a contributer down below posts the quote "are you sleeping with her?" and so far has no responses, while others before and after have many. made me think about the game a little...

"are you sleeping with her?", or something similar, has probably been said many times in many movies. the fact that it stuck in YOUR mind after watching a flick doesn't mean it was all that memorable to others. to be interesting, the quote has to be fairly unique - or funny, sarcastic, bizarre, provocative, pithy, philosophic, or filled with double-entendre. OR, maybe it just has to be said by (or about) somebody BIG.

it also has to be common enough that SOMEBODY else saw it, yet obscure enough that the entire planet doesn't know it instantly.

if i threw out "heeeeeeere's johnny", 99% of the world would know it was EITHER ed mcmahon introducing johnny carson OR jack nicholson hacking his way through the bathroon door in "the shining". if i said "sometimes smiling makes my face ache", only the surviving members of the "rocky horror picture show" fan club would know what i was talking about.

anyway, just an observation. i'm serious about getting a seperate board for this stuff; you KNOW it would be popular, just calculate the happy ppm average over the last couple of days! (posts per minute divided by flames

Let's see...

There are quotes from:

Some Like it Hot - Never seen the entire film
Lost in America - Never saw it
A League of Their Own - Never saw it
Bachelor Party - Last seen over 15 years ago
Thunderball - Ditto
Godfather II - Too obvious
The Wolf Man - Last seen over 25 years ago

But no one remembers seeing Chinatown (1974 Best Picture nominee which lost to Godfather II) and Noah Mulwray (John Huston) asking Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) whether he had slept w/his daughter. I won't tax anyone's memory w/obscure lines. Flame away.

i get a dollar for every message posted there!  

WHAT ?? ... if Regis can score big with "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" then why can't i?

you watch, i'm gonna pitch this to FOX and by September it'll be a new "cross-concept" reality/gameshow, you'll see!

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the rumours [sic] are true ... i'm a comedy writer for FOX

LONG LIVE RUPERT MURDOCH !

what color is the sky in your world, mr. singleton?

actually, it's "woody" (by sam malone, cheers

"Tell me of your homeworld, Usul"

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this shouldn't be hard given previously taped episodes of NAME-THAM-MOVIE (C) 2003. "Bucky" Enterprises Inc.


-- Modified on 8/3/2003 8:49:52 PM

You have a thing for David Lynch movies, Single?  Unfortunately, this was one of his worst... "Dune"...but it was a GREAT book!

"Forget it Jake ... it's Chinatown"

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a line, i might add, that i've already uttered ONCE (at least) on TER msg boards (that probably went un-recognized)

it's true!  

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i would even venture to say that CHINATOWN is a better (much much better) work of cinematic genius than GODFATHER II !


[donning flak-jacket]

Leave the flak jacket in the locker. I enjoy movie trivia about classics yet IMO the questions are not very challenging. That's fine w/me to each his own. When someone states 'a line should be unique (yadda, yadda, yadda)' it speaks volumes. His post reminds me of a Korean (a Korean co-worker said it) adage "Empty can make plenty noise." Again, I won't tax anyone's memory.

Chinatown v Godfather II? In any other year Chinatown sweeps the Oscars but The Godfather II was released only two years after The Godfather. I'll take the high road and say each movie has something for everyone. Also, it makes one wonder if those movies could have been made in the current environment.

Enjoy the discussion.