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?
00:11:30 The boy wasn't coming back was he?
00:12:00 Where's Stuart now?
00:12:23 I might be donated a whole cardboard box full.
00:12:51 Now it's just me.
00:13:22 the sum of
00:13:57 When you wanted to buy a book
00:14:20 You know, for a while
00:14:45 What's the use of a pretend book if nobody knows what a real one is?
00:15:07 and swapped it in return for gas and electricity...
00:16:10 I knew I should have thrown that old thing out years ago!
00:16:38 There was no opting out.
00:18:20 but there are no books left in which to tell it.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed210
Dialogue density10.0 lines / min
First line00:00:08
Final line00:18:20
Production Record
DirectorRichard Dadd
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes36