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"How much you want for 'em?" (Answered)
Ritabert
(2,673 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,043 posts)Ritabert
(2,673 posts)LisaM
(29,693 posts)Now I have to see how many of those would be more humourously answered by just saying "Melania"!
Morbius
(1,154 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
(2,673 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,043 posts)anciano
(2,325 posts)Jim__
(15,292 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,669 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,494 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)Great movie!
Brother Buzz
(40,494 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
(8,571 posts)could actually speak Russian, though he didn't speak it in the film.
JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,593 posts)JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)Grits!
VGNonly
(8,571 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)Robert Redford and Will Geer. RIP
Harker
(18,221 posts)I'm going to line up "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Three Days of the Condor" soon.
red dog 1
(33,548 posts)JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction
red dog 1
(33,548 posts)This is the 3rd time I posted a reply to you....WTF?
(I hope this one stays posted)
JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)red dog 1
(33,548 posts)red dog 1
(33,548 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)We watched it last week...I liked it.
JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,842 posts)Neidermeier to Flounder
Although there are probably other correct answers, too.
JoseBalow
(9,799 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
(33,548 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 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
(8,571 posts)jgo
(1,030 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,723 posts)jgo
(1,030 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
(64,723 posts)jgo
(1,030 posts)Historic NY
(40,159 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)Figarosmom
(13,854 posts)DFW
(60,518 posts)The Jessica Lange version
Figarosmom
(13,854 posts)DFW
(60,518 posts)Thats the film where I remember hearing it (spoken by Jeff Bridges).
Figarosmom
(13,854 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
(68,540 posts)Figarosmom
(13,854 posts)boonecreek
(1,558 posts)"The Bride of Frankenstein."
kacekwl
(9,273 posts)Hmmm
I'll have me some of the biggums.
red dog 1
(33,548 posts)"That boy likes me, hmm"
Cyklops
(9 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)OmegaX
(51 posts)DFW
(60,518 posts)" I was the next man!"
Attilatheblond
(9,348 posts)DFW
(60,518 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)but can they fight?"
Harker
(18,221 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)and seven Carlings"
red dog 1
(33,548 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)and one of them a redhead".
red dog 1
(33,548 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,845 posts)red dog 1
(33,548 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,845 posts)Shermann
(9,075 posts)Niagara
(12,215 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Niagara
(12,215 posts)I'm guilty of rewatching this movie as well.
pandr32
(14,307 posts)yourout
(8,893 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Niagara
(12,215 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)"So often you won't even notice".
red dog 1
(33,548 posts)"What kind of music do you usually play here?...
...Oh we've got both kinds; country and western!"
JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)but don't step in number two."
Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)I love that movie.
JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)Dean Martin!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)"I don't believe this!"
"Maybe it's a dream!"
VGNonly
(8,571 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)"Stabbing headache?"
red dog 1
(33,548 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,317 posts)"But I was going to make espresso!"
RIP Gene Hackman
The Wizard
(13,898 posts)She is a prostitute.
The Roux Comes First
(2,363 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Angleae
(4,822 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)catbyte
(39,365 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,593 posts)"Everyone has a big but. Tell me about your big but."
bobalew
(486 posts)The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient "
Tikki
(15,238 posts)Tikki
Harker
(18,221 posts)There once was a man from Australia
who painted his arse like a dahlia
NNadir
(38,653 posts)red dog 1
(33,548 posts)(I'm thinking that maybe Noah Cross (John Huston) may have uttered that line)
NNadir
(38,653 posts)red dog 1
(33,548 posts)This makes my day!
Harker
(18,221 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add... "Here, Jonesy. Meow. Meow. Jonesy?"
lpbk2713
(43,307 posts)The sub commander to Jonesy the sonar tech.
Harker
(18,221 posts)JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)"For a gringo, I'm terrific!"
Attilatheblond
(9,348 posts)pdxflyboy
(953 posts)n/t
Tbear
(745 posts)Tbear
(745 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
(9,799 posts)JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)"Good, though."
VGNonly
(8,571 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)"Would you like to try our new beef and cheese pot pie on a stick, only $1.99?"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)red dog 1
(33,548 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat.
red dog 1
(33,548 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
(18,221 posts)Angleae
(4,822 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)I was thinking of "Return of The Pink Panther", 1976.
VGNonly
(8,571 posts)[link:
|Aristus
(72,630 posts)._.
(1,897 posts)"It had to end sometime"..
Phoenix61
(18,900 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Melvin, as portrayed by Jack Nicholson.
Phoenix61
(18,900 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)print the legend."
Brother Buzz
(40,494 posts)Shooting the film in Black and White for budget constraints only made the film stronger. John Ford was a genius.
VGNonly
(8,571 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
(9,799 posts)"All gone. Num num is gone."
LSparkle
(12,238 posts)JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)LSparkle
(12,238 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)After 50+ years all that I remember are a few words and phrases, can count to ten and some swear words.
Harker
(18,221 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
(8,571 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
(18,221 posts)Paternal side from Ireland more recently, and with little documentation.
VGNonly
(8,571 posts)I checked out her bio, what an intriguing story, thank you so much.
Harker
(18,221 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)Navy Lt. Commander, MS electrical engineer, wintered in the Antarctic, worked with NASA on Apollo missions and Skylab.
Harker
(18,221 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
(18,221 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May.
My favorite director is Billy Wilder.
Harker
(18,221 posts)Time to get cracking with interlibrary loans!
VGNonly
(8,571 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
(18,221 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,494 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,494 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,071 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,232 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,112 posts)JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,112 posts)JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)
CurtEastPoint
(20,112 posts)Cloudhopper
(188 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,112 posts)Cloudhopper
(188 posts)beginning in the mid-60s when I was about 4 years old. But I barely remember that episode.
-misanthroptimist
(1,842 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,071 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,842 posts)Bogart could bring the dead pan humor like no one else.
CTyankee
(68,540 posts)CTyankee
(68,540 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)CTyankee
(68,540 posts)It was an interesting and thought provoking film.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)I keep meaning to see the entire thing.
CTyankee
(68,540 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,543 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)...and the cats meow"
Brother Buzz
(40,494 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,511 posts)Easy Rider. 🙂
Brother Buzz
(40,494 posts)Extra points if you can ID the letterman sweater Jack Nicholson is wearing on the motorcycle.
VGNonly
(8,571 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
(40,494 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
(10,386 posts)Cloudhopper
(188 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
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Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)red dog 1
(33,548 posts)Taggart: "I'd say you've had enough!"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)Brokeback Mountain
Harker
(18,221 posts)red dog 1
(33,548 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)every spring the toilets explode.
Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner?
VGNonly
(8,571 posts)Killed in Vietnam by his own troops.
VGNonly
(8,571 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:41 PM - Edit history (1)
...Scotts Bar".
Harker
(18,221 posts)Not sure how I missed it before.
Janbdwl72
(289 posts)It's from an older movie, made in the 1960s.
Harker
(18,221 posts)"They call me MISTER Tibbs!"
VGNonly
(8,571 posts)Angleae
(4,822 posts)One of the girls had an imaginary friend, what was the name of the friend?
JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Indian Agent/Thief to Paul Newman.
Harker
(18,221 posts)Practically the entire script is a series of quotable lines.
Harker
(18,221 posts)tikka
(850 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Yep!
a kennedy
(36,459 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)It sounds so familiar, but I just can't place it.
a kennedy
(36,459 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
(9,799 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)William Holden in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch".
JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Never heard "friendo" elsewhere.
JoseBalow
(9,799 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
(18,221 posts)Like Jell-O.
When you've used it, were you aiming for Bardem level menace?
Harker
(18,221 posts)oasis
(54,100 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)oasis
(54,100 posts)Janbdwl72
(289 posts)I'll give the answer in a separate thread. Hopefully, someone will take a stab at this.
Harker
(18,221 posts)That's a stab for you.
thucythucy
(9,158 posts)The Wizard
(13,898 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)lpbk2713
(43,307 posts)Sir Alec Guinness as Col Nicholson.
The Force was with him.
Harker
(18,221 posts)lpbk2713
(43,307 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)I'm sure we have our favorite outliers, but that really was a great era on all counts.
Harker
(18,221 posts)JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)CanonRay
(16,286 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)CanonRay
(16,286 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)So, I saw it right off!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,240 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)a kennedy
(36,459 posts)Nobody has even come close
ha ha, not even a guess.
Harker
(18,221 posts)red dog 1
(33,548 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)Same character, same movie
red dog 1
(33,548 posts)efhmc
(17,053 posts)VGNonly
(8,571 posts)I feel as big as a damn mountain."
Harker
(18,221 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
(18,221 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
(8,571 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
(18,221 posts)I very much enjoyed "Double Indemnity" again, nudged by you toward a closer look at Billy Wilder.
JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)I quote it in my signature line
VGNonly
(8,571 posts)"I'm too young to be a beatnik, too old to be a hippie".
JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)"Why you gotta mess with the clubs?"
Harker
(18,221 posts)JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,494 posts)red dog 1
(33,548 posts)Harker
(18,221 posts)The only line spoken in this movie.
JoseBalow
(9,799 posts)Ironically spoken by Marcel Marceau