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Sun-Moon
(257 posts)CincyDem
(7,412 posts)Ocelot II
(131,245 posts)kerouac2
(1,519 posts)House of Roberts
(6,636 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,519 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)electric_blue68
(27,329 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(18,162 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(27,329 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,414 posts)CincyDem
(7,412 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(58,044 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,769 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 01:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(3,145 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
(3,145 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Ohiya
(2,769 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(33,471 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)yorkster
(3,953 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,005 posts)Easterncedar
(6,474 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,768 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,769 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(11,430 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,231 posts)ZDU
(1,415 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(55,381 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)UpInArms
(55,381 posts)3catwoman3
(29,809 posts)Ohiya
(2,769 posts)3catwoman3
(29,809 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(18,162 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)I love that film!
MIButterfly
(3,145 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
(9,742 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 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
(2,613 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(2,613 posts)Enter stage left
(4,636 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(18,162 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,292 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(18,162 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(18,162 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)yorkster
(3,953 posts)lapfog_1
(31,981 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(18,162 posts)GiqueCee
(4,756 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
(18,162 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
(4,756 posts)... Butch and Sundance, plus The Sting, but they had a helluva good time doing it!
lapfog_1
(31,981 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(64 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)angrycaveman
(27 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Vinca
(54,340 posts)3catwoman3
(29,809 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(29,809 posts)Attilatheblond
(9,249 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)griloco
(874 posts)griloco
(874 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,292 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
(3,145 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,292 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)YepYep
(106 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)evemac
(328 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)evemac
(328 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)evemac
(328 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)evemac
(328 posts)walkingman
(11,162 posts)Ohiya
(2,769 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)Ohiya
(2,769 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
(10,433 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
(14,632 posts)evemac
(328 posts)Ohiya
(2,769 posts)Bluestocking
(798 posts)evemac
(328 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)Bluestocking
(798 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(798 posts)evemac
(328 posts)Bluestocking
(798 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,178 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(41,057 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Diamond_Dog
(41,057 posts)The Wizard
(13,861 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)The Wizard
(13,861 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,292 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,231 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
(40,213 posts)boonecreek
(1,555 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,292 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,756 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Endlessmike56
(240 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Endlessmike56
(240 posts)dedl67
(244 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,231 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)GreenWave
(12,800 posts)marble falls
(72,543 posts)Ohiya
(2,769 posts)marble falls
(72,543 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,545 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,769 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Maj. Dude
(53 posts)marble falls
(72,543 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,429 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(53,397 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)griloco
(874 posts)marble falls
(72,543 posts)lpbk2713
(43,299 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(874 posts)56miSSie
(64 posts)Amaryllis
(11,430 posts)marble falls
(72,543 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Norrrm
(5,598 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(5,598 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(5,598 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)sheshe2
(98,466 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(98,466 posts)TBF
(37,197 posts)Morbius
(1,113 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(33,316 posts)CTyankee
(68,489 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,832 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(179,353 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,353 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,353 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(179,353 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
(179,353 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
(179,353 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
(33,471 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Upthevibe
(10,236 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Upthevibe
(10,236 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(18,162 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,372 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
Mad_Dem_X This message was self-deleted by its author.
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,742 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
(18,162 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(18,162 posts)Zambero
(10,029 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(23,175 posts)Rigpa108
(71 posts)NoSheep
(8,378 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)MIButterfly
(3,145 posts)CousinIT
(12,753 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)CousinIT
(12,753 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)CousinIT
(12,753 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
(832 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(10,433 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,231 posts)Harker
(18,162 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
(9,742 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(85 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Starseer
(85 posts)jmowreader
(53,397 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)jmowreader
(53,397 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
(3,578 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
Response to Harker (Reply #293)
Harker This message was self-deleted by its author.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,578 posts)Harker
(18,162 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
(3,578 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,578 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
(18,162 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(18,162 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,259 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,231 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:23 PM - Edit history (1)
CaptainTruth
(8,259 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,259 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,231 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,259 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
(17,642 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(257 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(71 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,231 posts)Rastapopoulos
(749 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,231 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(18,162 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 2, 2026, 10:09 PM - Edit history (1)
red dog 1
(33,471 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Harker
(18,162 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
(18,162 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)CTyankee
(68,489 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(68,489 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(947 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(797 posts)nt
Harker
(18,162 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 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
(18,162 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(18,162 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
(9,742 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!
Harker
(18,162 posts)red dog 1
(33,471 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)Blasphemy to say he was.
Harker
(18,162 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)That was such a classic scene!
Harker
(18,162 posts)I heard my wife humming the tune over tea this morning.
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)I do remember Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head while he's riding the bicycle.
Harker
(18,162 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
(9,742 posts)I'll have to give it another viewing next time I catch it on again. I've always loved that movie!
Harker
(18,162 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
(9,742 posts)Kansas, maybe?
Was that mentioned in the movie?
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)I have a photographic memory, but sometimes things don't always develop.
VGNonly
(8,552 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)QueerDuck
(1,945 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,231 posts)QueerDuck
(1,945 posts)The Wizard
(13,861 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)The Wizard
(13,861 posts)Harker
(18,162 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
(798 posts)Harker
(18,162 posts)VGNonly
(8,552 posts)you look like a gangster!!!"
Harker
(18,162 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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