The Wipers Times
2013 · 92 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 1,541 VOTES · DIR. Andy de Emmony
Overview
When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wipers Times - "Wipers" being army slang for Ypres. Full of gallows humour, The Wipers Times was poignant, subversive and very funny. Produced literally under enemy fire and defying both authority and gas attacks, the magazine proved a huge success with the troops on the western front. It was, above all, a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. In his spare time, Roberts also managed to win the Military Cross for gallantry.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,395 lines
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00:00:47 Sorry to keep you waiting. Balloon's gone up.
00:04:12 4.2s, sir.
00:07:04 The type's all over the countryside.
00:09:58 You know he's right, Fred.
00:12:53 Editorial inexperience?
00:16:21 the blighter.
00:19:59 That's a joke.
00:23:08 It goes something like this...
00:26:39 And the week before.
00:30:39 Now. Initiate "Operation Panic".
00:34:02 I say, that was a bit friendly.
00:38:21 arrested by Field Marshal Hindenburg and shot as a spy?
00:41:26 ♪ If a sniper has you set through dents in your parapet
00:45:15 and looking down on the gallant charge of the, hmm, Umpshires.
00:49:27 I'm not altogether keen on their idea of landscape gardening.
00:52:33 All right, men. Just wanted to say
00:56:10 He's been awarded the Military Cross for gallantry.
01:00:36 No-one could even speculate what the battle was supposed to achieve.
01:04:57 We're also short of paper, sir.
01:08:13 and following a petition from the divisional chaplaincies
01:11:15 My conscience is clear, sir.
01:16:02 All I'm prepared to say is that the tide is apparently turned
01:20:25 I suppose we should.
01:25:07 He's Sir William Beach Thomas
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,395
Dialogue density15.2 lines / min
First line00:00:47
Final line01:25:07
Production Record
DirectorAndy de Emmony
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,541