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Sun-Moon
(238 posts)CincyDem
(7,323 posts)Ocelot II
(129,375 posts)kerouac2
(1,436 posts)House of Roberts
(6,419 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 08:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,436 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)electric_blue68
(26,099 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(17,465 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(26,099 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,137 posts)CincyDem
(7,323 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(57,349 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,694 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 12:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,406 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Ohiya
(2,694 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(32,574 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)yorkster
(3,700 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,180 posts)Easterncedar
(5,612 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,281 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,694 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(11,030 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,140 posts)ZDU
(1,123 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(54,158 posts)red dog 1
(32,574 posts)UpInArms
(54,158 posts)3catwoman3
(28,690 posts)Ohiya
(2,694 posts)3catwoman3
(28,690 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(17,465 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)JoseBalow
(9,207 posts)I love that film!
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
(9,207 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 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
(2,040 posts)neeksgeek
(1,245 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(2,040 posts)Enter stage left
(4,311 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(17,465 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,937 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(17,465 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(17,465 posts)JoseBalow
(9,207 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)yorkster
(3,700 posts)lapfog_1
(31,711 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(17,465 posts)GiqueCee
(3,484 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
(17,465 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.
... Butch and Sundance, plus The Sting, but they had a helluva good time doing it!
lapfog_1
(31,711 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(63 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)angrycaveman
(22 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)Vinca
(53,420 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(28,690 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,377 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)griloco
(868 posts)griloco
(868 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,937 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
(2,202 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,937 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)YepYep
(95 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)neeksgeek
(1,245 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)evemac
(274 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)walkingman
(10,395 posts)Ohiya
(2,694 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)Ohiya
(2,694 posts)drmeow
(5,949 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(5,949 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
(5,949 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
(9,113 posts)drmeow
(5,949 posts)I know this could be from a lot of movies, but it was from dialogue between a mismatched couple.
neeksgeek
(1,245 posts)Han and Leia
BarbaRosa
(2,729 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,214 posts)evemac
(274 posts)Ohiya
(2,694 posts)Bluestocking
(523 posts)evemac
(274 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)Bluestocking
(523 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(523 posts)evemac
(274 posts)Bluestocking
(523 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,160 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(39,883 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Diamond_Dog
(39,883 posts)The Wizard
(13,610 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)The Wizard
(13,610 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,937 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)red dog 1
(32,574 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,140 posts)MuseRider
(35,145 posts)You'll find a way to make your natural tendencies pay"
Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MuseRider
(35,145 posts)boonecreek
(1,402 posts)Turbineguy
(39,866 posts)boonecreek
(1,402 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,937 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,749 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Endlessmike56
(129 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Endlessmike56
(129 posts)dedl67
(179 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,140 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)GreenWave
(12,396 posts)marble falls
(71,227 posts)Ohiya
(2,694 posts)marble falls
(71,227 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,095 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,694 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)Maj. Dude
(35 posts)marble falls
(71,227 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,637 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(52,931 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)griloco
(868 posts)marble falls
(71,227 posts)lpbk2713
(43,250 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,406 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(868 posts)56miSSie
(60 posts)Amaryllis
(11,030 posts)marble falls
(71,227 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Norrrm
(4,131 posts)AzTired64
(39 posts)Norrrm
(4,131 posts)Norrrm
(4,131 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)sheshe2
(96,193 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(96,193 posts)TBF
(35,791 posts)Morbius
(929 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(32,921 posts)CTyankee
(67,842 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,786 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(178,665 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,665 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,406 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,665 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,406 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,665 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,406 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
(178,665 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,406 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
(178,665 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
(32,574 posts)JoseBalow
(9,207 posts)red dog 1
(32,574 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)red dog 1
(32,574 posts)Upthevibe
(10,058 posts)Upthevibe
(10,058 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(17,465 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,121 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,207 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,207 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,207 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
(8,406 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(17,465 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(17,465 posts)Zambero
(9,924 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(22,912 posts)Rigpa108
(67 posts)NoSheep
(8,315 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)MIButterfly
(2,202 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)CousinIT
(12,306 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)CousinIT
(12,306 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)CousinIT
(12,306 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 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
(10,006 posts)gladium et scutum
(825 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,113 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,140 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,553 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(776 posts)JoseBalow
(9,207 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(84 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,406 posts)jmowreader
(52,931 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)jmowreader
(52,931 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
(2,822 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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some_of_us_are_sane
(2,822 posts)Harker
(17,465 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
(2,822 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,822 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
(17,465 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(17,465 posts)red dog 1
(32,574 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,059 posts)Mad_Dem_X
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CaptainTruth
(8,059 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,059 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,140 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,059 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
(17,303 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)red dog 1
(32,574 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,406 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(256 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(67 posts)Rastapopoulos
(729 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,140 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,207 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(32,574 posts)JoseBalow
(9,207 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(17,465 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)red dog 1
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red dog 1
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(8,406 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)VGNonly
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the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(17,465 posts)red dog 1
(32,574 posts)red dog 1
(32,574 posts)sammythecat
(3,594 posts)red dog 1
(32,574 posts)CTyankee
(67,842 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(67,842 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(910 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(789 posts)nt
Harker
(17,465 posts)red dog 1
(32,574 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 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
(17,465 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(17,465 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)Last edited Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:07 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
(1,257 posts)JoseBalow
(9,207 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!
Harker
(17,465 posts)red dog 1
(32,574 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)Blasphemy to say he was.
Harker
(17,465 posts)JoseBalow
(9,207 posts)That was such a classic scene!
Harker
(17,465 posts)I heard my wife humming the tune over tea this morning.
JoseBalow
(9,207 posts)I do remember Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head while he's riding the bicycle.
Harker
(17,465 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
(9,207 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
(8,406 posts)Kansas, maybe?
Was that mentioned in the movie?
VGNonly
(8,406 posts)JoseBalow
(9,207 posts)I have a photographic memory, but sometimes things don't always develop.
VGNonly
(8,406 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)QueerDuck
(1,110 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,140 posts)QueerDuck
(1,110 posts)The Wizard
(13,610 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)The Wizard
(13,610 posts)Harker
(17,465 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
(523 posts)Harker
(17,465 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)you look like a gangster!!!"
Harker
(17,465 posts)VGNonly
(8,406 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,731 posts)...then let it start here."
VGNonly
(8,406 posts)and saw what was going on, on his name, he would never stop throwing up".