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"How much you want for 'em?" (Answered)
Ritabert
(2,789 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,459 posts)Ritabert
(2,789 posts)LisaM
(29,708 posts)Now I have to see how many of those would be more humourously answered by just saying "Melania"!
Morbius
(1,200 posts)What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff... Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling. Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanos. The dead rising from the grave. Dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria!
Ritabert
(2,789 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,459 posts)anciano
(2,334 posts)Jim__
(15,307 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,719 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,576 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)Great movie!
Brother Buzz
(40,576 posts)The story was set on a fictional New England island, but filmed in Mendocino and Fort Bragg in Northern California. Early morning scenes with the sun rising in the Atlantic had to be shot in the late afternoon with the sun setting in the Pacific.
Emergency! Everybody to get from street!
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)could actually speak Russian, though he didn't speak it in the film.
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,605 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)Grits!
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)Robert Redford and Will Geer. RIP
Harker
(18,307 posts)I'm going to line up "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Three Days of the Condor" soon.
red dog 1
(33,662 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction
red dog 1
(33,662 posts)This is the 3rd time I posted a reply to you....WTF?
(I hope this one stays posted)
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)red dog 1
(33,662 posts)red dog 1
(33,662 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)We watched it last week...I liked it.
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,931 posts)Neidermeier to Flounder
Although there are probably other correct answers, too.
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)That line wasn't in Animal House. Good guess, though!

Another hint: "It tastes like the back of a fucking L.A. school bus."
red dog 1
(33,662 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)Ned Ryerson
"You wanna throw up here, or you wanna throw up in the car?"
(One of my all-time favorite movies....I've probably watched it 20 times)
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)jgo
(1,034 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,793 posts)jgo
(1,034 posts)The full quote may help-
"Some people call this hell, but you're still in Oklahoma Territory... Save your breath. I don't know who hung you or why, but if you're innocent, the judge will set you free. And if you're not, we'll have to take the trouble to hanging you again."
Wounded Bear
(64,793 posts)jgo
(1,034 posts)Historic NY
(40,176 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)Figarosmom
(14,488 posts)DFW
(60,695 posts)The Jessica Lange version
Figarosmom
(14,488 posts)DFW
(60,695 posts)Thats the film where I remember hearing it (spoken by Jeff Bridges).
Figarosmom
(14,488 posts)When he's in jail for the murder of Richard Crenna and he realizes Kathleen Turner didn't die in the boathouse explosion and had set him up from before even meeting him.
CTyankee
(68,588 posts)Figarosmom
(14,488 posts)boonecreek
(1,564 posts)"The Bride of Frankenstein."
kacekwl
(9,297 posts)Hmmm
I'll have me some of the biggums.
red dog 1
(33,662 posts)"That boy likes me, hmm"
Cyklops
(9 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)OmegaX
(51 posts)DFW
(60,695 posts)" I was the next man!"
Attilatheblond
(9,432 posts)DFW
(60,695 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)but can they fight?"
Harker
(18,307 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)and seven Carlings"
red dog 1
(33,662 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)and one of them a redhead".
red dog 1
(33,662 posts)mwmisses4289
(5,047 posts)red dog 1
(33,662 posts)mwmisses4289
(5,047 posts)Shermann
(9,075 posts)Niagara
(12,380 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Niagara
(12,380 posts)I'm guilty of rewatching this movie as well.
pandr32
(14,307 posts)yourout
(8,903 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Niagara
(12,380 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)"So often you won't even notice".
red dog 1
(33,662 posts)"What kind of music do you usually play here?...
...Oh we've got both kinds; country and western!"
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)but don't step in number two."
Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)I love that movie.
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)Dean Martin!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)"I don't believe this!"
"Maybe it's a dream!"
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)"Stabbing headache?"
red dog 1
(33,662 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,344 posts)"But I was going to make espresso!"
RIP Gene Hackman
The Wizard
(13,927 posts)She is a prostitute.
The Roux Comes First
(2,411 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Angleae
(4,825 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)catbyte
(39,432 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,605 posts)"Everyone has a big but. Tell me about your big but."
bobalew
(499 posts)The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient "
Tikki
(15,272 posts)Tikki
Harker
(18,307 posts)There once was a man from Australia
who painted his arse like a dahlia
NNadir
(38,802 posts)red dog 1
(33,662 posts)(I'm thinking that maybe Noah Cross (John Huston) may have uttered that line)
NNadir
(38,802 posts)red dog 1
(33,662 posts)This makes my day!
Harker
(18,307 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add... "Here, Jonesy. Meow. Meow. Jonesy?"
lpbk2713
(43,316 posts)The sub commander to Jonesy the sonar tech.
Harker
(18,307 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)"For a gringo, I'm terrific!"
Attilatheblond
(9,432 posts)pdxflyboy
(963 posts)n/t
Tbear
(750 posts)Tbear
(750 posts)The line is fromJimmer as he woke while his buddies were trying to get him to fart to jolt Jeff Daniels (the Buckless Yooper) out of his stupor.
Greatest fart scene ever from a fine movie depicting life in a UP deer camp.
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)"Good, though."
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)"Would you like to try our new beef and cheese pot pie on a stick, only $1.99?"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)red dog 1
(33,662 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat.
red dog 1
(33,662 posts)I recently read Bob Woodward's book about Deep Throat, "The Secret Man," and Mark Felt never actually said, "follow the money."
(But they stuck the line in the movie anyway)
Harker
(18,307 posts)Angleae
(4,825 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)I was thinking of "Return of The Pink Panther", 1976.
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)[link:
|Aristus
(72,697 posts)._.
(1,905 posts)"It had to end sometime"..
Phoenix61
(18,912 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Melvin, as portrayed by Jack Nicholson.
Phoenix61
(18,912 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)print the legend."
Brother Buzz
(40,576 posts)Shooting the film in Black and White for budget constraints only made the film stronger. John Ford was a genius.
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)John Wayne
James Stewart
Lee Marvin
Vera Miles
John Carradine
Lee Van Cleef
Andy Devine
Woody Strode
Strother Martin
Denver Pyle
John Qualen
Vera Miles is still living, almost 96. John Qualen was in Casablanca and in a very memorable role; Muley in The Grapes of Wrath.
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)"All gone. Num num is gone."
LSparkle
(12,252 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)LSparkle
(12,252 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)After 50+ years all that I remember are a few words and phrases, can count to ten and some swear words.
Harker
(18,307 posts)the first with Inge Sargent, Austrian former Burmese princess. Very interesting woman. My second year teacher was a dead ringer for the magician on the "Agents of Fortune" record sleeve. I brought my copy in one day, and everyone saw the resemblance but him.
My in-laws are German citizens, born in Germany in the 30s, green card holders since the late 50s.
I'm less accomplished than I ought to be, but I get by.
Swear words are a good thing to know.
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)My grandpa was from coastal Germany near the Dutch border. He could speak both German and Frisian. My fraternal people were from Switzerland/Germany in the early 1830s. I have a smattering of English/Scottish, but I'm about 95% Germanic.
Harker
(18,307 posts)Paternal side from Ireland more recently, and with little documentation.
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)I checked out her bio, what an intriguing story, thank you so much.
Harker
(18,307 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)Navy Lt. Commander, MS electrical engineer, wintered in the Antarctic, worked with NASA on Apollo missions and Skylab.
Harker
(18,307 posts)Pretty quiet, and an all around nice guy.
Between the Universities and the plethora of scientific labs, governmental agencies, etc. Boulder was packed with a lot of smart, creative people. I was very fortunate to be friendly with many, and friends with some.
Harker
(18,307 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May.
My favorite director is Billy Wilder.
Harker
(18,307 posts)Time to get cracking with interlibrary loans!
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)were The Fortune Cookie with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, their first pairing. Another was One, Two, Three with James Cagney, an absolute madcap comedy.
Harker
(18,307 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,576 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,576 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,183 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,344 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,137 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,137 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)
CurtEastPoint
(20,137 posts)Cloudhopper
(194 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,137 posts)Cloudhopper
(194 posts)beginning in the mid-60s when I was about 4 years old. But I barely remember that episode.
-misanthroptimist
(1,931 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,183 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,931 posts)Bogart could bring the dead pan humor like no one else.
CTyankee
(68,588 posts)CTyankee
(68,588 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)CTyankee
(68,588 posts)It was an interesting and thought provoking film.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)I keep meaning to see the entire thing.
CTyankee
(68,588 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,564 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)...and the cats meow"
Brother Buzz
(40,576 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,555 posts)Easy Rider. 🙂
Brother Buzz
(40,576 posts)Extra points if you can ID the letterman sweater Jack Nicholson is wearing on the motorcycle.
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)There's a rumor that Captain America (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) were based on Roger Mcguinn and David Crosby respectively.
Brother Buzz
(40,576 posts)But I cant visualize George participating in football.

Dennis Hopper totally nailed David Crosby, but the jury is is still out on the Fonda/Mcguinn connection.
FM123
(10,389 posts)Cloudhopper
(194 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
Coventina This message was self-deleted by its author.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)red dog 1
(33,662 posts)Taggart: "I'd say you've had enough!"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)Brokeback Mountain
Harker
(18,307 posts)red dog 1
(33,662 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)every spring the toilets explode.
Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner?
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)Killed in Vietnam by his own troops.
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:41 PM - Edit history (1)
...Scotts Bar".
Harker
(18,307 posts)Not sure how I missed it before.
Janbdwl72
(301 posts)It's from an older movie, made in the 1960s.
Harker
(18,307 posts)"They call me MISTER Tibbs!"
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)Angleae
(4,825 posts)One of the girls had an imaginary friend, what was the name of the friend?
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Indian Agent/Thief to Paul Newman.
Harker
(18,307 posts)Practically the entire script is a series of quotable lines.
Harker
(18,307 posts)tikka
(853 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Yep!
a kennedy
(36,688 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)It sounds so familiar, but I just can't place it.
a kennedy
(36,688 posts)I just cant and well talk again when you totally give up. It was a classic. 1999. And thats all Im giving ya.
sammythecat
(3,602 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)William Holden in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch".
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Never heard "friendo" elsewhere.
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)I agree, "friendo" is pretty distinct to this film. I figured that'd be the clue that gives it away.
I've used "friendo" a few times in the wild, I like it!
Harker
(18,307 posts)Like Jell-O.
When you've used it, were you aiming for Bardem level menace?
Harker
(18,307 posts)oasis
(54,236 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)oasis
(54,236 posts)Janbdwl72
(301 posts)I'll give the answer in a separate thread. Hopefully, someone will take a stab at this.
Harker
(18,307 posts)That's a stab for you.
thucythucy
(9,170 posts)The Wizard
(13,927 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)lpbk2713
(43,316 posts)Sir Alec Guinness as Col Nicholson.
The Force was with him.
Harker
(18,307 posts)lpbk2713
(43,316 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)I'm sure we have our favorite outliers, but that really was a great era on all counts.
Harker
(18,307 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)CanonRay
(16,305 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)CanonRay
(16,305 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)So, I saw it right off!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)a kennedy
(36,688 posts)Nobody has even come close
ha ha, not even a guess.
Harker
(18,307 posts)red dog 1
(33,662 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)Same character, same movie
red dog 1
(33,662 posts)efhmc
(17,217 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)I feel as big as a damn mountain."
Harker
(18,307 posts)Is it "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"?
I read the novel in 75, then watched the film in early January 1976 while I was a freshman at college.
Harker
(18,307 posts)1973. His quiet enthusiasm was contagious, and I'd bet that he made a very fine teacher.
A bookshop owner for whom I worked as an adult had been college roommates with Brad Dourif.
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)it netted $163m. One of three films in history that received the big five; Best Picture, Director, Actress, Actor, and Adapted Screenplay. The others were It Happened One Night 1934 and The Silence of the Lambs 1991.
Harker
(18,307 posts)I very much enjoyed "Double Indemnity" again, nudged by you toward a closer look at Billy Wilder.
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)I quote it in my signature line
VGNonly
(8,595 posts)"I'm too young to be a beatnik, too old to be a hippie".
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)"Why you gotta mess with the clubs?"
Harker
(18,307 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,576 posts)red dog 1
(33,662 posts)Harker
(18,307 posts)The only line spoken in this movie.
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)Ironically spoken by Marcel Marceau
red dog 1
(33,662 posts)JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)red dog 1
(33,662 posts)red dog 1
(33,662 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 14, 2026, 02:53 PM - Edit history (1)
JoseBalow
(9,868 posts)and if you prefer, although there's no point to it, it puts bones in fish."
Harker
(18,307 posts)VGNonly
(8,595 posts)and an out-of-work bum look a lot a like".