The Cube

1969 · 53 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 761 VOTES · DIR. Jim Henson

Overview

An unnamed man, simply called "The Man" is trapped in a cubical white room where anyone else can enter and leave, but which he himself apparently cannot leave. A stool is brought in covered in strawberry jam, the furniture changes throughout the play. The main character, is subjected to an increasingly puzzling and frustrating series of encounters, as a variety of people come through various hidden doors. But, as many remind him, he can only leave through his own door, so he must find it to leave.

DramaComedyHorrorTV Movie1960s

Dialogue Timeline — 669 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:12 Hello?
00:02:49 Hey, the door closed.
00:04:21 Just leave.
00:06:13 I put them in the armored cars for the time being.
00:09:29 - No, no, Wait a minute - There will be no backtalk from the prisoner
00:12:04 The whole place it's so cold and efficient.
00:13:45 White is the symbol of purity. symbol of spirituality.
00:16:16 You’ll never get out. You’ll never get out.
00:18:38 I kind of lost interest in time after that.
00:20:18 There was… wasn’t there.
00:22:10 - I am! - If you are gonna have something...
00:24:30 - How was he? - Ha, nothing.
00:26:12 This is the TV medium. All this has been electronically recorded in advance anyway.
00:28:06 What’s that?
00:31:03 - I’m not projected. - What did you say?
00:32:54 - Hey, what’s going’ on here? - I’m sorry about the hole, Arnold.
00:34:49 Work like a dog making this a pleasant place and what do you get for it?
00:36:47 I’m not sure I follow that.
00:38:28 You see, there are others waiting to use the facilities.
00:40:53 It certainly is!
00:42:57 You're never gonna get out of here.
00:44:20 Think on this.
00:48:38 You'll feel better after you’ve had that..
00:50:17 what you can't do is touch that part of me who knows exactly who I am.

Cast & Characters

Richard Schaal The Man in the Cube Hugh Webster Arnie Rex Sevenoaks Manager Jack Van Evera Prisoner Jon Granik Straight Man Jon Granik Sergeant Guy Sanvido Comic Fritz Liza Creighton Seductress Don Crawford Black Militant William Osler Scientist Jerry Nelson Monk

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed669
Dialogue density12.6 lines / min
First line00:00:12
Final line00:50:17

Production Record

DirectorJim Henson
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes761