The Human Stain
2003 · 106 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 32,917 VOTES · DIR. Robert Benton
Overview
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,156 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:27 You mean to tell me you're President of the United States
00:05:55 isolates himself defiantly outside the very society
00:08:45 Isn't Herb on the same committee?
00:11:31 They killed my wife as if they'd taken a gun and fired it into her heart.
00:14:22 Although the treatment was successful
00:17:28 You're welcome.
00:20:40 there'd be sleigh rides skating on frozen lakes
00:25:00 No, it's my sister's birthday.
00:32:05 Why do we have to talk?
00:36:20 Isn't that what I was supposed to do
00:39:06 I'm sorry about that.
00:42:23 I'll bring you right back, I promise.
00:46:38 Coleman, Listen, forget about the letter.
00:49:14 One thing.
00:52:40 Cowards die many times before their death.
00:56:21 Yeah. I don't want to talk about Lester Farley.
00:59:36 This is more than sex.
01:05:17 I'd like that.
01:08:50 Sugar "Pete" Cunningham!
01:14:06 Yeah, it's me.
01:18:40 Listen, there's something I need to tell you.
01:23:45 Mrs. Keble.
01:29:01 And was he successful?
01:33:31 I write about people like you.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,156
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:03:27
Final line01:33:31
Production Record
DirectorRobert Benton
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30,000,000
Revenue$24,900,000
IMDb votes32,917