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Sun-Moon
(253 posts)CincyDem
(7,392 posts)Ocelot II
(130,549 posts)kerouac2
(1,496 posts)House of Roberts
(6,527 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,496 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)electric_blue68
(26,873 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(17,791 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(26,873 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,305 posts)CincyDem
(7,392 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(57,836 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,735 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 01:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,492 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Ohiya
(2,735 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(33,063 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)yorkster
(3,841 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,510 posts)Easterncedar
(6,274 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,587 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,735 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(11,299 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,193 posts)ZDU
(1,265 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(54,993 posts)red dog 1
(33,063 posts)UpInArms
(54,993 posts)3catwoman3
(29,411 posts)Ohiya
(2,735 posts)3catwoman3
(29,411 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(17,791 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)JoseBalow
(9,491 posts)I love that film!
MIButterfly
(2,696 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
(9,491 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 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
(2,450 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(2,450 posts)Enter stage left
(4,562 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(17,791 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,713 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(17,791 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(17,791 posts)JoseBalow
(9,491 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)yorkster
(3,841 posts)lapfog_1
(31,904 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(17,791 posts)GiqueCee
(4,268 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
(17,791 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
(4,268 posts)... Butch and Sundance, plus The Sting, but they had a helluva good time doing it!
lapfog_1
(31,904 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(64 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)angrycaveman
(27 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Vinca
(53,994 posts)3catwoman3
(29,411 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(29,411 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,885 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)griloco
(870 posts)griloco
(870 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,713 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
(2,696 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,713 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)YepYep
(104 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)evemac
(321 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)evemac
(321 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)evemac
(321 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)evemac
(321 posts)walkingman
(10,869 posts)Ohiya
(2,735 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)Ohiya
(2,735 posts)drmeow
(5,989 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(5,989 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
(5,989 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
(9,999 posts)drmeow
(5,989 posts)YepYep
(104 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
(2,730 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,471 posts)evemac
(321 posts)Ohiya
(2,735 posts)Bluestocking
(653 posts)evemac
(321 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)Bluestocking
(653 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(653 posts)evemac
(321 posts)Bluestocking
(653 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,176 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(40,592 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,592 posts)The Wizard
(13,738 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)The Wizard
(13,738 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,713 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)red dog 1
(33,063 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,193 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
(1,511 posts)Turbineguy
(40,080 posts)boonecreek
(1,511 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,713 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,755 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Endlessmike56
(195 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Endlessmike56
(195 posts)dedl67
(224 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,193 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)GreenWave
(12,641 posts)marble falls
(71,947 posts)Ohiya
(2,735 posts)marble falls
(71,947 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,545 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,735 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Maj. Dude
(48 posts)marble falls
(71,947 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,900 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(53,194 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)griloco
(870 posts)marble falls
(71,947 posts)lpbk2713
(43,273 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,492 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(870 posts)56miSSie
(63 posts)Amaryllis
(11,299 posts)marble falls
(71,947 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Norrrm
(5,061 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(5,061 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(5,061 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)sheshe2
(97,640 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(97,640 posts)TBF
(36,673 posts)Morbius
(997 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(33,160 posts)CTyankee
(68,212 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,819 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(179,011 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,011 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,492 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,011 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,492 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,011 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,492 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
(179,011 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,492 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
(179,011 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
(33,063 posts)JoseBalow
(9,491 posts)red dog 1
(33,063 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)red dog 1
(33,063 posts)Upthevibe
(10,180 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Upthevibe
(10,180 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(17,791 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,301 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,491 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,491 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,491 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
(8,492 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(17,791 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(17,791 posts)Zambero
(9,990 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(23,034 posts)Rigpa108
(71 posts)NoSheep
(8,343 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)MIButterfly
(2,696 posts)CousinIT
(12,543 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)CousinIT
(12,543 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)CousinIT
(12,543 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 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
(10,018 posts)gladium et scutum
(829 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,999 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,193 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,734 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(782 posts)JoseBalow
(9,491 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(85 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,492 posts)Starseer
(85 posts)jmowreader
(53,194 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)jmowreader
(53,194 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
(3,188 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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some_of_us_are_sane
(3,188 posts)Harker
(17,791 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
(3,188 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,188 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
(17,791 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(17,791 posts)red dog 1
(33,063 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,203 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,193 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:23 PM - Edit history (1)
CaptainTruth
(8,203 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,203 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,193 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,203 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
(17,496 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)red dog 1
(33,063 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,492 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(257 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(71 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,193 posts)Rastapopoulos
(747 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,193 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,491 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(33,063 posts)JoseBalow
(9,491 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(17,791 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)red dog 1
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red dog 1
(33,063 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:46 PM - Edit history (1)
the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(17,791 posts)red dog 1
(33,063 posts)red dog 1
(33,063 posts)sammythecat
(3,597 posts)red dog 1
(33,063 posts)CTyankee
(68,212 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(68,212 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(933 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(797 posts)nt
Harker
(17,791 posts)red dog 1
(33,063 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 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
(17,791 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(17,791 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 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
(1,314 posts)JoseBalow
(9,491 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!
Harker
(17,791 posts)red dog 1
(33,063 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)Blasphemy to say he was.
Harker
(17,791 posts)JoseBalow
(9,491 posts)That was such a classic scene!
Harker
(17,791 posts)I heard my wife humming the tune over tea this morning.
JoseBalow
(9,491 posts)I do remember Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head while he's riding the bicycle.
Harker
(17,791 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
(9,491 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
(8,492 posts)Kansas, maybe?
Was that mentioned in the movie?
VGNonly
(8,492 posts)JoseBalow
(9,491 posts)I have a photographic memory, but sometimes things don't always develop.
VGNonly
(8,492 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)QueerDuck
(1,724 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,193 posts)QueerDuck
(1,724 posts)The Wizard
(13,738 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)The Wizard
(13,738 posts)Harker
(17,791 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
(653 posts)Harker
(17,791 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)you look like a gangster!!!"
Harker
(17,791 posts)VGNonly
(8,492 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,764 posts)...then let it start here."
VGNonly
(8,492 posts)and saw what was going on, on his name, he would never stop throwing up".