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"How much you want for 'em?" (Answered)
Ritabert
(2,615 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(70,788 posts)Ritabert
(2,615 posts)LisaM
(29,687 posts)Now I have to see how many of those would be more humourously answered by just saying "Melania"!
Morbius
(1,113 posts)What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff... Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling. Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanos. The dead rising from the grave. Dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria!
Ritabert
(2,615 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(70,788 posts)anciano
(2,318 posts)Jim__
(15,280 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,637 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,437 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)Great movie!
Brother Buzz
(40,437 posts)The story was set on a fictional New England island, but filmed in Mendocino and Fort Bragg in Northern California. Early morning scenes with the sun rising in the Atlantic had to be shot in the late afternoon with the sun setting in the Pacific.
Emergency! Everybody to get from street!
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)could actually speak Russian, though he didn't speak it in the film.
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,587 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)Grits!
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)Robert Redford and Will Geer. RIP
Harker
(18,163 posts)I'm going to line up "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Three Days of the Condor" soon.
red dog 1
(33,479 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction
red dog 1
(33,479 posts)This is the 3rd time I posted a reply to you....WTF?
(I hope this one stays posted)
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)red dog 1
(33,479 posts)red dog 1
(33,479 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)We watched it last week...I liked it.
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,828 posts)Neidermeier to Flounder
Although there are probably other correct answers, too.
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)That line wasn't in Animal House. Good guess, though!

Another hint: "It tastes like the back of a fucking L.A. school bus."
red dog 1
(33,479 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)Ned Ryerson
"You wanna throw up here, or you wanna throw up in the car?"
(One of my all-time favorite movies....I've probably watched it 20 times)
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)jgo
(1,026 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,654 posts)jgo
(1,026 posts)The full quote may help-
"Some people call this hell, but you're still in Oklahoma Territory... Save your breath. I don't know who hung you or why, but if you're innocent, the judge will set you free. And if you're not, we'll have to take the trouble to hanging you again."
Wounded Bear
(64,654 posts)jgo
(1,026 posts)Historic NY
(40,135 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)Figarosmom
(13,427 posts)The Jessica Lange version
Figarosmom
(13,427 posts)DFW
(60,460 posts)Thats the film where I remember hearing it (spoken by Jeff Bridges).
Figarosmom
(13,427 posts)When he's in jail for the murder of Richard Crenna and he realizes Kathleen Turner didn't die in the boathouse explosion and had set him up from before even meeting him.
CTyankee
(68,495 posts)Figarosmom
(13,427 posts)boonecreek
(1,555 posts)"The Bride of Frankenstein."
kacekwl
(9,266 posts)Hmmm
I'll have me some of the biggums.
red dog 1
(33,479 posts)"That boy likes me, hmm"
Cyklops
(9 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)OmegaX
(51 posts)DFW
(60,460 posts)" I was the next man!"
Attilatheblond
(9,256 posts)DFW
(60,460 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)but can they fight?"
Harker
(18,163 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)and seven Carlings"
red dog 1
(33,479 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)and one of them a redhead".
red dog 1
(33,479 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,744 posts)red dog 1
(33,479 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,744 posts)Shermann
(9,073 posts)Niagara
(12,135 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Niagara
(12,135 posts)I'm guilty of rewatching this movie as well.
pandr32
(14,307 posts)yourout
(8,875 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Niagara
(12,135 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)"So often you won't even notice".
red dog 1
(33,479 posts)"What kind of music do you usually play here?...
...Oh we've got both kinds; country and western!"
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)but don't step in number two."
Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)I love that movie.
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)Dean Martin!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)"I don't believe this!"
"Maybe it's a dream!"
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)"Stabbing headache?"
red dog 1
(33,479 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,289 posts)"But I was going to make espresso!"
RIP Gene Hackman
The Wizard
(13,861 posts)She is a prostitute.
The Roux Comes First
(2,325 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Angleae
(4,821 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)catbyte
(39,313 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,587 posts)"Everyone has a big but. Tell me about your big but."
bobalew
(477 posts)The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient "
Tikki
(15,224 posts)Tikki
Harker
(18,163 posts)There once was a man from Australia
who painted his arse like a dahlia
NNadir
(38,553 posts)red dog 1
(33,479 posts)(I'm thinking that maybe Noah Cross (John Huston) may have uttered that line)
NNadir
(38,553 posts)red dog 1
(33,479 posts)This makes my day!
Harker
(18,163 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add... "Here, Jonesy. Meow. Meow. Jonesy?"
lpbk2713
(43,299 posts)The sub commander to Jonesy the sonar tech.
Harker
(18,163 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)"For a gringo, I'm terrific!"
Attilatheblond
(9,256 posts)pdxflyboy
(947 posts)n/t
Tbear
(740 posts)Tbear
(740 posts)The line is fromJimmer as he woke while his buddies were trying to get him to fart to jolt Jeff Daniels (the Buckless Yooper) out of his stupor.
Greatest fart scene ever from a fine movie depicting life in a UP deer camp.
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)"Good, though."
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)"Would you like to try our new beef and cheese pot pie on a stick, only $1.99?"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)red dog 1
(33,479 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat.
red dog 1
(33,479 posts)I recently read Bob Woodward's book about Deep Throat, "The Secret Man," and Mark Felt never actually said, "follow the money."
(But they stuck the line in the movie anyway)
Harker
(18,163 posts)Angleae
(4,821 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)I was thinking of "Return of The Pink Panther", 1976.
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)[link:
|Aristus
(72,528 posts)._.
(1,892 posts)"It had to end sometime"..
Phoenix61
(18,889 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Melvin, as portrayed by Jack Nicholson.
Phoenix61
(18,889 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)print the legend."
Brother Buzz
(40,437 posts)Shooting the film in Black and White for budget constraints only made the film stronger. John Ford was a genius.
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)John Wayne
James Stewart
Lee Marvin
Vera Miles
John Carradine
Lee Van Cleef
Andy Devine
Woody Strode
Strother Martin
Denver Pyle
John Qualen
Vera Miles is still living, almost 96. John Qualen was in Casablanca and in a very memorable role; Muley in The Grapes of Wrath.
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)"All gone. Num num is gone."
Harker
(18,163 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)After 50+ years all that I remember are a few words and phrases, can count to ten and some swear words.
Harker
(18,163 posts)the first with Inge Sargent, Austrian former Burmese princess. Very interesting woman. My second year teacher was a dead ringer for the magician on the "Agents of Fortune" record sleeve. I brought my copy in one day, and everyone saw the resemblance but him.
My in-laws are German citizens, born in Germany in the 30s, green card holders since the late 50s.
I'm less accomplished than I ought to be, but I get by.
Swear words are a good thing to know.
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)My grandpa was from coastal Germany near the Dutch border. He could speak both German and Frisian. My fraternal people were from Switzerland/Germany in the early 1830s. I have a smattering of English/Scottish, but I'm about 95% Germanic.
Harker
(18,163 posts)Paternal side from Ireland more recently, and with little documentation.
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)I checked out her bio, what an intriguing story, thank you so much.
Harker
(18,163 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)Navy Lt. Commander, MS electrical engineer, wintered in the Antarctic, worked with NASA on Apollo missions and Skylab.
Harker
(18,163 posts)Pretty quiet, and an all around nice guy.
Between the Universities and the plethora of scientific labs, governmental agencies, etc. Boulder was packed with a lot of smart, creative people. I was very fortunate to be friendly with many, and friends with some.
Harker
(18,163 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May.
My favorite director is Billy Wilder.
Harker
(18,163 posts)Time to get cracking with interlibrary loans!
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)were The Fortune Cookie with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, their first pairing. Another was One, Two, Three with James Cagney, an absolute madcap comedy.
Harker
(18,163 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,437 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,437 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,005 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,162 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,098 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,098 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)
CurtEastPoint
(20,098 posts)Cloudhopper
(184 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,098 posts)Cloudhopper
(184 posts)beginning in the mid-60s when I was about 4 years old. But I barely remember that episode.
-misanthroptimist
(1,828 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,005 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,828 posts)Bogart could bring the dead pan humor like no one else.
CTyankee
(68,495 posts)CTyankee
(68,495 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)CTyankee
(68,495 posts)It was an interesting and thought provoking film.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)I keep meaning to see the entire thing.
CTyankee
(68,495 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,535 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)...and the cats meow"
Brother Buzz
(40,437 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,462 posts)Easy Rider. 🙂
Brother Buzz
(40,437 posts)Extra points if you can ID the letterman sweater Jack Nicholson is wearing on the motorcycle.
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)There's a rumor that Captain America (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) were based on Roger Mcguinn and David Crosby respectively.
Brother Buzz
(40,437 posts)But I cant visualize George participating in football.

Dennis Hopper totally nailed David Crosby, but the jury is is still out on the Fonda/Mcguinn connection.
FM123
(10,386 posts)Cloudhopper
(184 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
Coventina This message was self-deleted by its author.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)red dog 1
(33,479 posts)Taggart: "I'd say you've had enough!"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)Brokeback Mountain
Harker
(18,163 posts)red dog 1
(33,479 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)every spring the toilets explode.
Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner?
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)Killed in Vietnam by his own troops.
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:41 PM - Edit history (1)
...Scotts Bar".
Janbdwl72
(285 posts)It's from an older movie, made in the 1960s.
Harker
(18,163 posts)"They call me MISTER Tibbs!"
VGNonly
(8,553 posts)Angleae
(4,821 posts)One of the girls had an imaginary friend, what was the name of the friend?
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Indian Agent/Thief to Paul Newman.
Harker
(18,163 posts)Practically the entire script is a series of quotable lines.
Harker
(18,163 posts)tikka
(850 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Yep!
a kennedy
(36,354 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)It sounds so familiar, but I just can't place it.
a kennedy
(36,354 posts)I just cant and well talk again when you totally give up. It was a classic. 1999. And thats all Im giving ya.
sammythecat
(3,602 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)William Holden in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch".
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Never heard "friendo" elsewhere.
JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)I agree, "friendo" is pretty distinct to this film. I figured that'd be the clue that gives it away.
I've used "friendo" a few times in the wild, I like it!
Harker
(18,163 posts)Like Jell-O.
When you've used it, were you aiming for Bardem level menace?
Harker
(18,163 posts)oasis
(54,002 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)oasis
(54,002 posts)Janbdwl72
(285 posts)I'll give the answer in a separate thread. Hopefully, someone will take a stab at this.
Harker
(18,163 posts)That's a stab for you.
thucythucy
(9,154 posts)The Wizard
(13,861 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)lpbk2713
(43,299 posts)Sir Alec Guinness as Col Nicholson.
The Force was with him.
Harker
(18,163 posts)lpbk2713
(43,299 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)I'm sure we have our favorite outliers, but that really was a great era on all counts.
Harker
(18,163 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)VGNonly
(8,553 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)CanonRay
(16,275 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)CanonRay
(16,275 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)So, I saw it right off!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,232 posts)gladium et scutum
(832 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)gladium et scutum
(832 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)a kennedy
(36,354 posts)Nobody has even come close
ha ha, not even a guess.
Harker
(18,163 posts)red dog 1
(33,479 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)Harker
(18,163 posts)JoseBalow
(9,742 posts)
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