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Sun-Moon
(235 posts)CincyDem
(7,319 posts)Ocelot II
(129,135 posts)kerouac2
(1,427 posts)House of Roberts
(6,399 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 08:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,427 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)electric_blue68
(25,961 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(17,433 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(25,961 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,124 posts)CincyDem
(7,319 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(57,244 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,688 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 12:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(32,514 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)yorkster
(3,687 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,142 posts)Easterncedar
(5,539 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,255 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(10,986 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)ZDU
(1,121 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(54,096 posts)red dog 1
(32,514 posts)UpInArms
(54,096 posts)3catwoman3
(28,608 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)3catwoman3
(28,608 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(17,433 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)JoseBalow
(9,181 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
(9,181 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 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
(1,999 posts)neeksgeek
(1,245 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(1,999 posts)Enter stage left
(4,273 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(17,433 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,861 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(17,433 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(17,433 posts)JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)yorkster
(3,687 posts)lapfog_1
(31,676 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(17,433 posts)GiqueCee
(3,422 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
(17,433 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
(31,676 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(63 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)angrycaveman
(22 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)Vinca
(53,364 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(28,608 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,317 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)griloco
(868 posts)griloco
(868 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,861 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
(2,105 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,861 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)YepYep
(95 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)neeksgeek
(1,245 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)evemac
(274 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)walkingman
(10,356 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)drmeow
(5,929 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(5,929 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
(5,929 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
(9,016 posts)drmeow
(5,929 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
(14,190 posts)evemac
(274 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Bluestocking
(517 posts)evemac
(274 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)Bluestocking
(517 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(517 posts)evemac
(274 posts)Bluestocking
(517 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,151 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(39,784 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Diamond_Dog
(39,784 posts)The Wizard
(13,592 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)The Wizard
(13,592 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,861 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)red dog 1
(32,514 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)MuseRider
(35,132 posts)You'll find a way to make your natural tendencies pay"
Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MuseRider
(35,132 posts)boonecreek
(1,393 posts)Turbineguy
(39,850 posts)boonecreek
(1,393 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,861 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,749 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Endlessmike56
(120 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Endlessmike56
(120 posts)dedl67
(172 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)GreenWave
(12,367 posts)marble falls
(71,104 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)marble falls
(71,104 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,046 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)Maj. Dude
(34 posts)marble falls
(71,104 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,591 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(52,906 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)griloco
(868 posts)marble falls
(71,104 posts)lpbk2713
(43,247 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(868 posts)56miSSie
(60 posts)Amaryllis
(10,986 posts)marble falls
(71,104 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Norrrm
(4,032 posts)AzTired64
(37 posts)Norrrm
(4,032 posts)Norrrm
(4,032 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)sheshe2
(95,945 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(95,945 posts)TBF
(35,674 posts)Morbius
(893 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(32,886 posts)CTyankee
(67,796 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,774 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(178,635 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,635 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,635 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,635 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,387 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
(178,635 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,387 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
(178,635 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
(32,514 posts)JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)red dog 1
(32,514 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)red dog 1
(32,514 posts)Upthevibe
(10,032 posts)Upthevibe
(10,032 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(17,433 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,109 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,181 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
(8,387 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(17,433 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(17,433 posts)Zambero
(9,922 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(22,892 posts)Rigpa108
(65 posts)NoSheep
(8,314 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)MIButterfly
(2,105 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)CousinIT
(12,256 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)CousinIT
(12,256 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)CousinIT
(12,256 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 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
(825 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,016 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,548 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(770 posts)JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(84 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)jmowreader
(52,906 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)jmowreader
(52,906 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
(2,775 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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some_of_us_are_sane
(2,775 posts)Harker
(17,433 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
(2,775 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,775 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
(17,433 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(17,433 posts)red dog 1
(32,514 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,050 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:23 PM - Edit history (1)
CaptainTruth
(8,050 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,050 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,050 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
(17,266 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)red dog 1
(32,514 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(255 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(65 posts)Rastapopoulos
(724 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(32,514 posts)JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(17,433 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)red dog 1
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red dog 1
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(8,387 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)VGNonly
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the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(17,433 posts)red dog 1
(32,514 posts)red dog 1
(32,514 posts)sammythecat
(3,593 posts)red dog 1
(32,514 posts)CTyankee
(67,796 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(67,796 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(907 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(788 posts)nt
Harker
(17,433 posts)red dog 1
(32,514 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 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?
Harker
(17,433 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(17,433 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Last edited Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:07 PM - Edit history (1)
A Walk in the Woods, book by Bill Bryson, into the film starring Paul and Robert. RR joined the project in 2005. It was not meant to be. Paul was pushing 80 and a long time smoker (quit in 86). He died of lung cancer in 2008.Butch and Sundance
NowsTheTime
(1,252 posts)JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!
Harker
(17,433 posts)red dog 1
(32,514 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)Blasphemy to say he was.
Harker
(17,433 posts)JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)That was such a classic scene!
Harker
(17,433 posts)I heard my wife humming the tune over tea this morning.
JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)I do remember Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head while he's riding the bicycle.
Harker
(17,433 posts)the three of them are riding.
It's a Gold Rush era epic of the westward journey. Burl Ives was, I think, the first to record it.
JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)I'll have to give it another viewing next time I catch it on again. I've always loved that movie!
Harker
(17,433 posts)I just requested a copy on interlibrary loan.
My mom took me to see it at the theater. She was clearly smitten with both of them.
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)Kansas, maybe?
Was that mentioned in the movie?
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)I have a photographic memory, but sometimes things don't always develop.
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)QueerDuck
(1,033 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)QueerDuck
(1,033 posts)The Wizard
(13,592 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)The Wizard
(13,592 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)"Yep, pretty much." She didn't much enjoy it, but I think it's worth a go from time to time. I think Karen Black was superb.
Bluestocking
(517 posts)Harker
(17,433 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)you look like a gangster!!!"
Harker
(17,433 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,727 posts)...then let it start here."
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)and saw what was going on, on his name, he would never stop throwing up".