Posted on 11/18/2004 8:19:10 AM PST by Mad Dawgg
THE MOST MEMORABLE PHRASES FROM FILM CELEBRATED IN EIGHTH ANNUAL AFI/CBS TELEVISION EVENT
"Here's Looking at You, Kid," "Show Me the Money!" "I'll be Back" and Hundreds More Vie for the Title of "Movie Quote of The Century"
LOS ANGELES, November 17, 2004-The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced that AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Movie Quotes will be the theme for AFI's eighth annual celebration of 100 years of American movies.
AFI'S 100 Years . . . 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases will count down America's 100 greatest lines of dialogue spoken in the movies, as chosen by experts of the motion picture community, in a three-hour television event on the CBS Television Network in June 2005.
Last year's special, AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Songs, was the most popular AFI special in the series to date, winning the night handily and coming in third for the week with an 8.3 household rating and a 14 share, representing a 66% ratings advantage over its nearest competitor. Due to its popularity, CBS rebroadcast the special on August 13, 2004.
Each year, the AFI program has garnered considerable attention from movie lovers around the world. Previous programs within this series have included AFI 100 Years...100 Movies (1998), . . . 100 Stars (1999), . . . 100 Laughs (2000), . . . 100 Thrills (2001), . . . 100 Passions (2002), . . . 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) and . . . 100 Songs (2004).
"Great movie quotes become part of our cultural vocabulary," stated AFI's Director and CEO Jean Picker Firstenberg. "When you consider that any phrase from American film is eligible, you realize this is our most subjective topic to date. We expect nothing less than a war of words as we re-ignite interest in classic American movies."
For the eighth consecutive year, the primetime special will be executive produced and directed by Gary Smith; executive produced for AFI by former AFI Board chair Frederick S. Pierce; and produced by Dann Netter and Bob Gazzale. SFM Entertainment LLC is the distributor of the program. Past sponsors of the series have included General Motors, Pepsi, Johnson & Johnson, Best Buy, Anheuser-Busch, Colgate-Palmolive and all major motion picture companies.
About the Jury Process
Today, AFI distributed a ballot with 400 nominated movie quotes to a jury of over 1,500 leaders from the creative community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers), critics and historians.
This year, the jury will be asked to choose up to 100 movie quotes from a comprehensive list, including entries such as "Here's lookin' at you, kid" (CASABLANCA), "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" (GONE WITH THE WIND), "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" (SHE DONE HIM WRONG), "May the Force be with you" (STAR WARS), "Houston, we have a problem" (APOLLO 13), "Snap out of it!" (MOONSTRUCK), "You can't handle the truth!" (A FEW GOOD MEN), "I'll be back" (THE TERMINATOR) and "Show me the money!" (JERRY MAGUIRE).
Due to the extensive number of memorable movie lines in American film, jurors may also write in votes for up to five quotes that may not already appear on the ballot.
The jurors have been asked to consider the following criteria in making their selections:
MOVIE QUOTE
A statement, phrase or brief exchange of dialogue spoken in an American film.* (Lyrics from songs are not eligible.)
CULTURAL IMPACT
Movie Quotes that viewers use in their own lives and situations; circulating through popular culture, they become part of the national lexicon.
LEGACY
Movie Quotes that viewers use to evoke the memory of a treasured film, thus ensuring and enlivening its historical legacy.
*AFI defines an American film as an English language motion picture with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States. Additionally, only Movie Quotes from feature-length American films released before January 1, 2004, will be considered. AFI defines a feature-length film as a motion picture of narrative format that is typically over 60 minutes in length.
Interesting Facts about the Ballot
Chronologically, the ballot spans from 1927-with the first full-length sound film, THE JAZZ SINGER: "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!"-to 2002 and "My precious" from THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS.
CASABLANCA has seven quotes in AFI's ballot, making it the most represented film.
THE WIZARD OF OZ is the second most represented film with six quotes.
Humphrey Bogart has 10 quotes on the ballot, the most represented male actor. Al Pacino and the Marx Brothers follow with six quotes each and Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, James Stewart and Jack Nicholson are all represented with five quotes each. Funnymen Woody Allen, Peter Sellers and Mike Myers each have four quotes represented.
Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Judy Garland and Vivien Leigh each have four memorable movie quotes on the ballot.
Billy Wilder is the top represented writer with 13 quotes, some co-written with I.A.L. Diamond, Charles Brackett and Raymond Chandler. Frances Ford Coppola has nine quotes represented, with seven coming from THE GODFATHER Trilogy. Mario Puzo, Coppola's collaborator on THE GODFATHER trilogy, has a total of eight quotes. Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch each have seven quotes (all from CASABLANCA), followed by Woody Allen with six and Cameron Crowe, William Goldman and Stanley Kubrick with five quotes each.
1939 is the most represented year with 19 movie quotes. 1942 has 17 quotes and 1980 has 12.
"When you stick your hand in a bunch of goo that was once your best friend's face, you'll know what to do."
"Made it, Ma!" Top of the world!"
"I ain't so tough."
HONK, HONK! "Make that TWO hard boiled eggs!"
And then Fronkenstein said: They told me it was Igor.
Eyegor: Well they were wrong then weren't they?
"Bernardo es muerto"
"My mind is going"
"You'll get nothing and like it!"
Bender from Futurama always says 'cheese it'.
Verbal: "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." - The Usual Suspects
"I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you."- SW-ANH
" Inconceivable. I do not think that means what you think it means."- " The Princess Bride
" Victims, aren't we all." -The Crow
" I will follow you till the end of your days, and I will find you."- Ladyhawke
"naaaa...Mongo straight!"
" Where all da white women?"- Blazing Saddles
" May the Force be with you."
THE culturally important quote of the last 100 years, IMO.
And the immortal, "What knockers!" :^)
"I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?"
"I'll be back."
"I gave him an offer he could not refuse."
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
You've hit on the very essence of "i'll think about it tomorrow". She was thoughtless. The only thing she thought about "today" was being with Ashley.
Remember when Bonnie came back from England. She was so happy to see her. And when Bonnie fell off the horse, she shrieked in horror. She didn't think about how much she loved her or missed her until it was too late, iow, "tomorrow".
Hey thanks. I understand a little more now. You can't believe how much i analyze this movie. It's sick, really.
One of my favorite movies.
"It's not that I'm lazy. It's that I just don't care"
Bob: "I see you've been missing a lot of work lately, Peter"
Peter: "I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob"
Yep, one gorgeous woman. Do you remember what Halle Berry said to Pierce Brosnan, after they got out of that aircraft in Die Another Day?
Another great one...one of my favorites is from the Blues Brothers..."We're on a mission from God."
I think that if a quote is commonly MISQUOTED (as in, "Why don't you come up and see me sometime?") either the MISQUOTE should be the one that is submitted or else it should not make the list.
If people DON'T REMEMBER THE ACTUAL QUOTE, how memorable WAS IT?
Fletch Lives??
>>Bull Durham<<
Batboy: Get a hit, Crash.
Crash: Shut up.
"Today I did nothing...and it was everything I thought it could be."
Amadeus
Pay to the order of... Iron Balls McGinty. One dollar and NINE CENTS!
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