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.
Isn't that the point?
If you saw the movie, you'll know.
If you didn't, explaining the context still falls short.
"Consider this a Divorce"
"A preview of coming attractions"
"Thirty years from now, when you're sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks you, "What did you do in the great World War II," you won't have to say, "Well... I shoveled shit in Louisiana."
" I'm not going to waste my time arguing with a man who's lining up to be a hot lunch. That's a twenty footer!
"About as subtle as a cockroach crawling across a white rug"
"My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue, but people call me Bubba. Just like one of them ol' redneck boys. Can you believe that?"
"You know I don't wear any underwear."
"My partner stopped to help a damsel in distress. He's got his priorities all screwed up"
"Gambling - I'm shocked shocked!" -- Claude Raines, Casablanca