remain friends despite the deep differences between their two families.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,549 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:03 AH-AH-AH-AH! DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL.

00:03:47 COME ON, DAVEY, BABY! POUR IT ON!

00:08:25 NO. NO, HE'S... HE'S NOT SURE.

00:12:38 REUVEN, REMEMBER, DON'T STRAIN YOUR EYE!

00:16:56 MY MOTHER. SHE DIED.

00:20:23 AND IF YOU PUT THE L IN FRONT OF THE M

00:23:23 I SEE'D HIM, TOO! BUT I DON'T BELIEVE 'EM!

00:28:58 "AND IN THAT FIELD, HE SEES A TREE.

00:32:35 WELL, ONCE HE RECOVERED

00:35:54 AND HE RESISTS MODERN IDEAS AND CHANGES.

00:39:36 BUT AFTER A WHILE, HE TURNS TO ME

00:43:39 LOOK AT ME.

00:48:14 I HAVE TO STUDY. YOU HAVE TO STUDY?

00:54:03 TO SUCH CAMPS AS BUCHENWALD.

00:57:55 OY, REUVEN! HI.

01:06:53 GOOD.

01:10:18 ONLY THE MESSIAH WHEN HE COMES WILL BRING THEM!

01:13:54 NO STATE OF ISRAEL!

01:17:39 WAIT A MINUTE... WE WON'T MEET ANYMORE.

01:23:15 COME.

01:29:38 IRAQ AGAINST.

01:33:46 DANNY?

01:38:05 ARE CARRYING PAIN.

12:06:00 UP TO MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT.

Cast & Characters

Maximilian Schell Professor David Malter Rod Steiger Reb Saunders Robby Benson Danny Saunders Barry Miller Reuven Malter Hildy Brooks Mrs. Saunders Kaethe Fine Shaindel Saunders Ron Rifkin Baseball Coach Robert John Burke Levi Saunders Lonny Price Davey Evan Handler Sidney Goldberg

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,549

Dialogue density14.8 lines / min

First line00:00:03

Final line12:06:00

Production Record

DirectorJeremy Kagan

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,491