Wish You Were Here
1987 · 92 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 3,518 VOTES · DIR. David Leland
Overview
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,057 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:46 # You won't
00:04:27 It's awfully hot under here.
00:07:03 Take that off, Lynda. Take it off!
00:10:35 I wish he hadn't come home.
00:15:32 This is not a Betty Grable film.
00:18:52 Yes, sir?
00:21:00 No, why should I?
00:22:57 Cacka. Pooh-poohs.
00:25:41 # I don't play for dimes and nickels
00:29:56 Crafty bugger!
00:32:48 Get under the bed.
00:36:11 No, why?
00:38:27 Hey!
00:42:12 Two sixes, a shilling please.
00:47:23 What you got down there, then?
00:50:36 I'm not doing it unless you do.
00:55:06 There's such thing as dignity.
01:01:45 Or sheds.
01:07:08 There he is.
01:09:37 Then how do you know it's mine?
01:13:01 This is disgraceful. Go to the kitchen immediately, Miss Mansell.
01:14:48 Sex! All of you! All you old bags look as if you could do with a nice bit of hot willy!
01:18:10 You're a pretty young thing...
01:25:37 # Love has always played a leading part
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,057
Dialogue density11.5 lines / min
First line00:00:46
Final line01:25:37
Production Record
DirectorDavid Leland
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,518