We're on a mission from God.
Posted on 06/22/2005 4:59:10 AM PDT by TrebleRebel
Frankly, my dear, even those who have never seen Gone with the Wind can still identify Rhett Butler's final words to Scarlett O'Hara.
The level of instantaneous recognition inspired by Clark Gable's final line to Vivien Leigh--"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"--led the American Film Institute to deem it number one on its list of the top 100 movie quotes.
The listmakers extraordinaire over at the AFI revealed the latest compilation in their 100 Years series--100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases--in a three-hour CBS television special Tuesday hosted by Pierce Brosnan.
The winning lines were selected by 1,500 jurors from a list of 400 nominees. Voting criteria included a nominated quote's cultural impact on the national lexicon and whether it was used to invoke the legacy of the film in which it appeared.
In close contention for the top spot on the list were two of Marlon Brando's most famous lines--"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse," from 1972's The Godfather and "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am," from 1954's On the Waterfront--which finished second and third, respectively.
In fourth place was Judy Garland's naive proclamation to her loyal canine in 1939's The Wizard of Oz: "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
Humphrey Bogart's remark to Ingrid Bergman in 1942's Casablanca, "Here's looking at you, kid," was looking at fifth place on the list, but was one of six quotes overall chosen from the film. Others included Bogart's "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" (20th), "We'll always have Paris" (43rd), "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine" (67), and Bergman's "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By' " (28th).
Gone with the Wind also had multiple entries in the top 100. Leigh's "After all, tomorrow is another day" made the list at number 31, and her "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again" was number 59.
The earliest quote was Al Jolson's "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet," (71st) from 1927's The Jazz Singer. The most recent was Andy Serkis' "My precious," (85th) from 2002's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
Numerous sci-fi films inspired list-making quotes, including Harrison Ford's "May the Force be with you" (8th) from 1977's Star Wars, Arnold Schwarzenegger's "I'll be back" (37) from The Terminator and a certain friendly alien's insistence that "E.T. phone home," (15th) from 1982's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.
On the lighter side, John Belushi's exclamations of "Toga! Toga!" from 1978's Animal House made the list at number 82, while Cuba Gooding Jr.'s rallying cry of "Show me the money!" from 1996's Jerry Maguire placed 25th on the list.
Then there were the lines that inspired fear in the hearts of all but the most intrepid moviegoers, such as Jack Nicholson's "Here's Johnny!" (68th) from 1980's The Shining, and Haley Joel Osment's "I see dead people," from 1999's The Sixth Sense (44th).
Patrick Swayze's solemn declaration that "Nobody puts Baby in a corner," from 1987's Dirty Dancing squeaked onto the list at number 98 and Margaret Hamilton's witchy vow, "I''ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!" from The Wizard of Oz came in at number 99.
Rounding out the top 100 was Leonardo DiCaprio's passionate shout-out from 1997's Titanic: "I'm king of the world!" (And, please, let that be the last we hear of it.)
The complete list of 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases can be viewed at www.afi.com.
Here's a rundown of the top 25 most memorable movie quotes as determined by the AFI:
1. "Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn." Gone with the Wind, 1939
2. "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse." The Godfather, 1972
3. "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am." On the Waterfront, 1954
4. "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." The Wizard of Oz, 1939
5. "Here's looking at you, kid." Casablanca, 1942
6. "Go ahead, make my day." Sudden Impact, 1983
7. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." Sunset Boulevard., 1950
8. "May the Force be with you." Star Wars, 1977
9. "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." All About Eve, 1950
10. "You talking to me?" Taxi Driver, 1976
11. "What we've got here is failure to communicate." Cool Hand Luke, 1967
12. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." Apocalypse Now, 1979
13. "Love means never having to say you're sorry." Love Story, 1970
14. "The stuff that dreams are made of." The Maltese Falcon, 1941
15. "E.T. phone home." E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, 1982
16. "They call me Mister Tibbs!" In the Heat of the Night, 1967
17. "Rosebud." Citizen Kane, 1941
18. "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" White Heat, 1949
19. "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Network, 1976
20. "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Casablanca, 1942
21. "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti." The Silence of the Lambs, 1991
22. "Bond. James Bond." Dr. No, 1962
23. "There's no place like home." The Wizard of Oz, 1939
24. "I am big! It's the pictures that got small." Sunset Boulevard, 1950
25. "Show me the money!" Jerry Maguire, 1996
I was going to include that but the post was getting kind of long, and that quote is so much better in the context of the movie, as is just about anything Lone Watie says. If you're not watching it, you really don't get how great his lines are.
From a western titled the Professionals in the early 70's. Lee Marvin tells the villian at the end, "Some men are born bastards but your a self made one."
I love that line! I have heard people use that so many times, and for the life of me I could never remember where I had heard it.
"Come on over here Ron, let me show ya what I'm doing. Taking advantage of some of the time off to, uh, add a whole new wing on here. I'm gonna rip these walls out, and uh, course rewire it."
"You gonna make it all 220?"
"Yeah, 220, 221—whatever it takes."
"Yes, I speak Jive."
2. "I am here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I am all out of bubblegum." --- They Live.
3. "Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There is no escape. I am God's lonely man." --- Taxi Driver
4. "Do you ride side saddle or astride?" --- Wuthering Heights
5. "Say goodnight to da bad guy" --- Scarface
I'm sure I'll think of more.
Sure, the World Wide Web is great,
But you, you make me salivate
"You're young; you got your health. What do you want with a job?"
"Hey, man, there's a beverage here!"
Oh, I agree that those quotes and far more were better than many of the quotes in the list (Sunset Boulevard is way overrated, and WTF are Jerry Maguire and APOLLO 13 doing in there!). But as I mentioned above, A) I didn't want to post all the quotes, because the post was already getting long, and B) some quotes lose something out of context of the film that make them phenomenal in the movie. For instance, that scene where he talks about the stupid hound comin' with `em and spits on the mutts forehead...slays me every time.
I need to watch GB&U again. That is a great movie but I don't have it on video, and I don't see it on TV much. Seemed like Josey Wales was on every two hours on TBS for a while.
"I enjoyed your post, but you need to get out more :)"
This is true.
However, I didn't collect all the quotes myself--IMDB.com did a creditable job of that for me.
"Illinois Nazis. I hate Illinois Nazis." - Joliet Jake Blues, The Blues Brothers
"Dr Strangeglove"? Wazzat - a Mel Brooks sequel?
"Thanks for the Real Genius quotes! They still make me LOL."
Agreed--that movie is a must-see every time it comes on TV, too.
I need to get it on DVD.
We're on a mission from God.
What about:
Jeremiah Johnson (to DelJew, buried up to his neck in sand)- "Are you alone?"
DelJew - "No, I've got a good horse under me!"
Jeremiah Johnson (thumping his chest, speaking to a recently acquired Indian Squaw, who speaks no English, but can parrot "yes")
JJ- "Fine figure of a man, yes?"
Squaw - "Yes"
JJ - "Mighty hunter, yes?"
Squaw - "Yes"
JJ- "Good, that's all you need to know!"
From "The God's Must be Crazy"
"Ai yai yai, yai yai!"
"I don't want to talk about it"
"Take him.... to the Helicopter!"
I just got done taming a wild honeymoon stallion for you guys. ...
1. Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch."
2. "I can't swim!"
3. "What, are you kidding me, the fall will probably kill you!"
4. "I work for Mr. E. H. Harriman of the Union Pacific."
5. "Who are those guys? I couldn't do that, could you do that?"
6. "What happened to the old banks?"
7. Guns or knives, Butch? Guns or knives?"
And many more from one of the funniest movies EVER........ Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
Yes, great line
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Also, if I may, see post 338.
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Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.? That's a tough one, but I'll give it a shot. Say I'm working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. So I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I'm real happy with myself, 'cause I did my job well. But maybe that code was the location of some rebel army in North Africa or the Middle East. Once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels were hiding and fifteen hundred people I never had a problem with get killed. Now the politicians are sayin', "Send in the marines to secure the area" 'cause they don't give a shit. It won't be their kid over there, gettin' shot. Just like it wasn't them when their number was called, 'cause they were pullin' a tour in the National Guard. It'll be some guy from Southie takin' shrapnel in the ass. And he comes home to find that the plant he used to work at got exported to the country he just got back from. And the guy who put the shrapnel in his ass got his old job, 'cause he'll work for fifteen cents a day and no bathroom breaks.
Meanwhile my buddy from Southie realizes the only reason he was over there was so we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price. And of course the oil companies used the skirmish to scare up oil prices so they could turn a quick buck. A cute little ancillary benefit for them but it ain't helping my buddy at two-fifty a gallon. And naturally they're takin' their sweet time bringin' the oil back, and maybe even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes to drink martinis and play slalom with the icebergs, and it ain't too long 'til he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in the North Atlantic. So my buddy's out of work and he can't afford to drive, so he's got to walk to the job interviews, which sucks 'cause the shrapnel in his ass is givin' him chronic hemorrhoids. And meanwhile he's starvin' 'cause every time he tries to get a bite to eat the only blue plate special they're servin' is North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State.
So what do I think? I'm holdin' out for somethin' better. Why not just shoot my buddy, take his job and give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard? I could be elected president.
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