The Idols
1968 · 105 MIN · IMDB 5.2 · 161 VOTES · DIR. Marc-Gilbert Guillaumin
Overview
This satire concerns three French singing idols and their attempt to stay in the public eye. A press conference, backstage hedonism, psychedelia, manipulative managers and disc jockeys are portrayed as the pop culture is thoroughly and effectively lampooned in this independent feature.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,644 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:53 We'd especially like to speak with you
00:06:05 And now, the talented, the glorious, the charming...
00:10:24 - The windshield! - Ah!
00:14:13 Come along, young man.
00:19:30 and about my daddy!
00:24:15 Well, we need to talk about Charly and tomorrow's conference!
00:28:08 That went well.
00:32:07 I'd just been studying applied photogenics
00:35:47 Of my past inside.
00:41:24 Only the dead can lead the dead into the realm of the dead.
00:46:04 Oh, no, no. Angelo has gone.
00:50:42 - "The Best Families in France". - ...who have won the right
00:55:12 What I want..., I want... fuck you, if that's what you want me to do.
01:01:56 It was my idea and you approved it, didn't you?
01:05:54 Because I am the king.
01:10:16 China, Japan!
01:14:53 This has been an ORTF French radio broadcast.
01:20:21 I was crying so much that I lost my love
01:24:28 The price will be their future.
01:28:58 go away
01:32:53 Find the ends of the loose threads that are all tangled up in our hair
01:36:51 It's called "The 14th of July".
01:39:47 Well, look around!
38:07:00 Charly’s last 33 LP.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,644
Dialogue density15.7 lines / min
First line00:00:53
Final line38:07:00
Production Record
DirectorMarc-Gilbert Guillaumin
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes161