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.
"Yeah, I think I might have a stick."
This one?
Your life is spinnin' out of control
Seems the whole world is out to get you
And everything is wrong. Nothin' seems right-ih
There's a sinking feeling inside-eh
Even your best friend has turned his back
But you can't let it bring you down, no, you've got to fight-eh
'Cause you try, but you can't let go___
[the tempo picks up and Coop begins to drum to the song on his steering wheel]
It's when you're down that you gotta get up-uh
Don't let 'em walk all over your face-uh
Stand up for yourself and make everything
Right again
[he switches from fingers to fists, his determination returning]
Even if some guy's tryin' to blackmail you
[he stops drumming, as the song seems to be addressing him]
And your girlfriend thinks you suck
It's up to you to let them know that it was all just part of
Some rich guy's evil plan
[he begins tapping the steering wheel again]
Look out ahead, there's a truck changin' lanes
[he hears a truck and looks off to his left]
You got some yellow crumbs on your upper lip
[he checks his upper lip]
And those warts on your dick aren't gonna go away
[he looks down with big eyes at his groin, then the radio, and thinks about turning it off]
'Less you start using topical cream everyday
[he turns the car around and goes back the way he came. A sign on the side of the road indicates where he's going - the airport]
My favorite from that one is at the end when Moranis starts to say to Martin I thought you... (Said you never shot a gun) and interrupted by Martin saying: "I Lied"
Heheh My wife smacked me cause I was laughing so hard in the theater...
GET OFF MY PLANE!
Never again will I allow our political self-interest to deter us from doing what we know to be morally right. Atrocity and terror are not political weapons. And to those who would use them, your day is over. We will never negotiate. We will no longer tolerate and we will no longer be afraid. It's your turn to be afraid.
Harrison Ford as President James Marshall in 'Air Force One'
Doyle: What're you gonna do with that lawnmower blade?"
Karl: I aim to kill yo with it. Um Hum."
"I'm not even supposed to be here today!"
I love the way the reporter is gagging in that scene
"You know what I think... I think you should go home to Greenbow Ala-*BAMA*!"
LOL!
"He's so fast he doesn't wear pants!"
Doesn't he tell his family that Barney invented the rotary engine, too? LOL
Raising Arizona! Do I get a cookie?
Another favorite from RA: "We figured there was too much happiness here for just the two of us,
so we figured the next logical step was to have us a critter."
I even named my cat critter cause of that.
From:..
Raising Arizona... Cohen Movies Rule!
You and me's just a fool's paradise."
In "Red River" (John Wayne, Montgomery Cliff) Matt and Ringo are checking out each others six guns and Ringo says," There's noting as fine as a good six gun except a Swiss Watch or a woman from anywhere!!"
(A barfight is brewing between Reynold's group and Bradshaw's, Reynolds slyly turns away from and then sucker punches Bradshaw right in the mouth. Bradshaw works his mouth, spits out a tooth and then smiles real big.)
Reynolds then says quietly to his group, "Boys, I think we're in trouble!"
"It ain't Ozzie and Harriet."
Hooper
Hooper
Why do they do that?? It's so much better when they just have no sound in the offensive spot.
The Breakfast Club is so funny edited up.
"Go fix me turkey pot pie!
What about you, dad?
Flip you! Go make me turkey pot pie, brat!"
Yep, and that one female is like "I thought Wankel invented the rotary engine!"
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.