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Sun-Moon
(235 posts)CincyDem
(7,320 posts)Ocelot II
(129,171 posts)kerouac2
(1,428 posts)House of Roberts
(6,401 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 08:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,428 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)electric_blue68
(25,979 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(17,442 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(25,979 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,127 posts)CincyDem
(7,320 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(57,261 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,688 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)MIButterfly
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I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(32,527 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)yorkster
(3,688 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,148 posts)Easterncedar
(5,548 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,262 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(10,988 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)ZDU
(1,121 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(54,103 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)UpInArms
(54,103 posts)3catwoman3
(28,615 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)3catwoman3
(28,615 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(17,442 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)JoseBalow
(9,182 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
(9,182 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 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
(2,002 posts)neeksgeek
(1,245 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(2,002 posts)Enter stage left
(4,273 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(17,442 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,864 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(17,442 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(17,442 posts)JoseBalow
(9,182 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)yorkster
(3,688 posts)lapfog_1
(31,676 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(17,442 posts)GiqueCee
(3,428 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
(17,442 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
(31,676 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(63 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)angrycaveman
(22 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)Vinca
(53,370 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(28,615 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,321 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)griloco
(868 posts)griloco
(868 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,864 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
(2,122 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,864 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)YepYep
(95 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)neeksgeek
(1,245 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)evemac
(274 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)walkingman
(10,358 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)drmeow
(5,929 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(5,929 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
(5,929 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
(9,021 posts)drmeow
(5,929 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
(2,729 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,191 posts)evemac
(274 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Bluestocking
(521 posts)evemac
(274 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)Bluestocking
(521 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(521 posts)evemac
(274 posts)Bluestocking
(521 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,151 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(39,797 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Diamond_Dog
(39,797 posts)The Wizard
(13,594 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)The Wizard
(13,594 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,864 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)MuseRider
(35,136 posts)You'll find a way to make your natural tendencies pay"
Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MuseRider
(35,136 posts)boonecreek
(1,394 posts)Turbineguy
(39,853 posts)boonecreek
(1,394 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,864 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,749 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Endlessmike56
(121 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Endlessmike56
(121 posts)dedl67
(173 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)GreenWave
(12,371 posts)marble falls
(71,106 posts)Ohiya
(2,688 posts)marble falls
(71,106 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,051 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,688 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)Maj. Dude
(34 posts)marble falls
(71,106 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,594 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(52,908 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)griloco
(868 posts)marble falls
(71,106 posts)lpbk2713
(43,248 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(868 posts)56miSSie
(60 posts)Amaryllis
(10,988 posts)marble falls
(71,106 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Norrrm
(4,046 posts)AzTired64
(37 posts)Norrrm
(4,046 posts)Norrrm
(4,046 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)sheshe2
(95,977 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(95,977 posts)TBF
(35,688 posts)Morbius
(904 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(32,890 posts)CTyankee
(67,804 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,777 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(178,636 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,636 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,636 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,636 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,387 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
(178,636 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,387 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
(178,636 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
(32,527 posts)JoseBalow
(9,182 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)Upthevibe
(10,038 posts)Upthevibe
(10,038 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(17,442 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,114 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,182 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,182 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,182 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
(8,387 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(17,442 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(17,442 posts)Zambero
(9,922 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(22,892 posts)Rigpa108
(66 posts)NoSheep
(8,314 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)MIButterfly
(2,122 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)CousinIT
(12,263 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)CousinIT
(12,263 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)CousinIT
(12,263 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 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
(825 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,021 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,549 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(771 posts)JoseBalow
(9,182 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(84 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)jmowreader
(52,908 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)jmowreader
(52,908 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
(2,782 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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some_of_us_are_sane
(2,782 posts)Harker
(17,442 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
(2,782 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,782 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
(17,442 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(17,442 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,052 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:23 PM - Edit history (1)
CaptainTruth
(8,052 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,052 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,052 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
(17,270 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(255 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(66 posts)Rastapopoulos
(725 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,182 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(32,527 posts)JoseBalow
(9,182 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(17,442 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)red dog 1
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red dog 1
(32,527 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)VGNonly
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the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(17,442 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)sammythecat
(3,593 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)CTyankee
(67,804 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(67,804 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(907 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(788 posts)nt
Harker
(17,442 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 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
(17,442 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(17,442 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 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
(1,254 posts)JoseBalow
(9,182 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!
Harker
(17,442 posts)red dog 1
(32,527 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)Blasphemy to say he was.
Harker
(17,442 posts)JoseBalow
(9,182 posts)That was such a classic scene!
Harker
(17,442 posts)I heard my wife humming the tune over tea this morning.
JoseBalow
(9,182 posts)I do remember Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head while he's riding the bicycle.
Harker
(17,442 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
(9,182 posts)I'll have to give it another viewing next time I catch it on again. I've always loved that movie!
Harker
(17,442 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
(8,387 posts)JoseBalow
(9,182 posts)Kansas, maybe?
Was that mentioned in the movie?
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)JoseBalow
(9,182 posts)I have a photographic memory, but sometimes things don't always develop.
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)QueerDuck
(1,037 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,131 posts)QueerDuck
(1,037 posts)The Wizard
(13,594 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)The Wizard
(13,594 posts)Harker
(17,442 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
(521 posts)Harker
(17,442 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)you look like a gangster!!!"
Harker
(17,442 posts)VGNonly
(8,387 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,729 posts)...then let it start here."
VGNonly
(8,387 posts)and saw what was going on, on his name, he would never stop throwing up".