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197. The original book it's based on,

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 06:30 PM

Apr 2024

Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry is equally amazing. Different, understandably, but both the book and the movie are sensational and worth reading or watching. Both.

I've long wanted to either teach or take a class (I'm thinking community college level) I'd call "Book vs Movie", where you read the book, watch the movie, then discuss.

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Post a line from a movie & see if anyone knows the movie without using Google [View all] red dog 1 Feb 2024 OP

"We've got company." /nt bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #1

Mars Attacks! rogerballard Feb 2024 #2

akk akk adakk AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #51

Aflac rogerballard Mar 2024 #58

"Where Eagles Dare." Harker Feb 2024 #3

Thread winner! .nt bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #4

"Pass the celery" red dog 1 Feb 2024 #5

"Hey, have a popsicle." Harker Feb 2024 #6

Just a guess: American Graffiti? Mad_Dem_X Feb 2024 #7

I think you're right (even though you weren't replying to me)) red dog 1 Feb 2024 #8

"Sticky little mothers, ain't they?" Harker Feb 2024 #14

Absolutely correct! Harker Feb 2024 #9

I miss the Wolfman red dog 1 Feb 2024 #15

I was a big fan of Wolfman Jack back in the day, too Brother Buzz Mar 2024 #67

"Yes, sir, all you've gotta be is white in America, to get whatever you want." JoseBalow Feb 2024 #10

"I'll cut your heart out with a spoon!" VGNonly Feb 2024 #11

The Menu rogerballard Feb 2024 #12

Not the one I was thinking of. VGNonly Feb 2024 #13

Is That From The Costner Version Of Robin Hood? ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #18

Yes! VGNonly Feb 2024 #19

I Thought Freeman Was Good, Too ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #20

Men In Tights VGNonly Feb 2024 #21

I wanna make shoes! av8rdave Feb 2024 #16

#5 Is City Heat ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #17

"Now you know the house rules, no bitches after eleven." red dog 1 Feb 2024 #22

"The last man in that safe who didn't work here, my Daddy shot in his tracks." red dog 1 Feb 2024 #23

True Grit rogerballard Feb 2024 #25

Nope red dog 1 Feb 2024 #26

"The man who was killed tonight was a policeman, and it's my job to find out what happened. red dog 1 Feb 2024 #24

Witness Mad_Dem_X Feb 2024 #27

Ding! red dog 1 Feb 2024 #28

"You sit on a throne of lies." Niagara Feb 2024 #29

Elf JoseBalow Mar 2024 #53

Nice job, JoseBalow! Niagara Mar 2024 #59

"It was me!" (referencing the fart smell on an elevator) Niagara Feb 2024 #30

Was it "Liar, Liar"? betsuni Feb 2024 #35

Nicely done again, betsuni! Niagara Feb 2024 #37

"It's official, old buddy. I'm a has-been." Niagara Feb 2024 #31

"A naked American man stole my balloon." Niagara Feb 2024 #32

"An American Werewolf in London" betsuni Feb 2024 #34

Nice job, betsuni! Niagara Feb 2024 #36

"Keep cool, Harvey. I'm on your side." Niagara Feb 2024 #33

"I just don't like the idea of my son spending all this time with a man who carries a gun & goes around whacking people" red dog 1 Mar 2024 #38

A Bronx Tale rogerballard Mar 2024 #40

Nope red dog 1 Mar 2024 #63

"No thanks, VGNonly Mar 2024 #39

Ravenous rogerballard Mar 2024 #41

Another film. VGNonly Mar 2024 #42

One more try... "Barfly"? rogerballard Mar 2024 #43

A comedy VGNonly Mar 2024 #44

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs rogerballard Mar 2024 #47

" Lets hear it for Lili Von Shtupp" VGNonly Mar 2024 #48

Got it! rogerballard Mar 2024 #49

"You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man." Paladin Mar 2024 #45

Lust in the Dust rogerballard Mar 2024 #46

Body Heat JoseBalow Mar 2024 #55

Great script, steamy sex---and the Rule Against Perpetuities! Paladin Mar 2024 #69

"You drank Ian!" Harker Mar 2024 #50

emperor ming is dead. AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #52

"Flash Gordon"? Harker Mar 2024 #54

correct, but which one ? there were several in the 30s 40s and 50s and a animated seriies in the 80s . AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #57

flash gordon w buster crabbe , 1930 movie serials. AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #60

I was thinking Max Von Sydow, 1980. n/t Harker Mar 2024 #70

that too AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #71

That's practically a Ming dynasty. Harker Mar 2024 #77

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"Everybody on? Good! Great! Grand! Wonderful! No yelling on the bus!" Niagara Mar 2024 #61

"Look, chief. You don't belong here. Now take this mechanical asshole and get it off my fucking street!" Niagara Mar 2024 #62

Robocop rogerballard Mar 2024 #64

I'm sorry. That's not it, rogerballard. Niagara Mar 2024 #65

Total Recall rogerballard Mar 2024 #66

I'm sorry. That's not it, rogerballard. Niagara Mar 2024 #68

"The Tales Of Your Incompetence Do Not Interest Me" beaglelover Mar 2024 #72

Who? Brinkley? Wel, tell him I already gave the message to Huntley. Brother Buzz Mar 2024 #73

Network rogerballard Mar 2024 #74

Nope Brother Buzz Mar 2024 #75

One Two Three VGNonly Mar 2024 #86

You got it! Brother Buzz Mar 2024 #87

I detest colorized films. VGNonly Mar 2024 #89

A compressed disk? are you sure? JoseBalow Mar 2024 #90

Go sell crazy somewhere else.. Hope22 Mar 2024 #76

As Good As It Gets? Mad_Dem_X Mar 2024 #81

😁👍 Hope22 Mar 2024 #82

Funny - I've never seen that entire movie Mad_Dem_X Mar 2024 #83

The movie has some great one liners. Hope22 Mar 2024 #84

"More feeling" Bristlecone Mar 2024 #78

And there are simply too many notes... Onthefly Mar 2024 #79

"Amadeus." n/t Harker Mar 2024 #80

"You think you hate it now, VGNonly Mar 2024 #85

Vacation! JoseBalow Mar 2024 #91

'She flew away' Attilatheblond Mar 2024 #88

"You must pay for everything in this world, one way or another. There is nothing free except the grace of God." red dog 1 Mar 2024 #92

Carrie rogerballard Mar 2024 #94

Sorry, no. red dog 1 Mar 2024 #96

True Grit. SupportSanity Mar 2024 #130

You got it! red dog 1 Mar 2024 #135

"Malum in se. The distinction is between an act that is wrong in itself, and an act that is wrong only according to red dog 1 Mar 2024 #93

True Grit. SupportSanity Mar 2024 #131

Correct red dog 1 Mar 2024 #136

(# 8 from OP) "TB or not TB, that is the congestion. Consumption be done about it? Of cough, Of cough." red dog 1 Mar 2024 #95

"The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners red dog 1 Mar 2024 #97

"The Commitments"! One of the greatest-ever band films. n/t TygrBright Apr 2024 #153

Yes red dog 1 Apr 2024 #166

Hello, Engine; I'm Jake Holman. Brother Buzz Mar 2024 #98

Main steam stop valve VGNonly Mar 2024 #99

Titanic rogerballard Mar 2024 #100

Main steam stop wow Brother Buzz Mar 2024 #101

The replica steam engine VGNonly Mar 2024 #103

Vista? I visited that magical place forty years ago and thought I died and went to heaven Brother Buzz Mar 2024 #109

"Snakes...why does it always have to be snakes?" calguy Mar 2024 #102

Snakes on a plane??? Niagara Mar 2024 #104

Nope calguy Mar 2024 #106

Raiders of the Lost Ark rogerballard Mar 2024 #107

Correct! calguy Mar 2024 #108

Oh, that's just my pet snake Reggie! LeonidPlanck Apr 2024 #200

"Whackin' the boss... another thing I get left out of." Niagara Mar 2024 #105

"This place has a sign hangin' over the urinal that says, "Don't eat the big white mint"." Niagara Mar 2024 #110

Road House lpbk2713 Mar 2024 #113

Correct, lpbk2713! Niagara Mar 2024 #114

Hi Imelda, You're Looking Deadly." red dog 1 Mar 2024 #111

"I'm drowning here VGNonly Mar 2024 #112

As Good as it Gets SupportSanity Mar 2024 #132

"I ain't nobody, Dork!" Niagara Mar 2024 #115

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The Silence of the Lambs Mad_Dem_X Mar 2024 #118

Correct, Mad_Dem_X! Niagara Mar 2024 #119

"What am I suppose to do? Grab the bumper with my teeth?" Niagara Mar 2024 #117

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The Grapes of Wrath rogerballard Mar 2024 #121

No a, much more recent movie red dog 1 Mar 2024 #123

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Legally Blond rogerballard Mar 2024 #128

That's not the movie. Niagara Mar 2024 #129

What we've got here is failure to communicate. SupportSanity Mar 2024 #133

Cool Hand Luke red dog 1 Mar 2024 #134

Correct SupportSanity Mar 2024 #137

See man, that's the difference between us. You think we're fighting. I think we're finally talking! SupportSanity Mar 2024 #138

Post removed Post removed Apr 2024 #139

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I remember the line, but not the film Brother Buzz Apr 2024 #142

Not a mobster red dog 1 Apr 2024 #165

Apparently I was thinking of a different film Brother Buzz Apr 2024 #167

Yeah, he was a railway inspector, not a police inspector red dog 1 Apr 2024 #168

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"The Commitments." n/t Harker Apr 2024 #146

You got it, Hark! red dog 1 Apr 2024 #149

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Ally Sheedy in The Breakfast Club JoseBalow Apr 2024 #145

You got it! :) Mad_Dem_X Apr 2024 #147

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Dog Day Afternoon JoseBalow Apr 2024 #159

Woof! Poor Sal. n/t Harker Apr 2024 #160

Fredo never gets any respect JoseBalow Apr 2024 #162

He's smaht! Not like everybody says... like dumb... he's smaht and he wants respect! Harker Apr 2024 #163

How do you say Banana Daiquiri? JoseBalow Apr 2024 #164

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Renfield rogerballard Apr 2024 #155

Harker knows Renfield... not him, rogerballard. Harker Apr 2024 #156

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That's my kind of Mistress! n/t Harker Apr 2024 #158

For the record, warped though it may be - not from one of Elvira's films. n/t Harker Apr 2024 #161

I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. Brother Buzz Apr 2024 #169

The Hunt for Red October Angleae Apr 2024 #170

Correct Brother Buzz Apr 2024 #171

"But Daddy says VGNonly Apr 2024 #172

National Lampoon's Vacation red dog 1 Apr 2024 #173

So, was it National Lampoon's Vacation? red dog 1 Apr 2024 #175

Yes VGNonly Apr 2024 #177

"Your wife was just showing us her Klimt." JoseBalow Apr 2024 #174

Back To School? Mad_Dem_X Apr 2024 #181

You got it! JoseBalow Apr 2024 #182

I love that movie Mad_Dem_X Apr 2024 #183

It's one of my all-time favorites! JoseBalow Apr 2024 #184

"Oh yes, they float. They all float down here." stonecutter357 Apr 2024 #176

IT Mad_Dem_X Apr 2024 #180

Nobody puts Baby in the... LeonidPlanck Apr 2024 #178

Dirty Dancing Niagara Apr 2024 #185

Yeah, yeah... LeonidPlanck Apr 2024 #188

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You know what?? LeonidPlanck Apr 2024 #199

"Little by little, the look of the country changes PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2024 #179

Is it Hud? Niagara Apr 2024 #191

Yes, it is. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2024 #193

Holy Hud, PoindexterOglethorpe! Niagara Apr 2024 #195

The original book it's based on, PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2024 #197

Oh, and I've posted that line numerous times PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2024 #198

Thank you for the book recommendation. I wrote it down on my must read list. Niagara Apr 2024 #201

"Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?" Niagara Apr 2024 #186

The Breakfast Club (Judd Nelson) Mad_Dem_X Apr 2024 #187

Hooray, Mad_Dem_X ! Niagara Apr 2024 #189

I've seen this movie so many times Mad_Dem_X Apr 2024 #192

Me too! You and I must have the similar likes with movies. Niagara Apr 2024 #194

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The second is from "Kelly's Heroes." Harker Apr 2024 #203

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''97X BAM VGNonly Apr 2024 #205

Rain Man Niagara Jul 2024 #214

"Did you get me my cheese whiz boy?" VGNonly Apr 2024 #206

"Blues Brothers." n/t Harker Apr 2024 #207

"Dinner is served promptly at eight in the private dining room... JoseBalow May 2024 #208

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You got it! JoseBalow May 2024 #211

"Yes, I know that." red dog 1 May 2024 #210

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