Well, usually.
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Posted on 05/13/2009 9:08:42 PM PDT by This Just In
Most Great Movie Lines Misremembered, Especially from Silent Era
Posted by Anthony Sacramone on May 12, 2009
The Guardian has a fun piece on how you think you remember a famous movie line, but in fact, when you go back and watch the film, the syntax or phrasing is just a little bit different.
The phrase, “Luke, I am your father”, has topped a list of memorable movie misquotes compiled by the website lovefilm.com following a poll of 1,500 filmgoers. In fact, the words uttered by Vader are the rather less impactful: “No, I am your father.”
Fans of vintage Disney may also be somewhat surprised to learn that the evil queen in 1937’s Snow White never actually says, “Mirror, mirror, on the wall – who is the fairest of them all?” The immortal line actually begins with the words, “Magic mirror …”
Also in the top five is the menacing challenge issued by Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry in 1971. Commonly misremembered as, “Do you feel lucky, punk?”, the correct phrase is the rather less pithy: “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya punk?”
Then there’s possibly the best-known movie misquote – “Play it again, Sam” from 1942’s Casablanca. Ingrid Bergman actually cajoles pianist Dooley Wilson with, “Play it, Sam. Play As Time Goes By”, while the closest Humphrey Bogart ever gets to these words is: “You played it for her, you can play it for me. If she can stand it, I can. Play it!”
Among other movie lines we think we know:
John Wayne never said, “Howdy, Pilgrim.” In fact, he said, “Great jolly Moses, what are you doing in my clogs?”
Marlon Brando never said, “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” The line, literally, is: “Unpleasantness. Let me tell you about unpleasantness. But first, a song.”
And Paulie Shore never said, “Judge Ito! Have some of my burrito.” Well, actually, turns out he did.
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“Who do you believe, me or your own two eyes?”
Groucho Marx
Often misquoted as :
” who do you believe, me or your lying eyes?
Great, now I need a drink, and I don’t drink....beer.
“Last night I shot an elephant in my pajamas and how he got in my pajamas I’ll never know”
“The last time I saw legs like that was on a billiard table”
- Groucho Marx
True story:
A late acquaintance of mine (a former Harvard professor), was one of Patton’s intelligence officers. He was a former Prussian officer who fled the Nazis but the Germans seized his Swedish wife and his son, Sven.
As the American armies began to sweep into Germany and liberate concentration camps, Fritz asked Patton if he could go look for his family in an international internment city. Patton gave him a jeep and off he went. When he found out which house his wife and son lived in, he went up to the door, his monocle in place, and knocked on the door.
Little Sven opened the door and Fritz, in full uniform and in stern Prussian stance said, “Sven, I am your father.”
Needless to say, both men were to become among the leaders of the US in bringing down the Soviet Union during the Cold War and remain among the unsung heroes of America.
“I am your father.” A great line from WW2 to Star Wars.
Moving story.
I’m a telecom engineer - I use variations of the following quote by Tommy Lee Jones character in “Under Siege” ...
AWESOME quote - and pretty much sums up what I have to do since I am the go-to guy when SNAFUs occur ...
QUOTE:
... I got tired of coming up with last-minute desperate solutions to impossible problems created by other fucking people ...
Very odd. Up to ‘Among other movie lines we think we know: ‘ this was a straight story, followed by three absurd non quotes.
It’s not so odd. Just satire. Note the complete title,
Most Great Movie Lines Misremembered, Especially from Silent Era
Recently, I visited a Western store. Among the boots, hats, and buckles, I saw metal BADGES.
The engraving reads:
Stinkin’ Badge
May be misremembered, but, Groucho, “ I see you standing in the kitchen, bending over a hot stove. I just don’t see the stove.”
Another misquoted line, in All about Eve, from Bette Davis. People often say "bumpy ride," but that's not correct. What she really said:
"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."
Oooh, Groucho was a beautiful human being, was he not?
CA....
I heard Cary Grant never said “Judy, Judy, Judy.”
He never said “rosebud”, either. But don’t quote me on that.
We’ve viewed the film, Citizen Kane. Orson says “rosebud”.
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