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post #1 of 90
11/8/04 at 4:59pm
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"Mein Fuhrer! I can walk!"
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post #2 of 90
11/8/04 at 5:26pm
Morgan Freeman closed out both SEVEN and Shawshank memorably. CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND was great, too.

"I came up with a new game-show idea recently. It's called The Old Game. You got three old guys with loaded guns onstage. They look back at their lives, see who they were, what they accomplished, how close they came to realizing their dreams. The winner is the one who doesn't blow his brains out. He gets a refrigerator."
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post #3 of 90
11/8/04 at 5:26pm
"Rick, I believe this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship..."
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post #4 of 90
11/8/04 at 5:26pm
"Close it yourself, shitty!! Hahahaha!"
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post #5 of 90
11/8/04 at 5:31pm
"Ernest Hemingway once wrote, 'The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for.' I agree with the second part."

"Now we are free. I will see you again. But not yet."

"I hope."
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post #6 of 90
11/8/04 at 5:40pm
How could this thread get too far without: "Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown"

My fave (if it really IS the last line): "Nowhere Special. Always wanted to go there..."
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post #7 of 90
11/8/04 at 5:41pm
"Marla, you met me at a very strange time in my life."
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post #8 of 90
11/8/04 at 5:59pm
"Naht a chance!"
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post #9 of 90
11/8/04 at 6:01pm
"Come on, Debbie, let's go home."

"Anything for the man who shot Liberty Valance!"
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post #10 of 90
11/8/04 at 6:12pm
"Sam....I'm glad you're with me."

"Frankly Scarlett, I don't give a damn.

"I think we'll be okay here, Leon."

"This is Ripley....last survivor of the Nostromo.....signing off."

"I was cured, all right"

"I think I'll have a drink."

"I'm gonna go home and sleep with my wife."

"I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid... you're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you. A world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you."
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post #11 of 90
11/8/04 at 6:26pm
a couple...

Quote:
I'm an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.
Quote:
What's wrong, baby?
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post #12 of 90
11/8/04 at 6:30pm
"Murphy."

"There's another one for the fire!"

And from the otherwise very unfunny Clue-
"I'm going home to sleep with my wife!"
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post #13 of 90
11/8/04 at 6:54pm
"If not Arizona, then a land not too far away. Where all parents are strong and wise and capable. And all children are happy and beloved. I don't know. Maybe it was Utah. "


"I just had a terrible thought. What if this is a dream?"
"Well then, kiss me quick before you wake up."


"Yes, they're the ones. I'm sure."
"Don't let any of them go through."
"That's them. Yes."
"Put him in the van."


"Is that the guy with the old balls?"
"I don't think you're supposed to say balls, okay? Testicles"
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post #14 of 90
11/8/04 at 7:04pm
"And like that... he's gone."
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post #15 of 90
11/8/04 at 7:09pm
"I don't have all the answers. In life, to be honest, I've failed as much as I've succeeded; but I love my wife, I love my life, and I wish you my kind of success."


"Well, I know what I have here. Come on...buy you a drink, you know...a drink?"


"After careful consideration, I've decided not to endorse your park."
"So have I."


"Shut up and deal."


"Two more months."


"We should be getting out of here."
"Yeah, that's probably a good idea."


"And, like that...he's gone."
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post #16 of 90
11/8/04 at 7:53pm
"Lenscap!"
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post #17 of 90
11/8/04 at 8:21pm
"I used to hate the water."
"I can't imagine why."

"Afraid you're right, Mr. Helpman. He's gone."

"And for a brief moment, Gordo Cooper became the greatest pilot anyone had ever seen."
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post #18 of 90
11/8/04 at 9:25pm
"Well, I'm back."

"Now... where was I?"

"Told you I'm never going back."
"Yeah."

"No chance."
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post #19 of 90
11/8/04 at 9:26pm
"How fast can you run? As fast as a leopard. How fast are you gonna run? As fast as a leopard. Then let's see you do it!"
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post #20 of 90
11/8/04 at 9:30pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chowyunfrag
"Lenscap!"
That's my favorite of recent memory.
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post #21 of 90
11/8/04 at 9:31pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rath/Brendan
"Marla, you met me at a very strange time in my life."
Ah you beat me to it.

What a fucking great ending, the music, the buildings exploding, and Jack and Marla just standing there perfectly calm as all of this is happening.

Fantastic.
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post #22 of 90
11/8/04 at 10:30pm
"Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur the KO-DAN armada."

"I love this town!"

"Hey Blonde! You know what you are?! You're a rotten son a--"

"Well, I'm back."

"Son of a bitch, he stole my line."

"This was the story of Howard Keal, the only man every murdered due to lousy ratings."
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post #23 of 90
11/8/04 at 11:03pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JuxtaPosition
"Rick, I believe this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship..."
Nyet, nyet, nyet! It's "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."


Couple of others....

"Was that the boogeyman?"
"As a matter of fact, it was."

"Well, Denham, the airplanes got him."
"Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast."
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post #24 of 90
11/10/04 at 11:37am
Werbal beat me to King Kong.

"Second star on the right. Straight on 'till morning."

"...but that is another story."
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post #25 of 90
11/10/04 at 11:51am
"Now give me some sugar, baby." bruce cambell rocks
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post #26 of 90
11/10/04 at 5:11pm
"I just stare life right in the eye and say, Gimme your best shot."



"A pity there's not more time."
"OK"

I think these are right.
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post #27 of 90
11/10/04 at 5:58pm
" I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday. "

"We'll meet you at the rendezvous point on Tatooine, good luck"

"Cities fall but they are rebuilt. Heroes die but they are remembered. " - from the otherwise wholly unremarkable Deep Impact. I think Morgan Freeman just has perfect line delivery.
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post #28 of 90
11/10/04 at 6:11pm
“You finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you! God damn you all to hell!”

"It's too bad she won't live -- but then again, who does?"

“I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye.”

“The horror. The horror.”
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post #29 of 90
11/10/04 at 6:17pm
"...I ordered linguini in marinara sauce and got noodles with ketchup. Now I'm just another schnook. A nobody."

Or something to that effect. Then Joe Pesci blows you away to the sounds of Sid Vicious.
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post #30 of 90
11/11/04 at 10:22am
"What' you've been doing all these years?"
"I've been going to bed early."
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post #31 of 90
11/14/04 at 12:20pm
"Goo'bye..." Cary Duffey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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post #32 of 90
11/14/04 at 2:35pm
"Don't worry, asshole. You'll get your chance."

"You're so cool."

"Because if a Terminator can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too."
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post #33 of 90
11/14/04 at 5:51pm
"Well. Why don't we both just sit here for a while and see what happens."
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post #34 of 90
11/14/04 at 6:16pm
"Open your eyes."

"Roads? Where we're going...we don't need roads."

"How do I look?"
"You look ready."
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post #35 of 90
11/14/04 at 7:11pm
Best (and Worst) Closing lines
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post #36 of 90
11/14/04 at 7:13pm

Best Closing Lines

Since it was on TMC earlier today, "Nobody's perfect." ; Some Like It Hot .
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post #37 of 90
11/14/04 at 9:34pm
"Subject to the requirements of the service."
(pause)
"Well, Stephen, you say the bird's flightless?"
"Yes."
"Then it's not going anywhere."

"Derek Smalls: Lead Guitar!"
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post #38 of 90
11/15/04 at 12:02am
"He says a storm's coming"
" I know"


My favorite was already said:

"Shut up and deal"
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post #39 of 90
11/17/04 at 4:42am
YAHOOOOO! You're all clear, kid. Now let's blow this thing and go home.
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post #40 of 90
11/17/04 at 5:29am
Stand by Me - (not exact) - "I never had friends like the friends I had when I was twelve, hell, does anyone..."
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post #41 of 90
11/17/04 at 11:00am
"And the Road Warrior? That was the last we ever saw of him. He lives now only in my memories."
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post #42 of 90
11/27/04 at 2:39pm
"Now.....where was I?"
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post #43 of 90
11/27/04 at 2:44pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashxking2001
YAHOOOOO! You're all clear, kid. Now let's blow this thing and go home.
Only there's like six lines after that.
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post #44 of 90
11/28/04 at 3:39am
"Guy gets on the MTA, dies; think anyone will notice?"

"Told you I'm never going back."
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post #45 of 90
12/7/04 at 1:38am
"Where to, Captain?"

"Second star to the right, Mr. Sulu. Straight on 'till morning."

EDIT: Someone beat me to this! DAMN!

Here's one that I loved:

"Go get'em, tiger!"
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post #46 of 90
12/14/04 at 3:37pm
I may be a bastard, but I ain't a fucking bastard ...
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post #47 of 90
12/14/04 at 4:05pm
Most of these I recogonize but some of these I can't remember and had to look up. If you could put the movie title, that would be great!
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post #48 of 90
12/14/04 at 6:25pm
"The sun never sets on those who ride into it."
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post #49 of 90
12/15/04 at 10:37am
Quote:
Originally Posted by poopoodle
Righteous! Totally righteous! Way to go Hamilton!!"
Isn't it "awesome"? From Fast Times at Ridgemont High, right?
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post #50 of 90
12/15/04 at 12:28pm
One I'm shocked no one has mentioned yet:

"I hope I make it across the border. I hope to see my friend. I hope the Pacific is as blue as in my dreams. I hope."
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