Posted on 11/18/2004 8:19:10 AM PST by Mad Dawgg
THE MOST MEMORABLE PHRASES FROM FILM CELEBRATED IN EIGHTH ANNUAL AFI/CBS TELEVISION EVENT
"Here's Looking at You, Kid," "Show Me the Money!" "I'll be Back" and Hundreds More Vie for the Title of "Movie Quote of The Century"
LOS ANGELES, November 17, 2004-The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced that AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Movie Quotes will be the theme for AFI's eighth annual celebration of 100 years of American movies.
AFI'S 100 Years . . . 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases will count down America's 100 greatest lines of dialogue spoken in the movies, as chosen by experts of the motion picture community, in a three-hour television event on the CBS Television Network in June 2005.
Last year's special, AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Songs, was the most popular AFI special in the series to date, winning the night handily and coming in third for the week with an 8.3 household rating and a 14 share, representing a 66% ratings advantage over its nearest competitor. Due to its popularity, CBS rebroadcast the special on August 13, 2004.
Each year, the AFI program has garnered considerable attention from movie lovers around the world. Previous programs within this series have included AFI 100 Years...100 Movies (1998), . . . 100 Stars (1999), . . . 100 Laughs (2000), . . . 100 Thrills (2001), . . . 100 Passions (2002), . . . 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) and . . . 100 Songs (2004).
"Great movie quotes become part of our cultural vocabulary," stated AFI's Director and CEO Jean Picker Firstenberg. "When you consider that any phrase from American film is eligible, you realize this is our most subjective topic to date. We expect nothing less than a war of words as we re-ignite interest in classic American movies."
For the eighth consecutive year, the primetime special will be executive produced and directed by Gary Smith; executive produced for AFI by former AFI Board chair Frederick S. Pierce; and produced by Dann Netter and Bob Gazzale. SFM Entertainment LLC is the distributor of the program. Past sponsors of the series have included General Motors, Pepsi, Johnson & Johnson, Best Buy, Anheuser-Busch, Colgate-Palmolive and all major motion picture companies.
About the Jury Process
Today, AFI distributed a ballot with 400 nominated movie quotes to a jury of over 1,500 leaders from the creative community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers), critics and historians.
This year, the jury will be asked to choose up to 100 movie quotes from a comprehensive list, including entries such as "Here's lookin' at you, kid" (CASABLANCA), "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" (GONE WITH THE WIND), "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" (SHE DONE HIM WRONG), "May the Force be with you" (STAR WARS), "Houston, we have a problem" (APOLLO 13), "Snap out of it!" (MOONSTRUCK), "You can't handle the truth!" (A FEW GOOD MEN), "I'll be back" (THE TERMINATOR) and "Show me the money!" (JERRY MAGUIRE).
Due to the extensive number of memorable movie lines in American film, jurors may also write in votes for up to five quotes that may not already appear on the ballot.
The jurors have been asked to consider the following criteria in making their selections:
MOVIE QUOTE
A statement, phrase or brief exchange of dialogue spoken in an American film.* (Lyrics from songs are not eligible.)
CULTURAL IMPACT
Movie Quotes that viewers use in their own lives and situations; circulating through popular culture, they become part of the national lexicon.
LEGACY
Movie Quotes that viewers use to evoke the memory of a treasured film, thus ensuring and enlivening its historical legacy.
*AFI defines an American film as an English language motion picture with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States. Additionally, only Movie Quotes from feature-length American films released before January 1, 2004, will be considered. AFI defines a feature-length film as a motion picture of narrative format that is typically over 60 minutes in length.
Interesting Facts about the Ballot
Chronologically, the ballot spans from 1927-with the first full-length sound film, THE JAZZ SINGER: "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!"-to 2002 and "My precious" from THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS.
CASABLANCA has seven quotes in AFI's ballot, making it the most represented film.
THE WIZARD OF OZ is the second most represented film with six quotes.
Humphrey Bogart has 10 quotes on the ballot, the most represented male actor. Al Pacino and the Marx Brothers follow with six quotes each and Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, James Stewart and Jack Nicholson are all represented with five quotes each. Funnymen Woody Allen, Peter Sellers and Mike Myers each have four quotes represented.
Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Judy Garland and Vivien Leigh each have four memorable movie quotes on the ballot.
Billy Wilder is the top represented writer with 13 quotes, some co-written with I.A.L. Diamond, Charles Brackett and Raymond Chandler. Frances Ford Coppola has nine quotes represented, with seven coming from THE GODFATHER Trilogy. Mario Puzo, Coppola's collaborator on THE GODFATHER trilogy, has a total of eight quotes. Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch each have seven quotes (all from CASABLANCA), followed by Woody Allen with six and Cameron Crowe, William Goldman and Stanley Kubrick with five quotes each.
1939 is the most represented year with 19 movie quotes. 1942 has 17 quotes and 1980 has 12.
"Son, you got a panty on your head!"
From:....
Negotiate? [BANG] Anyone else want to negotiate?
(or my tagline this week...)
O-OH! PC-U, I get it. LOL! I'm sold! Will rent it tonite.
I loath Alec Baldwin, but I love that movie!
Also from same movie: ((Proper finishing school lady giving advice on how to improve each girl's appearance)That homely girl steps up and lady gasps and says in low voice)----"Play a lot of night games."
"Jimmy, if I paid you more, do you think you could you be just a little more disgusting?"---JIMMY: "Well, I could use the money"
I was trying to remember the lyrics to that song that was on the radio when Coop was driving...one part goes something like "and that wart on your thing won't go away unless you use topical cream 3 times a day".....
"What are all these books in your trunk?"
"What? You got somethin against reading?"
"But you have a box full of the same book. Why is that?"
"In case I wanted to read it more than once?"
Just a few:
"You guys are going to look pretty funny trying to eat corn on the cobb - with no f*ckin' teeth"m - Blues Brothers
"I've often thought of becoming a golf club"
"Ten bucks the Smells kid picks his nose"
"Are you my pal Danny? Hummmm...Hummmm? How bout' a Fresca?"
- 3 of about 50 you could pick from Caddy Shack
"Them politicians in Washington want us to fight this war with one hand ties around our balls"
"I say again, expend all remaining munitions on my pos! It's a lovbely f*ckin' war. Bravo Six out."
"You ignorant asshole! You killed alot of good people with your F*cked up fire mission! You know that!? You know that?! Aww shit. Red Leg Red Leg, Bravo two check your fire, check your fire!"
"All you gotta do is make it outta here - and the rest of your life - GRAVY!"
Just 4 from about 50 from Platoon
"Let me go back in there and face the peril!"
"No it's much too perilous"
"What does it do? Nibble your bum?"
"I'm French!! Why else do you think I have this outrageous accent you silly King!"
3 of about 50 possible from The Holy Grail
I'll end with the old stand by from Conan. While answering the question "What is best in life?"
Conan - "To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!"
OK I am seriously hurt from Pepsi spurgle coming out my nose!
Not to mention I need a new Keyboard!
That was seriously good!
And a quote from Charlie Chaplin: " "
"Watch your cornhole, bud."
4 from Star Wars that I use frequently:
Thanks!
" It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again. "
"Evil is a point of view. God kills indiscriminately and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we are, none so like him as ourselves."
"What do you mean, I'm funny?...You mean the way I talk? What?...Funny how? I mean, what's funny about it?...But I'm funny how? I mean, funny like I'm a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh? I'm here to f--kin' amuse you? What do you mean, funny? Funny how? How'm I funny??...How the f--k am I funny? What the f--k is so funny about me? Tell me? Tell me what's funny!..."
Thank you. I try.
"You just keep thinkin' Butch, that's what your good at"
8^)
Tall Tale: "We're comin', kid."
"Not through our land!!"
The Sandlot: "You play ball like a GIRL!" (The stunned silence and the look on the kids face after that insult is a film classic)
"Watch your cornhole, bud."
CLASSIC from Office Space. Love that movie.
Who are those guys?
What's wrong with those other guys?
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