The Screening Room

Posted by Leslie Snyder @ 1:26 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Maybe not my favorite, but one that seems to pop up frequently despite its age (from a black and white movie!):

"Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!"
-- A bandito from 1948's "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"

Posted by stephen becker @ 1:29 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Pulp Fiction is the Inwood's Midnight Movie this week, so I got to thinking about it since it is maybe the most quoteable movie of all time. So let's go with this gem from Mia, which is one of the few bloggable quotes in the movie:
"I do believe Marsellus Wallace, my husband, your boss, told you to take ME out and do WHATEVER I WANTED. Now I wanna dance, I wanna win. I want that trophy, so dance good."

Posted by Michael Merschel @ 1:38 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

"KHAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!"

Posted by Holly Warren @ 1:40 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

"Flash! Flash, I love you! But we only have 14 hours to save the Earth!"

Posted by Michael Merschel @ 1:47 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Sorry. I had to get that out of my system.

The best movie of all time is, of course, Casablanca.

And the best line in that movie is not "Here's lookin' at you, kid." Or even, "I am shocked, shocked to find there is gambling going on in here."

It could, in theory, be this exchange, which I have used to explain how I ended up in Texas:

Renault: What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.

But actually, the best line in the movie is Rick describing to Ilsa how it felt to be abandoned by her. Anyone, who has ever been dumped, knows exactly what he means:

Rick: How long was it we had, honey?
Ilsa: I didn't count the days.
Rick: Well, I did. Every one of 'em. Mostly I remember the last one. The wild finish. A guy standing on a station platform in the rain with a comical look in his face because his insides have been kicked out.

Preach it, Brother Bogey.

Posted by Christy Robinson @ 1:48 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Raising Arizona:
* "Sometimes I get the menstrual cramps real hard."

Office Space:
* "What would you say ya DO here?"
*"If things go right I might be showing her my O-face, you know ...'Oh! Oh!'"
* Anything Lawrence says

300:
* Persian - "What makes this woman think she can speak among men?"
Queen - "Because only Spartan women give birth to real men."

Posted by Holly Warren @ 1:51 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Dr. Frankenstein: What enormous knockers!
Inga: Why sank you, doctor.

Posted by Jodie Ralston @ 1:52 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

"What's this? You're wearing the shirt of the band you're going to see? Don't be that guy."

--Droz, PCU

Posted by stephen becker @ 1:53 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

From the great Dumb and Dumber:
Lloyd: Uh, what is the Soup Du Jour?
Waitress: It's the Soup of the Day.
Lloyd: Mmmm. That sounds good. I'll have that.

Posted by Alan Peppard @ 2:02 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

"Excuse me, gentlemen, I need to walk the parapet." Gov. William J. Lepetomane (Mel Brooks) in Blazing Saddles.

Posted by Holly Warren @ 2:04 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Mrs. White: Yes, I did it, I killed Yvette. I hated her, so much... That... it... it... flam - flames. Flames, on the side of my face, heathing... breathle - , heathing breaths. Heathing breath...

Posted by Tom Maurstad @ 2:52 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Because I'm too busy to have an original thought in my head right now, I'll just add my favorite lines from movies already mentioned.

Office Space
"So you've been missing a lot of work lately."
"I wouldn't say I've been missing it."

Young Frankenstein
"Sed-a-give?"

Raising Arizona

"Any of these blow up into funny shapes?"
"No, unless round is funny."

Posted by Malecia El-Amin @ 3:01 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

These quotes came to mind (the Ferris Bueller one is classic and still frequently used, and someone has probably already mentioned it):

"There's always a job at the post office."
said numerous times by Bobby and others in Hollywood Shuffle

"I'm only in this song because I'm a black guy." Malik from Not Another Teen Movie (you remember Kenny/Bud from The Cosby Show?) ... and numerous other lines from that movie that are unprintable on this blog.

"That woman is a woman!" somebody in Shakespeare in Love, but I can't remember who

"Lift it like a woman's skirt!" somebody in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
-- the teacher that Ben Stein played in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (I'm paraphrasing this one)

Posted by Bridgette @ 3:06 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

My favorites are all insight-to-life quotes:

Rent (recited in song):
"Life is short, babe. Time is flyin'. I'm looking for baggage that goes with mine."

Steel Magnolias:
Truvy: "Sammy's so confused, he don't know whether to scratch his watch or wind his butt. He said he could deal with another man is her life. But he's havin' trouble with the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost."

And of course, The Godfather:

Michael: "Fredo, you're my older brother, and I love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever."
~~

I'm ordering a t-shirt with that last one on it. Seriously.

Posted by Bridgette @ 3:17 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

More insight to life and an overall great way to navigate the world (also in song):

Stan: "What would Brian Boitano do
If he was here right now,
He'd make a plan
And he'd follow through,
That's what Brian Boitano'd do."

Posted by Chris Vognar @ 3:20 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

The funny thing about "We don't need no stinking badges" is that it's not actually in the movie (though everyone thinks it is). It's kind of like "Play it again, Sam," which is never said in Casablnaca.

"Where's the commode in this dungeon?" - Mr. Pink, Reservoir Dogs

Posted by Joyce Saenz Harris @ 3:45 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." -- The Godfather

"We have an injured rabbit, also." -- Local Hero

"I think it would be fun to run a newspaper." -- Citizen Kane

"Positively the same dame!" -- The Lady Eve

"But with a little sex in it." -- Sullivan's Travels

"Hello? McFly?" -- Back to the Future

Posted by Joyce Saenz Harris @ 3:47 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

And -- how could I forget? "The Dude abides." -- The Big Lebowski

Posted by Malecia El-Amin @ 4:31 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

How could I forget Mama Boucher (Cathy Bates) in The Waterboy?

"Fools' ball is the devil." Or "foozball." Or whatever she's saying. Everything is "the devil" to her.

Posted by Lakewooder @ 6:58 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Where are the TCM fans here? Only old movies (and comedies from 1978-82) are worth quoting!

Amazing the things Groucho and Mae West got away with - I've been downloading wavfiles and mp3 movie quotes from the internet (just search) to my iPod and this is one of my current faves:

Cary Grant (puts handcuffs on Mae)

Mae: "Are those really necessary, you know I wasn't born with them"?

Cary: "A lot of men would be safer if you had".

Mae: "I don't know, hands ain't everything".

"She Done Him Wrong"

Also a fave is from GWTW:

Rhett: "Mammy, what's that rustling noise I hear"?

Mammy: "Why Mr. Rhett that ain't nothing but that red silk petticoat you done give me"

Rhett: "Hike up you skirt Mammy, and let me see".

Mammy: "Ohh Mr. Rhett you IS bad".

I have this on my iPod next which nicely dovetails again Mae West "She Done Him Wrong" - I think)

Maid: "I wouldn't want no policeman to catch me without no petticoat"

Mae: "No policeman? How about a nice fireman?"

Posted by mjryan @ 8:50 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

TCM fan here:

"Have you ever heard of the 39 steps?"
- The 39 Steps

"One's too many and a hundred's not enough." - The Lost Weekend

"Gunga Din!" - Gunga Din

"Well for goodness sakes! What did we come here for if not to be trifled with?" - Olivia de Havilland to Rita Hayworth in The Strawberry Blonde

"Your ego is absolutely colossal." Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night

"If that refrigerator gets any more fish in it it'll swim upstream and spawn all by itself." - Eve Arden in Anatomy of Murder

"Are those real diamonds?"
"They're prety near."
- Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart in The Shop Around the Corner

"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops." - Cary Grant in Arsenic and Old Lace

"My name is Laurence."

"Laurence what?"

"Laurence Laurence. My parents had no imagination."
- Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard in The Ghost Breakers

Posted by Kip Mooney @ 10:02 PM Thu, Aug 30, 2007

Oh, if only I had known about this post earlier. Alas, four classes on Thursday and a one-hour excursion to Circuit City do not allow for much posting time. Anyways, there are so many, but here's a sampling:

'Murder by Death'
Maggie Smith: "But what would someone do with a naked corpse?"
{David Niven whispers in her ear}
Maggie Smith: "Oh, that's tacky!"

and of course the immortal Groucho Marx in 'Duck Soup'
"Well, that covers a lot of ground. Say, you cover a lot of ground yourself. You better beat it - I hear they're going to tear you down and put up an office building where you're standing. You can leave in a taxi. If you can't get a taxi, you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff. You know, you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle."

Posted by Leslie Snyder @ 10:08 AM Fri, Aug 31, 2007

Chris -- I stand corrected on "stinking badges" though it's still hard to believe.

A Wikipedia entry shows where I went wrong. Even though I've seen "Treasure" at least five times, all of pop culture repeats the wrong line.

It cites more than 40 examples of the same misquote, including in "Blazing Saddles," "The Monkees" TV show, "WKRP in Cincinnati," various songs.

Posted by Kip Mooney @ 12:28 PM Fri, Aug 31, 2007

Some more greatness before I head back to Dallas:

'Dr. Strangelove'
Peter Sellers: "Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the war room!"

'Ed Wood'
Johnny Depp: Listen, hit the bars, work some parties, and get me transvestites. I need transvestites. All right. Bye.
Martin Landau: Eddie, what kind of a movie is this?

'Superbad'
Michael Cera: "Yeah... they said that would happen in Health Class."

and many, many more unprintable quotes from that movie.

Posted by Sarah Choate @ 4:14 PM Fri, Aug 31, 2007

"This is a .44 Magnum. The most powerful handgun in the world; it could blow a man's head clean off. Now I know what you're thinking. Did he fire 6 shots or only 4? To tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost count myself. So you've got to ask yourself one question-"Do I feel lucky?" "
"Well, do ya....punk?"

Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry Callahan

Posted by Doug @ 11:29 PM Sun, Sep 02, 2007

I have collected great movie quotes for the past five years and have recently posted them on my Reel Life Wisdom website. here are just a few of my favorites:

“It's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you.”
Batman Begins (2005) – Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes)

“I feel as if my skin is the only thing keeping me from going everywhere at once.”
Ever After (1998) - Prince Henry (Dougray Scott)

“I am looking for a ‘dare to be great’ situation.”
Say Anything (1989) - Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack)

“I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.”
Steel Magnolias (1989) - Shelby (Julia Roberts)

“When two partners always agree, one of them ain't necessary.”
Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976) – Ned Buntline (Burt Lancaster)

Posted by Friendly Cougar @ 7:46 PM Thu, Oct 11, 2007

"Yeah, I've been catchin' a cold lately, probably on acount of dancing around in skimpy clothing all the time." -Guys and Dolls

Posted by joe @ 4:24 PM Mon, May 19, 2008

Anyone know the full quote from WKRP about "Stinkin Badges"???

Any help would be appreciated.