The Milagro Beanfield War

1988 · 117 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 7,070 VOTES · DIR. Robert Redford

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Overview

The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,051 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:04:45 Thank you, God, for letting me have another day.
00:09:07 That's the future, amigo.
00:15:29 I'm not saying it's good, and I'm not saying it's bad.
00:19:58 - Maybe you should have talked to somebody before you did it. - If I had
00:24:24 - I'm Ruby Archuleta. - Yeah, I know.
00:27:31 Yeah?
00:30:45 Then what we did was, we put in the Ribald Ditch...
00:34:11 and pick somebody else's beans for two fucking dollars an hour.
00:40:20 They've never seen a college guy planting a bean fiield before.
00:46:55 Think about that.
00:49:57 Nick, hold it!
00:53:13 What, uh, what does Milagro mean?
00:56:21 I don't know where you come from, but things must turn out shitty there.
01:02:06 Eggs?
01:06:35 When you do reckon she escaped from Sammy's field?
01:10:40 I want you to print an announcement in your paper. Okay.
01:16:18 Fourteen dollars an hour! That's three months' work guaranteed.
01:20:57 Did you hear anything?
01:26:45 You better get out of here, Joe. Let's get him to the clinic.
01:31:47 By myself.
01:38:31 I didn't think so.
01:45:01 There you go. Taste it.
01:50:16 You're a pain in the ass!
02:00:03 - I mean exactly.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,051
Dialogue density9.0 lines / min
First line00:04:45
Final line02:00:03

Production Record

DirectorRobert Redford
LanguageEnglish
Budget$22,000,000
Revenue$14,000,000
IMDb votes7,070