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Sun-Moon
(257 posts)CincyDem
(7,410 posts)Ocelot II
(131,217 posts)kerouac2
(1,519 posts)House of Roberts
(6,633 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,519 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)electric_blue68
(27,278 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(18,146 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(27,278 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,414 posts)CincyDem
(7,410 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(58,033 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,768 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 01:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Ohiya
(2,768 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(33,464 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)yorkster
(3,951 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,987 posts)Easterncedar
(6,471 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,760 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,768 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(11,426 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,225 posts)ZDU
(1,413 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(55,350 posts)red dog 1
(33,464 posts)UpInArms
(55,350 posts)3catwoman3
(29,787 posts)Ohiya
(2,768 posts)3catwoman3
(29,787 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(18,146 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)JoseBalow
(9,739 posts)I love that film!
MIButterfly
(3,134 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
(9,739 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 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
(2,612 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(2,612 posts)Enter stage left
(4,635 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(18,146 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,270 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(18,146 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(18,146 posts)JoseBalow
(9,739 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)yorkster
(3,951 posts)lapfog_1
(31,979 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(18,146 posts)GiqueCee
(4,736 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
(18,146 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
(4,736 posts)... Butch and Sundance, plus The Sting, but they had a helluva good time doing it!
lapfog_1
(31,979 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(64 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)angrycaveman
(27 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Vinca
(54,330 posts)3catwoman3
(29,787 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(29,787 posts)Attilatheblond
(9,223 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)griloco
(874 posts)griloco
(874 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,270 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
(3,134 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,270 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)YepYep
(106 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)evemac
(327 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)evemac
(327 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)evemac
(327 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)evemac
(327 posts)walkingman
(11,152 posts)Ohiya
(2,768 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)Ohiya
(2,768 posts)drmeow
(6,019 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(6,019 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
(6,019 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
(10,403 posts)drmeow
(6,019 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
(14,620 posts)evemac
(327 posts)Ohiya
(2,768 posts)Bluestocking
(790 posts)evemac
(327 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)Bluestocking
(790 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(790 posts)evemac
(327 posts)Bluestocking
(790 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,178 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(41,040 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Diamond_Dog
(41,040 posts)The Wizard
(13,855 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)The Wizard
(13,855 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,270 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)red dog 1
(33,464 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,225 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
(1,555 posts)Turbineguy
(40,209 posts)boonecreek
(1,555 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,270 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,756 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Endlessmike56
(240 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Endlessmike56
(240 posts)dedl67
(244 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,225 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)GreenWave
(12,795 posts)marble falls
(72,531 posts)Ohiya
(2,768 posts)marble falls
(72,531 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,545 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,768 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Maj. Dude
(53 posts)marble falls
(72,531 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,403 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(53,394 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)griloco
(874 posts)marble falls
(72,531 posts)lpbk2713
(43,298 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(874 posts)56miSSie
(64 posts)Amaryllis
(11,426 posts)marble falls
(72,531 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Norrrm
(5,577 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(5,577 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(5,577 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)sheshe2
(98,438 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(98,438 posts)TBF
(37,153 posts)Morbius
(1,113 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(33,311 posts)CTyankee
(68,471 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,832 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(179,342 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,342 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,342 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,342 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,552 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
(179,342 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,552 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
(179,342 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
(33,464 posts)JoseBalow
(9,739 posts)red dog 1
(33,464 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)red dog 1
(33,464 posts)Upthevibe
(10,234 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Upthevibe
(10,234 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(18,146 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,372 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,739 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,739 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,739 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
(8,552 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(18,146 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(18,146 posts)Zambero
(10,029 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(23,168 posts)Rigpa108
(71 posts)NoSheep
(8,377 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)MIButterfly
(3,134 posts)CousinIT
(12,745 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)CousinIT
(12,745 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)CousinIT
(12,745 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 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
(10,023 posts)gladium et scutum
(831 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,403 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,225 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,778 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(782 posts)JoseBalow
(9,739 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(85 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Starseer
(85 posts)jmowreader
(53,394 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)jmowreader
(53,394 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
(3,563 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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Harker This message was self-deleted by its author.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,563 posts)Harker
(18,146 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
(3,563 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,563 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
(18,146 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(18,146 posts)red dog 1
(33,464 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,257 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,225 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:23 PM - Edit history (1)
CaptainTruth
(8,257 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,257 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,225 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,257 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
(17,638 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)red dog 1
(33,464 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(257 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(71 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,225 posts)Rastapopoulos
(748 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,225 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,739 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(33,464 posts)JoseBalow
(9,739 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(18,146 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)red dog 1
(33,464 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 2, 2026, 10:09 PM - Edit history (1)
red dog 1
(33,464 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:46 PM - Edit history (1)
the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(18,146 posts)red dog 1
(33,464 posts)red dog 1
(33,464 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)red dog 1
(33,464 posts)CTyankee
(68,471 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(68,471 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(945 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(797 posts)nt
Harker
(18,146 posts)red dog 1
(33,464 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 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
(18,146 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(18,146 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 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
(1,336 posts)JoseBalow
(9,739 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!
Harker
(18,146 posts)red dog 1
(33,464 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)Blasphemy to say he was.
Harker
(18,146 posts)JoseBalow
(9,739 posts)That was such a classic scene!
Harker
(18,146 posts)I heard my wife humming the tune over tea this morning.
JoseBalow
(9,739 posts)I do remember Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head while he's riding the bicycle.
Harker
(18,146 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
(9,739 posts)I'll have to give it another viewing next time I catch it on again. I've always loved that movie!
Harker
(18,146 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
(8,552 posts)JoseBalow
(9,739 posts)Kansas, maybe?
Was that mentioned in the movie?
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)JoseBalow
(9,739 posts)I have a photographic memory, but sometimes things don't always develop.
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)QueerDuck
(1,939 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,225 posts)QueerDuck
(1,939 posts)The Wizard
(13,855 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)The Wizard
(13,855 posts)Harker
(18,146 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
(790 posts)Harker
(18,146 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)you look like a gangster!!!"
Harker
(18,146 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,783 posts)...then let it start here."
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)and saw what was going on, on his name, he would never stop throwing up".
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