The Messenger
2009 · 113 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 37,491 VOTES · DIR. Oren Moverman
Overview
Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,148 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:38 Here. Right here. Just wait.
00:06:33 I'm assigning you to a Casualty Notification team.
00:09:30 One more thing. You do not touch the NOK.
00:13:51 So you think ahead. You have 10 in the back.
00:17:19 Oh, why? Oh, no, please, God, no! My, God, why?
00:21:11 Tell her what my day was like down in death valley.
00:25:22 What the do you do? Deliver babies?
00:29:06 You want to tell his mother?
00:33:43 Get the hell out of here.
00:38:47 What's wrong?
00:42:40 Hey, the army's hard work. Fighting terrorists, rebuilding countries, saving lives.
00:45:53 ...it just feels wrong, you know, with the new money.
00:49:25 - Could you step outside? - Just let them say what they need to say!
00:52:54 I'm fucking home, sweet home.
00:58:25 Just forget the invitation and forget me. Just...
01:03:34 Friends, over there.
01:10:54 I'm gonna go and get Matt and pick him up early.
01:14:47 The Secretary of the Army extends his deepest sympathy...
01:19:55 That's not distracting.
01:23:50 Motherfuckers! Goddamn it!
01:27:50 Kelly and Alan...
01:33:37 Wasn't much of a war.
01:38:12 "I can't feel my hands. I can't feel my hands. "
01:41:33 ...standing on the edge...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,148
Dialogue density10.2 lines / min
First line00:01:38
Final line01:41:33
Production Record
DirectorOren Moverman
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6,500,000
Revenue$1,595,417
IMDb votes37,491