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Sun-Moon
(254 posts)CincyDem
(7,396 posts)Ocelot II
(130,647 posts)kerouac2
(1,497 posts)House of Roberts
(6,541 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,497 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)electric_blue68
(26,899 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(17,832 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(26,899 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,310 posts)CincyDem
(7,396 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(57,842 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,737 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 01:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Ohiya
(2,737 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(33,116 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)yorkster
(3,853 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,576 posts)Easterncedar
(6,300 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,603 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,737 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(11,309 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,197 posts)ZDU
(1,267 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(55,009 posts)red dog 1
(33,116 posts)UpInArms
(55,009 posts)3catwoman3
(29,453 posts)Ohiya
(2,737 posts)3catwoman3
(29,453 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(17,832 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)I love that film!
MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)I love it too.
I actually saw it on Broadway in 2005. It starred Alan Alda; Jeffrey Tambor; Liev Schreiber (who won a Tony award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Ricky Roma); Gordon Clapp; Tom Wopat; and Frederick Weller. The part Alec Baldwin played in the film was written specifically for him and was not in the play.
JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)I bought a poster and waited outside the theater and got four of the actors to sign it (didn't get Alan Alda or Jeffrey Tambor; they must have left earlier or later than the autograph seekers waiting outside). As soon as I got home, I had the poster framed. Paid $15.00 for the poster and $115 for framing - ha! I didn't mind. It's one of my most prized possessions.
Several years later, there was another revival of it on Broadway with Al Pacino playing Shelley Levine. Boy, would I have loved to see that one.
There are parts of that movie where the dialog is almost lyrical. I'm not a big fan of David Mamet, but he sure got this one right.
Ritabert
(2,471 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(2,471 posts)Enter stage left
(4,583 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(17,832 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,798 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(17,832 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(17,832 posts)JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)yorkster
(3,853 posts)lapfog_1
(31,910 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(17,832 posts)GiqueCee
(4,314 posts)... Newman and Redford met on the set, and became close friends. And friendship between those two meant ever more elaborate pranks.
When Redford made the Milagro Beanfield War, there was a scene in which the daughter of the protagonist was in a small store, and went to pick up a Newman's Own product off the shelf, but was quickly dissuaded by the clerk, who said, "Oh, you don't want that crap!" or words to that effect. Legend has it that they razzed each other unmercifully.
I had the pleasure of meeting Newman a few times, and he was a delightful guy. The first time was at Lime Rock race track in Connecticut. I was crewing for a friend who drove Formula Ford, and Lanny introduced me to him, He was sitting in a lawn chair next to his camper with his Nomex suit stripped off down to his waist, and he was wearing a T-shirt that read, "PAUL NEWMAN HAS SKINNY LAIGS!" It was a gift from his daughters, apparently. Pranks ran in the family, I guess.
Harker
(17,832 posts)Given the extent to which they are thought of as a matched set, it's remarkable that they only acted together in two movies.
GiqueCee
(4,314 posts)... Butch and Sundance, plus The Sting, but they had a helluva good time doing it!
lapfog_1
(31,910 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(64 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)angrycaveman
(27 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Vinca
(54,026 posts)3catwoman3
(29,453 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(29,453 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,931 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)griloco
(871 posts)griloco
(871 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,798 posts)"We ain't brothers, we ain't partners, & we ain't friends; and if Gans gets away with my money you'll be sorry you ever met me."
"I'm already sorry."
MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,798 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)YepYep
(104 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)evemac
(321 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)evemac
(321 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)evemac
(321 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)evemac
(321 posts)walkingman
(10,898 posts)Ohiya
(2,737 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)Ohiya
(2,737 posts)drmeow
(5,992 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(5,992 posts)But, basically, yes.
I was thinking the 2005 version with Martin Freeman. I don't think there was another one after that but I could have missed it.
Annie Moosee
(184 posts)It felt like a fever dream to my adolescent brain.
But that line about queuing has lived rent free since I saw the "new" movie.
drmeow
(5,992 posts)but I've listed to all the radio broadcasts.
I thought the line about queuing was hilarious - and like you, it has also lived in my brain rent free.
Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)drmeow
(5,992 posts)YepYep
(104 posts)I know this could be from a lot of movies, but it was from dialogue between a mismatched couple.
neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Han and Leia
BarbaRosa
(2,730 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,492 posts)evemac
(321 posts)Ohiya
(2,737 posts)Bluestocking
(660 posts)evemac
(321 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)Bluestocking
(660 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(660 posts)evemac
(321 posts)Bluestocking
(660 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,177 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(40,643 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,643 posts)The Wizard
(13,751 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)The Wizard
(13,751 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,798 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)red dog 1
(33,116 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,197 posts)MuseRider
(35,176 posts)You'll find a way to make your natural tendencies pay"
Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MuseRider
(35,176 posts)boonecreek
(1,514 posts)Turbineguy
(40,096 posts)boonecreek
(1,514 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,798 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,755 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Endlessmike56
(197 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Endlessmike56
(197 posts)dedl67
(227 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,197 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)GreenWave
(12,651 posts)marble falls
(71,956 posts)Ohiya
(2,737 posts)marble falls
(71,956 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,545 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,737 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Maj. Dude
(49 posts)marble falls
(71,956 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,951 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(53,227 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)griloco
(871 posts)marble falls
(71,956 posts)lpbk2713
(43,277 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,499 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(871 posts)56miSSie
(63 posts)Amaryllis
(11,309 posts)marble falls
(71,956 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Norrrm
(5,120 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(5,120 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(5,120 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)sheshe2
(97,681 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(97,681 posts)TBF
(36,729 posts)Morbius
(1,001 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(33,177 posts)CTyankee
(68,235 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,822 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(179,076 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,076 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,499 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,076 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,499 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,076 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,499 posts)quite a few were Jewish. Major Strasser (Conrad Veidt) left Germany for the States in the 30's, his wife was Jewish. He was a fervent anti-nazi.
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greatauntoftriplets
(179,076 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Bogart, Dooley Wilson (Sam) and Joy Page (a Bulgarian). She was of Mexican and Russian/Jewish background. John Qualen, the ring salesman and resistance person was Canadian/American.
Madeline LaBeau, a French actress, was Bogarts discarded girlfriend. She was the last.survivor of the film. Her impassioned singing of La Marseilles was punctuated with real genuine tears.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,076 posts)I don't know if I've ever seen her in another movie, but that scene has to be her finest. You can tell that the emotion was real. I usually sing it with her.
red dog 1
(33,116 posts)JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)red dog 1
(33,116 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)red dog 1
(33,116 posts)Upthevibe
(10,189 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Upthevibe
(10,189 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(17,832 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,304 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)One of my longtime favorite movies. I still listen to the soundtrack cassette I keep in my old truck now and then.
I was going to go with "Does a bear jerk off?" but I thought it would be too obscure!
VGNonly
(8,499 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(17,832 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(17,832 posts)Zambero
(9,992 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(23,042 posts)Rigpa108
(71 posts)NoSheep
(8,348 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)MIButterfly
(2,780 posts)CousinIT
(12,557 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)CousinIT
(12,557 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)CousinIT
(12,557 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Dana (Sigourney Weaver) said "I want you in me". Peter (Bill Murray) then said something like "I think there's a few guys already in there".
bbernardini
(10,018 posts)gladium et scutum
(829 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,036 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,197 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,737 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(782 posts)JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(85 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Starseer
(85 posts)jmowreader
(53,227 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)jmowreader
(53,227 posts)It was spoken during a session where Paul offered to try to help free John because he didn't kill anyone.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,243 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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some_of_us_are_sane
(3,243 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)When he missed his target, or dribbled tobacco juice when spitting, he said "dammit." A good clean shot resulted in "bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,243 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,243 posts)was this one from Leslie Nielson in "Naked Gun". Idiot detective looking for clues.....just a Bingo card...LOL!
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Harker
(17,832 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(17,832 posts)red dog 1
(33,116 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,205 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,197 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:23 PM - Edit history (1)
CaptainTruth
(8,205 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,205 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,197 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,205 posts)Quote: " "
That's 2 or 3 words of dialog.
In fact, it's all the words of all the dialog.
And it's not just one movie.
Sneederbunk
(17,507 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)red dog 1
(33,116 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(257 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(71 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,197 posts)Rastapopoulos
(747 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,197 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(33,116 posts)JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(17,832 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)red dog 1
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red dog 1
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(8,499 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)VGNonly
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the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(17,832 posts)red dog 1
(33,116 posts)red dog 1
(33,116 posts)sammythecat
(3,597 posts)red dog 1
(33,116 posts)CTyankee
(68,235 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(68,235 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(935 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(797 posts)nt
Harker
(17,832 posts)red dog 1
(33,116 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)rather than complex plots over simple characters.
This wasn't in a movie, rather than stated by another actor about film making. Any guesses on the actor?
Harker
(17,832 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(17,832 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Last edited Wed Jan 7, 2026, 02:07 PM - Edit history (1)
A Walk in the Woods, book by Bill Bryson, into the film starring Paul and Robert. RR joined the project in 2005. It was not meant to be. Paul was pushing 80 and a long time smoker (quit in 86). He died of lung cancer in 2008.Butch and Sundance
NowsTheTime
(1,321 posts)JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!
Harker
(17,832 posts)red dog 1
(33,116 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)Blasphemy to say he was.
Harker
(17,832 posts)JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)That was such a classic scene!
Harker
(17,832 posts)I heard my wife humming the tune over tea this morning.
JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)I do remember Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head while he's riding the bicycle.
Harker
(17,832 posts)the three of them are riding.
It's a Gold Rush era epic of the westward journey. Burl Ives was, I think, the first to record it.
JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)I'll have to give it another viewing next time I catch it on again. I've always loved that movie!
I just requested a copy on interlibrary loan.
My mom took me to see it at the theater. She was clearly smitten with both of them.
VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Kansas, maybe?
Was that mentioned in the movie?
VGNonly
(8,499 posts)JoseBalow
(9,520 posts)I have a photographic memory, but sometimes things don't always develop.
VGNonly
(8,499 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)QueerDuck
(1,741 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,197 posts)QueerDuck
(1,741 posts)The Wizard
(13,751 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)The Wizard
(13,751 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)"Yep, pretty much." She didn't much enjoy it, but I think it's worth a go from time to time. I think Karen Black was superb.
Bluestocking
(660 posts)Harker
(17,832 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)you look like a gangster!!!"
Harker
(17,832 posts)VGNonly
(8,499 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,768 posts)...then let it start here."
VGNonly
(8,499 posts)and saw what was going on, on his name, he would never stop throwing up".