Quoth the Raven: "Sometimes"

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Posted by Bambi B on May 20, 2004 at 00:51:51

In Reply to: Most quotable movie ever? posted by gwlvrns on May 19, 2004 at 20:56:32:

GWlvrns,

There is so much memorable dialogue, but there are some phrases that are recognized even by the middle ground of movie enthusiast:

Gone With the Wind: "Frankly my dear I don't give a damn."
Casablanca: "Here's lookin' at you kid", "Round up the the usual suspects", "You played it for her, you can play it for me."
To Have and Have not: "You know how to whistle don't you Steve. You put your lips together and.. blow."
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: "Who are those guys?"
Love and Death: "I have an ulcer and my doctor says death is the worst thing for it."
Bridge on the River Kwai: "Madness!"
Apocolypse Now: "I love the smell of naplam in the morning. It smells like..victory." "Terminate- with extreme prejudice."
Citizen Kane: "Rosebud."
All about Eve: "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be bumpy night."
Ninotchka: "You're very talkative."
Shrek: (Looking at a castle in a lake of molten lava): "Sure it's big, but look at the location." (needing to kill the dragon) "It's on my to-do list."
"The Importance of Being Earnest: "To lose one parent is unfortunate, to lose both looks like carelessness."
Sunset Boulevard: "I'm ready for my closeup Mr. DeMille."

I can't really pin down a single movie with the most or best known quotes- I guess in those terms it would have to be a film version of Hamlet!" But "Casablanca" does have quite a few memorable lines.

Also, it is more typical I think that the kind of heightened writing of American movies produces punchier quotes and this kind of catch phrase than foreign movies I can think of.

Cheers,

Bambi B

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Topic - Most quotable movie ever? - gwlvrns 20:56:32 05/19/04 (30)

Buckaroo Banzai, Army of Darkness, and Young Frankenstein - erisian 10:34:50 06/01/04 (0)

Re: Most quotable movie ever? - joeychitwood 05:42:24 05/25/04 (0)

Monty Python's Holy Grail of course...you empty headed animal food trough wiper! (nt - dennzio 12:38:04 05/22/04 (0)

Re: Most quotable movie ever? - TomD 17:32:49 05/21/04 (0)

great line in YOUNGBLOOD(hockey movie) - draggcj 08:26:46 05/21/04 (0)

All truly great movies have memorable lines - LesF 17:55:18 05/20/04 (0)

"College is like high school with ashtrays..." - clbeanz 12:51:11 05/20/04 (0)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High - padreken 10:29:48 05/20/04 (1)

Doesn't anybody knock anymore? (nt) - PdL 11:22:00 05/20/04 (0)

Full Metal Jacket - padreken 10:18:14 05/20/04 (2)

Re: Full Metal Jacket - dwill123 12:27:43 05/20/04 (1)

Re: And my favorite - rico 12:43:42 05/20/04 (0)

Airplane, Blazing Saddles, SlapShot - ToshiroMeyers 08:20:23 05/20/04 (0)

Caddyshack, Scarface and Monty Python And The Holy Grail. - sjb 08:18:27 05/20/04 (1)

NI (nt) - dan.boz 10:41:25 05/20/04 (0)

Miller's Crossing (nt) - Bulkington 06:33:45 05/20/04 (0)

The all time best - "The Godfather" - dwill123 05:11:47 05/20/04 (1)

Excellent! Those are all good ones..... (nt) - PdL 06:01:37 05/20/04 (0)

Fifty bucks sez the Schmales kid eats his booger - YECH 03:25:49 05/20/04 (0)

Re: Most quotable movie ever? - geoffkait 03:14:16 05/20/04 (5)

Re: Most quotable movie ever? - TomD 17:30:08 05/21/04 (0)

Excellent list - Bambi B 11:48:47 05/20/04 (2)

Re: Oz Paper - Gee LP 22:08:56 05/26/04 (0)

Re: Blazing Saddles - rico 12:45:18 05/20/04 (0)

ooops! - treasure of sierra madre - geoffkait 04:10:25 05/20/04 (0)

Quoth the Raven: "Sometimes" - Bambi B 00:51:51 05/20/04 (0)

Rob Reiners "This is Spinal Tap" goes up to 11 - grinagog 22:23:29 05/19/04 (0)

The Wizard Of Oz - tesla 22:03:17 05/19/04 (0)

Re: Most quotable movie ever? - rico 21:59:31 05/19/04 (1)

Great list. Two more:.... - Hepcat 05:22:07 05/20/04 (0)

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