Share one of your favorite film moments

[nytemare]

For me:
In "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest", when Randall hands Chief a piece of Juicy Fruit, and Chief, who was perceived to be deaf and dumb, says "Thank you".

Chaplin's speech at the end of "Great Dictator".

George Baily running through the snowy street screaming "Merry Christmas, Bedford Falls" in "It's a Wonderful Life".

In "Amelie", when Amelie grabs the arm of a blind man who was trying to cross the street, and walks him to the train station describing people that cross their path on the way.


Et tu, DU?

[begin_within]

1. Here are some unforgettable moments...

"Tokyo Story" (1953) where the grandmother takes the little boy for a walk, when they stop and he throws rocks while she stands near him and wonders aloud what he will grow up to be.

"The Searchers" (1956) The 2 parallel lines of horses, one of Indians and one of white men.

"Soy Cuba" (1964) where the sugar cane farmer sets his field on fire after learning the land was sold to United Fruit company.

"Au Hasard Balthazar" (1966) where Balthazar exchanges glances with the other circus animals.

"The Americanization of Emily" (1964) where Admiral Jessup flips out and falls to the floor. Also the scene in the rain between Julie Andrews and James Garner.

"The Yearling" (1954) when the boy finds the fawn.

"Born Free" (1966) when Elsa reappears.

"E.T. The Extraterrestrial" when the guy in the space suit comes around the corner and finds E.T. on the closet floor.

"Dark Habits" (1983) when the nun wrestles with the tiger.

"Contact" (1997) when Jodie Foster walks across the bridge to get into the machine and pauses to look down at the waves below.

"Daughter from Danang" (2002) when Heidi has her breakdown in front of the family.

[nytemare]

2. Love "Contact"

That movie totally relaxes me, for some reason.

Thanks for sharing your favorites!

[momophile]

3. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

When Richard Dreyfuss's character is stopped in the road in his truck waving the 'other' car around, only it's not a car - it's a UFO, and as Dreyfuss is digging in the glovebox (I believe) we see the UFO go up.

That scene sends tingles through me. Hell, the whole movie does.

[malmapus]

59. That does the same to me too

Love that movie! :D

[XemaSab]

85. It's a simple scene in a very visual film

But yeah, that scene KICKS ASS! :bounce:

[w8liftinglady]

4. Good Will Hunting-where williams and Damon had their epiphany..

SEAN
I didn't know you had. Do you want to
talk about that?
(beat)
I don't know a lot, Will. But let me
tell you one thing. All this history,
this shit...
(indicates file)
Look here, son.

Will, who had been looking away, loos at Sean.

SEAN (cont'd)
This is not your fault.

WILL
(nonchalant)
Oh, I know.

SEAN
It's not your fault.

WILL
(smiles)
I know.

SEAN
It's not your fault.

WILL
I know.

SEAN
It's not your fault.

WILL
(dead serious)
I know.

SEAN
It's not your fault.

WILL
Don't fuck with me.

SEAN
(comes around desk,
sits in front of Will)
It's not your fault.

WILL
(tears start)
I know.

SEAN
It's not...

WILL
(crying hard)
I know, I know...

Sean takes Will in his arms and holds him like a child. Will
sobs like a baby. After a moment, he wraps his arms around
Sean and holds him, even tighter. We pull back from this image.
Two lonely souls being father and son together.

[Blue-Jay]

5. When Dusty Bottoms shoots the Invisible Swordsman.

I think we all cried a little bit at that sad occurrence. That moment brought us all together.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

41. Oh god, you're so right....

:')

[Blue-Jay]

58. When you watch that, you know that there's hope for the world.

[w8liftinglady]

6. also-the part in Brave heart where the nobles are arguing over their entitlements

...and william wallace leaves-I see so many corollaries to today

[w8liftinglady]

7. the text

(Disgusted, Wallace starts to walk out.)


Craig: Gentlemen! Please, Gentlemen! Wait! Sir William, where are you
going?

William: We have beaten the English, but they'll come back because
you won't stand together.

Craig: Well what will you do?

William: I will invade England and defeat the English on their own
ground.

Craig: Invade? That's impossible.

William: Why? Why is that impossible? You're so concerned with
squabbling for the scraps from Longshank's table that you've missed
your God-given right to something better. There is a difference
between us. You think the people of this country exist to provide you
with position. I think your position exists to provide those people
with freedom. And I go to make sure that they have it.

[MonkeyFunk]

8. That part

in "Lost in Translation" where it ended.

[jobycom]

9. The very last scene of "A Princess Bride," when the grandfather is leaving

the room, and the kid says "You can come back tomorrow and read it again, if you want," and Peter Faulk smiles and says "As you wish."

Also, "Blood Simple" (the first Coen Brothers film), when the lovers are standing in front of a screen door, each suspecting the other of foul deeds, when a newspaper suddenly strikes the door from the outside.

"Amadeus," when Constance gives Salieri the original music of her Mozart, and he hears the music in his head as he reads it.

Last, the Prime Minister's speech in "Love, Actually."

[Mad_Dem_X]

94. "Amadeus"

You just reminded me of that great scene. It sends chills down the spine.

[Aristus]

10. The scene in "Empire Of The Sun" where the young would-be kamakazi pilot,

crazed with grief and shame, sees Jim, his prison-camp "friend", from a distance. He rushes toward him to slash him with his sword, recognizes Jim at the last moment, then breaks into a warm, loving smile.

Makes me tear up every time.

[nytemare]

63. That was an excellent movie.

Young Christian Bale was great.

[qnr]

11. Oh bleagh, my brain is asleep. Here's one I always get a smile over:

When Naoh, Amoukar, and Gaw are stuck up in the tree, waiting for the sabre-tooth kitties to leave, in Quest for Fire

[Hardrada]

12. The scene in Alexander Nevsky when the Teutonic Knights

charge the army from Novgorod and the wild melee that ensues.


The scene from Battleship Potemkin when the sailors in the firing squad refuse to shoot the mutineers and turn their weapons on the officers.

The scene in Tale of Two Cities where the French National Guard arrives at the Bastille and instead of quelling the mob turns its cannons and muskets at the royal troops holding the prison.

The scene in Gettysburg where the remaining ANV troops are retreating back down Cemetery Ridge and the Union troops are shouting "Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!"

[Cobalt-60]

13. Here are some more obscure goodies

It's hard to select a single moment.
After all the directors specialize in creating them. But here are few you might have missed
From The Navy vs the Night Monster I got a spike of primal horror when the renegade shrubbery ripped both a sailor's arms clean off.
The remake of the Time Machine had a good one when the leader of the Moorlocks told Wells to essentially take a walk, he wasn't on the menu.
In Cross of Iron the very end of the flick when James Colburn is laughing his ass off during a serious Russian attack at officer Maximilian Schnell who doesn't know how to change the magazine in his machine pistol is cool.
In the Mole People Hugh Beaumont and John Agar's comment on the demise of their flashlight batteries is pretty elegant.
"The flashlight's dead."
"And so are we."
In The Blue Max James Mason shows us some iron as he tells George Peppard to "Go out and show us some real flying" in an aircraft he knew to be a death trap.
It's your turn!

[radfringe]

14. Wedding scene from Sound of Music

from same movie - the scene where the nuns have pulled the distributer cap and other parts from the nazi car and as they show it to mother superior they say "forgive me mother, I have sinned..."

[Hardrada]

50. If that movie had any kind of reality those nuns (all of them)

would be heading out of town in a boxcar within a day or so for screwing around with the Gestapo.

[Danger Mouse]

15. The first that came to mind was from 'For a Few Dollars More'

at the end, as the Colonel is facing off against El Indio, to the tune of a pocket watch, and they're staring each other down. Such a memorable scene that it was referenced in 'Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels' - it's true :)

"Cinema Paradiso" - Pretty much the entire first half of the movie is absolutely beautiful. It's all great, though.

"The Royal Tenenbaums" - I like the scene towards the end, where Royal and Chaz finally make up...disregard that if you have no idea what i'm talking about... :P

"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" - Blondie and Tuco demolishing the bridge that had caused so much fighting between the Union and Confederate armies, giving comfort to the dying Captain who was worried about more of his men being killed.

"Alien" the chestburster scene. :)

"Metropolis (the anime)" The entire 'I can't stop loving you' sequence. If you've ever seen the movie, you'd know exactly what I mean. Best inappropriate use of a Ray Charles song EVER.

[Arugula Latte]

101. I love the kiss montage in Cinema Paradiso

all those kisses the censorious priest snipped out, strung together ... *sigh*

[stuntcat]

16. when Jane Horrocks sings Get Happy.

in Little Voice, she rocks!
I've been waiting to get it out to watch again, maybe I should tonight.

[taterguy]

17. Belushi's facial expression when the horse dies in Animal House

[ghostsofgiants]

38. HOOOOLYYYY SHIT!

[KamaAina]

98. Or while he was crushing the can on his forehead

Ouch. That's gotta hurt!

edit: don't remember whether it was a beer can or a soda can. Probably beer, I guess. :beer:

[MissMillie]

18. Really corny but

"Field of Dreams", as Ray first sees his dad, and says "Ease his pain. Go the distance. All this time, it was you." Shoeless Joe replies, "No, Ray. It was you."

Another favorite is from "Amazing Grace and Chuck" at the end when the catcher gives the signal for Amazing Grace's 3 pt. shot. (I ball like a baby every time.)

"A Fish Called Wanda" when Otto is outside Archie's house trying to figure out how to apologize to Archie and he hears what he thinks is a theif. He goes in and stops the burglary, only to find he has kicked the shit out of Archie (who was "robbing" his own house). Suddenly, it's not so hard for Otto to say "I'm sorry."

[PVnRT]

19. "No, *I* am your father"

Vader grabbing the Emperor and PWNING his ass at the end of Return of the Jedi as well.

[Connonym]

31. Ooh, ooh! I just "got" your username. Guess what movie I watched last weekend?

I can't believe it took me so long to see Fight Club. Way different from what I thought it would be but I loved it!

[PVnRT]

48. Jeez

*has fight with himself*

[noonwitch]

20. "The Color Purple" when the juke joint band goes to church

It's a great set of scenes, that starts with Shug and the band singing in the juke joint, but the sounds from the band and from the nearby church choir get mixed up. So Shug starts singing the song the choir is, and all the people from the bar follow her to church, where she reconciles finally with her preacher father.

Meanwhile, Celie's estranged husband (Danny Glover)is sitting on his porch hearing it all and is inspired to work with INS to ensure that Celie's sister, whom he kept from her for decades, is reunited with her.

It's an amazing set of scenes about human transformation. Nobody does movie scenes of this type as well as Spielburg.

[Mad_Dem_X]

22. Amazing scene

"See, Daddy? Sinners have soul, too?"

I'll also add these two:

*The ending of "The Usual Suspects" :wow:

*Jack and Ennis' reunion kiss in "Brokeback Mountain" :9

[MissMillie]

25. yep, that's a good one

:thumbsup:

[Burma Jones]

21. Here's a few......

Babe - "That'll do Pig, That'll do"

A Hard Day's Night - John cuts a tailor's measuring tape, and in the Queen's voice says "I declare this bridge open"

Henry V (Brannagh version) - "We few, we happy few"

Yojimbo - The Dog trotting through town with a human hand in its mouth

Dr. Strangelove - "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the War Room."

Field of Dreams - the last five minutes

[Mad_Dem_X]

23. Hard Day's Night has a lot of great moments

"He's readin' The Queen...that's an in-joke, you know."

"What do you call that hairstyle you're wearing?"
"Arthur."

[LibDemAlways]

65. The scene in which George stumbles upon the

tv show casting office and is mistaken for an applicant. Way before it's time.

That film holds up well.

[Maccagirl]

81. "And don't that that tone with me young man...

I won the war for your sort."
Ringo: "I bet you're sorry you won."

"How did you find America?"
John: "Turn left at Greenland."

[Richardo]

116. That Ringo line is one of the funniest ever. Also from HDN:

Paul's Grandfather: "I've been in a car and a room and a train and a room and a room and a room."

[ms liberty]

135. "he's very clean" ....I so love that! n/t

[MassLiberal]

150. YES!

we quote that one all the time around here. :toast:

[CBHagman]

26. The Agincourt speech in Henry V makes pacifists enlist.

The capper is when Henry finishes the speech, to the cheers of his men, and Westmoreland (Paul Gregory) who had grimly pointed out that the army was exhausted and outnumbered, recklessly says he would be happy to go out and fight the French with only the king at his side. Exeter (Brian Blessed) slaps Westmoreland on the back and laughs.

Then there's the moment after the battle when Henry and the Welsh captain, Fluellen (Ian Holm), embrace. Henry is exhausted, blood- and mud-spattered, laughing and crying at the same time.

[Auggie]

24. When Michael Corleone shoots Sollozzo and Capt. McCluskey

in "The Godfather."

Gene Kelley dancing to "Singing in the Rain"

Final scenes of "The Shawshank Redemption"

There are many, many others...

[jobycom]

28. I thought about that scene, too. I love the way it falls together.

Michael is given advice by everyone on the little things to do and not to do. He does everything the opposite. Powerful scene. Tremendous directing.

[Auggie]

32. Yes! The scenes leading up to that..

When Michael first proposes the idea. With Clemenza in the basement. Eating the Chinese food...

[LibDemAlways]

68. One of the best scenes ever. The camera slowly

dollies in on Michael and tension builds as he's formulating the plan, which at first is dismissed out of hand.

Godfather's I and II have so many great scenes, though. Love the scene in GF II where Michael enters the Senate hearing room with Pantangelli's brother, and Pantangelli immediately begins backtracking and changing his tune. Terrific storytelling.

[martymar64]

143. One of my faves from GF 2

It's at the party in Havana and Michael tells the story about the rebel blowing himself and the police captain up. He explains how the rebels can win.

The other scene is at the donkey show when Michael overhears Fredo mention Johnny Ola and then he realizes that it was Fredo that betrayed him.
Gives me chills every time.

[fishwax]

145. for some reason, I love the scene with vito prowling the roofs

on his way to kill Don Fanucci :thumbsup: DeNiro is just incredible in that movie. Everybody is.

[LanternWaste]

110. His eyes in that sequence were mesmerizing

His eyes in that sequence were mesmerizing. Nervously darting back and forth, tiny beads of sweat-- one could almost *feel* his rapid heartbeat.

Story has it that the studio bigwigs were on the cusp of dropping Pacino from the film til they saw him in that one particular scene.

[Arugula Latte]

104. The final scene in "Shawshank" was the one that popped into my head first

they meet up on the Mexican beach as the camera pulls up and away ... :cry:

[Auggie]

113. That always gets me

[Poiuyt]

120. I like the baptism scene from The Godfather

Superb editing. The juxtaposition of the religious ceremony with the hits that were taking place.

The Godfather gets my vote as the best American movie ever made.

[LibDemAlways]

123. Second that. Storytelling at its finest.

[fishwax]

146. that movie is full of some of my favorite moments

Part II as well.

The unspoken communication between Vito and Sonny when Vito is talking to Johnny Fontaine--Tom has just interrupted Sonny having a quickie with a woman other than his wife to call him to meet with the Don, and as Sonny shows up in the Don's doorway, Vito says to Johnny: "You take care of your family? Because a man who doesn't take care of his family can never be a real man."

There is so much unspoken in that movie that happens in the unspoken moments or in the background. It really is an incredible film.

[mockmonkey]

27. Super Troopers

"License and registration"

http://www.moviewavs.com/php/sounds/?id=gog&media=WAVS&type=Movies&movie=Super_Troopers"e=chickenBLEEPer.txt&file=chickenBLEEPer.wav

And who couldn't love the ending to "Cinema Paradiso"?

[Poiuyt]

29. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The scene where Jimmy Stewart was bringing a steak out for John Wayne and Lee Marvin trips him. Marvin and his gang were laughing, then Wayne stands up and said, "That was MY steak, Valance." Great tension in that scene as to which heavyweight will fold. Plus it always makes me hungry for steak.

[Lautremont]

30. Cafe dance in "Band of Outsiders."

The beach party scene in "Summer Night Fever."

"You gotta be fuckin' kidding!" in The Thing (1982)

Moreau in male drag, "Jules and Jim."

and

"Plastics." "Exactly how do you mean it?"

[book lady]

33. The scene that gets me every time...

is the last scene in 'Going My Way'. When Barry Fitzgerald's elderly mother walks towards him in the church and the Irish Lullaby is playing in the background.

[volstork]

34. Book Lady, that one always makes me cry!

Others I love:

when the flower girl recognizes the Tramp at the end of Chaplin's "City Lights"

George Bailey explaining to Mr. Gower the druggist that the pills he compounded were poison, and Gower hugging him desperately ("It's a Wonderful Life")

Belushi "stalking" just before going into the admin building in "Animal House"

The "land is the only thing worth dying for" scene in "Gone With The Wind"

Sandra Bullock's scene with her maid in "Crash" (I was surprised by how good she was)

The spa exercise scene in 1939's "The Women"

The scene on the train between Tracy and Hepburn in "Without Love" (one of their lesser-known films together, but their best IMHO)

Albert Brooks admitting that he loves her to Holly Hunter in "Broadcast News"

Driving through the desert at night scene in "Thelma and Louise"

[elfrangel]

152. The Women

Caught that film on late night, now I look for it. I love that movie.

Another fave: (Mary) I've had two years to grow claws mother. Jungle red.

[Shakespeare]

35. In The Fisher King....

Jack and Parry are in Grand Central Station following Amanda Plummer's character, and when Parry (who's in love with her) sees her, everybody in the station stops walking, pair up and begin waltzing. Takes my breath away every time I see it.

That is a very, very underrated movie.

[hippiechick]

121. I adore that movie!

One of my all-time favorites, on so many levels!!

[ornotna]

36. Ok, here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeNsr_nQEfE

[av8rdave]

37. A few favorites

Norman MacLean's (Robert Redford's) closing words/scene in "A River Runs Through It"

Bill Murray's speech to his platoon mates in "Stripes" ("We're Americans! Do you know what that means? Our forefathers were thrown out of every decent country in the world! ...We're 10 and 1!")

Clint Eastwood's classic speech in "Dirty Harry." ("I know what you're thinking, punk...")

The closing song in "Life of Brian" ("Always look on the bright side of life.")

Slim Pickens inventorying the survival kit in "Dr. Strangelove."

Jacob Singer's (Tim Robbins) last visit to his Chiropractor (Danny Aiello) in "Jacob's Ladder"

When Bruce Willis realizes he's dead in "The Sixth Sense"

Al Pacino having coffee with Robert DeNiro in "Heat"

The "waiting" scene on board the submarine with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman in "Crimson Tide"

The closing guitar "shred off" between Ralph Maccio and the devil (Steve Vai) in "Crossroads." (A "B" movie, but that scene was awesome).

First Officer Roger Murdoch's (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) speech to the little kid in "Airplane."

[ghostsofgiants]

39. From Lost Highway...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o48xhnA8Z-o

And from Blue Velvet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CSoWg3nBeU

[redwitch]

40. Casablanca bar scene when everyone sings the "Marsellaise"

Viva la France!

edited to add: The ending when Bogie and Claude walk away "Louie I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship"
And just before that "Round up the usual suspects"

[CBHagman]

88. I love that scene as well.

Some of the extras were indeed war refugees, and it's reported that they were wiping away tears following the takes.

I also love the sequence where (SPOILER ALERT) Rick (Humphrey Bogart) arranges with his croupier for a young couple to win at roulette so that they can arrange passage to America. The camera jumps from one character to another, recording their suspense and reactions, and then to the chips and roulette wheel. It's beautifully done.

And as with that entire movie, the suspenseful, the comic, and heart-tugging elements blend seamlessly.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

92. I am a blubbering baby during that scene!

Yvonne with tears pouring down her face as she sings, then crying out, "Viva la France!" I am like Pavlov's dog and that damn bell. :cry: I can well up just thinking about it! :D

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

42. That Chief scene was better in the book.

But for the life of me, I can't remember how it went.

[nytemare]

62. In the book, or in the movie?

I haven't read the book in about 15 years, so I can't remember. The special edition DVD is pretty nice, though.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

97. In the book.

In the movie McMurphy just sort of tricks him into talking. In the book the Chief's more clever.

[nytemare]

114. Thanks!

I may have to pick that book up, again.

:hi:

[Phillycat]

43. The last scene, in the theater, in Cinema Paradiso

And the parts in Love, Actually at the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport.

[saltpoint]

72. Yes! Absolutely. Come to think of it, just about every damn scene in

that film was great.

A masterpiece.

[KitchenWitch]

132. Yes, with all the "censored" pieces run together!

Great film.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

44. Lord Humongous' first speech in The Road Warrior.

"You planned to take your gasoline out of the wasteland. You sent them out this morning to find a vehicle, a rig big enough to haul that fat tank of gas. What a puny plan!"

pic with SLIGHTLY homoerotic overtones:

[WCGreen]

45. In to Kill a Mockingbird when the Reverand tell Scout to stand up

cause her dad is walking by on his way out of the courtroom...

[silvermachine]

46. Performance...

...specifically the scene where Jagger performs "Memo From Turner".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m870zsrjQE

[ironflange]

47. Just a couple

Butch & Sundance -- the knife fight

There's Something About Mary -- the stop at the rest area, and the later consequences

[edbermac]

49. Full Metal Jacket - when the DI storms into the latrine.

Demanding to know why Private Pyle has a fully loaded weapon.

This guy has no clue as to what he's just walked into. But he'll find out in a minute.

[pokerfan]

70. Great scene from a great movie

And such a sad way to end the first half of that film. The audience has been pulling for Private Pyle the entire time and you begin to think he's turned his life around and is going to make it...

"Sir, it is the private's duty to inform the senior drill instructor that Private Pyle has a full magazine that is locked and loaded, Sir!"


Some others...


Quint's monologue from Jaws about surviving the sinking of the Indianapolis:

Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte... just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that when you're in the water, Chief? You tell by looking from the dorsal to the tail. What we didn't know, was our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin', so we formed ourselves into tight groups. You know, it was kinda like old squares in the battle like you see in the calendar named "The Battle of Waterloo" and the idea was: shark comes to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and screamin' and sometimes the shark go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be living... until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all the poundin' and the hollerin', they all come in and they... rip you to pieces. You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don't know how many sharks, maybe a thousand. I know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday morning, Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boatswain's mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. Bobbed up, down in the water just like a kinda top. Upended. Well, he'd been bitten in half below the waist. Noon, the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us. He swung in low and he saw us... he was a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper. Anyway, he saw us and he come in low and three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and starts to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened... waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water; 316 men come out and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.

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Crash's monologue from Bull Durham:

Annie: Oh, where are you going?

Crash: After 12 years in the minor leagues, I don't try out. Besides, uh, I don't believe in quantum physics when it comes to matters of the heart.

Annie: What do you believe in, then?

Crash: Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.

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Otter's defense in Animal House: The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with our female party guests; we did. (winks) But you can't hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few sick, perverted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg! Isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do what you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you bad-mouth the United States of America! Gentlemen! (packs his briefcase and leaves the room; the other Deltas follow, humming "The Star-Spangled Banner")

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The Waco Kid (Gene Wilder) tells his story in Blazing Saddles:

"Yeah, I was the kid. It got so that every pissant prairie punk who thought he could shoot a gun would ride into town to try out the Waco Kid. I must've killed more men than Cecil B Demille. Got pretty gritty. I started to hear the word draw in my sleep. Then one day, I was just walking down the street, and I heard a voice behind me say, "Reach for it Mister!" I spun around and there I was face to face with a six-year-old kid. Well I just threw my guns down and walked away. The little bastard shot me in the ass! So I limped to the nearest saloon, crawled into a whiskey bottle, and I've been there ever since.

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The ending of Dr. Strangelove where the insane doctor explains how they can survive nuclear war:

President Muffley (Peter Sellers): You mean, people could actually stay down there for a hundred years?

Dr.Strangelove (Peter Sellers): It would not be difficult mein Fuhrer! Nuclear reactors could, heh... I'm sorry. Mr. President. Nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely. Greenhouses could maintain plantlife. Animals could be bred and slaughtered. A quick survey would have to be made of all the available mine sites in the country. But I would guess... that ah, dwelling space for several hundred thousands of our people could easily be provided.

Muffley: Well I... I would hate to have to decide.. who stays up and.. who goes down.

Dr.Strangelove: Well, that would not be necessary Mr. President. It could easily be accomplished with a computer. And a computer could be set and programmed to accept factors from youth, health, sexual fertility, intelligence, and a cross section of necessary skills. Of course it would be absolutely vital that our top government and military men be included to foster and impart the required principles of leadership and tradition. (His left hand slams down, and right arm rises in Nazi salute)

Dr.Strangelove: Arghh! (Attempts to restrain arm) Naturally, they would breed prodigiously, eh? There would be much time, and little to do. But ah with the proper breeding techniques and a ratio of say, ten females to each male, I would guess that they could then work their way back to the present gross national product within say, twenty years.

Muffley: But look here doctor, wouldn't this nucleus of survivors be so grief stricken and anguished that they'd, well, envy the dead and not want to go on living?

Strangelove: No sir... (right arm rolls his wheelchair backwards.) Excuse me. (struggles with wayward right arm, ultimately subduing it with a beating from his left.) Also when... when they go down into the mine everyone would still be alive. There would be no shocking memories, and the prevailing emotion will be ne of nostalgia for those left behind, combined with a spirit of bold curiosity for the adventure ahead! Ahhhh! (Right hand reflexes into Nazi salute. He pulls it back into his lap and beats it again. Gloved hand attempts to strangle him.)

Turgidson (George C. Scott): Doctor, you mentioned the ration of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn't that necessitate the abandonment of the so called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned?

Strangelove: Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.

DeSadeski: I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Doctor.

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The end of Field of Dreams when father and son acknowledge each other:

John: Well, good night Ray.

Ray: Good night, John.

(They shake hands and John begins to walk away)

Ray: Hey... Dad? (John turns)

Ray: (choked up) "You wanna have a catch?"

John: I'd like that.

[VespertineIconoclast]

51. A number of scenes from V for Vendetta

V's monologue at the beginning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OB6EsUP4tU

V's TV speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLD3Z6sJWA

Evey finding strength in her time of difficulty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxnlNb3QrgQ

These a just to name a few....

[swag]

52. The diner scene from "Five Easy Pieces" gets me every time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f31bXhQOImU

[LibDemAlways]

66. Filmed right down the road from me off the 101 Freeway

in a Denny's that was demolished a few years ago. The area today is nothing but billboards and office parks.

One of my favorite scenes, too. That movie has some great moments. Love the scene where Nicholson's character tries to make amends with his elderly father who's had a stroke. "We both know I was never very good at it anyway." Wonderful character study and a wealth of excellent performances.

[swag]

74. Do you live in Oregon or Washington?

I have always wondered where exactly that diner was.

[LibDemAlways]

79. It was in Agoura, CA just northwest of LA and

over the hills from Malibu. At the time Agoura was still quite rural and the 101 freeway not heavily travelled through here. Now, it's wall to wall McMansions.

[swag]

80. Okay. Geez, my tiny mind misplaced that one.

Thanks for the info.

[stanwyck]

90. The movie holds up

saw it (for about the fourth time) about a month ago and was imporessed by how well the movie has lasted over the years. And so much better than the majority of films now playing.

[YDogg]

53. The denouement in The Manchurian Candidate.

The original. Mostly, I like the word denouement.

[judaspriestess]

54. Balto

When he accepts who he is and is no longer ashamed that he is a half-breed (he is half wolf and shun from the town)

:cry: tears of joy for me.......

[MrSlayer]

55. "Say hello to my little friend!"

[WI_DEM]

56. Where Gregory Peck is finished speaking to the jury in "To Kill a Mockingbird"

and is leaving the court-house and all the black folks sitting in the balcony above rise for him and the old pastor says to Scout, "Get up Miss Jean Louise, your father is passing."

[LiberalHeart]

106. I love the scene Peck does with his back to the camera. Doesn't need to talk, even.

[ForFuxakes]

57. Gladiator...

"My name is Maximus Desimus Meridius...comander of the armies of the north, husband to a murdered wife, father to a slain child and I WILL have my revenge in this life or the next"

[malmapus]

60. Gladiator for me too

But at the begining while the Roman legion is getting ready for the battle against the Germanic tribe. Maximus giving the final speech to the cavalry before they ride out:

"Three weeks from now I will be harvesting my crops. Imagine where you will be, and it will be so. Hold the line! Stay with me!
If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled,for you are in Elysium, and you're already dead!!!"

[ForFuxakes]

61. Thats cool too

That movie script is filled with such a powerful dilouge...it is one I can watch over and over and still find something new in it!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

64. Never Cry Wolf

When Tyler decides to experiment to see if wolves could live off mice.

And many other scenes in that movie...

[Broken_Hero]

67. I'll share two...

in Superman the Movie...when Superman flies up to catch Lois, and he says "I got you" and she says "You got me, who's got you!?!"....and then, the helicopter falls, and the man of steel catches it...classic, goosebumps all up/down my arms!

Empire Strikes Back, when Darth Vader says "Luke, I am your father"...totally took me by surprise!

[blogslut]

69. Too many good moments to name

But for best movie death EVAR:

Boromir in "The Fellowship of the Ring"

[susanna]

115. Oh, I'll second that! n/t

[saltpoint]

71. The confrontation in NETWORK when Faye Dunaway's tv programming

executive exchanges cultural jabs with a revolutionary militant;

the moment in HUD when Melvin Douglas tells Paul Newman, "That's the problem with you, Hud. You just don't give a damn" ;

Richard Farnsworth, in HAVANA, as a legendary gambler explaining to Robert Redford that he won't return to Las Vegas because all it means to him is "atomic bombs and sandy pussy";

and

the American and German soldiers in snowy Europe in A MIDNIGHT CLEAR who forsake handgrenades for a snowball fight.

And a thousand others.

What a great OP. Thank you.

[Mad_Dem_X]

73. Well, speaking of Faye Dunaway:

"NO WIRE HANGERS EVER!!!!!!!!!"

[saltpoint]

86. Yes. Faye doesn't soft-pedal that role either, does she.

Also I liked her quite a bit in DON JUAN DE MARCO, with Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp. Not a major role, but she did it just right.

[schmuls]

75. Mine is that scene in "Deliverance". Jon Voight comes to that

table of country folk after their river adventure. People are silent and he starts crying. The Bobby character breaks the ice by saying to the person next to him "This corn is special, ain't it?" and then they start talking about growing vegetables and one woman describes the cucumber she grew and Jon Voight starts smiling - the scene is so down to earth. I always watch for it when I watch Deliverance.

[bigwillq]

76. Shawshank

When Tim Robbins fnally escapes and he rips open his shirt and the rain is pouring down.

Absolute Freedom.

[raccoon]

77. When Lassie goes running home to Roddy McDowall.

"Places in the Heart"--When Sally Field tells Danny Glover how he motivated the workers to produce the first bale of cotton, "and don't you ever forget that."

At the end of "Saving Private Ryan" when the youthful Private Ryan slowly fades away and an elderly James Ryan is there at the military cemetery in France.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

78. The "Layla" montage in Goodfellas.

Alec Baldwin's scene in Glengarry Glen Ross.

Morgan Freeman's narration during the Italian opera in the Shawshank Redemption.

Peter Finch's "I'm mad as hell" scene from Network.

[Maccagirl]

82. The barn dance scene in "Witness"

with Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis. Exquisite.

[stanwyck]

91. Love the look of every scene

in that movie. From the little Amish boy in the city to the raising of the barn in the countryside. It's a beautifully filmed and acted movie. Perfection.

[Mad_Dem_X]

95. Beautiful scene! n/t

[Shakespeare]

96. What's even better than that scene.....

....is the one where he drinks the glass of lemonade she's given him (he's outside with the Amish men working his ass off). The way he looks at her as he gulps that down still make my cheeks flush.

[LynneSin]

83. John Cusack and the Boom Box in "Say Anything"

When he holds it up outside Diane Cort's bedroom and blares Peter Gabrial's "In Your Eyes"

Most romantic thing ever done in a movie

[TallahasseeGrannie]

84. In Misery

when James Caan picks up the typewriter and beans Kathy Bates with it and screams "You sick, twisted, **ck!"

[sakabatou]

87. Princess Mononoke

When the forrest was coming back to life.

[HEyHEY]

89. getting some tit in the back of the theatre during Wayne's World two at age 14

[hellbound-liberal]

93. Mine's from Norma Rae. Still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck!

Here's the scene:



After Sally Field stands on her desk to hold up this sign, workers in the factory start shutting off their machines one by one until it is dead quiet. Then the police come in and escort her out. Great scene!

[dixiechik]

100. Mine's from Norma Rae. Still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck!

Oh Wow! That's a good one. I remember getting chills when Sally Field was escorted out of the building and grabbed the door pull really forcefully in an act of defiance. That entire scene was brilliant.
Thanks for the recall.

[Arugula Latte]

105. Welcome to DU, dixiechik!

:hi: :toast:

[bigwillq]

111. Hello.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[dixiechik]

127. Welcome to DU

Why thank you!

[sarge43]

99. OK

Most favorite: Wile E. Coyote and the earthquake pills

2nd: Aragorn turning to the army and whispering "For Frodo", then leading the charge with Merry and Pippin hot on his heels

3rd: The look Crash gives Annie while he's painting her toenails (Bull Durham)

[Ekirh]

102. Alrighty . . .

1. The Seventh Seal: When he's talking to the preacher. . but he's really death in disquise.

2. Spinal Tap: The Stonehenge performance!

3. 12 Monkeys: The Ending

4. The Cabinent of Dr. Caligari. . again the ending.

5. Kung Fu Hustle: The scene in which the assassin's use a musical insturment as their weapon. I just love that scene.

6. The God Father Part II: I know it was you Fredo . . I know it was you.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

103. Weeweese Wodewick!

From Monty Python "Life of Brian" :)

[nytemare]

133. Love that movie.

My favorite part in that was after Brian was chased, in exasperation, he says, "All right, I am the Messiah, now FUCK OFF!".

[LiberalHeart]

107. Robert Redford's hand on the back of that woman in the dance scene...

...in Horse Whisperer.

Nearly every scene in the '40s version of Jane Eyre.

Ditto for Days of Heaven. (I think that's what it was called.)

The wrist kiss in Age of Innocence (also the scene between Ryder and Daniel Day Lewis when it became clear that she was a woman of steel)

In The Runner Stumbles, the scene where the priest finally kisses the nun.

Tom Wilkinson proposing to Helen Hunt in A Good Woman.

Just about any scene Tracy did with Hepburn, and that Jean Arthur did with Jimmy Stewart.

The bathtub scene in Butterfly.

[InvisibleTouch]

108. Almost every Odysseus scene in "Troy"

I've seldom seen a character brought to life so intensely with just a few relatively low-key scenes.

I've surely got lots of other favorite movie scenes, but that's what comes to mind for me at the moment.

[hellbound-liberal]

109. Another memorable moment...

[dixiechik]

125. Another memorable moment...

Hey Irk,
I'll have what SHE's having.....:-)

[hellbound-liberal]

140. That's the scene! By the way I like your sig line. Welcome to DU!

[terrya]

112. Gene Kelly performing the title song in "Singin' in the Rain"

It's gloriously joyous.

Others:

The "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" scene from "Network"

The "Triplets" number from "The Bandwagon"

"Springtime for Hitler" from the original "The Producers"

"Dancin'" from "Xanadu"

[susanna]

117. Okay, here's a few...

Vera and Delores' chat at Vera's eclipse party (Delores Claiborne)

Ruth's deathbed scene w/ Idgie (Fried Green Tomatoes)

Rhett's proposal to Scarlett after Frank Kennedy's death (parlor scene) (Gone With the Wind)

Discussion (Cora/Hawkeye) under the stars while evading a war party AND Cora/Col. Monro's argument over Hawkeye's fate (Last of the Mohicans)

Final confrontation between son (Penn) and father (Walken) (At Close Range)

The recreation of the alley crime scene w/ Willem Dafoe (Boondock Saints)

The final pursuit scene between Joe and his brother Frank (Indian Runner)

Any scene at all (Shawshank Redemption)
The end, with the damn plane in the background - OK, everything in the movie (Casablanca)
The entire movie (Better off Dead)
Actually, almost any scene in any movie containing Christopher Walken

There's probably a million more, but these always stick in my head.

[hellbound-liberal]

118. Here's Christopher Walken's scene stealing monologue from Pulp Fiction

He is fantastic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTUAYLNPe98

[susanna]

119. Oh gawd, the watch! I love that bit. Thanks! n/t

[hippiechick]

122. Amelie, also ... but, the ending ...

... where the artist creates the video for her and when she 'hides' from her man, then starts to cry because she's a chicken, she sees the tv in her room and plays his message about "If you don't take a risk now, you'll grow cold etc etc NOW, GO GET HIM!" and she runs out of the room to go find her honey & he's standing at the door.

Gasp. I cry every time. :loveya:


Also, the ending of "A Brief Encounter" ... the movie is a woman recalling her almost affair with a man she meets at the train station and spends several weeks getting to know, then he tells her that he's leaving the country with his family ... and after he leaves, she nearly throws herself in front of a train ... then makes her way home to her unsuspecting husband and is just sitting in a daze in a chair ... it starts at the end, then goes back in time with her telling of the story, until we get back to 'real time' ... and she looks so sad and broken ... and her husband - still unsuspecting asks if there's anything wrong, and that he was worried because she looked 'so very far away' but that he's 'glad she's come back to him' without ever knowing the prescience of his words.

Sigh. :cry:

[nuxvomica]

124. Claude Rains ordering dinner in "Deception" (1946)

The movie is an over-the-top romantic triangle with Rains playing a famous composer, Bette Davis as his mistress and Paul Heinreid as her cellist ex-lover who she thought had died during the war. Rains feigns friendship with Heinreid with the intent of ruining him so he can keep Davis to himself and sets up a big concert gig for him. He insists they join him for dinner at a fancy restaurant just before Heinreid's performance, about which the cellist is already very nervous, and tries to rattle his nerves with the longest, fussiest dinner ordering scene in film history.

[nuxvomica]

126. Also, I watched "The Departed" today and was reminded of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVFNFHLMNBk

[dixiechik]

128. Share one of your favorite film moments

Here's mine: Terms of Endearment

Shirley Maclaine is at the nurse's station yelling, "Give my daughter the shot! She's only got to wait until 10, give her the shot."
And the nurse says, "I'm sorry, she's not my patient."
Then Shirley gets pissed and says, "No! You don't understand. She's in pain. She doesn't have to be in pain. Give her the shot. Give my daughter the shooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot!" Screaming at the top of her lungs.
The nurse nervously gets the hypodermic and rushes into the room.
Shirley shakes her head and puts her hand to her throat and calmly says, "Thank you," following after the nurse.

It was such a real moment.

[hellbound-liberal]

130. Thanks for reminding me Dixiechik! That movie was intense!

One of the first GREAT movies that I ever saw.

[susanna]

134. I'd forgotten that.

And you're right. Exquisite.

[dixiechik]

129. Share one of your favorite film moments

One more. The movie is Philadelphia

The scene: Tom Hanks is explaining the Maria Callas auria "La Mamma Morta" to Denzel Washington. He's standing in the room, moving his IV drip bag stand around the room with him as he's acting this thing out with the lights changing around him. Denzel is just staring at him because it's so powerful. It's so haunting.

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzIC1mkcS8c Go watch it.
I bawl every time I watch it.

He gives me chills to this day.

[blue neen]

131. The little girl with the red coat on running in "Schindler's List."

The rest of the scene was shot in black and white. So sad.

[Hobarticus]

137. Oh, that's instant bawling for me, every time....

No matter how many times I see that, the waterworks are on full blast.

[ms liberty]

136. In "The Ref"...

when Kevin Spacey, as Lloyd, finally loses his cool:


Lloyd: Excuse me! Excuse me! EXCUSE ME! EXCUSE ME!

Lloyd: If you don't mind, the "corpse" *STILL* has the floor!
***
Lloyd finishes his rant by insulting his witch of a mother in the most delicious way:

Lloyd: You know what I'm going to get you next Christmas, Mom? A big wooden cross, so that every time you feel unappreciated for your sacrifices, you can climb on up and nail yourself to it.
***
One of my favorite movies, ever. With Kevin Spacey, Judy Davis, Denis Leary, and Christine Baranski.

[CBHagman]

142. Great quote!

And don't forget what Denis Leary says to Glynis Johns in another scene. Background: Glynis Johns plays Kevin Spacey's manipulative, hard-hearted mother. Denis Leary is the burglar who winds up taking the entire family hostage and almost loses his mind in so doing. But the mother is the last straw.

Gus (Denis Leary): What is the matter with you? I thought mothers were sweet and nice and patient. I know loan sharks who are more forgiving than you. Your husband ain't dead, lady. He's hiding.

:rofl:

Bit of trivia: In two Christmas movies from the mid-90s, Glynis Johns played the matriarch of the family: a horrible one in The Ref, a sweet, dotty, lovable one in While You Were Sleeping.

[ms liberty]

151. Another bit of trivia...

Kevin Spacey and Judy Davis' marriage counselor is BD Wong, who plays a shrink on Law & Order SVU. The Commander of their son's military school, is JK Simmons, who also has played a shrink on Law & Order SVU.

[jpgray]

138. My sig pic

When all the homeless people have a huge party in the mansion their pseudo-nun caretaker inherited from her pervy uncle in Viridiana, lining up like the Last Supper before one of the ladies takes a picture with "the camera her parents gave her." :D

[RedStateShame]

139. "Empire Strikes Back," the final exchange between Han and Leia:

"I love you."

"I know."

I swear, if my girlfriend and I ever decide to marry, that's how we're exchanging our vows.

[gbate]

141. When Forrest sees Jenny and runs through the Reflecting Pool during that anti-war speech.

[MrScorpio]

144. Mongo rides a bull in Blazing Saddles

Hell... The whole movie

[hellbound-liberal]

147. Here's one from my favorite musical, The Blues Brothers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9-RgODanSc

[enigmatic]

148. "We're All Bored"- My Dinner With Andre (1981)

http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2007/02/were-all-bored-my-dinner-with-andre.html

[MassLiberal]

149. In "Sense & Sensibility"

when Emma Thompson's character, Elinor Dashwood, realizes that the man she loves, played by Hugh Grant, isn't married after all, and she's laughing and crying at the same time. :loveya:

[Bryan]

153. In "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

Captain Katanga and his crew watch dejectedly from the deck as the U-Boat pulls away with Marion and the Ark on board-and then Indy pops out of the water and swings over the railing of the sub. He snaps off a salute and runs towards the conning tower, just managing to grab on as the sub sweeps under the water. The crew explode into cheers, and I join them.