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Sun-Moon
(234 posts)CincyDem
(7,315 posts)Ocelot II
(129,046 posts)kerouac2
(1,420 posts)House of Roberts
(6,398 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 08:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,420 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)electric_blue68
(25,918 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(17,406 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(25,918 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,120 posts)CincyDem
(7,315 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(57,209 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,688 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 12:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,378 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(32,489 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)yorkster
(3,674 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,129 posts)Easterncedar
(5,527 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,243 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(10,975 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,129 posts)ZDU
(1,116 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(54,054 posts)red dog 1
(32,489 posts)UpInArms
(54,054 posts)3catwoman3
(28,579 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)3catwoman3
(28,579 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(17,406 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)JoseBalow
(9,163 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
(9,163 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 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
(1,982 posts)neeksgeek
(1,245 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(1,982 posts)Enter stage left
(4,248 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(17,406 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,848 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(17,406 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(17,406 posts)JoseBalow
(9,163 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)yorkster
(3,674 posts)lapfog_1
(31,642 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(17,406 posts)GiqueCee
(3,403 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
(17,406 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
(31,642 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(63 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)angrycaveman
(22 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)Vinca
(53,342 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(28,579 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,277 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)griloco
(868 posts)griloco
(868 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,848 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
(2,056 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,848 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)YepYep
(95 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)neeksgeek
(1,245 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)evemac
(273 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)walkingman
(10,333 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)drmeow
(5,927 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(5,927 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
(5,927 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
(8,948 posts)drmeow
(5,927 posts)I know this could be from a lot of movies, but it was from dialogue between a mismatched couple.
neeksgeek
(1,245 posts)Han and Leia
BarbaRosa
(2,728 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,186 posts)evemac
(273 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Bluestocking
(508 posts)evemac
(273 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)Bluestocking
(508 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(508 posts)evemac
(273 posts)Bluestocking
(508 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,148 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(39,764 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Diamond_Dog
(39,764 posts)The Wizard
(13,584 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)The Wizard
(13,584 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,848 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)red dog 1
(32,489 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,129 posts)MuseRider
(35,130 posts)You'll find a way to make your natural tendencies pay"
Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MuseRider
(35,130 posts)boonecreek
(1,390 posts)Turbineguy
(39,841 posts)boonecreek
(1,390 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,848 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,749 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Endlessmike56
(108 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Endlessmike56
(108 posts)dedl67
(171 posts)MIButterfly
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Mad_Dem_X
(10,129 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)GreenWave
(12,328 posts)marble falls
(71,053 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)marble falls
(71,053 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,026 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)Maj. Dude
(33 posts)marble falls
(71,053 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,567 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(52,898 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)griloco
(868 posts)marble falls
(71,053 posts)lpbk2713
(43,246 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,378 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(868 posts)56miSSie
(60 posts)Amaryllis
(10,975 posts)marble falls
(71,053 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Norrrm
(3,991 posts)AzTired64
(36 posts)Norrrm
(3,991 posts)Norrrm
(3,991 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)sheshe2
(95,863 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(95,863 posts)TBF
(35,632 posts)Morbius
(893 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(32,879 posts)CTyankee
(67,791 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,772 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(178,620 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,620 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,378 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,620 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,378 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,620 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,378 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
(178,620 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,378 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
(178,620 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
(32,489 posts)JoseBalow
(9,163 posts)red dog 1
(32,489 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)red dog 1
(32,489 posts)Upthevibe
(10,021 posts)Upthevibe
(10,021 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(17,406 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,101 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,163 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,163 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,163 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
(8,378 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(17,406 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(17,406 posts)Zambero
(9,922 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(22,883 posts)Rigpa108
(65 posts)NoSheep
(8,314 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)MIButterfly
(2,056 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)CousinIT
(12,232 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)CousinIT
(12,232 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)CousinIT
(12,232 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 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
(10,003 posts)gladium et scutum
(824 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(8,948 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,129 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,539 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(770 posts)JoseBalow
(9,163 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(84 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,378 posts)jmowreader
(52,898 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)jmowreader
(52,898 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
(2,766 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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some_of_us_are_sane
(2,766 posts)Harker
(17,406 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
(2,766 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,766 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
(17,406 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(17,406 posts)red dog 1
(32,489 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,046 posts)Mad_Dem_X
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CaptainTruth
(8,046 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,046 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,129 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,046 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
(17,256 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)red dog 1
(32,489 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,378 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(255 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(65 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,129 posts)Rastapopoulos
(724 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,129 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,163 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(32,489 posts)JoseBalow
(9,163 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(17,406 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)red dog 1
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red dog 1
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(8,378 posts)Harker
(17,406 posts)VGNonly
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the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(17,406 posts)red dog 1
(32,489 posts)red dog 1
(32,489 posts)sammythecat
(3,593 posts)red dog 1
(32,489 posts)CTyankee
(67,791 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(67,791 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(907 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(788 posts)nt
Harker
(17,406 posts)red dog 1
(32,489 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 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
(17,406 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(17,406 posts)VGNonly
(8,378 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
(1,251 posts)JoseBalow
(9,163 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!