The Trip to Bountiful
1985 · 108 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 5,573 VOTES · DIR. Peter Masterson
Overview
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."
Dialogue Timeline — 1,193 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:26 Don't try to be quiet, sonny. I'm awake.
00:06:50 This morning, right here in this very room...
00:09:46 You pick that recipe up, if you please?
00:13:11 Sometimes I think she hides that check...
00:16:25 There is nothing I can do about it.
00:21:01 Well, I'll ask Rosella.
00:25:27 All right.
00:30:51 $3.50.
00:35:01 and you watch, as far as she's concerned, that is how it'll have to be.
00:38:28 Come on. Let's go.
00:44:57 whoever named this place Bountiful?
00:49:15 I had to, when Papa died.
00:52:57 Then he got drunk and he married out of spite!
00:57:48 with the help of my government checks.
01:01:02 O what a foretaste
01:05:16 I knew a few people when I was a girl.
01:10:11 I wonder if you could cash a check for me?
01:13:16 Why, he's got to do whatever Jessie Mae tells him to do.
01:19:30 I just hope I'm doing the right thing in bringing you here.
01:23:29 Looks to me like you're gonna have a pretty day.
01:29:31 Just like.
01:32:51 No!
01:36:41 And, I think, to Ludie's.
01:39:51 Cistern water, there's nothing like it for washing your hair with.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,193
Dialogue density11.0 lines / min
First line00:02:26
Final line01:39:51
Production Record
DirectorPeter Masterson
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$7,218,340
IMDb votes5,573