Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981 · 119 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 3,644 VOTES · DIR. John Badham
Overview
Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,704 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:02 I can't come now. I'm cleaning this up.
00:07:42 Well, intravenously.
00:11:59 That's it, that's it. Now smooth the fingers out.
00:16:27 I won't hold my breath.
00:20:24 - What's going on here? - Get out of here.
00:24:10 - Excuse me, Mrs. Cole? - Hold on. Yes, doctor?
00:27:39 Because you're depressed.
00:35:27 Without self-pity, I am no longer someone to love.
00:40:59 - Are you out of work? - This man in this place? Never.
00:44:44 Are there many books for that machine?
00:48:28 The last thing I wanna do is to get Emerson down here again...
00:53:06 Mr. Hill.
00:56:35 ...wishes in the matter. - Would you sign this, please?
01:00:11 Let's wheel in your shrink, all right?
01:03:36 You fucker.
01:07:13 ...can and want to understand what's wrong with them...
01:13:52 You'll have to excuse my rush. I'm late. I have a date.
01:18:01 Great. So we're not adversaries.
01:22:17 I'm sorry, I just can't believe you're really fighting for death.
01:29:46 Listen, stop, somebody's coming.
01:33:28 See you soon.
01:38:14 ...which might preclude the ability to make informed and logical decisions...
01:42:08 I merely want the doctors to recognize that fact.
01:47:15 Yeah, I'm still at the hospital.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,704
Dialogue density14.3 lines / min
First line00:01:02
Final line01:47:15
Production Record
DirectorJohn Badham
LanguageEnglish
Budget$11,500,000
Revenue$6,100,000
IMDb votes3,644