The Time Guardian
1987 · 87 MIN · IMDB 4.3 · 831 VOTES · DIR. Brian Hannant
Overview
In the distant future, the human race nears extinction and a new race of beast-like creatures rule the earth. The few surviving people live in the City, a huge protected construction with the ability to travel in both space and time. The City travels back to our time to save humanity...
Dialogue Timeline — 649 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:38 Search can resume.
00:06:41 Repeat, Sector 5 Perimeter.
00:08:58 Regroup on Level 5!
00:11:59 - I'm not looking for gold. - No gold.
00:14:57 We know they call themselves Jen-Diki.
00:17:53 Right there, Jake.
00:21:15 These things have ambushed us five times now...
00:22:40 Sidearms and a handful of pulse guns won't stop these things.
00:26:26 Forgive him. He had a crude upbringing.
00:31:22 Push it over!
00:35:34 - What do you want me to do? - Know anything about healing?
00:37:49 Okay. Let's go.
00:39:29 I made the drawing from some rock paintings.
00:42:21 I'm a nervous kind of fellow at the best of times.
00:46:35 - We're relying on standard... - You're relying on luck, Smith.
00:48:33 2,000 is it?
00:53:36 What?
00:56:35 No, no, we haven't, but we didn't expect to.
01:01:31 This what you want? Get 'em up!
01:03:51 Bring her over here.
01:11:01 Freeze!
01:15:15 Ballard!
01:17:23 We're fully committed.
01:23:17 They can wait. Let the city run itself.
Cast & Characters
Tom Burlinson
Ballard (The Time Guardian)
Nikki Coghill
Annie Lassiter
Dean Stockwell
Boss
Carrie Fisher
Petra
Peter Merrill
Zuryk & Committee Member
Tim Robertson
Sergeant McCarthy
Jim Holt
Rafferty
Thye Liew Wan
Sun-Wah
Damon Sanders
Smith
Tom Karpanny
Tracker
Henry Salter
Prenzler
Peter Healy
Wayne
Adrian Shirley
Counihan
Terrayne Crawford
Tucker (as Terry Crawford)
Don Barker
Undertaker
Tony Roberts
Committee Member
Maureen Sherlock
Committee Member
Jimmy James
Stick-Clapper
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed649
Dialogue density7.5 lines / min
First line00:02:38
Final line01:23:17
Production Record
DirectorBrian Hannant
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes831
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