Waterland

1992 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 2,529 VOTES · DIR. Stephen Gyllenhaal

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Overview

The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.

Dialogue Timeline — 826 lines

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00:02:01 Once upon a time children, there was a history teacher...
00:04:35 I'm scared Ree... you done it before.
00:06:51 I'm coming!
00:10:03 And what were we talking about, about how leadership brings responsibility ...
00:12:53 Well the fen are an area on the east coast of England reclaimed from the sea.
00:17:51 friends, well no... one friend in particular...
00:20:44 Since when he been following you? From that day...
00:23:35 Look! I brought something to take it home in.
00:26:48 No. Today children, I thought we'd talk about beer.
00:30:14 He's giving it away today, thousands of bottles of the stuff.
00:33:07 Au revoir! Adios! Good night everybody!
00:35:37 Patty? Talking about Patty?
00:39:22 Well, how it happened....if, you gotta try, to imagine...
00:44:03 This is where she died.
00:47:40 Twelve bottles of this stuff. You said eleven.
00:51:35 We love each other. That's all that matters.
00:55:21 Dick killed Freddie Par cause he thought it was him that made the baby.
00:59:16 Go on, go on. Do it again!
01:03:50 Here son, have a look.
01:08:07 God, God ... Where ... Where did god leave him?
01:13:38 Your leaving me aren't you.
01:16:48 I mean you must have been to a bar before, did you?
01:22:12 Oh, maybe you'd be interested to learn, why I chose, history.
01:28:42 But as for what... really bothers some of you

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed826
Dialogue density8.7 lines / min
First line00:02:01
Final line01:28:42

Production Record

DirectorStephen Gyllenhaal
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,529