The Year My Voice Broke

Name: The Year My Voice Broke
Director: John Duigan
Released: 1987
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn, Graeme Blundell, Lynette Curran

1987 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 2,342 VOTES · DIR. John Duigan

Overview

Set in 1962, a young prepubescent boy in rural Australia watches painfully as his best friend and first love blossoms into womanhood and falls for a thuggish rugby player, changing the lives of everyone involved.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,604 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:17 (WIND HOWLS, INSECTS CHIRRUP)

00:05:17 Who'd wanna come to a dump like this?

00:08:34 and then it got sink-shore... er... er, shin-sore.

00:12:00 Yeah

00:17:03 You know her pretty well, don't you?

00:20:15 It's so sexy.

00:23:50 GIRL 2: No, I'm doing it tonight.

00:27:36 'Cause you're always hanging round with him.

00:31:09 and you just went in and fell over just to make it look good.

00:34:07 / Yes, I do Didn't you know?

00:37:54 I was not.

00:42:49 Hey, Frey. Have a seat.

00:47:17 Frey, did you see anything? Yeah.

00:51:08 MAN ON RADIO: I'm so glad you could come along, Mick.

00:54:45 you'll find that...

00:58:11 I'm pretty pleased with my partner.

01:01:55 ... then I knew what kind of force-field would be in my bedroom.

01:05:44 (BRIGHT MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO)

01:09:00 I told you I didn't!

01:12:50 Otherwise, of course, he would've been reported.

01:16:32 ...no, I won't.

01:22:16 It's 'cause you can't.

01:29:40 (Danny sings) / He took 100 pounds of clay

01:37:02 Maybe there's a part of her still there too.

Cast & Characters

Noah Taylor Danny Embling Loene Carmen Freya Olson Ben Mendelsohn Trevor Leishman Graeme Blundell Nils Olson Lynette Curran Anne Olson Malcolm Robertson Bruce Embling Judi Farr Sheila Embling Tim Robertson Bob Leishman Bruce Spence Jonah Harold Hopkins Tom Alcock

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,604

Dialogue density15.3 lines / min

First line00:00:17

Final line01:37:02

Production Record

DirectorJohn Duigan

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,342