The Saddest Music in the World

2003 · 101 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 6,428 VOTES · DIR. Guy Maddin

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Overview

In Depression-era Winnipeg, a legless beer baroness hosts a contest for the saddest music in the world, offering a grand prize of $25,000.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,098 lines

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00:00:37 You are a very sad man, Mr. Kent.
00:05:30 Hurry up, hurry up
00:10:27 Maybe you should make yourself scarce for a while.
00:13:28 Teddy, have you ever wondered where my legs went?
00:16:17 Canadian lieutenant. The great war.
00:19:22 I will love this woman until my dying day.
00:22:59 Good Lord. What's that?
00:25:49 Well, someone's left the faucet on.
00:29:02 The fatal deluge is announced by birds.
00:33:40 - Really? - Get to the brewery. Wait for me.
00:36:56 how they've been affected by these bad things
00:40:07 and the leg that repudiates it.
00:42:41 But I can hear just fine in the other one.
00:45:54 Just the red maple leaves
00:49:31 who was making like a hurricane upstairs when your brother came home.
00:54:12 The raindrops burn me! Do you hear their hiss?
00:58:12 We've heard much talk about his plaintive cello ore.
01:03:26 One of Chester's showgirls.
01:07:14 Is this the day?
01:10:27 I just kicked a ball!
01:15:23 I'm only gonna make you happy.
01:23:16 That fellow you went off with the night I nearly died of a head injury.
01:29:33 My God! Mary!
01:36:16 I ask you...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,098
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:00:37
Final line01:36:16

Production Record

DirectorGuy Maddin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes6,428