The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 · 124 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 43,209 VOTES · DIR. Peter Greenaway
Overview
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,226 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:07 Go and get the dogs.
00:05:34 Blot out my transgressions
00:09:18 er, terrine et fillet lamb et poison au er, poi, poi...
00:14:15 "Notes For Gourmets". That's French for a good eater, isn't it, Boarst?
00:20:28 Did you wipe the seat before you parked your bum?
00:27:39 No stone's been left unturned.
00:34:39 What is this? New cutlery. Give your restaurant some style.
00:38:49 Don't be stupid. Do you want to join him?
00:42:29 Why don't you take everything off?
00:48:19 Gaw, phwoar, phwoar...
00:51:47 You eat in the best restaurants. I eat in the best restaurants.
00:56:20 The ferryman and his lady ate here every morning.
01:00:28 Cory, phone Santini. Five girls, strippers.
01:04:42 and I want to see you on the way to the kitchen
01:08:41 I mean, if she's been with you, Cory, how the hell can she be hard to get?
01:12:42 You! Where is she? Where's my wife?
01:18:06 I've always found them very reasonable.
01:22:39 Where are they? If he comes to, he better start to talk.
01:28:09 "He was stuffed with books. The crummy little book-keeper was..."
01:34:03 Mitchel, get Richard. I want this man banned. Get out!
01:39:12 Could you cook him? Cook who, Georgina?
01:43:34 Do lovers always behave like that?
01:48:52 What are you talking about? It's not my birthday.
01:56:05 Cannibal.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,226
Dialogue density9.9 lines / min
First line00:02:07
Final line01:56:05
Production Record
DirectorPeter Greenaway
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,300,000
Revenue$7,724,701
IMDb votes43,209