Watermelon Man
1970 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 3,088 VOTES · DIR. Melvin Van Peebles
Overview
A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. But his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,257 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:00 COME ON, HARDER.
00:04:06 I WASN'T GONNA KISS YOU
00:09:16 I KNOW YOU DON'T GO FOR THAT SORT OF THING.
00:11:52 GERBER, I AM NOT GOING TO MINCE WORDS.
00:14:07 LOCAL BLACK LEADERS DOING THEIR UTMOST
00:16:52 I'M GOING TO BED.
00:21:14 IT'S A NIGHTMARE.
00:25:38 I MEANT TO PRAY LAST NIGHT.
00:28:11 I CAN'T FIND THEM ANYMORE.
00:30:08 THE TRICK IS TO BE LOGICAL AND RATIONAL
00:32:42 ALTHEA
00:35:36 AR-AR-AROUND THE NECK HERE, RIGHT?
00:37:52 MAYBE IT'S THE LIGHTING IN HERE.
00:40:57 TELL ME THE TRUTH, BUT TELL ME I'M WHITE, ALTHEA.
00:43:21 WE NEED AND LOVE EACH OTHER.
00:46:02 OOGA, BOOGA, DOOGA, DOO.
00:49:44 WELL, THEY'RE YOURS, ALL RIGHT.
00:52:17 AND SOY SAUCE.
00:56:06 LOTS AND LOTS OF SOY SAUCE.
00:58:45 HE'S GOING TO CALL YOU LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPLAIN IT.
01:00:56 I'LL BRING THE STATISTICS. THEY'LL SHOCK YOU.
01:12:35 WHO'S A MEMBER OF YOUR OWN RACE.
01:14:53 LOOK...
01:17:56 ♪ THE BALD EAGLE ♪♪
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,257
Dialogue density12.6 lines / min
First line00:01:00
Final line01:17:56
Production Record
DirectorMelvin Van Peebles
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$1,100,000
IMDb votes3,088