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100 Most Memorable Phrases From Film to be Celebrated in AFI special (Can they handle the truth?)
American Film Institute ^ | Nov 24 04 | American Film Institute

Posted on 11/24/2004 8:47:38 AM PST by churchillbuff

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: films; quotes; topten
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To: RightWingAtheist

>>That's one of only two movies to actually make me feel nauseous <<

I watched it in a lecture hall at Cleveland State University in a film class.
Nothing like being in an Urban College to see it. I was totally ashamed to be white


221 posted on 11/24/2004 10:21:42 AM PST by netmilsmom (Zell on DEM Christianity, "They can hum the tune, but can't sing the song.")
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To: netmilsmom

"This man hates CANS! Stay away from the CANS!"


222 posted on 11/24/2004 10:22:19 AM PST by Egon (Government is a guard-dog to be fed, not a cow to be milked.)
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To: Egon

Hey!!!!

I knew this thread was meant for you!


223 posted on 11/24/2004 10:23:51 AM PST by netmilsmom (Zell on DEM Christianity, "They can hum the tune, but can't sing the song.")
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To: NotADove

"Get away from her you bitch!" ...Ripley.


224 posted on 11/24/2004 10:24:07 AM PST by Towed_Jumper
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To: RightWingAtheist
"(the other being Pink Flamingoes)."

That was the grossest movie. Especially the end. And then there is always Edie the egg lady.

225 posted on 11/24/2004 10:24:29 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (Never play leapfrog with a unicorn!)
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To: churchillbuff; BenLurkin; TalonDJ; Rennes Templar; AppyPappy; Jersey Republican Biker Chick; ...
We’re not getting all of these attributed and lot’s of folks won’t know what we’re talking about without context:

BenLurkin posted:

"That is the thing dreams are made of."

I’m assuming that this is the Bogart line from Maltese Falcon, but I remember it differently:

Cop to Bogart (referring to Maltese Falcon): “What’s that?”

Bogart to copy: “The stuff that dreams are made of.”

One of the greatest lines in one of the greatest movies ever made.

BenLurkin also posted:

"Of all the gin joints . . . "

Which is Bogart to either Sam, talking about Ilsa, or directly to Ilsa, in Casablanca, also one of the greatest (you have good tastes, Ben).

TalonDJ sited:

"You shot him in the back!"
"His back was to me."

This is from “El Diablo” – really good HBO movie, and this exchange is between Anthony Edwards and Louis Gossett Jr.  I think they said it once to each other at different points in the movie.

Rennes Templar posted:

Clint: "Go ahead, make my day".

Which is from Sudden Impact, the last and least satisfying of the Dirty Harry movies (mostly because of Sondra Locke and the sicko plot, I think dreamed up by her).  I’ve always argued that this was meant to be ironic, not encouraging.  Harry Callahan had been having a REALLY BAD DAY and having to shoot someone and go through all the hassles involved in that would be a fitting, but bad, capper to the day.  He didn’t want to shoot the creep.  If he did he would have just shot him. 

AppyPappy posted:

"That's not a knife. THIS is a knife".

Which is from the original Crocodile Dundee.

AppyPappy also posted:

"We got ourselves a motherloving navy war"

Which is from In Harms Way and was said by Kirk Douglas to John Wayne.  Great war movie.  I suggested to George Takei once that he try to sell this as a plot for one of the Star Trek movies.

AppyPappy also posted:

"Never apologize, mister. It's a sign of weakness"

I know lots of movies and movie lines, but I had to look this one up.  It’s from She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and was said by John Wayne to a young cavalry trooper.

Jersey Republican Biker Chick posted

The biggest trick the Devil ever played was convincing the world he didnt exist

Which is Kevin Spacy, The Usual Suspects.  I know this is a great movie, it just never appealed to me.

Sartorius posted:

"He ain't heavy, Father, he's my brother!"
==Boys Town, Spencer Tracy.

My only quibble is that it was said to Spencer Tracy’s Father Flannagen, while this implies he said it.  As I understand it this is a real quote from a real boys town resident in the early days and is the motto on a statue at the school.

I’m going to stop now, except for one more comment:

"Rosebud" Citizen Kane

The main thing for me about this is finding out what the real “Rosebud” was in the real life of William Randolph Hearst, the real life and only thinly disguised model for Citizen Kane.  I won’t tell you (it would get my post pulled) but it referred to a part of Marion Davies anatomy.  Found that out in the great HBO movie RKO 281.  Welles was determined to include the reference, however disguised, in the movie, so that all who knew that little vulgarity would know that he knew, including Hearst.

 

226 posted on 11/24/2004 10:26:53 AM PST by Phsstpok (often wrong, but never in doubt)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Clap clap clap! You get extra points for getting the Mr.Roberts line. :O)


227 posted on 11/24/2004 10:28:26 AM PST by BigCinBigD
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To: Phsstpok
I believe you are correct on the Maltese Falcon quote.

My self-appointed punishment will be to rent it again and watch it this weekend.
228 posted on 11/24/2004 10:28:40 AM PST by BenLurkin (Big government is still a big problem.)
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To: Cruising Speed
Rachael: "Do you like our owl?"

Deckard: "It's artificial?"

"Of course it is."

"Must be expensive."

Very, I'm Rachael."

"Deckard"

"It seems you feel our work is a not benefit to the public."

"Replicants are like any other machine, they're either a benefit or a hazard, if they're a benefit its not my problem."

"May I ask you a personal question?

"...sure"

"Have you ever retired a human by mistake?

"...no"

"but, in your position, that is a risk."

Tyrrell (interjecting): "Is this to be an empathy test? Capillary dialation of the so-called 'blush response'...fluctuation of the pupil...involuntary dialation of the iris."

Deckard: "We call it Voight-Kampf for short."

Rachael: "Mr. Deckard, Dr. Eldon Tyrrell"

Tyrrell: "Demonstrate it, I want to see it work."

Where's the subject?"

"I want to see it work on a person, I want to see a negative before I provide you with a positive."

"What's that going to prove?"

"Indulge me"

"On you?"

"No, try her".

229 posted on 11/24/2004 10:28:47 AM PST by Cruising Speed
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To: Steve_Seattle

"Do you realize that I work at home?....uh,uh. Well I work all of the time. So never, never, interrupt me. Do you enjoy being interrupted when you're nancing around in your little apartment? Well I work all the time, so never,never interrupt me. Not if there is a fire. Not even if you hear the sound of a thud from my apartment, and one week later there is a smell coming from my home that is so thick that you have to hold a hankie to your face, because the stench is so thick that you think you're gonna faint. Even then.... Don't come knocking. ..Or if it's election night and 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'a going to have you down to Camp David,.....and you want someone to share the moment....Even then don't knock....not on this door.....not for any reason......Do you get me sweetheart............................Melvin Udall.......

"Where did they teach you to speak like this? In some Panama City sailor wanna hump-hump bar,... or is getaway day and your last shot at his whiskey? Sell crazy someplace else,...we're all stocked up here.
......................................Melvin Udall
in "As Good As It Gets"


230 posted on 11/24/2004 10:29:09 AM PST by Texas Songwriter (Texas Songwriter)
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To: Ranxerox

can't stop laughing ...


231 posted on 11/24/2004 10:30:51 AM PST by a_screen_name
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To: BigCinBigD

"Next...we'll give it shot of hair tonic for aging. It has a coal-tar base. That'll age the daylights out of it."


232 posted on 11/24/2004 10:31:09 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (The way that you wander is the way that you chose. The day that you tarry is the day that you lose.)
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To: a_screen_name

"nothin' like a good piece of hickory." -- Pale Rider


233 posted on 11/24/2004 10:31:47 AM PST by Choose Ye This Day (DUmmies: You keep visualizing a Kerry win...we'll lead the world and beat the terrorists. Mmmmkay?)
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To: churchillbuff

"You just shot an unarmed man!"
"Shoulda armed himself"


234 posted on 11/24/2004 10:32:50 AM PST by Flpoop (play it where it lies)
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To: PoorMuttly
Goldfinger turns from Bond to Pussy Galore and nods briefly. He looks at both of them and say, "You'll excuse me. I have to separate my gold from the late Mr. Solo."

Great line.
235 posted on 11/24/2004 10:33:29 AM PST by MB6.3
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To: RightWingAtheist

>>(the other being Pink Flamingoes).<<

I had to go to IMDB to see what that was.
Oh barf.


236 posted on 11/24/2004 10:34:09 AM PST by netmilsmom (Zell on DEM Christianity, "They can hum the tune, but can't sing the song.")
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To: churchillbuff

"Chief, you're gonna need a bigger boat."

"No, Luke, I am your father."

"I'll be your huckleberry."


237 posted on 11/24/2004 10:34:12 AM PST by Stopislamnow (This tagline a victim of humorless busybodies.)
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To: Incorrigible

You beat me to it...I was hoping someone would post the Repo Man classic "let's go eat sushi and not pay"


238 posted on 11/24/2004 10:35:24 AM PST by Fredgoblu
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To: Phsstpok
We’re not getting all of these attributed and lot’s of folks won’t know what we’re talking about without context:

Isn't that the point?

If you saw the movie, you'll know.

If you didn't, explaining the context still falls short.

239 posted on 11/24/2004 10:36:21 AM PST by Oztrich Boy ("The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force". - Voltaire)
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To: netmilsmom
Right! That's why I pinged Egon. He has them all!

True. But people like me for my epididymis.

240 posted on 11/24/2004 10:37:04 AM PST by Egon (Government is a guard-dog to be fed, not a cow to be milked.)
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