Re: Mark's quote: I knew the actor straight off -- you really can't even read the line without hearing it in this person's voice. Pretty sure I had the movie right, and Google confirms...
awryone- "We bought a VW van, I had to sell all my Star Wars figures that I had, and ask my dad to co-sign for a loan" OK so it is P&S and not JoCo, close enough.
I did the google search and found it. I had no idea that would work. I won't give the answer since it wasn't out of my own brain. I love every movie that actor is in though.
I dated the daughter of the actor who played a police officer in the beginning of this film. That same actor ended up being an original cast member of General Hospital, playing Dr. Steve Hardy.
Another hint is that the director appeared in all of his own films.
Well, since I'm very bad at coming up with movie quotes to ask about, I've DQ'ed myself, but to be fair, even without Google I knew a hawk from a handsaw.
Trouble is that with this being directed by my favourite director, I can't actually narrow it down to one movie.
ETA: Google didn't give the answer until the director was added, it's been a while since I saw that one, but it is one of his better films, and I did have the actor right.
OK, so I got tired of waiting for the answer and looked it up, and now know what film it is. If I say what the name of the last movie quote was from, is that cheating? Cause I really want to put in a quote from one of my all time favorites-
Well considering I'm pretty sure every one who reads this thread doesn't know and/or looked up Mark's quote, I vote we just ignore him (No offense, Mark~) and move on with JoAnn's much easier quote, which I know quite handily: Groundhog Day. Don't drive angry!
Considering everyone considers my proposal acceptable:
EDIT: Removing my quote so Rob can move on with the chain. I'll hold it 'til I win one~
It's a Hitchcock film starring Cary Grant. It isn't "To Catch a Thief" or "Notorious". Per IMDb, "In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #55 Greatest Movie of All Time."
If that's not enough for someone who hasn't looked it up to guess it, I'll provide the answer this evening and choose a successor.
ETA: JoAnn seems to have some momentum, so she's officially my successor as of this moment. I'm still curious whether anyone will be able to guess this one.
Joann, I know exactly what you mean. I always feel like the tiniest word phrase or inflection makes me start thinking of songs, and usually one that no one around me will recognize.
Can we please stop quoting movies that are considerably older than I am. I feel like the people who complain to me about all my 80s references, and I don't care for the comeuppance :P
Hehe... my friends have almost gotten used to me saying, 'I have a song about that!' when they're talking about something that no right-minded person would write a song about it. I can really relate to Carrie Dahlby's song, Everything's a Song. (edited because I got the artist's name wrong.)
See, it's not like I don't know *anything* about movies before I was born: Hell, I took a History of American Film class; I was forced to sit through the entirety of Birth of a Nation. Citizen Kane is still in my Top 3 of all time. I knew the Casablanca quote .
I just find that, as I mentioned on another thread, the stuff that sticks in your head is the stuff that happened when your mind's eye opened up to the medium. So while Scrooged and Heathers may not be as good a movie, but it's the one that I'm gonna quote in my head over and over.
@MitchO: What's wrong with people using the movies they know, even if that means movies considerably older than you? I'm only 26 and I'm doing just fine, along with being one of the folks using older movie quotes.
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No idea about the movie quote by the way.
For the record: yes, it's a well-known actor in a classic film.
Another hint is that the director appeared in all of his own films.
ETA: Google didn't give the answer until the director was added, it's been a while since I saw that one, but it is one of his better films, and I did have the actor right.
I'm a god. I'm not *the* God... I don't think.
I guess I did put it up after all there, huh...
Considering everyone considers my proposal acceptable:
EDIT: Removing my quote so Rob can move on with the chain. I'll hold it 'til I win one~
It's a Hitchcock film starring Cary Grant. It isn't "To Catch a Thief" or "Notorious". Per IMDb, "In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #55 Greatest Movie of All Time."
If that's not enough for someone who hasn't looked it up to guess it, I'll provide the answer this evening and choose a successor.
ETA: JoAnn seems to have some momentum, so she's officially my successor as of this moment. I'm still curious whether anyone will be able to guess this one.
North by Northwest!
Returning from the previous post, my quote:
Here's my quote (so I can be reminded again that it is mostly males in this thread :-P )
Sex and The City: The Movie?
/duck
Was that the response you were hoping for? :-P
And I personally see most events in life as song cues. Pity know one else ever seems to know their words, much less the tune.
Rear Window
Yay, confirmation.
(edited because I got the artist's name wrong.)
I just find that, as I mentioned on another thread, the stuff that sticks in your head is the stuff that happened when your mind's eye opened up to the medium. So while Scrooged and Heathers may not be as good a movie, but it's the one that I'm gonna quote in my head over and over.
The character who spoke this line played an ukulele.
I'll hold my tongue for now, but I'll chime in if no one answers before it's nine days old.