The Sunset Limited
2011 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 32,664 VOTES · DIR. Tommy Lee Jones
Overview
A deeply religious black ex-con thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor who tries to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, 'The Sunset Limited.' As the one attempts to connect on a rational, spiritual and emotional level, the other remains steadfast in his hard-earned despair. Locked in a philosophical debate, both passionately defend their personal credos and try to convert the other.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,956 lines
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00:01:47 So what am I supposed to do with you, professor?
00:04:50 All right, long as you don't run into no hassle about getting me in there.
00:08:18 - But you is read a lot of books? - Yes.
00:11:41 Junkies would steal it anyway.
00:15:00 Maybe I have no beliefs.
00:18:47 No.
00:22:35 - But you don't get in trouble now? - No.
00:25:51 I'm saying you're having a bad life.
00:29:07 Meanwhile, I'm still wailing on this nigger's head
00:32:44 You got to remember
00:36:18 but we told her
00:39:44 Jesus help us.
00:43:46 even a man with a powerful belief.
00:47:01 Come on now.
00:50:28 That's all I'm going to get?
00:53:43 Nobody?
00:56:57 Well, what about the primacy of the Sunset Limited?
01:00:23 to lift the lids off toilets
01:03:41 What if what he said made sense?
01:07:29 You don't think you view those other commuters
01:11:23 a gradual loss of make-believe
01:14:50 What is it the terminal commuter cherishes
01:18:21 Except of course you can't be one of them. You can't be one of the dead
01:22:23 Rage is really only for the good days.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,956
Dialogue density21.7 lines / min
First line00:01:47
Final line01:22:23
Production Record
DirectorTommy Lee Jones
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes32,664