When the Wind Blows

1986 · 84 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 13,406 VOTES · DIR. Jimmy T. Murakami

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Overview

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

AnimationWarScience Fiction1980s

Dialogue Timeline — 1,225 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:21 # DAVID BOWIE: When The Wind Blows
00:04:41 The balloon. Er...
00:08:06 I hope you know what you're doing.
00:12:31 If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well, James.
00:15:24 I'll get some old ones from upstairs.
00:18:40 What about if you had children? Where would they go?
00:21:47 Now, don't worry, love.
00:24:54 Oh er... it's er...
00:27:58 You do look silly!
00:33:02 You get terrific light with these bombs.
00:36:06 Catch me eating off a plate covered in sand!
00:39:09 "There are three B.M.E. Ws -
00:42:48 Most of them seem to have been broken in the blast, dear.
00:45:45 Mm. Lovely.
00:49:39 I wonder if we'd have been better off in the cellar.
00:52:49 Perhaps he's been called up to fight, or something.
00:56:03 What do you mean, James? We have survived, haven't we?
00:59:21 Oh, yes. I keep forgetting.
01:02:14 Be funny if it was an American missile that had landed on us.
01:05:18 A rat in the lavatory!
01:09:00 Well, the grass is all dead and funny.
01:12:12 We could do with a good long rest after that blessed bomb.
01:15:38 Dearly beloved
01:20:22 # And drums

Cast & Characters

Peggy Ashcroft Hilda Bloggs John Mills Jim Bloggs Robin Houston Announcer James Russell Russian submariner David Dundas Matt Irving Winston Churchill Self Bernard L. Montgomery Self Joseph Stalin Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,225
Dialogue density14.6 lines / min
First line00:00:21
Final line01:20:22

Production Record

DirectorJimmy T. Murakami
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$5,274
IMDb votes13,406