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Sun-Moon
(259 posts)CincyDem
(7,460 posts)Ocelot II
(131,946 posts)kerouac2
(1,520 posts)House of Roberts
(6,740 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,520 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)electric_blue68
(28,058 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(18,344 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(28,058 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,473 posts)CincyDem
(7,460 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(58,301 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,794 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 01:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,625 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Ohiya
(2,794 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(33,793 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)yorkster
(4,006 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,263 posts)Easterncedar
(6,698 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,904 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,794 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(11,579 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)ZDU
(1,611 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(55,703 posts)red dog 1
(33,793 posts)UpInArms
(55,703 posts)3catwoman3
(30,308 posts)Ohiya
(2,794 posts)3catwoman3
(30,308 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(18,344 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)JoseBalow
(9,959 posts)I love that film!
MIButterfly
(3,591 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
(9,959 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 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
(2,883 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(2,883 posts)Enter stage left
(4,698 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(18,344 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,738 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(18,344 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(18,344 posts)JoseBalow
(9,959 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)yorkster
(4,006 posts)lapfog_1
(32,079 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(18,344 posts)GiqueCee
(5,167 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
(18,344 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
(5,167 posts)... Butch and Sundance, plus The Sting, but they had a helluva good time doing it!
lapfog_1
(32,079 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(64 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)angrycaveman
(31 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Vinca
(54,611 posts)3catwoman3
(30,308 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(30,308 posts)Attilatheblond
(9,510 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)griloco
(875 posts)griloco
(875 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,738 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
(3,591 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,738 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)YepYep
(115 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)evemac
(332 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)evemac
(332 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)evemac
(332 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)evemac
(332 posts)walkingman
(11,354 posts)Ohiya
(2,794 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)Ohiya
(2,794 posts)drmeow
(6,046 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(6,046 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
(6,046 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
(10,946 posts)drmeow
(6,046 posts)YepYep
(115 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
(14,765 posts)evemac
(332 posts)Ohiya
(2,794 posts)Bluestocking
(910 posts)evemac
(332 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)Bluestocking
(910 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(910 posts)evemac
(332 posts)Bluestocking
(910 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,181 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(41,569 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Diamond_Dog
(41,569 posts)The Wizard
(13,975 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)The Wizard
(13,975 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,738 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)red dog 1
(33,793 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 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
(1,565 posts)Turbineguy
(40,309 posts)boonecreek
(1,565 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,738 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,758 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Endlessmike56
(258 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Endlessmike56
(258 posts)dedl67
(285 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)GreenWave
(12,895 posts)marble falls
(73,647 posts)Ohiya
(2,794 posts)marble falls
(73,647 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,545 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,794 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Maj. Dude
(58 posts)marble falls
(73,647 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,680 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(53,577 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)griloco
(875 posts)marble falls
(73,647 posts)lpbk2713
(43,320 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,625 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(875 posts)56miSSie
(64 posts)Amaryllis
(11,579 posts)marble falls
(73,647 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Norrrm
(6,229 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)AzTired64
(44 posts)Norrrm
(6,229 posts)AzTired64
(44 posts)Norrrm
(6,229 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)sheshe2
(99,140 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(99,140 posts)TBF
(37,720 posts)Morbius
(1,231 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(33,397 posts)CTyankee
(68,606 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,842 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(179,663 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,663 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,625 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,663 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,625 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,663 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,625 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
(179,663 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,625 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
(179,663 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
(33,793 posts)JoseBalow
(9,959 posts)red dog 1
(33,793 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)red dog 1
(33,793 posts)Upthevibe
(10,292 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Upthevibe
(10,292 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(18,344 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,492 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,959 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,959 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,959 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
(8,625 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(18,344 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(18,344 posts)Zambero
(10,033 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(23,287 posts)Rigpa108
(71 posts)NoSheep
(8,398 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)MIButterfly
(3,591 posts)CousinIT
(12,921 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)CousinIT
(12,921 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)CousinIT
(12,921 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 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
(10,029 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,946 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,797 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(782 posts)JoseBalow
(9,959 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(85 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,625 posts)Starseer
(85 posts)jmowreader
(53,577 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)jmowreader
(53,577 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
(3,876 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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some_of_us_are_sane
(3,876 posts)Harker
(18,344 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
(3,876 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,876 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
(18,344 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(18,344 posts)red dog 1
(33,793 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,327 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:23 PM - Edit history (1)
CaptainTruth
(8,327 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,327 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,327 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
(17,819 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)red dog 1
(33,793 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,625 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(257 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(71 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)Rastapopoulos
(755 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,959 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(33,793 posts)JoseBalow
(9,959 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(18,344 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)red dog 1
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red dog 1
(33,793 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)VGNonly
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the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(18,344 posts)red dog 1
(33,793 posts)red dog 1
(33,793 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)red dog 1
(33,793 posts)CTyankee
(68,606 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(68,606 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(972 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(799 posts)nt
Harker
(18,344 posts)red dog 1
(33,793 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 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
(18,344 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(18,344 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 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
(1,347 posts)JoseBalow
(9,959 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!
Harker
(18,344 posts)red dog 1
(33,793 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)Blasphemy to say he was.
Harker
(18,344 posts)JoseBalow
(9,959 posts)That was such a classic scene!
Harker
(18,344 posts)I heard my wife humming the tune over tea this morning.
JoseBalow
(9,959 posts)I do remember Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head while he's riding the bicycle.
Harker
(18,344 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
(9,959 posts)I'll have to give it another viewing next time I catch it on again. I've always loved that movie!
Harker
(18,344 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
(8,625 posts)JoseBalow
(9,959 posts)Kansas, maybe?
Was that mentioned in the movie?
VGNonly
(8,625 posts)JoseBalow
(9,959 posts)I have a photographic memory, but sometimes things don't always develop.
VGNonly
(8,625 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)QueerDuck
(2,301 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,256 posts)QueerDuck
(2,301 posts)The Wizard
(13,975 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)The Wizard
(13,975 posts)Harker
(18,344 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
(910 posts)Harker
(18,344 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)you look like a gangster!!!"
Harker
(18,344 posts)VGNonly
(8,625 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,798 posts)...then let it start here."
VGNonly
(8,625 posts)and saw what was going on, on his name, he would never stop throwing up".