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"How much you want for 'em?" (Answered)
Ritabert
(2,743 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,287 posts)Ritabert
(2,743 posts)LisaM
(29,704 posts)Now I have to see how many of those would be more humourously answered by just saying "Melania"!
Morbius
(1,181 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
(2,743 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,287 posts)anciano
(2,331 posts)Jim__
(15,300 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,696 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,535 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)Great movie!
Brother Buzz
(40,535 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
(8,587 posts)could actually speak Russian, though he didn't speak it in the film.
JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,599 posts)JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)Grits!
VGNonly
(8,587 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)Robert Redford and Will Geer. RIP
Harker
(18,275 posts)I'm going to line up "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Three Days of the Condor" soon.
red dog 1
(33,631 posts)JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction
red dog 1
(33,631 posts)This is the 3rd time I posted a reply to you....WTF?
(I hope this one stays posted)
JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)red dog 1
(33,631 posts)red dog 1
(33,631 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)We watched it last week...I liked it.
JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,904 posts)Neidermeier to Flounder
Although there are probably other correct answers, too.
JoseBalow
(9,825 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
(33,631 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 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
(8,587 posts)jgo
(1,033 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,766 posts)jgo
(1,033 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
(64,766 posts)jgo
(1,033 posts)Historic NY
(40,171 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)Figarosmom
(14,230 posts)DFW
(60,617 posts)The Jessica Lange version
Figarosmom
(14,230 posts)DFW
(60,617 posts)Thats the film where I remember hearing it (spoken by Jeff Bridges).
Figarosmom
(14,230 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
(68,567 posts)Figarosmom
(14,230 posts)boonecreek
(1,562 posts)"The Bride of Frankenstein."
kacekwl
(9,279 posts)Hmmm
I'll have me some of the biggums.
red dog 1
(33,631 posts)"That boy likes me, hmm"
Cyklops
(9 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)OmegaX
(51 posts)DFW
(60,617 posts)" I was the next man!"
Attilatheblond
(9,391 posts)DFW
(60,617 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)but can they fight?"
Harker
(18,275 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)and seven Carlings"
red dog 1
(33,631 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)and one of them a redhead".
red dog 1
(33,631 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,940 posts)red dog 1
(33,631 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,940 posts)Shermann
(9,075 posts)Niagara
(12,344 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Niagara
(12,344 posts)I'm guilty of rewatching this movie as well.
pandr32
(14,307 posts)yourout
(8,894 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Niagara
(12,344 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)"So often you won't even notice".
red dog 1
(33,631 posts)"What kind of music do you usually play here?...
...Oh we've got both kinds; country and western!"
JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)but don't step in number two."
Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)I love that movie.
JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)Dean Martin!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)"I don't believe this!"
"Maybe it's a dream!"
VGNonly
(8,587 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)"Stabbing headache?"
red dog 1
(33,631 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,328 posts)"But I was going to make espresso!"
RIP Gene Hackman
The Wizard
(13,914 posts)She is a prostitute.
The Roux Comes First
(2,394 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Angleae
(4,825 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)catbyte
(39,402 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,599 posts)"Everyone has a big but. Tell me about your big but."
bobalew
(493 posts)The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient "
Tikki
(15,257 posts)Tikki
Harker
(18,275 posts)There once was a man from Australia
who painted his arse like a dahlia
NNadir
(38,728 posts)red dog 1
(33,631 posts)(I'm thinking that maybe Noah Cross (John Huston) may have uttered that line)
NNadir
(38,728 posts)red dog 1
(33,631 posts)This makes my day!
Harker
(18,275 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add... "Here, Jonesy. Meow. Meow. Jonesy?"
lpbk2713
(43,313 posts)The sub commander to Jonesy the sonar tech.
Harker
(18,275 posts)JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)"For a gringo, I'm terrific!"
Attilatheblond
(9,391 posts)pdxflyboy
(961 posts)n/t
Tbear
(746 posts)Tbear
(746 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
(9,825 posts)JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)"Good, though."
VGNonly
(8,587 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)"Would you like to try our new beef and cheese pot pie on a stick, only $1.99?"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)red dog 1
(33,631 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat.
red dog 1
(33,631 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
(18,275 posts)Angleae
(4,825 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)I was thinking of "Return of The Pink Panther", 1976.
VGNonly
(8,587 posts)[link:
|Aristus
(72,663 posts)._.
(1,901 posts)"It had to end sometime"..
Phoenix61
(18,907 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Melvin, as portrayed by Jack Nicholson.
Phoenix61
(18,907 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)print the legend."
Brother Buzz
(40,535 posts)Shooting the film in Black and White for budget constraints only made the film stronger. John Ford was a genius.
VGNonly
(8,587 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
(9,825 posts)"All gone. Num num is gone."
LSparkle
(12,245 posts)JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)LSparkle
(12,245 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)After 50+ years all that I remember are a few words and phrases, can count to ten and some swear words.
Harker
(18,275 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
(8,587 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
(18,275 posts)Paternal side from Ireland more recently, and with little documentation.
VGNonly
(8,587 posts)I checked out her bio, what an intriguing story, thank you so much.
Harker
(18,275 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)Navy Lt. Commander, MS electrical engineer, wintered in the Antarctic, worked with NASA on Apollo missions and Skylab.
Harker
(18,275 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
(18,275 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May.
My favorite director is Billy Wilder.
Harker
(18,275 posts)Time to get cracking with interlibrary loans!
VGNonly
(8,587 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
(18,275 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,535 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,535 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,130 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,308 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,119 posts)JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,119 posts)JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)
CurtEastPoint
(20,119 posts)Cloudhopper
(192 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,119 posts)Cloudhopper
(192 posts)beginning in the mid-60s when I was about 4 years old. But I barely remember that episode.
-misanthroptimist
(1,904 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,130 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,904 posts)Bogart could bring the dead pan humor like no one else.
CTyankee
(68,567 posts)CTyankee
(68,567 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)CTyankee
(68,567 posts)It was an interesting and thought provoking film.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)I keep meaning to see the entire thing.
CTyankee
(68,567 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,554 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)...and the cats meow"
Brother Buzz
(40,535 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,555 posts)Easy Rider. 🙂
Brother Buzz
(40,535 posts)Extra points if you can ID the letterman sweater Jack Nicholson is wearing on the motorcycle.
VGNonly
(8,587 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
(40,535 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
(10,388 posts)Cloudhopper
(192 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
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Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)red dog 1
(33,631 posts)Taggart: "I'd say you've had enough!"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)Brokeback Mountain
Harker
(18,275 posts)red dog 1
(33,631 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)every spring the toilets explode.
Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner?
VGNonly
(8,587 posts)Killed in Vietnam by his own troops.
VGNonly
(8,587 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:41 PM - Edit history (1)
...Scotts Bar".
Harker
(18,275 posts)Not sure how I missed it before.
Janbdwl72
(295 posts)It's from an older movie, made in the 1960s.
Harker
(18,275 posts)"They call me MISTER Tibbs!"
VGNonly
(8,587 posts)Angleae
(4,825 posts)One of the girls had an imaginary friend, what was the name of the friend?
JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Indian Agent/Thief to Paul Newman.
Harker
(18,275 posts)Practically the entire script is a series of quotable lines.
Harker
(18,275 posts)tikka
(853 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Yep!
a kennedy
(36,605 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)It sounds so familiar, but I just can't place it.
a kennedy
(36,605 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
(9,825 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)William Holden in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch".
JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Never heard "friendo" elsewhere.
JoseBalow
(9,825 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
(18,275 posts)Like Jell-O.
When you've used it, were you aiming for Bardem level menace?
Harker
(18,275 posts)oasis
(54,158 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)oasis
(54,158 posts)Janbdwl72
(295 posts)I'll give the answer in a separate thread. Hopefully, someone will take a stab at this.
Harker
(18,275 posts)That's a stab for you.
thucythucy
(9,163 posts)The Wizard
(13,914 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)lpbk2713
(43,313 posts)Sir Alec Guinness as Col Nicholson.
The Force was with him.
Harker
(18,275 posts)lpbk2713
(43,313 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)I'm sure we have our favorite outliers, but that really was a great era on all counts.
Harker
(18,275 posts)JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)CanonRay
(16,299 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)CanonRay
(16,299 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)So, I saw it right off!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,249 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)a kennedy
(36,605 posts)Nobody has even come close
ha ha, not even a guess.
Harker
(18,275 posts)red dog 1
(33,631 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)Same character, same movie
red dog 1
(33,631 posts)efhmc
(17,121 posts)VGNonly
(8,587 posts)I feel as big as a damn mountain."
Harker
(18,275 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
(18,275 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
(8,587 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
(18,275 posts)I very much enjoyed "Double Indemnity" again, nudged by you toward a closer look at Billy Wilder.
JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)I quote it in my signature line
VGNonly
(8,587 posts)"I'm too young to be a beatnik, too old to be a hippie".
JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)"Why you gotta mess with the clubs?"
Harker
(18,275 posts)JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,535 posts)red dog 1
(33,631 posts)Harker
(18,275 posts)The only line spoken in this movie.
JoseBalow
(9,825 posts)Ironically spoken by Marcel Marceau