Things to Come

1936 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 9,537 VOTES · DIR. William Cameron Menzies

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Overview

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

Dialogue Timeline — 952 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:04:05 Hullo, young Harding! You're early.
00:06:23 But you can overdo a stimulant.
00:09:07 Please call in all your friends. Call in everyone you can.
00:20:08 It's a bad gas.
00:28:36 Thanks to the determined action of our Chief in shooting all wanderers
00:31:41 Be resourceful.
00:33:52 Come along, Mary. I must see that machine.
00:36:40 But we, who are all that are left of the old engineers and mechanics
00:38:52 Now look here, Mr. Aviator. Let's see how we stand. Come down to actuality.
00:41:16 So you lost your temper and you bullied him.
00:44:33 To be exact, nineteen. You'll never get the others off the ground.
00:46:57 - You refuse? - Absolutely.
00:49:03 when I saw you marching into the Town Hall -
00:51:20 This lady has been putting me through a severe cross-examination.
00:54:43 A fishing boat saw him making for the French coast.
00:59:12 What! - only six of us up. Where are the rest of our fellows?
01:03:17 Our job is only beginning.
01:11:37 I'm a master craftsman, I have the right to talk.
01:14:22 That's going to be the trouble. Thousands of young people have been applying -
01:16:28 She says you can't possibly send anyone's child but your own.
01:19:22 - When the Space Gun is ready. - Some time this year, you mean? - Soon.
01:21:48 and it isn't ready. It will take hours yet.
01:27:54 We shall hate you more if you succeed than if you fail.
01:32:32 Which shall it be?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed952
Dialogue density9.5 lines / min
First line00:04:05
Final line01:32:32

Production Record

DirectorWilliam Cameron Menzies
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes9,537