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.
Oh George, not the livestock.
bull Durham?
Bugs Bunny, in the cartoon where he's stuck in an abandoned house with Rocky the gangster and his low-IQ henchman.
Oh, and the edited version of Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernson) talking to Ricky Vaughn (Charlie Sheen) on the mound in Major League. Supposed to be "Strike this M-----f----- out!" They drop in the word "guy" instead of the other word, and the tone is so mismatched, it sounds like it was computer-generated.
And my favorite from Galaxy Quest, when one of the crew tries to find out whether the Thermians really knew "Gilligan's Island" was just a TV show:
"Oh, those poor people."
Cracks me up every time!
THAT'S gonna leave a mark!
-- Tommy Boy
And that would be your friend there in the wood chipper?
-- Fargo
From the little known but hilarious Evil Roy Slade'
"You ain't one of them 'funny boys' are ya?"
GREAT scene from the Untouchables.
Hannibal Lecter: A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
Hannibal Lecter: I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner.
I google-cheated, but is it from "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us togethaw today. Mawwiage, that bwessed awwangement, that dweam within a dweam...
Clint Eastwood (Josey): When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long.
Chief Dan George (Lone Watie): I notice when you get to dislikin' someone they ain't around for long neither!
I read the 400 quotes and it reminds me that movies used to be good.
Yeah, they're dead, they're...all messed up.
- Night of the Living Dead
"Hide your dirty pillows!"
"But Momma! They're Breasts!"
I have many fav quotes but that one always brings me to tears in laughter.
"1.2.3.4.5...Thats the stupidest combination i've ever heard in my life. Thats the somethign an idiot would use on his luggage.."
...
"Wow thats amazing! Thats the exact same combination on my luggage!"
Slightly paraphrased from Space Balls! heh
No wonder i didn't recognize any of those quotes. Never saw Space Balls.
I really needed your roomie today. Needed help coming up with some lines from Dumb and Dumber and Baseketball. I held my own on Office Space tho. Woulda made him proud....
The first is from Carie. heh...
a good Basketball line is something to the extent of
"Its hard to believe that only 9 months ago those girls were still in highschool" heh from Frank Gifford...
Though one of my favorite all time quoatable lines is from Breakfast club. It goes something like this:
Here's my impression of life at big
Bri's house...
(in a loud and friendly voice)
Son!
(in a kiddie voice)
Yeah Dad?
(loud)
How's your day, pal?
(kiddie)
Great Dad, how's yours?
(loud)
Super, say son, how'd you like to go
fishing this weekend?
(kiddie)
Great Dad, but I've got homework to
do!
(loud)
That's alright son, you can do it,
on the boat!
(kiddie)
Geee!!!
(loud)
Dear, isn't our son swell?
(quiet and motherly)
Yes Dear, isn't life swell?
oh dont forget the punch sound and action that follows that hehe thats what makes it good!
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