The Ninth Configuration

1980 · 118 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 9,466 VOTES · DIR. William Peter Blatty

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Overview

Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,275 lines

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00:03:15 THE NINTH CONFIGURATION
00:08:27 I confess that I need you... Oh yes, I do.
00:12:04 You remind me of Vincent Van Gogh...
00:17:22 Cops, people.
00:21:07 God of mine...
00:24:20 Sometime later
00:28:25 - There's something engraved on the back of it. - Ora pro nobis?
00:31:21 Ok, I was only suggesting.
00:36:33 Sargeant Krebs.
00:40:01 No, I guess I don't.
00:43:31 Colonel Fell isn't back yet, sir.
00:47:44 - No, we're not. - But you must be.
00:51:20 Look at the envelope, sir. The address...
00:55:06 Meantime, the crazier Hamlet acts...
00:58:51 Jesus.
01:03:27 And there was never any trouble.
01:06:22 Now, what do you call that? Reflex action?
01:11:36 He seems pretty straight to me, sir.
01:17:21 Then after a time the denial became so strong that...
01:21:29 I think he's kinda cute.
01:27:27 That's my beach ball, man. Put it down.
01:32:35 You bastards!
01:39:32 then that's really...
10:02:04 billions of years.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,275
Dialogue density10.8 lines / min
First line00:03:15
Final line10:02:04

Production Record

DirectorWilliam Peter Blatty
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes9,466