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Sun-Moon
(257 posts)CincyDem
(7,406 posts)Ocelot II
(131,081 posts)kerouac2
(1,512 posts)House of Roberts
(6,608 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,512 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)electric_blue68
(27,138 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(18,043 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(27,138 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,371 posts)CincyDem
(7,406 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(57,948 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,758 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 01:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,545 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Ohiya
(2,758 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(33,373 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)yorkster
(3,921 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,893 posts)Easterncedar
(6,436 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,724 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,758 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(11,386 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,219 posts)ZDU
(1,341 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(55,236 posts)red dog 1
(33,373 posts)UpInArms
(55,236 posts)3catwoman3
(29,712 posts)Ohiya
(2,758 posts)3catwoman3
(29,712 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(18,043 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)JoseBalow
(9,660 posts)I love that film!
MIButterfly
(3,042 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
(9,660 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 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
(2,562 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(2,562 posts)Enter stage left
(4,624 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(18,043 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,140 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(18,043 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(18,043 posts)JoseBalow
(9,660 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)yorkster
(3,921 posts)lapfog_1
(31,956 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(18,043 posts)GiqueCee
(4,579 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
(18,043 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
(4,579 posts)... Butch and Sundance, plus The Sting, but they had a helluva good time doing it!
lapfog_1
(31,956 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(64 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)angrycaveman
(27 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Vinca
(54,257 posts)3catwoman3
(29,712 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(29,712 posts)Attilatheblond
(9,142 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)griloco
(874 posts)griloco
(874 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,140 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
(3,042 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,140 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)YepYep
(106 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)evemac
(327 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)evemac
(327 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)evemac
(327 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)evemac
(327 posts)walkingman
(11,095 posts)Ohiya
(2,758 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)Ohiya
(2,758 posts)drmeow
(6,008 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(6,008 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
(6,008 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
(10,306 posts)drmeow
(6,008 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
(2,732 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,577 posts)evemac
(327 posts)Ohiya
(2,758 posts)Bluestocking
(757 posts)evemac
(327 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)Bluestocking
(757 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(757 posts)evemac
(327 posts)Bluestocking
(757 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,178 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(40,913 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,913 posts)The Wizard
(13,826 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)The Wizard
(13,826 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,140 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)red dog 1
(33,373 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,219 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
(1,553 posts)Turbineguy
(40,175 posts)boonecreek
(1,553 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,140 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,756 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Endlessmike56
(231 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Endlessmike56
(231 posts)dedl67
(238 posts)MIButterfly
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Mad_Dem_X
(10,219 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)GreenWave
(12,745 posts)marble falls
(72,452 posts)Ohiya
(2,758 posts)marble falls
(72,452 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,545 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,758 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Maj. Dude
(53 posts)marble falls
(72,452 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,290 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(53,333 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)griloco
(874 posts)marble falls
(72,452 posts)lpbk2713
(43,290 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,545 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(874 posts)56miSSie
(64 posts)Amaryllis
(11,386 posts)marble falls
(72,452 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Norrrm
(5,425 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(5,425 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(5,425 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)sheshe2
(98,216 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(98,216 posts)TBF
(37,069 posts)Morbius
(1,065 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(33,268 posts)CTyankee
(68,376 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,830 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(179,274 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,274 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,545 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,274 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,545 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,274 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,545 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
(179,274 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,545 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
(179,274 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
(33,373 posts)JoseBalow
(9,660 posts)red dog 1
(33,373 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)red dog 1
(33,373 posts)Upthevibe
(10,225 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Upthevibe
(10,225 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(18,043 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,344 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,660 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,660 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,660 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
(8,545 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(18,043 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(18,043 posts)Zambero
(10,026 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(23,140 posts)Rigpa108
(71 posts)NoSheep
(8,369 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)MIButterfly
(3,042 posts)CousinIT
(12,690 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)CousinIT
(12,690 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)CousinIT
(12,690 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 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
(10,022 posts)gladium et scutum
(830 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,306 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,219 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,769 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(782 posts)JoseBalow
(9,660 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(85 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,545 posts)Starseer
(85 posts)jmowreader
(53,333 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)jmowreader
(53,333 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
(3,480 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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some_of_us_are_sane
(3,480 posts)Harker
(18,043 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
(3,480 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,480 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
(18,043 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(18,043 posts)red dog 1
(33,373 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,241 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,219 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:23 PM - Edit history (1)
CaptainTruth
(8,241 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,241 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,219 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,241 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
(17,594 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)red dog 1
(33,373 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,545 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(257 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(71 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,219 posts)Rastapopoulos
(748 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,219 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,660 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(33,373 posts)JoseBalow
(9,660 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(18,043 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)red dog 1
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red dog 1
(33,373 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)VGNonly
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the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(18,043 posts)red dog 1
(33,373 posts)red dog 1
(33,373 posts)sammythecat
(3,597 posts)red dog 1
(33,373 posts)CTyankee
(68,376 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(68,376 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(941 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(797 posts)nt
Harker
(18,043 posts)red dog 1
(33,373 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 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
(18,043 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(18,043 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 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
(1,333 posts)JoseBalow
(9,660 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!
Harker
(18,043 posts)red dog 1
(33,373 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)Blasphemy to say he was.
Harker
(18,043 posts)JoseBalow
(9,660 posts)That was such a classic scene!
Harker
(18,043 posts)I heard my wife humming the tune over tea this morning.
JoseBalow
(9,660 posts)I do remember Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head while he's riding the bicycle.
Harker
(18,043 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
(9,660 posts)I'll have to give it another viewing next time I catch it on again. I've always loved that movie!
Harker
(18,043 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
(8,545 posts)JoseBalow
(9,660 posts)Kansas, maybe?
Was that mentioned in the movie?
VGNonly
(8,545 posts)JoseBalow
(9,660 posts)I have a photographic memory, but sometimes things don't always develop.
VGNonly
(8,545 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)QueerDuck
(1,916 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,219 posts)QueerDuck
(1,916 posts)The Wizard
(13,826 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)The Wizard
(13,826 posts)Harker
(18,043 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
(757 posts)Harker
(18,043 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)you look like a gangster!!!"
Harker
(18,043 posts)VGNonly
(8,545 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,782 posts)...then let it start here."
VGNonly
(8,545 posts)and saw what was going on, on his name, he would never stop throwing up".