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AFI's 100 YEARS...100 MOVIE QUOTES
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes will be shown on Bravo this fall.
The telecast dates are:
- Tuesday, November 15 at 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, November 23 at 8:00 p.m.
"FRANKLY, MY DEAR, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN"
TOPS AFI'S LIST OF
100 GREATEST MOVIE QUOTES OF ALL TIME
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OTHER WINNERS INCLUDE
THE GODFATHER, "I'M GOING TO MAKE HIM AN OFFER HE CAN'T REFUSE,"
THE WIZARD OF OZ, "TOTO, I'VE GOT A FEELING WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE" AND CASABLANCA, "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID"
AFI'S 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases The American Film Institute (AFI) revealed the top movie quotes of all time in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes, a three-hour special television event on CBS hosted by actor and action star Pierce Brosnan with commentary from many of Hollywood's most celebrated actors and filmmakers. A jury of 1,500 film artists, critics and historians selected "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," spoken by Clark Gable in the celebrated Civil War epic, GONE WITH THE WIND as the most memorable movie quote of all time.
NOTE: Due to licensing restrictions, the telecasts of the AFI 100...100 Series are not available for distribution or purchase on DVD or VHS.
MRS. MINIVER Click here to view the quote!
"I'm going to let you in on a little secret...and tell you that six of tonight's greatest movie quotes come from one film.
CASABLANCA.
In the eight years we've aired these specials, CASABLANCA has been honored in seven of them. And when we counted down the greatest love stories of all time...it was #1.
This kind of movie trivia is fun, but the movies are never trivial.
Consider MRS. MINIVER...a film released the same year as CASABLANCA. Its closing lines were so powerful to President Franklin Roosevelt, that he ordered them printed on millions of leaflets and dropped over Nazi-occupied Europe."
Jean Picker Firstenberg AFI'S 100 YEARS...100 MOVIE QUOTES 06.21.05
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VICAR
This is the people's war! It is our war! We are the fighters! Fight it, then! Fight it with all that is in us, and may God defend the right.
MRS. MINIVER
MGM, 1942
ACTOR Henry Wilcoxon
SCREENWRITERS Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West
DIRECTOR William Wyler
PRODUCERS William Wyler, Sidney Franklin
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The Honorees Are...
FRANKLY, MY DEAR… IT'S A DAMNED MEMORABLE LINE
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Quote
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Movie
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Year
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1
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Frankly,
my dear, I don't give a damn.
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GONE
WITH THE WIND
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1939
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2
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I'm
going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
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THE
GODFATHER
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1972
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3
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You
don't understand! I coulda had
class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum,
which is what I am.
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ON
THE WATERFRONT
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1954
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4
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Toto,
I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
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THE
WIZARD OF OZ
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1939
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5
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Here's
looking at you, kid.
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CASABLANCA
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1942
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6
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Go
ahead, make my day.
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SUDDEN
IMPACT
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1983
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7
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All
right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
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SUNSET
BLVD.
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1950
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8
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May
the Force be with you.
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STAR
WARS
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1977
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9
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Fasten
your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night.
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ALL
ABOUT EVE
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1950
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10
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You
talking to me?
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TAXI
DRIVER
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1976
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11
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What
we've got here is failure to communicate.
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COOL
HAND LUKE
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1967
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12
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I
love the smell of napalm in the morning.
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APOCALYPSE
NOW
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1979
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13
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Love
means never having to say you're sorry.
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LOVE
STORY
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1970
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14
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The
stuff that dreams are made of.
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THE
MALTESE FALCON
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1941
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15
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E.T.
phone home.
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E.T.
THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
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1982
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16
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They
call me Mister Tibbs!
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IN
THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
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1967
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17
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Rosebud.
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CITIZEN
KANE
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1941
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18
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Made
it, Ma! Top of the world!
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WHITE
HEAT
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1949
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19
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I'm
as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!
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NETWORK
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1976
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20
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Louis,
I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
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CASABLANCA
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1942
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21
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A
census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and
a nice Chianti.
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THE
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
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1991
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22
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Bond.
James Bond.
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DR.
NO
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1962
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23
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There's
no place like home.
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THE
WIZARD OF OZ
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1939
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24
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I
am big! It's the pictures that
got small.
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SUNSET
BLVD.
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1950
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25
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Show
me the money!
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JERRY
MAGUIRE
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1996
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26
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Why
don't you come up sometime and see me?
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SHE
DONE HIM WRONG
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1933
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27
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I'm
walking here! I'm walking here!
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MIDNIGHT
COWBOY
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1969
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28
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Play
it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'
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CASABLANCA
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1942
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29
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You
can't handle the truth!
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A
FEW GOOD MEN
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1992
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30
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I
want to be alone.
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GRAND
HOTEL
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1932
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31
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After
all, tomorrow is another day!
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GONE
WITH THE WIND
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1939
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32
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Round
up the usual suspects.
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CASABLANCA
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1942
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33
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I'll
have what she's having.
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WHEN
HARRY MET SALLY
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1989
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34
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You
know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and
blow.
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TO
HAVE AND HAVE NOT
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1944
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35
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You're
gonna need a bigger boat.
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JAWS
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1975
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36
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Badges?
We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any
stinking badges!
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THE
TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
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1948
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37
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I'll
be back.
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THE
TERMINATOR
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1984
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38
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Today,
I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
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THE
PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
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1942
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39
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If
you build it, he will come.
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FIELD
OF DREAMS
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1989
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40
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Mama
always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're
gonna get.
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FORREST
GUMP
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1994
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41
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We
rob banks.
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BONNIE
AND CLYDE
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1967
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42
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Plastics.
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THE
GRADUATE
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1967
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43
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We'll
always have Paris.
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CASABLANCA
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1942
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44
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I
see dead people.
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THE
SIXTH SENSE
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1999
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45
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Stella! Hey, Stella!
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A
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
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1951
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46
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Oh,
Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars.
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NOW,
VOYAGER
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1942
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47
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Shane. Shane. Come back!
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SHANE
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1953
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48
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Well,
nobody's perfect.
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SOME
LIKE IT HOT
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1959
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49
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It's
alive! It's alive!
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FRANKENSTEIN
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1931
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50
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Houston,
we have a problem.
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APOLLO
13
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1995
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51
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You've
got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?
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DIRTY
HARRY
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1971
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52
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You
had me at "hello."
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JERRY
MAGUIRE
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1996
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53
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One
morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't
know.
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ANIMAL
CRACKERS
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1930
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54
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There's
no crying in baseball!
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A
LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
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1992
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55
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La-dee-da,
la-dee-da.
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ANNIE
HALL
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1977
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56
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A
boy's best friend is his mother.
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PSYCHO
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1960
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57
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Greed,
for lack of a better word, is good.
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WALL
STREET
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1987
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58
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Keep
your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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THE
GODFATHER II
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1974
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59
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As
God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
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GONE
WITH THE WIND
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1939
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60
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Well,
here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!
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SONS
OF THE DESERT
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1933
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61
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Say
"hello" to my little friend!
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SCARFACE
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1983
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62
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What
a dump.
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BEYOND
THE FOREST
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1949
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63
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Mrs.
Robinson, you're trying to seduce me.
Aren't you?
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THE
GRADUATE
|
1967
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64
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Gentlemen,
you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!
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DR.
STRANGELOVE
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1964
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65
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Elementary,
my dear Watson.
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THE
ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
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1939
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66
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Get
your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape.
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PLANET
OF THE APES
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1968
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67
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Of
all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
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CASABLANCA
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1942
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68
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Here's
Johnny!
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THE
SHINING
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1980
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69
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They're
here!
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POLTERGEIST
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1982
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70
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Is
it safe?
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MARATHON
MAN
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1976
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71
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Wait
a minute, wait a minute. You
ain't heard nothin' yet!
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THE
JAZZ SINGER
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1927
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72
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No
wire hangers, ever!
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MOMMIE
DEAREST
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1981
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73
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Mother
of mercy, is this the end of Rico?
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LITTLE
CAESAR
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1930
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74
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Forget
it, Jake, it's Chinatown.
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CHINATOWN
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1974
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75
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I
have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
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A
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
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1951
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76
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Hasta
la vista, baby.
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TERMINATOR
2: JUDGMENT DAY
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1991
|
77
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Soylent
Green is people!
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SOYLENT
GREEN
|
1973
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78
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Open
the pod bay doors, HAL.
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2001:
A SPACE ODYSSEY
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1968
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79
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Striker:
Surely you can't be serious.
Rumack:
I am serious…and don't call me Shirley.
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AIRPLANE!
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1980
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80
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Yo,
Adrian!
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ROCKY
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1976
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81
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Hello,
gorgeous.
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FUNNY
GIRL
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1968
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82
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Toga! Toga!
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NATIONAL
LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE
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1978
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83
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Listen
to them. Children of the
night. What music they make.
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DRACULA
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1931
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84
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Oh,
no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.
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KING
KONG
|
1933
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85
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My
precious.
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THE
LORD OF THE RINGS: TWO TOWERS
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2002
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86
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Attica!
Attica!
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DOG
DAY AFTERNOON
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1975
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87
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Sawyer,
you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!
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42ND
STREET
|
1933
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88
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Listen
to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it.
You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right
behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna go, go, go!
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ON
GOLDEN POND
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1981
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89
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Tell
'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
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KNUTE
ROCKNE ALL AMERICAN
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1940
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90
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A
martini. Shaken, not stirred.
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GOLDFINGER
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1964
|
91
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Who's
on first.
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THE
NAUGHTY NINETIES
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1945
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92
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Cinderella
story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about
to become the Masters
champion. It looks like a
mirac...It's in the hole! It's in
the hole! It's in the hole!
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CADDYSHACK
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1980
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93
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Life
is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!
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AUNTIE
MAME
|
1958
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94
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I
feel the need - the need for speed!
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TOP
GUN
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1986
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95
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Carpe
diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
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DEAD
POETS SOCIETY
|
1989
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96
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Snap
out of it!
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MOONSTRUCK
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1987
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97
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My
mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank
you.
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YANKEE
DOODLE DANDY
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1942
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98
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Nobody
puts Baby in a corner.
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DIRTY
DANCING
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1987
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99
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I'll
get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!
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WIZARD
OF OZ, THE
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1939
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100
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I'm
king of the world!
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TITANIC
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1997
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Each year, AFI's 100 Years . . . series has garnered considerable attention from movie lovers around the world. Previous programs within this series have included AFI 100 Years . . . 100 Movies (1998), . . . 100 Stars (1999), . . . 100 Laughs (2000), . . . 100 Thrills (2001), . . . 100 Passions (2002), . . . 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) and . . . 100 Songs (2004).
About the Jury Process
AFI distributed a ballot with 400 nominated movie quotes to a jury of over 1,500 leaders from the creative community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers), critics and historians.
Jury members were asked to choose up to 100 movie quotes from a comprehensive list, including entries such as "Here's lookin' at you, kid" (CASABLANCA), "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" (GONE WITH THE WIND), "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" (SHE DONE HIM WRONG), "May the Force be with you" (STAR WARS), "Houston, we have a problem" (APOLLO 13), "Snap out of it!" (MOONSTRUCK), "You can't handle the truth!" (A FEW GOOD MEN), "I'll be back" (THE TERMINATOR) and "Show me the money!" (JERRY MAGUIRE).
Due to the extensive number of memorable movie lines in American film, jurors could also write in votes for up to five quotes that may not already appear on the ballot.
Jurors were asked to consider the following criteria in making their selections:
MOVIE QUOTE
A statement, phrase or brief exchange of dialogue spoken in an American film.* (Lyrics from songs are not eligible.)
CULTURAL IMPACT
Movie Quotes that viewers use in their own lives and situations; circulating through popular culture, they become part of the national lexicon.
LEGACY
Movie Quotes that viewers use to evoke the memory of a treasured film, thus ensuring and enlivening its historical legacy.
*AFI defines an American film as an English language motion picture with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States. Additionally, only Movie Quotes from feature-length American films released before January 1, 2004, will be considered. AFI defines a feature-length film as a motion picture of narrative format that is typically over 60 minutes in length.
Interesting Facts about the Ballot
Chronologically, the ballot spans from 1927, with the first full-length sound film, THE JAZZ SINGER: "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!" to 2002 and "My precious" from THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS.
CASABLANCA has seven quotes in AFI's ballot, making it the most represented film.
THE WIZARD OF OZ is the second most represented film with six quotes.
Humphrey Bogart has 10 quotes on the ballot, the most represented male actor. Al Pacino and the Marx Brothers follow with six quotes each and Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, James Stewart, Woody Allen and Jack Nicholson are all represented with five quotes each. Funnymen Peter Sellers and Mike Myers each have four quotes represented.
Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Judy Garland and Vivien Leigh each have four memorable movie quotes on the ballot.
Billy Wilder is the top represented writer with 13 quotes, some co-written with I.A.L. Diamond, Charles Brackett and Raymond Chandler. Frances Ford Coppola has nine quotes represented, with seven coming from THE GODFATHER Trilogy. Mario Puzo, Coppola's collaborator on THE GODFATHER trilogy, has a total of eight quotes. Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch each have seven quotes (all from CASABLANCA), followed by Woody Allen with six and Cameron Crowe, William Goldman and Stanley Kubrick with five quotes each.
1939 is the most represented year with 19 movie quotes. 1942 has 17 quotes and 1980 has 12.
AFI's
100 YEARS...100 MOVIE QUOTES (2005)
List of the 100 winning movie quotes. PDF (84k)
List of the 400 nominated movie quotes. PDF (236k)
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