IS HE THERE YET?
A log of the time it takes Alan’s character to appear.
(From longest wait to shortest wait.)
(Calculated from from the beginning of the opening titles to the first recognizable glimpse.)
(This time I used a stop watch.)
IS HE THERE YET?
A log of the time it takes Alan’s character to appear.
(From longest wait to shortest wait.)
(Calculated from from the beginning of the opening titles to the first recognizable glimpse.)
(This time I used a stop watch.)
Barchester
Chronicles: Obadiah Slope
1 hour, 53 minutes
Smiley’s People: Brownlow
1 hour, 13 minutes, 42 seconds
Wetherby: Bearded Man
1 hour, 12 minutes, 13 seconds
An
Awfully Big Adventure: P. L. O’Hara
50 minutes, but you see his photo twice before that:
at 11 minutes and at 29 minutes, 40 seconds
Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Severus Snape
42 minutes for long shot at table, full view at 43 minutes 42 seconds.
Lumiere
and Company: Himself
41 minutes, 48 seconds
Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings/Plans and Proposals: Capt.
George Fallon
37 minutes, 28 seconds to beginning of skit
37 minutes, 33 seconds to appearance of George Fallon
Sense and Sensibility: Christopher Brandon
31 minutes, 51 seconds
Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Severus Snape
29 minutes and 28 seconds for voice, the angry face appears shortly after.
Truly
Madly Deeply: Jamie
27 minutes, 21 seconds
We are given two previews, however:
at 3 minutes, 1 second you hear his voice
at 3 minutes, 42 seconds you see him playing cello through the credits
Judas Kiss: David Friedman
20 minutes, 3 seconds
Die
Hard: Hans Gruber
18 minutes, 25 seconds
Help!
I’m a Fish: Joe
17 minutes, 24 seconds, but you don’t hear his voice until 17 minutes, 45 seconds.
Well at least you hear him begin to sputter about then.
Love, Actually: Harry
17 minutes, 21 seconds
Close
My Eyes: Sinclair Bryant
16 minutes, 36 seconds (audio slightly preceding visual)
Quigley
Down Under: Elliot Marston
16 minutes, 23 seconds
Dogma:
Metatron
15 minutes, 2 seconds
Before you actually see him, there is a grumbling noise that sounds like Alan at 14 minutes, 17 seconds, and you will begin to hear the "Metatron Chant" at 14 minutes, 39 seconds)
The
January Man: Ed
13 minutes, 23 seconds
Girls on Top/Four Play: Dimitri
12 minutes, 45 seconds
The Winter Guest: Man in Street
10 minutes, 15 seconds (this appearance is in dispute, but I still think it is him!)
Robin
Hood, Prince of Thieves: George, Sheriff of Nottingham
10 minutes, 14 seconds
Girls on Top/Cancel Toast: Voice of RADA
4 minutes, 55 seconds until you see the back of his head.
Benefactors: Colin Molyneaux
4 minutes 18 seconds
Blow
Dry: Phil
4 minutes, 10 seconds for voice, visual follows a split second after.
Rasputin:
Grigori Rasputin
4 minutes, 4 seconds (but you see a photo of him at 1 minute, 20 seconds)
Michael Collins: Eamon de Valera
4 minutes, 1 second
Fallen Angels/Murder Obliquely: Dwight Billings
3 minutes, 38 seconds
Closet
Land: Interrogator
3 minutes, 22 seconds before you see his face. No comment on the voices.
Something
the Lord Made: Dr. Alfred Blalock
3 minutes, 15 seconds
Mesmer: Franz Anton Mesmer
3 minutes (seen from a distance, but you know it is him)
Spirit of Man/From Sleep and Shadow: Israel Yates
2 minutes, 52 seconds
Pity in History: Chaplain Croop
2 minutes, 50 seconds
King
of the Hill/Joust Like a Woman: King Philip Motzinger
2 minutes to see character, 2 minutes and 5 seconds to hear The Voice
Bob
Roberts: Lukas Hart III
1 minute, 41 seconds (you hear a voiceover at 1 minute, 27 seconds, however)
Dark Harbor: David Weinberg
1 minute, 32 seconds
Back
Story/Die Hard: himself
39 seconds
Revolutionary
Witness, The Preacher: Jacques Roux
26 seconds
Galaxy Quest: Alexander Dane
16 seconds
In Demand: Dancer/Romancer
16 seconds
Play:
Man
3 seconds
Busted:
Simon Jacks
Immediately (at least in the copy I have seen)
The rest will follow...in time.