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Sun-Moon
(234 posts)CincyDem
(7,314 posts)Ocelot II
(129,019 posts)kerouac2
(1,418 posts)House of Roberts
(6,398 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 08:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,418 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)electric_blue68
(25,850 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(17,401 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(25,850 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,119 posts)CincyDem
(7,314 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(57,194 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,688 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 12:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,374 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(32,479 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)yorkster
(3,673 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,128 posts)Easterncedar
(5,510 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,239 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(10,967 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,127 posts)ZDU
(1,113 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(54,045 posts)red dog 1
(32,479 posts)UpInArms
(54,045 posts)3catwoman3
(28,576 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)3catwoman3
(28,576 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(17,401 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)JoseBalow
(9,159 posts)I love that film!
I love it too.
I actually saw it on Broadway in 2005. It starred Alan Alda; Jeffrey Tambor; Liev Schreiber (who won a Tony award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Ricky Roma); Gordon Clapp; Tom Wopat; and Frederick Weller. The part Alec Baldwin played in the film was written specifically for him and was not in the play.
JoseBalow
(9,159 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)I bought a poster and waited outside the theater and got four of the actors to sign it (didn't get Alan Alda or Jeffrey Tambor; they must have left earlier or later than the autograph seekers waiting outside). As soon as I got home, I had the poster framed. Paid $15.00 for the poster and $115 for framing - ha! I didn't mind. It's one of my most prized possessions.
Several years later, there was another revival of it on Broadway with Al Pacino playing Shelley Levine. Boy, would I have loved to see that one.
There are parts of that movie where the dialog is almost lyrical. I'm not a big fan of David Mamet, but he sure got this one right.
Ritabert
(1,972 posts)neeksgeek
(1,245 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(1,972 posts)Enter stage left
(4,241 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(17,401 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,839 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(17,401 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(17,401 posts)JoseBalow
(9,159 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)yorkster
(3,673 posts)lapfog_1
(31,641 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(17,401 posts)GiqueCee
(3,400 posts)... Newman and Redford met on the set, and became close friends. And friendship between those two meant ever more elaborate pranks.
When Redford made the Milagro Beanfield War, there was a scene in which the daughter of the protagonist was in a small store, and went to pick up a Newman's Own product off the shelf, but was quickly dissuaded by the clerk, who said, "Oh, you don't want that crap!" or words to that effect. Legend has it that they razzed each other unmercifully.
I had the pleasure of meeting Newman a few times, and he was a delightful guy. The first time was at Lime Rock race track in Connecticut. I was crewing for a friend who drove Formula Ford, and Lanny introduced me to him, He was sitting in a lawn chair next to his camper with his Nomex suit stripped off down to his waist, and he was wearing a T-shirt that read, "PAUL NEWMAN HAS SKINNY LAIGS!" It was a gift from his daughters, apparently. Pranks ran in the family, I guess.
Harker
(17,401 posts)Given the extent to which they are thought of as a matched set, it's remarkable that they only acted together in two movies.
... Butch and Sundance, plus The Sting, but they had a helluva good time doing it!
lapfog_1
(31,641 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(63 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)angrycaveman
(22 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)Vinca
(53,337 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(28,576 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,274 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)griloco
(868 posts)griloco
(868 posts).
Turbineguy
(39,841 posts)Last edited Mon Dec 29, 2025, 11:19 PM - Edit history (1)
MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,839 posts)"We ain't brothers, we ain't partners, & we ain't friends; and if Gans gets away with my money you'll be sorry you ever met me."
"I'm already sorry."
MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,839 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)YepYep
(95 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)neeksgeek
(1,245 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)evemac
(273 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)walkingman
(10,325 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)drmeow
(5,920 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(5,920 posts)But, basically, yes.
I was thinking the 2005 version with Martin Freeman. I don't think there was another one after that but I could have missed it.
Annie Moosee
(184 posts)It felt like a fever dream to my adolescent brain.
But that line about queuing has lived rent free since I saw the "new" movie.
drmeow
(5,920 posts)but I've listed to all the radio broadcasts.
I thought the line about queuing was hilarious - and like you, it has also lived in my brain rent free.
Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)drmeow
(5,920 posts)I know this could be from a lot of movies, but it was from dialogue between a mismatched couple.
neeksgeek
(1,245 posts)Han and Leia
BarbaRosa
(2,728 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,176 posts)evemac
(273 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Bluestocking
(507 posts)evemac
(273 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)Bluestocking
(507 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(507 posts)evemac
(273 posts)Bluestocking
(507 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,147 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(39,758 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Diamond_Dog
(39,758 posts)The Wizard
(13,584 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)The Wizard
(13,584 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,839 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)red dog 1
(32,479 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,127 posts)MuseRider
(35,129 posts)You'll find a way to make your natural tendencies pay"
Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MuseRider
(35,129 posts)boonecreek
(1,388 posts)Turbineguy
(39,841 posts)boonecreek
(1,388 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,839 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,749 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Endlessmike56
(108 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Endlessmike56
(108 posts)dedl67
(170 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,127 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)GreenWave
(12,316 posts)marble falls
(71,019 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)marble falls
(71,019 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,015 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)Maj. Dude
(33 posts)marble falls
(71,019 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,563 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(52,897 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)griloco
(868 posts)marble falls
(71,019 posts)lpbk2713
(43,246 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,374 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(868 posts)56miSSie
(60 posts)Amaryllis
(10,967 posts)marble falls
(71,019 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Norrrm
(3,982 posts)AzTired64
(36 posts)Norrrm
(3,982 posts)Norrrm
(3,982 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)sheshe2
(95,839 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(95,839 posts)TBF
(35,622 posts)Morbius
(893 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(32,879 posts)CTyankee
(67,790 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,772 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(178,619 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,619 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,374 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,619 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,374 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,619 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,374 posts)quite a few were Jewish. Major Strasser (Conrad Veidt) left Germany for the States in the 30's, his wife was Jewish. He was a fervent anti-nazi.
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greatauntoftriplets
(178,619 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,374 posts)Bogart, Dooley Wilson (Sam) and Joy Page (a Bulgarian). She was of Mexican and Russian/Jewish background. John Qualen, the ring salesman and resistance person was Canadian/American.
Madeline LaBeau, a French actress, was Bogarts discarded girlfriend. She was the last.survivor of the film. Her impassioned singing of La Marseilles was punctuated with real genuine tears.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,619 posts)I don't know if I've ever seen her in another movie, but that scene has to be her finest. You can tell that the emotion was real. I usually sing it with her.
red dog 1
(32,479 posts)JoseBalow
(9,159 posts)red dog 1
(32,479 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)red dog 1
(32,479 posts)Upthevibe
(10,021 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)Upthevibe
(10,021 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(17,401 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,100 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,159 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,159 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,159 posts)One of my longtime favorite movies. I still listen to the soundtrack cassette I keep in my old truck now and then.
I was going to go with "Does a bear jerk off?" but I thought it would be too obscure!
VGNonly
(8,374 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(17,401 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(17,401 posts)Zambero
(9,921 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(22,883 posts)Rigpa108
(65 posts)NoSheep
(8,314 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)MIButterfly
(2,031 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)CousinIT
(12,220 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)CousinIT
(12,220 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)CousinIT
(12,220 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)Dana (Sigourney Weaver) said "I want you in me". Peter (Bill Murray) then said something like "I think there's a few guys already in there".
bbernardini
(10,003 posts)gladium et scutum
(824 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,914 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,127 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,532 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(770 posts)JoseBalow
(9,159 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(84 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,374 posts)Starseer
(84 posts)jmowreader
(52,897 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)jmowreader
(52,897 posts)It was spoken during a session where Paul offered to try to help free John because he didn't kill anyone.
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,755 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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some_of_us_are_sane
(2,755 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)When he missed his target, or dribbled tobacco juice when spitting, he said "dammit." A good clean shot resulted in "bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,755 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,755 posts)was this one from Leslie Nielson in "Naked Gun". Idiot detective looking for clues.....just a Bingo card...LOL!
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Harker
(17,401 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(17,401 posts)red dog 1
(32,479 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,046 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,127 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:23 PM - Edit history (1)
CaptainTruth
(8,046 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,046 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,127 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,046 posts)Quote: " "
That's 2 or 3 words of dialog.
In fact, it's all the words of all the dialog.
And it's not just one movie.
Sneederbunk
(17,252 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)red dog 1
(32,479 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,374 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(255 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(65 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,127 posts)Rastapopoulos
(724 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,127 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,159 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(32,479 posts)JoseBalow
(9,159 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(17,401 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)red dog 1
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red dog 1
(32,479 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)Harker
(17,401 posts)VGNonly
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the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(17,401 posts)red dog 1
(32,479 posts)red dog 1
(32,479 posts)sammythecat
(3,593 posts)red dog 1
(32,479 posts)CTyankee
(67,790 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(67,790 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(907 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(788 posts)nt
Harker
(17,401 posts)red dog 1
(32,479 posts)VGNonly
(8,374 posts)rather than complex plots over simple characters.
This wasn't in a movie, rather than stated by another actor about film making. Any guesses on the actor?