The last bookshop
2013 · 21 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 36 VOTES · DIR. Richard Dadd
Overview
Imagine a world without books... A young boy leaves behind his holographic entertainment and explores the abandoned old shop fronts outside. Down a forgotten alley he discovers the last ever bookshop. And inside, an ancient Shopkeeper, who has been waiting over 25 years for a customer... This 20 minute short film promotes the plight of independent bookshops through a fantastical fictional narrative. A timeless and atmospheric short tackling a pressing topical issue. Filmed on location in some Kent and London's beautiful, historic (and endangered) bookshops.
Dialogue Timeline — 210 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:08 There have always been stories.
00:00:42 They were magic!
00:01:20 Mum!
00:06:38 Isn't it wonderful?
00:07:01 Who?
00:07:26 buy things on a computer.
00:07:53 You should catch a whiff of it.
00:08:13 Look, the only way you will ever find out
00:08:37 and a whole host of treasures besides.
00:09:56 I imagined him poring over every page.
00:10:28 But as the days turned into weeks
00:11:03 Would I be found rotting among them?
00:11:34 I was saving the books for no-one.
00:12:01 They're long gone.
00:12:26 That was when everyone had books in their house.
00:12:53 And as for the books
00:13:23 Five Pounds.
00:13:58 or anything else for that matter
00:14:22 there were electronic books.
00:14:49 Might as well have a pretend mangle.
00:15:12 I must see if I can find those dollars for you to see.
00:16:19 Have I done something wrong?
00:16:40 This whole shop is a massive copyright infringement!
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Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed210
Dialogue density10.0 lines / min
First line00:00:08
Final line00:20:12
Production Record
DirectorRichard Dadd
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes36