The Proposition
1998 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 2,409 VOTES · DIR. Lesli Linka Glatter
Overview
Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,272 lines
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00:01:34 Coming Sister.
00:05:00 keeping his hand in the game of controlling my life.
00:08:55 - Was it a boy or a girl? - I don't know.
00:12:10 A place to explore...
00:15:38 Yes. Indeed.
00:18:43 that in time you'll come to see the great compliment of this proposition.
00:22:24 Hello, Mrs. Barret, these are for you.
00:27:01 - Hello. - Hello, Roger.
00:32:39 Jesus tells us...
00:36:24 Him? Or was it me you hated?
00:40:24 For though she understood those ramifications...
00:44:16 that for the past 4 months you've not been trying to dodge them...
00:48:12 I took it when I entered the Church. It was my mother's maiden name.
00:52:07 Well, you have no need to worry...
00:56:39 it was all my fault.
01:00:01 You'll write, but you'll do laundry to survive!
01:04:03 Worse, I'm Arthur Barret's nephew.
01:08:18 Roger thought that he fell in love with me.
01:12:31 Finish it, Arthur. Allow her to give birth to this baby.
01:21:42 Send him my apologies and tell him we have to postpone.
01:26:29 Yes.
01:31:15 Aspirate him Father.
01:36:31 Absolutely nothing.
01:42:45 It was she, who taught me about faith.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,272
Dialogue density11.6 lines / min
First line00:01:34
Final line01:42:45
Production Record
DirectorLesli Linka Glatter
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$147,773
IMDb votes2,409