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Sun-Moon
(251 posts)CincyDem
(7,391 posts)Ocelot II
(130,468 posts)kerouac2
(1,495 posts)House of Roberts
(6,512 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:59 AM - Edit history (2)
Diehard is a battery. Oop.
kerouac2
(1,495 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)electric_blue68
(26,835 posts)"Charlie Don't Surf" in the movie?
It's a favorite Clash song of mine.
Harker
(17,771 posts)There's a bit of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre", though!
electric_blue68
(26,835 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,284 posts)CincyDem
(7,391 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)Fun how iconic lines stick with us.
sinkingfeeling
(57,798 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Love this movie! Love that line!
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Ohiya
(2,734 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 01:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I meant this in response to "You talkin' to..."
MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)Or Scarface?
MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)I dont remember it from Back to the Future.
VGNonly
(8,487 posts)Biff says something like "Say hello to your mom for me".
MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Ohiya
(2,734 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)Response to Harker (Reply #48)
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red dog 1
(33,051 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)yorkster
(3,822 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,433 posts)Easterncedar
(6,228 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,556 posts)Not obscure.
Ohiya
(2,734 posts)Bring forth the ring. 2:52.
Amaryllis
(11,260 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,192 posts)ZDU
(1,256 posts)Response to ZDU (Reply #29)
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UpInArms
(54,941 posts)red dog 1
(33,051 posts)UpInArms
(54,941 posts)3catwoman3
(29,360 posts)Ohiya
(2,734 posts)3catwoman3
(29,360 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)A fine movie but they should of left out the romantic subplot/mommy issues.
Harker
(17,771 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)JoseBalow
(9,459 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
(9,459 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 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
(2,422 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Im talking real wrath of god stuff.
Ritabert
(2,422 posts)Enter stage left
(4,550 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)RIP Rob Reiner
Harker
(17,771 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,647 posts)That's what Clamenza says to Pauly before they leave on what will be Pauly's last drive.
Harker
(17,771 posts)I was going to go with "Take the cannoli", but this seemed more challenging.
Harker
(17,771 posts)JoseBalow
(9,459 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)yorkster
(3,822 posts)lapfog_1
(31,893 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid! It was a little Easter Egg in honor of Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Harker
(17,771 posts)GiqueCee
(4,201 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
(17,771 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
(31,893 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)Poor Tuco.
kewhawaii
(64 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)angrycaveman
(27 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)Vinca
(53,954 posts)One of my favorite movies.
3catwoman3
(29,360 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,863 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)griloco
(869 posts)griloco
(869 posts).
Turbineguy
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MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,647 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
(2,684 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,647 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)I thought "If you build" would be too obvious.
Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)YepYep
(102 posts)???
Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)neeksgeek
(1,250 posts)Walk this way.
Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)evemac
(318 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)walkingman
(10,826 posts)Ohiya
(2,734 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)Ohiya
(2,734 posts)drmeow
(5,989 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)drmeow
(5,989 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
(5,989 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
(9,960 posts)drmeow
(5,989 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
(2,730 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,452 posts)evemac
(318 posts)Ohiya
(2,734 posts)Bluestocking
(653 posts)evemac
(318 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)Bluestocking
(653 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)Quagmire and Peter fatally shoot Brian. Peter says "Leave the gun, keep the cream soda".
Bluestocking
(653 posts)evemac
(318 posts)Bluestocking
(653 posts)oldtime dfl_er
(7,176 posts)...better men than me with a small pistol.
Diamond_Dog
(40,530 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,530 posts)The Wizard
(13,724 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)The Wizard
(13,724 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,647 posts)I feel like that was a Holbrook line.
Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)red dog 1
(33,051 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,192 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
(1,507 posts)Turbineguy
(40,045 posts)boonecreek
(1,507 posts)ProfessorGAC
(76,647 posts)I'll check back later. I know for sure there are Loubge folks who know this
Golden Raisin
(4,755 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Endlessmike56
(189 posts)They tell me youre a madman.
MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Endlessmike56
(189 posts)dedl67
(215 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Mad_Dem_X
(10,192 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)GreenWave
(12,629 posts)marble falls
(71,887 posts)Ohiya
(2,734 posts)marble falls
(71,887 posts)markodochartaigh
(5,536 posts)n/t
Ohiya
(2,734 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)Maj. Dude
(47 posts)marble falls
(71,887 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,880 posts)Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
jmowreader
(53,169 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)griloco
(869 posts)marble falls
(71,887 posts)lpbk2713
(43,271 posts)...
VGNonly
(8,487 posts)"He's in the car"
griloco
(869 posts)56miSSie
(63 posts)Amaryllis
(11,260 posts)marble falls
(71,887 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Norrrm
(4,978 posts)AzTired64
(41 posts)Norrrm
(4,978 posts)Norrrm
(4,978 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)sheshe2
(97,508 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)Indeed it did.
sheshe2
(97,508 posts)TBF
(36,602 posts)Morbius
(990 posts)An excellent line.
Auggie
(33,134 posts)CTyankee
(68,166 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,813 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(178,971 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)I was misinformed.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,971 posts)Casablanca.
VGNonly
(8,487 posts)it's the romantic in me.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,971 posts)That movie is full of great dialog.
VGNonly
(8,487 posts)I can practically recite all the dialogue on mute.
greatauntoftriplets
(178,971 posts)The scene that always gets to me is when Victor Laszlo starts singing "Le Marseillais" to drown out the Nazis.
VGNonly
(8,487 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
(178,971 posts)Their experiences brought a certain dimension to the movie that it may not have otherwise had.
VGNonly
(8,487 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
(178,971 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
(33,051 posts)JoseBalow
(9,459 posts)red dog 1
(33,051 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)red dog 1
(33,051 posts)Upthevibe
(10,172 posts)Upthevibe
(10,172 posts)Yep.......
Harker
(17,771 posts)Harve Presnell and I go all the way back to "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."
LogDog75
(1,294 posts)Response to LogDog75 (Reply #229)
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JoseBalow
(9,459 posts)and the sequels!
JoseBalow
(9,459 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)in The Big Chill.
JoseBalow
(9,459 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
(8,487 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)Hint-a 1955 film
Harker
(17,771 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)were Jack Lemmon, William Powell and especially James Cagney. What a hoot!
Harker
(17,771 posts)Zambero
(9,979 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)(cry whining) "I was kidnapped by K-mart!"
pansypoo53219
(23,034 posts)Rigpa108
(70 posts)NoSheep
(8,341 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)MIButterfly
(2,684 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)CousinIT
(12,519 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)CousinIT
(12,519 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)CousinIT
(12,519 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 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
(10,018 posts)gladium et scutum
(829 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)Annie Moosee
(184 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,960 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,192 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)a ballpoint pen , a comb, some flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
gopiscrap
(24,720 posts)Rustynaerduwell
(782 posts)JoseBalow
(9,459 posts)One of the best!
Starseer
(85 posts)...startin' to do good!
VGNonly
(8,487 posts)jmowreader
(53,169 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)jmowreader
(53,169 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
(3,150 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)The colorful Percy Garris.
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some_of_us_are_sane
(3,150 posts)Harker
(17,771 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
(3,150 posts)But there is another famous one line "Bingo!"
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,150 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
(17,771 posts)I'm one of the seven people who haven't seen that one.
Harker
(17,771 posts)red dog 1
(33,051 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)Oddball.
CaptainTruth
(8,198 posts)Mad_Dem_X
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CaptainTruth
(8,198 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,198 posts)I know that's 4 words, but who's counting?
Mad_Dem_X
(10,192 posts)"Hoes got to eat, too." I love that film!
CaptainTruth
(8,198 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
(17,477 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)red dog 1
(33,051 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)there is a connection with the The OC. Think Billy Wilder.
VGNonly
(8,487 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)Robert Duval!
macwriter
(256 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)Objects in mirror are closer than they appear!
Rigpa108
(70 posts)Rastapopoulos
(746 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,192 posts)red dog 1
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JoseBalow
(9,459 posts)Animal House
red dog 1
(33,051 posts)JoseBalow
(9,459 posts)"You fucked up
you trusted us!"
Harker
(17,771 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)red dog 1
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red dog 1
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(8,487 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)VGNonly
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the captioning, which can be inexact, says fussy.
Harker
(17,771 posts)red dog 1
(33,051 posts)red dog 1
(33,051 posts)sammythecat
(3,597 posts)red dog 1
(33,051 posts)CTyankee
(68,166 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)In The African Queen.
CTyankee
(68,166 posts)boat named "The African Queen."
pdxflyboy
(933 posts)n/t
Dale in Laurel MD
(797 posts)nt
Harker
(17,771 posts)red dog 1
(33,051 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 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
(17,771 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)Redford made two very successful pictures with him.
Harker
(17,771 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 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
(1,314 posts)JoseBalow
(9,459 posts)And may the best man win. Except for you, Lady... May you just drop dead!
Harker
(17,771 posts)red dog 1
(33,051 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)Blasphemy to say he was.
Harker
(17,771 posts)JoseBalow
(9,459 posts)That was such a classic scene!
Harker
(17,771 posts)I heard my wife humming the tune over tea this morning.
JoseBalow
(9,459 posts)I do remember Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head while he's riding the bicycle.
Harker
(17,771 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
(9,459 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
(8,487 posts)Kansas, maybe?
Was that mentioned in the movie?
VGNonly
(8,487 posts)JoseBalow
(9,459 posts)I have a photographic memory, but sometimes things don't always develop.
VGNonly
(8,487 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)QueerDuck
(1,686 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,192 posts)QueerDuck
(1,686 posts)The Wizard
(13,724 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)The Wizard
(13,724 posts)Harker
(17,771 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
(653 posts)Harker
(17,771 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)you look like a gangster!!!"
Harker
(17,771 posts)VGNonly
(8,487 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,763 posts)...then let it start here."
VGNonly
(8,487 posts)and saw what was going on, on his name, he would never stop throwing up".