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.
Unless you're being sarcastic, you might wanna read the WHOLE thread.
Michael Douglas
Wall Street, "greed is good."
Well, I nominate Dr. Evil as the most quotable movie character of all time "All I want is some frickin sharks with frickin laser beams on their frickin heads!"
I CAN'T LIE!!!
Man, they are just commin' too fast for me - "never mind"
"I bought off a negro."
"You'll get nothing and like it!"
I could quote that movie all day!
Oh Ghostbusters is the best!
Dana:Are you the keymaster?
Peter: No.
(door slams shut in his face. Knocks again)
Dana: Are you the keymaster?
Peter: Yes!
Janine: Would you like some coffee?
Louis: Do I?
Egon: Yes, have some.
Louis: Yes, have some.
I love Groucho!
My Fav:
"Are you married? Do you fool around? Answer the second question first."
"Chuck's clerking for me until he passes the bar..."
Blast. I hoped to do the Khan line. Oh well.
Here's some more:
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
"You know, someday this war's gonna end."
"Klaatu, barada, (cough)"
"You should not drink and bake."
"The central message of Buddhism is not 'every man for himself'."
"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
"So it's sorta social, demented and sad, but social. Right?"
"That's it? If you had a million dollars, you'd do two chicks at the same time?"
"My uncle was born in America."
"Oh, really? "
"But he was one of the lucky ones. He managed to escape in a balloon during the Jimmy Carter presidency."
"Listen to me Hillary. I'm not the first guy who fell in love with a woman that he met at a restaurant who turned out to be the daughter of a kidnapped scientist only to lose her to her childhood lover who she last saw on a deserted island who then turned out fifteen years later to be the leader of the French underground."
"To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people. I've known sheep who could outwit you. I've worn dresses with higher IQs, but you think you're an intellectual, don't you, ape?"
"That's it man, game over man, game over!"
Oh yeah? Well I'm not the one who just got buttf@#$ed on national television, DUANE!
If you get the Double Secret Probation DVD, you'll see he became President.
"He looks like Dick Cavet!"
"The Russians don't take a dump son, without a five year plan."
Not having seen the movie, what *does* "I'm your huckleberry" actually mean?
thx (from a Toby Keith fan who wondered about the song by that name, too)
WHOA!!! THE LIST HAS LOADS OF AIRPLANE QUOTES!!!
Some of the best I haven't seen here yet:
"Big" "I get to be on top!"
"Bringing up Baby" DR. DAVID HUXLEY It isn't that I don't like you, Susan, because after all, in moments of quiet, I'm strangely drawn toward you; but, well, there haven't been any quiet moments!
"A Christmas Story," MRS PARKER You'll shoot your eye out!
"City Slickers," MITCH: Hi, Curly! You kill anybody today? CURLEY: Day ain't over yet.
"Clueless," CHER HORWITZ: As if!
"Jaws," MARTIN BRODY: YOu're gonna need a bigger boat.
A personal favorite:
"My Counsin Vinny" MONA LISA VITO: "My biological clock is ticking like this and the way this case is going, I ain't ever gonna get married." -- as only Marissa Tomei could deliver.
Another favorite:
"The Odd Couple" OSCAR MADISON "I cannot stand little notes on my pillow! “We are all out of cornflakes, F.U.” It took me three hours to figure out F.U. was Felix Unger.
And another:
"Patton" GEN. GEORGE PATTON "Now, I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
"Raising Arizona" H. I. McDUNNOUGH I'll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash you got.
"Tootise" RITA I'd like to make her look a little more
attractive. How far can you pull back?
CAMERAMAN How do you feel about Cleveland?
"When Harry Met Sally" CUSTOMER: I'll have what she's having
Personal favorite:
"WHo Framed Roger Rabbit" JESSICA RABBIT I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.
Rotten movie, but funny line:
"Working Girl" TESS McGILL I have a head for business and a bod for sin.
And lastly, how could you guys miss this one, Mel's best on the list:
HUMP? WHAT HUMP?
(My favorite Mel Brooks line isn't on the list:)
"Robin Hood: Men in Tights" MME LATRINE: Madame Shithouse.
"This mess will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to survive it."
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning. That smell, that gasoline smell.... it smells like victory."
Great quote.
And another favorite:
"The rose goes in the front." (grin)
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