Waiting for "Superman"

2010 · 111 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 11,697 VOTES · DIR. Davis Guggenheim

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Overview

Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,532 lines

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00:00:47 If I have four cookies and I ate two of them
00:05:12 - What happened? - He just died.
00:09:50 Now, I grew up in the South Bronx in the '50s.
00:14:15 From their perspective, the world is a heartless
00:18:44 till you hit the fourth grade, fifth grade.
00:23:36 They have no diplomas. They have no skills.
00:27:47 Anthony is showing promise.
00:31:13 have become the things that prevent them from working.
00:35:03 A bad teacher covers only 50 percent
00:38:45 are the largest campaign contributors in the country.
00:42:05 who's kicking ass, knocking it out of the park, can you do that?
00:45:40 If, in fact, we could just eliminate
00:49:29 If I'm trusting you with my child and teaching my child
00:53:52 a child in my education.
00:57:17 Probably like the same amount that I read last year.
01:01:51 in the heart of Silicon Valley.
01:05:11 It averages out to a point where it masks the bottom
01:09:07 educational spending in the U.S.
01:13:58 Even men of science believed that our fastest planes
01:17:34 the highest-performing middle school in the entire Bronx.
01:21:35 What are the odds of getting in?
01:26:39 But the one thing those who work in the trenches know
01:32:07 Pablo Blanco. Ronelle Laborio.
01:39:06 We know we have the tools to save those kids.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,532
Dialogue density13.8 lines / min
First line00:00:47
Final line01:39:06

Production Record

DirectorDavis Guggenheim
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes11,697