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sndrake
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Last night, the American Film Institute aired a 3-hour special on the 100 greatest film quotes, selected by some 1500 artists, critics, etc.

The list is here.

Glaring omissions:

* Nothing from The Princess Bride
* Nothing from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
[Grumble]

Biggest omission of all:

"It doesn't DO anything..." didn't make the list either! [Mad]

Buck Henry had an interesting comment, though, relevant to the last item. He said there is a collection of movie quotes in the collective imagination of the public that don't exist. (He was speaking of "play it again, Sam" but evidently there are a lot of them.)

[ June 22, 2005, 06:03 PM: Message edited by: sndrake ]

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My personal favorite from The Princess Bride"


MIRACLE MAX:...Now, all dead ... well, with all dead, there's usually only one thing that you can do.

INIGO

What's that?

MIRACLE MAX

Go through his clothes and look for loose change.

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Stray
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Yeah, "Hello, Clarice" is another of those. He actually says "Good evening, Clarice."
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As soon as I heard they were doing this, I predicted the winner, and I was correct.

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sndrake
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Stray,

another one that people remember is from the plague cart scene in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

People remember the guy on the cart saying "he's not dead yet" or the old guy saying "I'm not dead yet."

Neither phrase is uttered in that particular scene. And yet almost anyone who has seen the movie remembers it one of those two ways.

Makes it even stranger that "Holy Grail" fans are pleased they get the joke contained in the name of the organization I work for - Not Dead Yet.

(I understand the musical has incorporated the phrase into the song, at least, though. So in at least one case our collective imaginations have influenced art.)

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"Luke... I am your father"
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail wasn't an American movie, so would it even qualify for consideration on a list promulgated by the AMERICAN Film Institute?
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Ooops. [Embarrassed]

You're right, of course. I wasn't thinking in terms of the limiting factor being American films.

They're off the hook for slighting Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

But not for the rest! [Mad]

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"Luke... Your Mumma!"

And... Whatever it was Sir Humphrey said which the PM summarised to "do you mean you've lost your key" in Yes, Prome Minister.

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I don't know why some of those even made it on there... But at least one of my alltime favorites is there "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" [Big Grin]
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INCONCEIVABLE!!!

I just signed on to Hatrack to make exactly this observation. Prepare to die, Drake.

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quote:
Biggest omission of all:

"It doesn't DO anything..." didn't make the list either!

LOL I had that same thought! Scary [Evil Laugh]
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sndrake
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quote:
INCONCEIVABLE!!!

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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I like "There's no crying in baseball!"

And "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." (Especially since it wasn't written for the movie, but was actually spoken by Gehrig.)

And "You're gonna need a bigger boat."

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quote:
Glaring omissions:

* Nothing from The Princess Bride

*amused by how many of her fora are up in arms about this omission*
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Wow, some of those I knew spin-offs from the quotes but not the quotes themselves.

I think it's a shame it was only American, though.

quote:


Made it, Ma! Top of the world!

I just saw this movie the other day! 8)
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I didn't watch it.

Was, "Get off my plane!" from Air Force One, on it?

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quote:
Originally posted by Annie:
"Luke... I am your father"

Who says Tommy Boy isn't one of America's finest movies?
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Grumble cakes?

Only liars and thieves eat grumble cakes,
and they go to prison.

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How in the name of all that is good and true in the universe could "Go ahead, make my day" ( Sudden Impact, 1983), at #6, come in ahead of "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" ( White Heat, 1949) at #18? And "Love means never having to say you're sorry" ( Love Story, 1970) should only be on the list from its later appearance in What's Up Doc (1972), where it is followed by "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard" (not sure that's the exact quote). My own nomination for favorite line that didn't make the list is "I've got the most scathingly brilliant idea", from The Trouble With Angels (1966).
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I think AFI did a better job with this list than most of them they put out. The top 100 movies and even moreso the top 100 comedies were full of some terrible movies, most of which got on the list because they're ancient, not good. (IMO, of course.)

--Enigmatic

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AFI just does these lists for attention.

They want to tick you off and get you talking about it. Partly because they're interested in advancing movies, and partly because they want more attention for themselves.

They're no more definitive a source on quality than an Olsen Twins fansite guestbook.

That said, I enjoy their specials tremendously.

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quote:
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
I still love this one.

--j_k

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I thought the list of the 100 greatest action movies was pretty close to the mark. It was much better than the other lists.

--ApostleRadio

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I still love that Atticus Finch is the AFI's #1 American Movie Hero.
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