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#109295 08/05/03 09:20 PM
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also from Monty Python the Black Knight's declaration
"it's only a flesh wound"


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And now for something completely different

"a man with eight legs."
"oh, he ran away!"

and who could forget the man with a tape recorder up his nose?



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"Look deeply into my eyes."

"I vant to suck your blood."

--Bela Lugosi, Dracula

"What a dump!"
--Bette Davis, Beyond the Forest

"Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten me into!" (or, "us" into)
--Oliver Hardy, (most Laurel & Hardy flicks)

"Bond. James Bond." [substitute any name]
--Sean Connery (the only *true James Bond)

"You just put your lips together and blow."
--Lauren Bacall, To Have and Have Not

"...and your little dog, too!"
--Margaret Hamilton, The Wizard of Oz


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I don't ctach things, Juan.

Using a new alphabet, Faldo?





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No, he just caught it with the wrong finger :)


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Can't remember which movies but Mae West with
"Why dontcha come up and see me sometime?" and
"Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?"
Like some of the others mentioned above, people who have never seen the movie still recognise the lines.



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Yep, Zed...that Mae West "Why don'tcha..." is a good one! And I even forgot that "gun in your pocket" line was hers!

Her's another definite biggie:

"I coulda been somebody, I coulda been a contenduh."
--Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront

Which is actually a misquote, BTW, because the *orignal line is, "I coulda been a contenduh, I coulda been somebody." Why most folks transpose it colloquially (including me), I dunno. More fun to day "contenduh" at the end, I guess. But everytime I see the clip of that scene I'm reminded of the original and continue to use it the other way anyway.

And, speaking of *original quotes, the Claude Raines line from Casablanca is actually "Round up the usual suspects." But, as has been discussed in seeking the etymology of the phrase on this board, it seems to have given rise to the phrase "the usual suspects."

And I *think the Godfather quote is actually, "Make him an offer he can't refuse". But it's become used in every which way.

Must be some fodder in these leads, folks...James Dean, W.C. Fields, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Anyone?

And this has been parodied enough for consideration here:

"It's aliiiiiive!"
--Dr. Frankenstein

And does anyone know if Dennis Hopper actually introduced "Far out!" in Easy Rider?


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...and the line from "Casablanca" that was never spoken:
"Play it again, Sam."
...and the expression attributed to Cary Grant (that he never spoke): "Judy, Judy, Judy."
...and the Peter Sellers line from "The Pink Panther":
"Does your dug baht?"


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>..and the Peter Sellers line from "The Pink Panther":
"Does your dug baht?"

Ah for the IPA - I would have transcribed that quite differently.

It did however, somwhat circuitously, remind me of a line from cinema that has attained some measure of currency in certain circles, from a character near to one of our own.
"Do or do not, there is no try." Fozzie Bear.



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Anybody have any others?

“Here’s looking at you, kid.” Casablanca

“There’s no place like home.” The Wizard of Oz

“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.” Network

“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” Gone With The Wind

“I’ll be back.” The Terminator

“Mama always said life was like a box of chocolate.
Forrest Gump

“You can’t handle the truth.” A Few Good Men

“Show me the money.”
Jerry Maguire

“May the force be with you.” Star Wars




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