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.
Doc always assumed he would be killed in a gunfight. When the drop was on him, he was signaling that he wasn't scared to die.("You're a daisy if you do") His last words were along the lines of "Isn't this funny?" because he died with his boots off in a bed.
Oddly, Wyatt lived in LA until his death, forever dodging rumors that his character was greatly embellished.
Pussy Galore? :^)
No, it was Plenty.
Also:
"You a fag, Nash?"
"No. Are you looking for a piece of a**?"
Isn't this whole 'AFI 100' thing played out? Shoudln't they go back to preserving films, or something?
"Turn those voting machines back on!"
John Kerry, Trading Places 2004
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
You have gooood taste in movies!
(I guessed Presumed Innocent right off, but someone beat me to it.)
Morgan Freeman's monolog was superb.
What about "...Because I CHOOSE to!"
Ring a bell?
"A day may come when the courage of man fails. When we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day. This day we fight." -Aragorn, ROTK
"You shall not PASS!" -Gandalf, FOTR
"So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for us to decide. All we have to decide, is what to do with the time that is given to us. " -Gandalf, FOTR
"N-n-n-nothing important. That is I heard a good deal about a Ring and a Dark Lord and something about the end of the world but… Please, Mister Gandalf sir, don’t hurt me. Don’t turn me into anythin’ --unnatural." -Sam, FOTR
"I said I’d carry him, if it broke my back, and I will! Come, Mr Frodo! I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you and it as well.." -Sam, ROTK
"That still counts as mine!" -Gimli, TTT
"It comes in pints? I'm getting one." -Pippin, FOTR
Do you realize that I work at home?....Well I work all the time, so never, never interrupt me..O.K. Not if there is a fire. Not even if you hear the sound of thud from myapartment and one week later there is a stench coming from my home that is so thick that you have to hold a hankie to face because you think you're gonna faint. Even then, don't knock. Or, if you're excited and you want to celebrate because some fudgepacker that you date got elected the first queer president of the United States, and he's going to have you down to Camp David,..And you want someone to celebrate the moment with.....Even then, don't knock. Not on this door...Not for any reason......Do you get me sweetheart? Melvin Udall in As Good As It Gets
It's from A Day At the Races.
"Get your ice cream..Tootsie Fruitsie Ice Cream!"
Francois: Do you know what kind of bomb it was?
Clouseau: Yes, the expoding kind.
I think that's "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it".
hehe, I really do plan to read the entire thread because I'm sure there are many more that I love. Problem is I haven't my own computer, and I'm at work, trying to look as if I am doing what I'm supposed to be doing.
perhaps if I stay late...
My guess is it might be a slightly edited quote from GalaxyQuest:
LOL! I've probably seen that movie once a year since 1986. Sad, ain't it? (But that doesn't mean I won't do it again!)
You are right.
Well let me tell you, I don't even know which movie my favorite quote came from, but I was just a little girl when I heard it, and I've been using it ever since when angered:
"I can smile, and while I smile....cut your heart out with a bloody axe".
The name's Francis Sawyer, but everybody calls me Psycho. Any of you guys call me Francis, and I'll kill you.
Leon: Ooooooh.
Psycho: You just made the list, buddy. Also, I don't like no one touching my stuff. So just keep your meathooks off. If I catch any of you guys in my stuff, I'll kill you. And I don't like nobody touching me. Any of you homos touch me, and I'll kill you.
Sergeant Hulka: Lighten up, Francis.
"Heroes get remembered, but legends never die."
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