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AFI's 100 YEARS...100 MOVIE QUOTES
AFI.com ^ | November 17th 2004 | unknown

Posted on 11/18/2004 8:19:10 AM PST by Mad Dawgg

AFI's 100 YEARS...100 MOVIE QUOTES

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.


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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig

I forget the nameof the movie, but the one about Mozart.


641 posted on 11/18/2004 11:28:46 AM PST by Finny (God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, and victory.)
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To: Mad Dawgg
"I am Sparticus!"

We're on a mission from God.

"You son of a bitch!" "Yes sir, in my case just an accident of birth; but you sir, are a self made man!"

You're gonna need a bigger boat!

"You bring any gold or silver?" "No just lead!"

"May I make a statement?" "Your mouth wash ain't makin it!"

"One genuine hari kari knife, pass it around boys incase somebody needs to use it!"

Unitl you've had a drink and a good cigar you're missing the second and third best things in life!

Hey Moose and Rocco, help the judge find his checkbook!

We are of course...[grabs neck collar]...Norwegian!

What do you think you are doing holding up the building?

I said a flash...not a fish

Colonel looky looky wham wham wham wham........Termites!

Baltizar is a good man, but until all other men are like him we must keep are weapons bright and intetions true.

I'm going to Berlin and personaly shoot that paper hanging son of a bitch!

642 posted on 11/18/2004 11:29:01 AM PST by Mat_Helm
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To: SlowBoat407

Yes! He's got a cameo in Life of Brian!


643 posted on 11/18/2004 11:29:12 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: xsrdx
Wow, R.Lee Ermy was awesome in FMJ.

All he had to do was act naturally.

644 posted on 11/18/2004 11:29:39 AM PST by joe_broadway (Do right.)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Got to be "Just win one more for the Gipper" (I know I butchered it, but can you think of one that's had more of an impact on the nation?)...


645 posted on 11/18/2004 11:30:57 AM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (Yes DUmmies, we stole the election, but you'll never figure out how. Love, the VRWC.)
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To: TheBigB
"This is my friend Wang, no offense. Hey Wang, this is a restricted club so don't tell them you're Jewish. All right."
"Dog food? DOG FOOD?!?!?!"
"Whoa, did somebody step on a duck?"
"Varmint Cong"
"It's no big deal."
"I was born to rub you. I was born to lick your face. I was born to rub you, but you were born to rub me first."
"I feel like a hundred dollars."
"I don't play golf, against people, for money."
"How do you measure yourself against other golfers?" "By height."
"Dr. Beeper is the Club champion, and I'm no slouch myself." "Don't seel yourself short, Judge. You're a tremendous slouch."
"This is a check for $70,000." "Keep it." "And another one!" "It's yours."
"This doesn't mean you have to stop seeing other people."
"I like you, Betty."
"Be the ball."
646 posted on 11/18/2004 11:31:11 AM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: xsrdx
"I asked him about the dialog in FMJ, he said he was surprised when he saw the final edit, and it came out better than he had thought possible. He also said he wrote the dialog for his part, something I was not aware of."

Heheh I got to see a special or something on Full Metal Jacket and they talked on how he came up with those lines especially when he is yelling at the recruits.

Basically what he did was get in some poor shmucks face ( I take it someone who worked for the director or writer) and start yelling at him like a Drill SGT. and they had a tape running... then they took the dialog almost verbatim from that tape and put it in the script...

Emery is one cool dude!

647 posted on 11/18/2004 11:31:42 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (French: old Europe word meaning surrender)
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To: oyez
I'm a zit. Get it?

Just keep your hands and feet away from his mouth.

648 posted on 11/18/2004 11:32:26 AM PST by laredo44 (Liberty is not the problem)
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To: Finny
One of my Tombstone faves,

"For a man that won't go heels, you run your mouth kinda reckless, doncha?", and pretty much everything that Kilmer/Holliday says is quotable.

649 posted on 11/18/2004 11:32:32 AM PST by xsrdx (Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
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To: joe_broadway

Hooper


650 posted on 11/18/2004 11:32:34 AM PST by NRA1995 (Free Republic Inaugural Ball II, here I come!!!)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Fun! Here are some of my favorites, though not necessarily in the AFI running:

"I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel. And I am immortal." - (Connor MacLeod, Highlander, 1986)

"What makes a king out of a slave? Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot? What have they got that I ain't got? All: Courage!" - (Bert Lahr, The Cowardly Lion, Wizard of Oz, 1939)

"The public doesn't give a damn about integrity. A town that won't defend itself deserves no help." - (Lon Chaney Jr as 'Howe' in High Noon, 1952)


651 posted on 11/18/2004 11:33:22 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Mad Dawgg

"There is no Spoon."


652 posted on 11/18/2004 11:33:25 AM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Mad Dawgg

One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them.
One Ring to bring them all,
And in the darkness bind them.


653 posted on 11/18/2004 11:33:28 AM PST by JimmyMc
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To: retrokitten

Eddie Bichon: Em, Emma Rae.
Emma Rae: Are you addressing me?
Eddie Bichon: Yes.
Emma Rae: Well lick it, put a stamp on it, and mail it to someone who gives a sh#t.

[After Emma Rae knees Eddie in the groin]
Grace: Emma Rae, what did you do to him?
Emma Rae: You told me to keep him busy. He's busy holding his nuts.
Grace: What is the matter with you?
Emma Rae: Consider it a blow for your dignity.
Grace: What is dignified about kicking somebody in the balls?
Emma Rae: Well... I feel better.

-Something To Talk About


654 posted on 11/18/2004 11:33:54 AM PST by FeliciaCat
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To: The SISU kid

I've got vision and the rest of the world is wearing bifocals.


655 posted on 11/18/2004 11:34:24 AM PST by wordsofearnest (St. Louis bring back Torre.)
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To: All
Didn't see this one

Rules?.....rules in a knife fight?

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

656 posted on 11/18/2004 11:34:38 AM PST by Politically Correct
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To: JimmyMc
Unforgiven

"Good's got nothin to do with it"

657 posted on 11/18/2004 11:34:50 AM PST by joe_broadway (Do right.)
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To: bootless

I'm your huckleberry:

http://home.earthlink.net/~knuthco1/Itemsofinterest1/huckleberrysource.htm


658 posted on 11/18/2004 11:34:56 AM PST by js1138 (D*mn, I Missed!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

""I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel. And I am immortal." - (Connor MacLeod, Highlander, 1986)"

In a similar vein, from the movie that started the Highlander TV show:

"Aye, we're klansmen!"


659 posted on 11/18/2004 11:35:11 AM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Funny How....


660 posted on 11/18/2004 11:35:27 AM PST by geege
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