The Shooting Party
1985 · 98 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 1,574 VOTES · DIR. Alan Bridges
Overview
1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal decrepitude of a dying class is reflected in the social interactions and hypocrisy of its members, only world weary Sir Randolph seems to realise that the sun is setting.
Dialogue Timeline — 952 lines
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00:01:32 'Life's so extraordinarily pleasant for those of us who have been born in the right place.
00:06:08 And Count Tibor Rakassyi,> visiting from Hungary.
00:10:12 You're trying to provoke me, but I shall NOT rise.
00:14:44 And we'll gallop across the Hungarian snow-covered plain from palace to palace!
00:19:52 < How divine!
00:23:38 BOB: Well...
00:27:16 - It's not a waltz, Tibor! - What do you call it? - It's certainly not a waltz!
00:34:58 ..to the better grass. You're soaking!And it tipped.
00:39:52 She freed it from life's miseries. 'Elle'-freed-a-beetle. A silly name!
00:44:44 It's not my idea of sport. It's my idea of murder!Ah, yes.
00:48:34 It said the most wonderful things! What sort of things?
00:52:13 You're the kindest person in the world!
00:55:33 Shooting's over.
00:57:42 APPLAUSE
01:00:26 I did at first...then somehow... Ouch!
01:03:54 I...could stay a bit, if...you liked.
01:06:23 Thank you for these.
01:09:22 And, erm...
01:11:43 We're gonna smash the other fellow today.
01:15:12 They're 15 ahead now, m'lord.
01:18:16 ..Yes.
01:21:06 Who's been hurt?
01:23:45 Say a prayer, sir.
01:26:31 It's the doctor coming.
Cast & Characters
James Mason
Sir Randolph Nettleby
Edward Fox
Lord Gilbert Hartlip
Dorothy Tutin
Lady Minnie Nettleby
John Gielgud
Cornelius Cardew
Gordon Jackson
Tom Harker
Cheryl Campbell
Lady Aline Hartlip
Robert Hardy
Lord Bob Lilburn
Aharon Ipalé
Sir Reuben Hergesheimer
Joris Stuyck
Count Tibor Rakassyi
Rebecca Saire
Cicely Nettleby
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed952
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:01:32
Final line01:26:31
Production Record
DirectorAlan Bridges
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,574