Please be seated. Welcome, Barton students, faculty and parents.
The Holdovers (2023)
FATHER JOE
A screenplay character in The Holdovers (2023).
- lines
- 6
- words
- 202
- scenes
- 1
- dialogue
- 1.9%
- avg words / line
- 34
- shortest / longest
- 9 / 56
Sample dialogue
I know you’re all anxious to start the holidays -- I can see the boys shifting in their seats -- but before we release you to your bountiful tables and the blessings of family, let us pray for those less fortunate. Let us remember the poor and the helpless, the cold, the hungry and the oppressed...
scene 17, source scene 18 — INT. CHAPEL - DAYPlease be seated. Welcome, Barton students, faculty and parents.
scene 17, source scene 18 — INT. CHAPEL - DAYMary, we remember Curtis as such an outstanding and promising young man, and we know this holiday season will be especially difficult without him. Please know that we accompany you in your grief.
scene 17, source scene 18 — INT. CHAPEL - DAYMay the all-powerful God, who protected Abraham when he left his native land, protect all of our brave soldiers until they are delivered safely home to us. We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.
scene 17, source scene 18 — INT. CHAPEL - DAYAnd finally let us pray for the soul of Curtis Lamb, Barton class of 1969. Just this year, Curtis gave his life valiantly in the service of his country. And let us again extend our deepest condolences to one of the most cherished members of the Barton family, his mother Mary.
scene 17, source scene 18 — INT. CHAPEL - DAY
Bookends
We wish you all a very Merry Christmas or, as the case may be, a very Happy Hanukkah.