The Water Is Wide

2006 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 350 VOTES · DIR. John Kent Harrison

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Overview

Pat Conroy, an ambitious, slightly rebellious idealistic teacher accepts Bennington county, SC's school board superintendent's offer to teach the all-black kids of the pauper fishery community on Yamacraw Island. Staffless 'head' mistress Brown incarnates stupidity and blind rule obedience, her didactic skills consisting in scolding and spanking her students. Pat moves heaven and earth to motivate and educate, but after finally getting trough to pupils and parents is refused contract renewal by the arch-conservative authorities.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,795 lines

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00:00:01 THE WATER IS WIDE
00:04:16 better than any man in the region.
00:08:23 He also delivered the mail hfor his wife, Lou...
00:12:20 Well, you're looking
00:16:10 Close your mouths.
00:19:43 Am... mm... merica?
00:23:48 and when you get your arm up,
00:27:50 hGuess so. Yeah.
00:30:39 Textbooks? No.
00:34:44 Slow.
00:39:03 That's the rule.
00:43:13 All right, good. That's right.
00:46:43 Yeah, you, Conroy.
00:50:24 I'll bet you didn't know it,
00:53:04 We'll see about that.
00:56:48 Fun, huh?
01:03:39 I repeat, do not write in these textbooks.
01:06:59 You can't just walk away!
01:09:48 Good shot. What name I got?
01:15:12 I just want to say that I think
01:19:46 Don't you know a Conroy never backs down.
01:23:47 This is a young man who thinks he can take children
01:29:50 Beethoven!
01:36:21 I wished my students a safe crossing.

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Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,795
Dialogue density17.9 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:36:21

Production Record

DirectorJohn Kent Harrison
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes350

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