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"How much you want for 'em?" (Answered)
Ritabert
(2,800 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,481 posts)Ritabert
(2,800 posts)LisaM
(29,709 posts)Now I have to see how many of those would be more humourously answered by just saying "Melania"!
Morbius
(1,207 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
(2,800 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(71,481 posts)anciano
(2,337 posts)Jim__
(15,309 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,725 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,596 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)Great movie!
Brother Buzz
(40,596 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
(8,597 posts)could actually speak Russian, though he didn't speak it in the film.
JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,605 posts)JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)Grits!
VGNonly
(8,597 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)Robert Redford and Will Geer. RIP
Harker
(18,311 posts)I'm going to line up "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Three Days of the Condor" soon.
red dog 1
(33,686 posts)JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction
red dog 1
(33,686 posts)This is the 3rd time I posted a reply to you....WTF?
(I hope this one stays posted)
JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)red dog 1
(33,686 posts)red dog 1
(33,686 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)We watched it last week...I liked it.
JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,934 posts)Neidermeier to Flounder
Although there are probably other correct answers, too.
JoseBalow
(9,886 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
(33,686 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 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
(8,597 posts)jgo
(1,037 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,806 posts)jgo
(1,037 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
(64,806 posts)jgo
(1,037 posts)Historic NY
(40,185 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)Figarosmom
(14,542 posts)DFW
(60,714 posts)The Jessica Lange version
Figarosmom
(14,542 posts)DFW
(60,714 posts)Thats the film where I remember hearing it (spoken by Jeff Bridges).
Figarosmom
(14,542 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
(68,589 posts)Figarosmom
(14,542 posts)boonecreek
(1,564 posts)"The Bride of Frankenstein."
kacekwl
(9,298 posts)Hmmm
I'll have me some of the biggums.
red dog 1
(33,686 posts)"That boy likes me, hmm"
Cyklops
(9 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)OmegaX
(51 posts)DFW
(60,714 posts)" I was the next man!"
Attilatheblond
(9,452 posts)DFW
(60,714 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)but can they fight?"
Harker
(18,311 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)and seven Carlings"
red dog 1
(33,686 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)and one of them a redhead".
red dog 1
(33,686 posts)mwmisses4289
(5,077 posts)red dog 1
(33,686 posts)mwmisses4289
(5,077 posts)Shermann
(9,075 posts)Niagara
(12,392 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Niagara
(12,392 posts)I'm guilty of rewatching this movie as well.
pandr32
(14,307 posts)yourout
(8,909 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Niagara
(12,392 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)"So often you won't even notice".
red dog 1
(33,686 posts)"What kind of music do you usually play here?...
...Oh we've got both kinds; country and western!"
JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)but don't step in number two."
Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)I love that movie.
JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)Dean Martin!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)"I don't believe this!"
"Maybe it's a dream!"
VGNonly
(8,597 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)"Stabbing headache?"
red dog 1
(33,686 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(21,346 posts)"But I was going to make espresso!"
RIP Gene Hackman
The Wizard
(13,932 posts)She is a prostitute.
The Roux Comes First
(2,423 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Angleae
(4,825 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)catbyte
(39,442 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(44,605 posts)"Everyone has a big but. Tell me about your big but."
bobalew
(500 posts)The Ox is slow, but the earth is patient "
Tikki
(15,279 posts)Tikki
Harker
(18,311 posts)There once was a man from Australia
who painted his arse like a dahlia
NNadir
(38,822 posts)red dog 1
(33,686 posts)(I'm thinking that maybe Noah Cross (John Huston) may have uttered that line)
NNadir
(38,822 posts)red dog 1
(33,686 posts)This makes my day!
Harker
(18,311 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add... "Here, Jonesy. Meow. Meow. Jonesy?"
lpbk2713
(43,317 posts)The sub commander to Jonesy the sonar tech.
Harker
(18,311 posts)JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)"For a gringo, I'm terrific!"
Attilatheblond
(9,452 posts)pdxflyboy
(964 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
(9,886 posts)JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)"Good, though."
VGNonly
(8,597 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 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
(33,686 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat.
red dog 1
(33,686 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
(18,311 posts)Angleae
(4,825 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)I was thinking of "Return of The Pink Panther", 1976.
VGNonly
(8,597 posts)[link:
|Aristus
(72,712 posts)._.
(1,907 posts)"It had to end sometime"..
Phoenix61
(18,914 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Melvin, as portrayed by Jack Nicholson.
Phoenix61
(18,914 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)print the legend."
Brother Buzz
(40,596 posts)Shooting the film in Black and White for budget constraints only made the film stronger. John Ford was a genius.
VGNonly
(8,597 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
(9,886 posts)"All gone. Num num is gone."
LSparkle
(12,252 posts)JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)LSparkle
(12,252 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)After 50+ years all that I remember are a few words and phrases, can count to ten and some swear words.
Harker
(18,311 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
(8,597 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
(18,311 posts)Paternal side from Ireland more recently, and with little documentation.
VGNonly
(8,597 posts)I checked out her bio, what an intriguing story, thank you so much.
Harker
(18,311 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)Navy Lt. Commander, MS electrical engineer, wintered in the Antarctic, worked with NASA on Apollo missions and Skylab.
Harker
(18,311 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
(18,311 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz and Seven Days in May.
My favorite director is Billy Wilder.
Harker
(18,311 posts)Time to get cracking with interlibrary loans!
VGNonly
(8,597 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
(18,311 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,596 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,596 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,209 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,362 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,138 posts)JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,138 posts)JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)
CurtEastPoint
(20,138 posts)Cloudhopper
(195 posts)CurtEastPoint
(20,138 posts)Cloudhopper
(195 posts)beginning in the mid-60s when I was about 4 years old. But I barely remember that episode.
-misanthroptimist
(1,934 posts)displacedvermoter
(5,209 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,934 posts)Bogart could bring the dead pan humor like no one else.
CTyankee
(68,589 posts)CTyankee
(68,589 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)CTyankee
(68,589 posts)It was an interesting and thought provoking film.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)I keep meaning to see the entire thing.
CTyankee
(68,589 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,567 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)...and the cats meow"
Brother Buzz
(40,596 posts)Dave Bowman
(7,556 posts)Easy Rider. 🙂
Brother Buzz
(40,596 posts)Extra points if you can ID the letterman sweater Jack Nicholson is wearing on the motorcycle.
VGNonly
(8,597 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
(40,596 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)progressoid
(53,517 posts)Cloudhopper
(195 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
Coventina This message was self-deleted by its author.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)red dog 1
(33,686 posts)Taggart: "I'd say you've had enough!"
Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)Brokeback Mountain
Harker
(18,311 posts)red dog 1
(33,686 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)every spring the toilets explode.
Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the alumni dinner?
VGNonly
(8,597 posts)Killed in Vietnam by his own troops.
VGNonly
(8,597 posts)Last edited Wed Apr 29, 2026, 11:41 PM - Edit history (1)
...Scotts Bar".
Harker
(18,311 posts)Not sure how I missed it before.
Janbdwl72
(303 posts)It's from an older movie, made in the 1960s.
Harker
(18,311 posts)"They call me MISTER Tibbs!"
VGNonly
(8,597 posts)Angleae
(4,825 posts)One of the girls had an imaginary friend, what was the name of the friend?
JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Indian Agent/Thief to Paul Newman.
Harker
(18,311 posts)Practically the entire script is a series of quotable lines.
Harker
(18,311 posts)tikka
(853 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Yep!
a kennedy
(36,723 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)It sounds so familiar, but I just can't place it.
a kennedy
(36,723 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
(9,886 posts)sammythecat
(3,602 posts)William Holden in Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch".
JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Never heard "friendo" elsewhere.
JoseBalow
(9,886 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
(18,311 posts)Like Jell-O.
When you've used it, were you aiming for Bardem level menace?
Harker
(18,311 posts)oasis
(54,263 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)oasis
(54,263 posts)Janbdwl72
(303 posts)I'll give the answer in a separate thread. Hopefully, someone will take a stab at this.
Harker
(18,311 posts)That's a stab for you.
thucythucy
(9,171 posts)The Wizard
(13,932 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)lpbk2713
(43,317 posts)Sir Alec Guinness as Col Nicholson.
The Force was with him.
Harker
(18,311 posts)lpbk2713
(43,317 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)I'm sure we have our favorite outliers, but that really was a great era on all counts.
Harker
(18,311 posts)JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)CanonRay
(16,307 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)CanonRay
(16,307 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)So, I saw it right off!
Mad_Dem_X
(10,253 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)gladium et scutum
(834 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)a kennedy
(36,723 posts)Nobody has even come close
ha ha, not even a guess.
Harker
(18,311 posts)red dog 1
(33,686 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)Same character, same movie
red dog 1
(33,686 posts)efhmc
(17,259 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)I feel as big as a damn mountain."
Harker
(18,311 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
(18,311 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
(8,597 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
(18,311 posts)I very much enjoyed "Double Indemnity" again, nudged by you toward a closer look at Billy Wilder.
JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)I quote it in my signature line
VGNonly
(8,597 posts)"I'm too young to be a beatnik, too old to be a hippie".
JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)"Why you gotta mess with the clubs?"
Harker
(18,311 posts)JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,596 posts)red dog 1
(33,686 posts)Harker
(18,311 posts)The only line spoken in this movie.
JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)Ironically spoken by Marcel Marceau
red dog 1
(33,686 posts)JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)red dog 1
(33,686 posts)red dog 1
(33,686 posts)Last edited Sun Jun 14, 2026, 02:53 PM - Edit history (1)
JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)and if you prefer, although there's no point to it, it puts bones in fish."
Harker
(18,311 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)and an out-of-work bum look a lot a like".
JoseBalow
(9,886 posts)VGNonly
(8,597 posts)your lean, mean and not so far in between ".