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Sun-Moon
(240 posts)CincyDem
(7,341 posts)Ocelot II
(129,730 posts)kerouac2
(1,463 posts)House of Roberts
(6,437 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 08:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,463 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)electric_blue68
(26,416 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(17,556 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(26,416 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,184 posts)CincyDem
(7,341 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(57,486 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,702 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 12:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,435 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Ohiya
(2,702 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(32,699 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)yorkster
(3,724 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,185 posts)Easterncedar
(5,759 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,349 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,702 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(11,113 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,150 posts)ZDU
(1,161 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(54,423 posts)red dog 1
(32,699 posts)UpInArms
(54,423 posts)3catwoman3
(28,898 posts)Ohiya
(2,702 posts)3catwoman3
(28,898 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(17,556 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)JoseBalow
(9,299 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
(9,299 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 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
(2,144 posts)neeksgeek
(1,246 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(2,144 posts)Enter stage left
(4,386 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(17,556 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,132 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(17,556 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(17,556 posts)JoseBalow
(9,299 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)yorkster
(3,724 posts)lapfog_1
(31,777 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(17,556 posts)GiqueCee
(3,622 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
(17,556 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
(31,777 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(63 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)angrycaveman
(23 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)Vinca
(53,555 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(28,898 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,524 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)griloco
(868 posts)griloco
(868 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,132 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
(2,311 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,132 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)YepYep
(97 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)neeksgeek
(1,246 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)evemac
(283 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)walkingman
(10,498 posts)Ohiya
(2,702 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)Ohiya
(2,702 posts)drmeow
(5,961 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(5,961 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
(5,961 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
(9,285 posts)drmeow
(5,961 posts)I know this could be from a lot of movies, but it was from dialogue between a mismatched couple.
neeksgeek
(1,246 posts)Han and Leia
BarbaRosa
(2,729 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,276 posts)evemac
(283 posts)Ohiya
(2,702 posts)Bluestocking
(555 posts)evemac
(283 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)Bluestocking
(555 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(555 posts)evemac
(283 posts)Bluestocking
(555 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,168 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(40,085 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,085 posts)The Wizard
(13,632 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)The Wizard
(13,632 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,132 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)red dog 1
(32,699 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,150 posts)MuseRider
(35,165 posts)You'll find a way to make your natural tendencies pay"
Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MuseRider
(35,165 posts)boonecreek
(1,429 posts)Turbineguy
(39,913 posts)boonecreek
(1,429 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,132 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,750 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Endlessmike56
(146 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Endlessmike56
(146 posts)dedl67
(192 posts)MIButterfly
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Mad_Dem_X
(10,150 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)GreenWave
(12,464 posts)marble falls
(71,398 posts)Ohiya
(2,702 posts)marble falls
(71,398 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,234 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,702 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)Maj. Dude
(37 posts)marble falls
(71,398 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,702 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(52,997 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)griloco
(868 posts)marble falls
(71,398 posts)lpbk2713
(43,255 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,435 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(868 posts)56miSSie
(60 posts)Amaryllis
(11,113 posts)marble falls
(71,398 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Norrrm
(4,392 posts)AzTired64
(39 posts)Norrrm
(4,392 posts)Norrrm
(4,392 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)sheshe2
(96,618 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(96,618 posts)TBF
(35,987 posts)Morbius
(938 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(32,982 posts)CTyankee
(67,909 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,799 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(178,701 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,701 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,435 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,701 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,435 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,701 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,435 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
(178,701 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,435 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
(178,701 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
(32,699 posts)JoseBalow
(9,299 posts)red dog 1
(32,699 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)red dog 1
(32,699 posts)Upthevibe
(10,108 posts)Upthevibe
(10,108 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(17,556 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,166 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,299 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,299 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,299 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
(8,435 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(17,556 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(17,556 posts)Zambero
(9,936 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(22,957 posts)Rigpa108
(70 posts)NoSheep
(8,330 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)MIButterfly
(2,311 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)CousinIT
(12,362 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)CousinIT
(12,362 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)CousinIT
(12,362 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 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
(10,012 posts)gladium et scutum
(828 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,285 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,150 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,593 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(782 posts)JoseBalow
(9,299 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(84 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,435 posts)jmowreader
(52,997 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)jmowreader
(52,997 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
(2,897 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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some_of_us_are_sane
(2,897 posts)Harker
(17,556 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
(2,897 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,897 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
(17,556 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(17,556 posts)red dog 1
(32,699 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,079 posts)Mad_Dem_X
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CaptainTruth
(8,079 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,079 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,150 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,079 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
(17,352 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)red dog 1
(32,699 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,435 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(256 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(70 posts)Rastapopoulos
(734 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,150 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,299 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(32,699 posts)JoseBalow
(9,299 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(17,556 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)red dog 1
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red dog 1
(32,699 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)VGNonly
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the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(17,556 posts)red dog 1
(32,699 posts)red dog 1
(32,699 posts)sammythecat
(3,594 posts)red dog 1
(32,699 posts)CTyankee
(67,909 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(67,909 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(916 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(797 posts)nt
Harker
(17,556 posts)red dog 1
(32,699 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 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
(17,556 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(17,556 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 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
(1,269 posts)JoseBalow
(9,299 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!
Harker
(17,556 posts)red dog 1
(32,699 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)Blasphemy to say he was.
Harker
(17,556 posts)JoseBalow
(9,299 posts)That was such a classic scene!
Harker
(17,556 posts)I heard my wife humming the tune over tea this morning.
JoseBalow
(9,299 posts)I do remember Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head while he's riding the bicycle.
Harker
(17,556 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
(9,299 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
(8,435 posts)Kansas, maybe?
Was that mentioned in the movie?
VGNonly
(8,435 posts)JoseBalow
(9,299 posts)I have a photographic memory, but sometimes things don't always develop.
VGNonly
(8,435 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)QueerDuck
(1,228 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,150 posts)QueerDuck
(1,228 posts)The Wizard
(13,632 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)The Wizard
(13,632 posts)Harker
(17,556 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
(555 posts)Harker
(17,556 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)you look like a gangster!!!"
Harker
(17,556 posts)VGNonly
(8,435 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,742 posts)...then let it start here."
VGNonly
(8,435 posts)and saw what was going on, on his name, he would never stop throwing up".
