In a word?
Poltergeist (1982)
FARROW
A screenplay character in Poltergeist (1982).
- lines
- 16
- words
- 254
- scenes
- 1
- dialogue
- 4.3%
- avg words / line
- 16
- shortest / longest
- 1 / 49
Sample dialogue
You’d still be answering questions. They’d all want to go back to the house tonight. You gave them too much, Martha. Too much too soon. Nothing was left to the imagination. This isn’t a science yet. It’s still a sideshow and your troubadours were not in their make- up.
scene 106 — INT. PSYCHIC RESEARCH CENTER - LECTURE HALL - DAYIn a word?
scene 106 — INT. PSYCHIC RESEARCH CENTER - LECTURE HALL - DAYIt’s the real McCoy, that’s one thing for certain.
scene 106 — INT. PSYCHIC RESEARCH CENTER - LECTURE HALL - DAYThis is interesting.
scene 106 — INT. PSYCHIC RESEARCH CENTER - LECTURE HALL - DAYNo, but you would wear it to your own funeral. It’s a mortician’s trick. It prevents the mouth from suddenly dropping open when the body is in repose. It discourages a great deal of embarrassment and... fainting.
scene 106 — INT. PSYCHIC RESEARCH CENTER - LECTURE HALL - DAY
Bookends
Yes. But she’s a house-cleaner and right now with what you tell me about that little girl, I think it’s high time you brought out your big guns.