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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.


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: moviequotes
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To: NYURepublican

Oh that is the absolute best scene from that movie.


821 posted on 11/18/2004 5:13:59 PM PST by uncitizen
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To: day10

It was the third Matrix movie when Neo
has that fight to the death with evil, and
is asked why he won't just give up...why
does he keep fighting?

And he shouts "Because I CHOOSE to."

I like that.
We always have a choice :-)


822 posted on 11/18/2004 5:16:58 PM PST by b9
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To: NYURepublican
KAHN!!!!!!

sorry I coudlnt resist. dont knwo if it was said already though.
823 posted on 11/18/2004 5:17:39 PM PST by NYURepublican
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To: doodlelady; uncitizen

my favorite line form that movie was when i was in the theater and my roomate goes "DIE Please!" to Trinity after like 7 min of that scene. It was better when the theater started cracking up


824 posted on 11/18/2004 5:19:04 PM PST by NYURepublican
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To: NYURepublican

LOL... Yea, not my favorite movie
but I love that line.


825 posted on 11/18/2004 5:21:43 PM PST by b9
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To: NYURepublican

I just showed my daughter your Breakfast Club post. She's cracking up as we recite it the way it was done in the movie. That's one of her fave movies. She knows those lines by heart too.


826 posted on 11/18/2004 5:32:45 PM PST by uncitizen
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To: uncitizen

I'm assuming your youngest?

Breakfast club rocks. Good 80s movie.

Jordan tells me that I should have been like this age in 1982 since I am a total yuppie and my music collection consists of about 75% 80s music. heh


827 posted on 11/18/2004 5:35:53 PM PST by NYURepublican
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To: NYURepublican

Oh so you're not into Weezer? Praise Allah!


828 posted on 11/18/2004 5:39:26 PM PST by uncitizen
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To: uncitizen

oh hah no i like them too.... i said 75% from the 80s. Thats stilla ogod 25% from other things hah.


829 posted on 11/18/2004 5:41:02 PM PST by NYURepublican
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To: Mad Dawgg

True Lies......Maybe she's sleepy.....


830 posted on 11/18/2004 5:42:49 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: NYURepublican

Bluegrass? Country?


831 posted on 11/18/2004 5:43:56 PM PST by uncitizen
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To: uncitizen

Im from Central NJ so that would be a big No.... hahahah.

If I were from Southern Jersey maybe. Thats were all the hicks live. ha


832 posted on 11/18/2004 5:45:12 PM PST by NYURepublican
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To: NYURepublican

Thats were all the hicks live.

Hey, I resemble that remark!


833 posted on 11/18/2004 5:46:39 PM PST by uncitizen
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To: uncitizen

eah...

Got to call a spade a spade... ha I didnt know that type of music was popular in Cleaveland and San Jose...


834 posted on 11/18/2004 5:48:27 PM PST by NYURepublican
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To: NYURepublican
Bluegrass is definitely not popular in either of those places. In fact, other than Mexican music, music is not popular in San Jose. This place is all work, no play. Cleveland music is all about Rock-n-Roll, Baby!
835 posted on 11/18/2004 5:50:46 PM PST by uncitizen
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To: FeliciaCat

i liked it better than the critics did myself.


836 posted on 11/18/2004 5:51:50 PM PST by wardaddy
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To: uncitizen

i see... so then why do you like that type of music (or do you not and I just misinterpreted what you were saying)


837 posted on 11/18/2004 5:51:59 PM PST by NYURepublican
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To: cripplecreek

Aw dude you stole mine.
I like three, maybe four movies.
Tombstone was one.
How about Holiday: "That is a fine thing for you to say to me."

Next on my list (being the scientist dontcha know) is Apollo 13: "Come on people. Let's work the problem!"


838 posted on 11/18/2004 5:53:03 PM PST by getitright (GWB is winning wars, not popularity contests.)
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To: CaptRon

I loved the surprise birthday party in Evil Roy Slade....AMBUSH ! .....BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG !!!


839 posted on 11/18/2004 5:53:04 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: NYURepublican

Actually i was inspired by O Brother Where Art Thou. From Bluegrass i branched out to Hillbilly Music (Hank Wms) and then to early country like the Carter Family and then Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn. Then recently blues.

For Xmas last year Jordan got me a Johnny Cash bio called "Cash". And you can confirm this with him, after i read it, i told him it was so great that they should make a movie about it and cast Joachin Phoenix as Johnny. Then 2 months later it was announced just like that and i called him and we both laughed our arses off.

Since then, i've been reading books about other people in country and blues music: Bill Monroe, Robert Johnson, The Carter Family.


840 posted on 11/18/2004 5:59:21 PM PST by uncitizen
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