The Skeleton Key

Name: The Skeleton Key
Director: Iain Softley
Released: 2005
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt

2005 · 104 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 126,834 VOTES · DIR. Iain Softley

Overview

A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,005 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:21 "I lost no time, of course, in telling my mother all that I knew...

00:03:56 Wait. This is Terrebonne Parish. It's the freaking swamps.

00:09:02 She's from New Orleans.

00:10:54 Jeez, what is it with you and old people?

00:15:43 We bought this house from a brother and a sister.

00:18:10 Yeah.

00:25:47 Mrs. Devereaux!

00:28:43 I thought it...

00:35:09 Caroline?

00:38:16 or the next one.

00:42:06 Sit down.

00:45:13 Terrible.

00:50:22 He won't beat you again.

00:52:32 Forget it.

00:56:03 Caroline.

01:00:14 but my family is superstitious, too. We're called Baptists.

01:02:14 Yeah, but it's not real.

01:04:34 Then that'll give me tonight.

01:08:46 You always have sugar in your tea.

01:11:38 Oh, God.

01:17:00 Mrs. Devereaux.

01:21:15 Please.

01:26:30 What's next?

01:30:33 Got to get them riled up.

Cast & Characters

Kate Hudson Caroline Ellis Peter Sarsgaard Luke Marshall Joy Bryant Jill Gena Rowlands Violet Devereaux John Hurt Ben Devereaux Maxine Barnett Mama Cynthia Fahnlohnee R. Harris Hallie Marion Zinser Bayou Woman Deneen Tyler Desk Nurse Ann Dalrymple C.N.A.

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,005

Dialogue density9.7 lines / min

First line00:00:21

Final line01:30:33

Production Record

DirectorIain Softley

LanguageEnglish

Budget$43,000,000

Revenue$93,983,911

IMDb votes126,834