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.

00:03:43 COME ON!

00:08:12 UNTIL THE BANDAGES ARE REMOVED, WE WON'T KNOW

00:12:09 MY FATHER HAD OFTEN TOLD ME THAT HEALTH WAS A GIFT

00:16:24 WHO... WHO IS HE?

00:19:55 WHEREAS THE WORD FOR "FOOL," LEMECH

00:22:48 YOU DON'T SOUND VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT.

00:28:06 "HOLD TIGHT.

00:31:54 THAT'S SOME TRADITION.

00:35:07 AND I THINK IT WAS WRITTEN BY MAN

00:38:05 REB SAUNDERS, I'M SORRY. IT WASN'T OUR FAULT.

00:42:28 I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH...

00:46:44 BUT FOR DANNY, IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT

00:51:49 AND JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER LIKES HIS.

00:56:19 WE CANNOT WAIT FOR GOD.

01:00:23 WHAT ARE YOU READING?

01:08:10 IN A MINUTE.

01:12:07 YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE TRAPPED?

01:15:37 THEY PRINTED THE WHOLE THING.

01:18:56 AND NOW I'M THE CAUSE OF YOUR SEPARATION.

01:25:17 ARE YOU OKAY?

01:30:35 I'M HAVING TROUBLE SETTING UP A GRAPH

01:34:49 SO YOU'RE GOING TO BECOME A RABBI

01:39:20 MAYBE, BUT...

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 line01:39:20

Production Record

DirectorJeremy Kagan

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,491