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"How much you want for 'em?" (Answered)
Ritabert
(2,823 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,575 posts)Ritabert
(2,823 posts)LisaM
(29,710 posts)Now I have to see how many of those would be more humourously answered by just saying "Melania"!
Morbius
(1,213 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
(2,823 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,575 posts)anciano
(2,341 posts)Jim__
(15,316 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,744 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,626 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)Great movie!
Brother Buzz
(40,626 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
(8,603 posts)could actually speak Russian, though he didn't speak it in the film.
JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,614 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)Grits!
VGNonly
(8,603 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)Robert Redford and Will Geer. RIP
Harker
(18,323 posts)I'm going to line up "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Three Days of the Condor" soon.
red dog 1
(33,723 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction
red dog 1
(33,723 posts)This is the 3rd time I posted a reply to you....WTF?
(I hope this one stays posted)
JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)red dog 1
(33,723 posts)red dog 1
(33,723 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)We watched it last week...I liked it.
JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,943 posts)Neidermeier to Flounder
Although there are probably other correct answers, too.
JoseBalow
(9,906 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
(33,723 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 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
(8,603 posts)jgo
(1,038 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,834 posts)jgo
(1,038 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
(64,834 posts)jgo
(1,038 posts)Historic NY
(40,207 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)Figarosmom
(14,671 posts)DFW
(60,808 posts)The Jessica Lange version
Figarosmom
(14,671 posts)DFW
(60,808 posts)Thats the film where I remember hearing it (spoken by Jeff Bridges).
Figarosmom
(14,671 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
(68,590 posts)Figarosmom
(14,671 posts)boonecreek
(1,565 posts)"The Bride of Frankenstein."
kacekwl
(9,309 posts)Hmmm
I'll have me some of the biggums.
red dog 1
(33,723 posts)"That boy likes me, hmm"
Cyklops
(9 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)OmegaX
(51 posts)DFW
(60,808 posts)" I was the next man!"
Attilatheblond
(9,483 posts)DFW
(60,808 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)but can they fight?"
Harker
(18,323 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)and seven Carlings"
red dog 1
(33,723 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)and one of them a redhead".
red dog 1
(33,723 posts)mwmisses4289
(5,157 posts)red dog 1
(33,723 posts)mwmisses4289
(5,157 posts)Shermann
(9,075 posts)Niagara
(12,410 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Niagara
(12,410 posts)I'm guilty of rewatching this movie as well.
pandr32
(14,307 posts)yourout
(8,913 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Niagara
(12,410 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)"So often you won't even notice".
red dog 1
(33,723 posts)"What kind of music do you usually play here?...
...Oh we've got both kinds; country and western!"
JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)but don't step in number two."
Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)I love that movie.
JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)Dean Martin!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)"I don't believe this!"
"Maybe it's a dream!"
VGNonly
(8,603 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)"Stabbing headache?"
red dog 1
(33,723 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,360 posts)"But I was going to make espresso!"
RIP Gene Hackman
The Wizard
(13,939 posts)She is a prostitute.
The Roux Comes First
(2,438 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Angleae
(4,828 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)catbyte
(39,462 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,614 posts)"Everyone has a big but. Tell me about your big but."
bobalew
(501 posts)The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient "
Tikki
(15,289 posts)Tikki
Harker
(18,323 posts)There once was a man from Australia
who painted his arse like a dahlia
NNadir
(38,861 posts)red dog 1
(33,723 posts)(I'm thinking that maybe Noah Cross (John Huston) may have uttered that line)
NNadir
(38,861 posts)red dog 1
(33,723 posts)This makes my day!
Harker
(18,323 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add... "Here, Jonesy. Meow. Meow. Jonesy?"
lpbk2713
(43,317 posts)The sub commander to Jonesy the sonar tech.
Harker
(18,323 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)"For a gringo, I'm terrific!"
Attilatheblond
(9,483 posts)pdxflyboy
(966 posts)n/t
Tbear
(755 posts)Tbear
(755 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
(9,906 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)"Good, though."
VGNonly
(8,603 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)"Would you like to try our new beef and cheese pot pie on a stick, only $1.99?"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)red dog 1
(33,723 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat.
red dog 1
(33,723 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
(18,323 posts)Angleae
(4,828 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)I was thinking of "Return of The Pink Panther", 1976.
VGNonly
(8,603 posts)[link:
|Aristus
(72,729 posts)._.
(1,910 posts)"It had to end sometime"..
Phoenix61
(18,917 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Melvin, as portrayed by Jack Nicholson.
Phoenix61
(18,917 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)print the legend."
Brother Buzz
(40,626 posts)Shooting the film in Black and White for budget constraints only made the film stronger. John Ford was a genius.
VGNonly
(8,603 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
(9,906 posts)"All gone. Num num is gone."
LSparkle
(12,255 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)LSparkle
(12,255 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)After 50+ years all that I remember are a few words and phrases, can count to ten and some swear words.
Harker
(18,323 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
(8,603 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
(18,323 posts)Paternal side from Ireland more recently, and with little documentation.
VGNonly
(8,603 posts)I checked out her bio, what an intriguing story, thank you so much.
Harker
(18,323 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)Navy Lt. Commander, MS electrical engineer, wintered in the Antarctic, worked with NASA on Apollo missions and Skylab.
Harker
(18,323 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
(18,323 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May.
My favorite director is Billy Wilder.
Harker
(18,323 posts)Time to get cracking with interlibrary loans!
VGNonly
(8,603 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
(18,323 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,626 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,626 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,235 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,392 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,142 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,142 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)
CurtEastPoint
(20,142 posts)Cloudhopper
(197 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,142 posts)Cloudhopper
(197 posts)beginning in the mid-60s when I was about 4 years old. But I barely remember that episode.
-misanthroptimist
(1,943 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,235 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,943 posts)Bogart could bring the dead pan humor like no one else.
CTyankee
(68,590 posts)CTyankee
(68,590 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)CTyankee
(68,590 posts)It was an interesting and thought provoking film.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)I keep meaning to see the entire thing.
CTyankee
(68,590 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,570 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)...and the cats meow"
Brother Buzz
(40,626 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,569 posts)Easy Rider. 🙂
Brother Buzz
(40,626 posts)Extra points if you can ID the letterman sweater Jack Nicholson is wearing on the motorcycle.
VGNonly
(8,603 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
(40,626 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
(10,390 posts)progressoid
(53,565 posts)Such a funny line! So MANY funny lines from Galaxy Quest!
Cloudhopper
(197 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
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Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)red dog 1
(33,723 posts)Taggart: "I'd say you've had enough!"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)Brokeback Mountain
Harker
(18,323 posts)red dog 1
(33,723 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)every spring the toilets explode.
Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner?
VGNonly
(8,603 posts)Killed in Vietnam by his own troops.
VGNonly
(8,603 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:41 PM - Edit history (1)
...Scotts Bar".
Harker
(18,323 posts)Not sure how I missed it before.
Janbdwl72
(307 posts)It's from an older movie, made in the 1960s.
Harker
(18,323 posts)"They call me MISTER Tibbs!"
VGNonly
(8,603 posts)Angleae
(4,828 posts)One of the girls had an imaginary friend, what was the name of the friend?
JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Indian Agent/Thief to Paul Newman.
Harker
(18,323 posts)Practically the entire script is a series of quotable lines.
Harker
(18,323 posts)tikka
(853 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Yep!
a kennedy
(36,750 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)It sounds so familiar, but I just can't place it.
a kennedy
(36,750 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
(9,906 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)William Holden in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch".
JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Never heard "friendo" elsewhere.
JoseBalow
(9,906 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
(18,323 posts)Like Jell-O.
When you've used it, were you aiming for Bardem level menace?
Harker
(18,323 posts)oasis
(54,327 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)oasis
(54,327 posts)Janbdwl72
(307 posts)I'll give the answer in a separate thread. Hopefully, someone will take a stab at this.
Harker
(18,323 posts)That's a stab for you.
thucythucy
(9,175 posts)The Wizard
(13,939 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)lpbk2713
(43,317 posts)Sir Alec Guinness as Col Nicholson.
The Force was with him.
Harker
(18,323 posts)lpbk2713
(43,317 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)I'm sure we have our favorite outliers, but that really was a great era on all counts.
Harker
(18,323 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)Same character, same movie
VGNonly
(8,603 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)CanonRay
(16,311 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)CanonRay
(16,311 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)So, I saw it right off!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)a kennedy
(36,750 posts)Nobody has even come close
ha ha, not even a guess.
Harker
(18,323 posts)red dog 1
(33,723 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)Same character, same movie
red dog 1
(33,723 posts)efhmc
(17,294 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)I feel as big as a damn mountain."
Harker
(18,323 posts)Is it "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"?
I read the novel in 75, then watched the film in early January 1976 while I was a freshman at college.
Harker
(18,323 posts)1973. His quiet enthusiasm was contagious, and I'd bet that he made a very fine teacher.
A bookshop owner for whom I worked as an adult had been college roommates with Brad Dourif.
VGNonly
(8,603 posts)it netted $163m. One of three films in history that received the big five; Best Picture, Director, Actress, Actor, and Adapted Screenplay. The others were It Happened One Night 1934 and The Silence of the Lambs 1991.
Harker
(18,323 posts)I very much enjoyed "Double Indemnity" again, nudged by you toward a closer look at Billy Wilder.
JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)I quote it in my signature line
VGNonly
(8,603 posts)"I'm too young to be a beatnik, too old to be a hippie".
JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)"Why you gotta mess with the clubs?"
Harker
(18,323 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,626 posts)red dog 1
(33,723 posts)progressoid
(53,565 posts)Harker
(18,323 posts)The only line spoken in this movie.
JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)Ironically spoken by Marcel Marceau
red dog 1
(33,723 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)red dog 1
(33,723 posts)red dog 1
(33,723 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 14, 2026, 02:53 PM - Edit history (1)
JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)and if you prefer, although there's no point to it, it puts bones in fish."
Harker
(18,323 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)and an out-of-work bum look a lot a like".
JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)VGNonly
(8,603 posts)your lean, mean and not so far in between ".
JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,744 posts)Skittles
(173,621 posts)JoseBalow
(9,906 posts)red dog 1
(33,723 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,254 posts)LOVE that movie!