The Object of Beauty
1991 · 103 MIN · IMDB 5.6 · 2,385 VOTES · DIR. Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Overview
American couple Jake and Tina are living in an expensive London hotel above their means, incurring a sizeable debt. When they are asked to pay a lavish dinner bill and Jake's card is declined, he suggests they sell Tina's tiny, expensive Henry Moore sculpture to cover the debt. After they hatch a scheme to claim the sculpture was stolen in order to collect insurance on it, the sculpture mysteriously goes missing.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,069 lines
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00:00:16 -You know De Vicco too? -Yeah, from the Four Seasons.
00:05:15 I just gotta have a little cash, you know...
00:09:02 on job discrimination.
00:12:08 Maybe.
00:16:02 Better that than the other way around.
00:20:34 -l'm a desk man. -Oh, Jesus.
00:23:19 Okay. Sure.
00:29:12 Fagan's drinking again.
00:32:27 Please don't talk about liquidating me!
00:35:44 You don't know what upsetting is, you stupid prick.
00:40:07 And you normally reside where?
00:43:46 He's in cocoa, there's tons of it piled up in a dock strike.
00:48:09 Those poems that l write that you say you like.
00:51:35 You don't know where it is, l suppose?
00:57:08 Partly because the Major died and partly because of other reasons.
01:01:28 Can l come in?
01:05:18 Boy, those are terrific pills. l feel much better already.
01:10:18 when the cocoa comes in. Tina, you have to trust me.
01:14:35 fear.
01:21:31 -Lots of things. -Yeah? Like what?
01:27:30 This is a call he'll wanna get.
01:31:04 As far as l'm concerned...
01:34:44 l'll try to square it. You tell her.
50:00:00 for a year.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,069
Dialogue density10.4 lines / min
First line00:00:16
Final line50:00:00
Production Record
DirectorMichael Lindsay-Hogg
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$5,136,192
IMDb votes2,385