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Sun-Moon
(246 posts)CincyDem
(7,369 posts)Ocelot II
(130,101 posts)kerouac2
(1,473 posts)House of Roberts
(6,467 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 08:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,473 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)electric_blue68
(26,693 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(17,679 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(26,693 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,218 posts)CincyDem
(7,369 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(57,656 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,716 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 12:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,463 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Ohiya
(2,716 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(32,853 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)yorkster
(3,770 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,186 posts)Easterncedar
(6,015 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,440 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,716 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(11,188 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,170 posts)ZDU
(1,180 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(54,667 posts)red dog 1
(32,853 posts)UpInArms
(54,667 posts)3catwoman3
(29,161 posts)Ohiya
(2,716 posts)3catwoman3
(29,161 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(17,679 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)JoseBalow
(9,413 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
(9,413 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 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
(2,278 posts)neeksgeek
(1,249 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(2,278 posts)Enter stage left
(4,471 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(17,679 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,435 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(17,679 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(17,679 posts)JoseBalow
(9,413 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)yorkster
(3,770 posts)lapfog_1
(31,834 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(17,679 posts)GiqueCee
(3,839 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
(17,679 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
(31,834 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(64 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)angrycaveman
(25 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)Vinca
(53,725 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(29,161 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,642 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)griloco
(869 posts)griloco
(869 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,435 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
(2,501 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,435 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)YepYep
(99 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)neeksgeek
(1,249 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)evemac
(308 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)walkingman
(10,665 posts)Ohiya
(2,716 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)Ohiya
(2,716 posts)drmeow
(5,982 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(5,982 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
(5,982 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
(9,661 posts)drmeow
(5,982 posts)I know this could be from a lot of movies, but it was from dialogue between a mismatched couple.
neeksgeek
(1,249 posts)Han and Leia
BarbaRosa
(2,730 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,370 posts)evemac
(308 posts)Ohiya
(2,716 posts)Bluestocking
(620 posts)evemac
(308 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)Bluestocking
(620 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(620 posts)evemac
(308 posts)Bluestocking
(620 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,173 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(40,285 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,285 posts)The Wizard
(13,673 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)The Wizard
(13,673 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,435 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)red dog 1
(32,853 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,170 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
(1,478 posts)Turbineguy
(39,956 posts)boonecreek
(1,478 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,435 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,752 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Endlessmike56
(175 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Endlessmike56
(175 posts)dedl67
(202 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,170 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)GreenWave
(12,523 posts)marble falls
(71,557 posts)Ohiya
(2,716 posts)marble falls
(71,557 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,359 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,716 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)Maj. Dude
(43 posts)marble falls
(71,557 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,817 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(53,064 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)griloco
(869 posts)marble falls
(71,557 posts)lpbk2713
(43,262 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,463 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(869 posts)56miSSie
(60 posts)Amaryllis
(11,188 posts)marble falls
(71,557 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Norrrm
(4,672 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(4,672 posts)Norrrm
(4,672 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)sheshe2
(97,016 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(97,016 posts)TBF
(36,292 posts)Morbius
(963 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(33,049 posts)CTyankee
(68,063 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,805 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(178,824 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,824 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,463 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,824 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,463 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,824 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,463 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
(178,824 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,463 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
(178,824 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
(32,853 posts)JoseBalow
(9,413 posts)red dog 1
(32,853 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)red dog 1
(32,853 posts)Upthevibe
(10,157 posts)Upthevibe
(10,157 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(17,679 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,229 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,413 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,413 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,413 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
(8,463 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(17,679 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(17,679 posts)Zambero
(9,956 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(23,001 posts)Rigpa108
(70 posts)NoSheep
(8,333 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)MIButterfly
(2,501 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)CousinIT
(12,451 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)CousinIT
(12,451 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)CousinIT
(12,451 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 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
(10,016 posts)gladium et scutum
(828 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,661 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,170 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,672 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(782 posts)JoseBalow
(9,413 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(84 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,463 posts)jmowreader
(53,064 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)jmowreader
(53,064 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
(3,036 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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some_of_us_are_sane
(3,036 posts)Harker
(17,679 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
(3,036 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,036 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
(17,679 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(17,679 posts)red dog 1
(32,853 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,150 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,170 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:23 PM - Edit history (1)
CaptainTruth
(8,150 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,150 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,170 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,150 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
(17,411 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)red dog 1
(32,853 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,463 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(256 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(70 posts)Rastapopoulos
(741 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,170 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,413 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(32,853 posts)JoseBalow
(9,413 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(17,679 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)red dog 1
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red dog 1
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(8,463 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)VGNonly
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the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(17,679 posts)red dog 1
(32,853 posts)red dog 1
(32,853 posts)sammythecat
(3,596 posts)red dog 1
(32,853 posts)CTyankee
(68,063 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(68,063 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(923 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(797 posts)nt
Harker
(17,679 posts)red dog 1
(32,853 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 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
(17,679 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(17,679 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 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
(1,292 posts)JoseBalow
(9,413 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!
Harker
(17,679 posts)red dog 1
(32,853 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)Blasphemy to say he was.
Harker
(17,679 posts)JoseBalow
(9,413 posts)That was such a classic scene!
Harker
(17,679 posts)I heard my wife humming the tune over tea this morning.
JoseBalow
(9,413 posts)I do remember Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head while he's riding the bicycle.
Harker
(17,679 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
(9,413 posts)I'll have to give it another viewing next time I catch it on again. I've always loved that movie!
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
(8,463 posts)Kansas, maybe?
Was that mentioned in the movie?
VGNonly
(8,463 posts)JoseBalow
(9,413 posts)I have a photographic memory, but sometimes things don't always develop.
VGNonly
(8,463 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)QueerDuck
(1,445 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,170 posts)QueerDuck
(1,445 posts)The Wizard
(13,673 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)The Wizard
(13,673 posts)Harker
(17,679 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
(620 posts)Harker
(17,679 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)you look like a gangster!!!"
Harker
(17,679 posts)VGNonly
(8,463 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,757 posts)...then let it start here."
VGNonly
(8,463 posts)and saw what was going on, on his name, he would never stop throwing up".