The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
2005 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 817 VOTES · DIR. Kayvan Mashayekh
Overview
Kamran is a 12 year old boy in the present day who discovers that his ancestor is the 11th Century Mathematician, Astronomer, Poet of Persia, Omar Khayyam. The story has been passed down in his family from one generation to another, and now it is his responsibility to keep the story alive for future generations. The film takes us from the modern day to the epic past where the relationship between Omar Khayyam, Hassan Sabbah (the original creator of the sect of Assassins) and their mutual love for a beautiful woman separate them from their eternal bond of friendship. Filmed almost entirely on location in Samarkand and Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
Dialogue Timeline — 64 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:16 HOUSTON LEUKEMIA CENTER
00:02:36 When I was your age I was captain!
00:03:08 At age twelve, he lost his father.
00:08:22 Hassan and Omar slowly became close friends.
00:08:44 With Daya, their friendship grew stronger.
00:09:33 As they grew older, their friendship was viewed differently by the public.
00:15:24 how their friendship with a slave girl would impact their lives.
00:18:14 You cannot save the boy by starving.
00:18:34 If her son dies
00:18:44 but Mansour only thinks about the future.
00:21:37 It's important for him to know that we still remember Omar.
00:21:52 Neither would ever get over their love for her.
00:22:01 The only thing left fo him was his faith in God and his religion.
00:22:55 The root of Seljuk power was granted by the religion of Islam.
00:27:47 Hello Shahin
00:27:54 I miss you too.
00:27:57 He's so pale!
00:28:03 I have to go back to the hospital.
00:46:08 The hearts of two lovers can never be apart from one another.
00:52:48 a radical Islamic group threatened to unseat him from within his Empire.
00:55:07 Poor Shahin, I feel very badly for her.
00:55:26 Shahin has not forgotten.
00:55:45 Try calling them again tomorrow.
01:09:46 SMALL VILLAGE IN KHORASAN, IRAN