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Sun-Moon
(257 posts)CincyDem
(7,416 posts)Ocelot II
(131,278 posts)kerouac2
(1,519 posts)House of Roberts
(6,643 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,519 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)electric_blue68
(27,369 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(18,178 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(27,369 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,421 posts)CincyDem
(7,416 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(58,066 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,770 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 01:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,561 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Ohiya
(2,770 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(33,490 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)yorkster
(3,958 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,018 posts)Easterncedar
(6,486 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,775 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,770 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(11,433 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,235 posts)ZDU
(1,425 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(55,408 posts)red dog 1
(33,490 posts)UpInArms
(55,408 posts)3catwoman3
(29,815 posts)Ohiya
(2,770 posts)3catwoman3
(29,815 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(18,178 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)JoseBalow
(9,746 posts)I love that film!
MIButterfly
(3,163 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
(9,746 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 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
(2,624 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(2,624 posts)Enter stage left
(4,638 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(18,178 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,316 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(18,178 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(18,178 posts)JoseBalow
(9,746 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)yorkster
(3,958 posts)lapfog_1
(31,997 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(18,178 posts)GiqueCee
(4,776 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
(18,178 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
(4,776 posts)... Butch and Sundance, plus The Sting, but they had a helluva good time doing it!
lapfog_1
(31,997 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(64 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)angrycaveman
(29 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Vinca
(54,351 posts)3catwoman3
(29,815 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(29,815 posts)Attilatheblond
(9,268 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)griloco
(874 posts)griloco
(874 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,316 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
(3,163 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,316 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)YepYep
(106 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)evemac
(328 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)evemac
(328 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)evemac
(328 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)evemac
(328 posts)walkingman
(11,169 posts)Ohiya
(2,770 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)Ohiya
(2,770 posts)drmeow
(6,019 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(6,019 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
(6,019 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
(10,470 posts)drmeow
(6,019 posts)YepYep
(106 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
(2,733 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,646 posts)evemac
(328 posts)Ohiya
(2,770 posts)Bluestocking
(805 posts)evemac
(328 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)Bluestocking
(805 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(805 posts)evemac
(328 posts)Bluestocking
(805 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,178 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(41,102 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Diamond_Dog
(41,102 posts)The Wizard
(13,865 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)The Wizard
(13,865 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,316 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)red dog 1
(33,490 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,235 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
(1,556 posts)Turbineguy
(40,218 posts)boonecreek
(1,556 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,316 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,757 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Endlessmike56
(240 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Endlessmike56
(240 posts)dedl67
(247 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,235 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)GreenWave
(12,811 posts)marble falls
(72,567 posts)Ohiya
(2,770 posts)marble falls
(72,567 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,545 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,770 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Maj. Dude
(53 posts)marble falls
(72,567 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,467 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(53,409 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)griloco
(874 posts)marble falls
(72,567 posts)lpbk2713
(43,299 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,561 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(874 posts)56miSSie
(64 posts)Amaryllis
(11,433 posts)marble falls
(72,567 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Norrrm
(5,625 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(5,625 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(5,625 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)sheshe2
(98,507 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(98,507 posts)TBF
(37,259 posts)Morbius
(1,113 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(33,320 posts)CTyankee
(68,507 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,834 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(179,370 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,370 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,561 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,370 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,561 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,370 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,561 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
(179,370 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,561 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
(179,370 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
(33,490 posts)JoseBalow
(9,746 posts)red dog 1
(33,490 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)red dog 1
(33,490 posts)Upthevibe
(10,241 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Upthevibe
(10,241 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(18,178 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,373 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,746 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,746 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,746 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
(8,561 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(18,178 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(18,178 posts)Zambero
(10,031 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(23,178 posts)Rigpa108
(71 posts)NoSheep
(8,381 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)MIButterfly
(3,163 posts)CousinIT
(12,768 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)CousinIT
(12,768 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)CousinIT
(12,768 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 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
(10,026 posts)gladium et scutum
(832 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,470 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,235 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,779 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(782 posts)JoseBalow
(9,746 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(85 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,561 posts)Starseer
(85 posts)jmowreader
(53,409 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)jmowreader
(53,409 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
(3,639 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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some_of_us_are_sane
(3,639 posts)Harker
(18,178 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
(3,639 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,639 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
(18,178 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(18,178 posts)red dog 1
(33,490 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,263 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,235 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:23 PM - Edit history (1)
CaptainTruth
(8,263 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,263 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,235 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,263 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
(17,651 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)red dog 1
(33,490 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,561 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(257 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(71 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,235 posts)Rastapopoulos
(749 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,235 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,746 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(33,490 posts)JoseBalow
(9,746 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(18,178 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)red dog 1
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red dog 1
(33,490 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:46 PM - Edit history (1)
the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(18,178 posts)red dog 1
(33,490 posts)red dog 1
(33,490 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)red dog 1
(33,490 posts)CTyankee
(68,507 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(68,507 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(948 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(797 posts)nt
Harker
(18,178 posts)red dog 1
(33,490 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 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
(18,178 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(18,178 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 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
(1,337 posts)JoseBalow
(9,746 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!
Harker
(18,178 posts)red dog 1
(33,490 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)Blasphemy to say he was.
Harker
(18,178 posts)JoseBalow
(9,746 posts)That was such a classic scene!
Harker
(18,178 posts)I heard my wife humming the tune over tea this morning.
JoseBalow
(9,746 posts)I do remember Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head while he's riding the bicycle.
Harker
(18,178 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
(9,746 posts)I'll have to give it another viewing next time I catch it on again. I've always loved that movie!
Harker
(18,178 posts)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
(8,561 posts)JoseBalow
(9,746 posts)Kansas, maybe?
Was that mentioned in the movie?
VGNonly
(8,561 posts)JoseBalow
(9,746 posts)I have a photographic memory, but sometimes things don't always develop.
VGNonly
(8,561 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)QueerDuck
(1,948 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,235 posts)QueerDuck
(1,948 posts)The Wizard
(13,865 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)The Wizard
(13,865 posts)Harker
(18,178 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
(805 posts)Harker
(18,178 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)you look like a gangster!!!"
Harker
(18,178 posts)VGNonly
(8,561 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,783 posts)...then let it start here."
VGNonly
(8,561 posts)and saw what was going on, on his name, he would never stop throwing up".