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spdspk
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Added: Jul 08, 2007 9:57 am
mattstan wrote:
The Quiet Man (1952)

You've **** me to break my golden rule and look it up on the IMDb. Embarassed How very hypocritical of me, but the game needed to move on.

I've heard of it, because it's John Ford, but never seen it. Any good?

Ok, let's see how you do with this one:

All dames are alike: they reach down your throat and they can grab your heart, pull it out and they throw it on the floor, step on it with their high heels, spit on it, shove it in the oven and cook the shit out of it. Then they slice it into little pieces, slam it on a hunk of toast, and serve it to you and then expect you to say, "Thanks, honey, it was delicious."


A combination of John Wayne, Maureen O'hara and John Ford is always a winner!

Without checking IMDb, whenever I hear the word "dames" I think of Bogart. But Bogie never used the "shit" word. So it must be someone else.

I will have to wait to see if others can solve this one..
mattstan
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Added: Jul 08, 2007 5:41 pm
mattstan wrote:
All dames are alike: they reach down your throat and they can grab your heart, pull it out and they throw it on the floor, step on it with their high heels, spit on it, shove it in the oven and cook the shit out of it. Then they slice it into little pieces, slam it on a hunk of toast, and serve it to you and then expect you to say, "Thanks, honey, it was delicious."

spdspk wrote:
Without checking IMDb, whenever I hear the word "dames" I think of Bogart. But Bogie never used the "shit" word. So it must be someone else.

I will have to wait to see if others can solve this one..

Well you're close with Bogart, he's in it, but doesn't say it.
spdspk
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Added: Jul 08, 2007 6:08 pm
mattstan wrote:
mattstan wrote:
All dames are alike: they reach down your throat and they can grab your heart, pull it out and they throw it on the floor, step on it with their high heels, spit on it, shove it in the oven and cook the shit out of it. Then they slice it into little pieces, slam it on a hunk of toast, and serve it to you and then expect you to say, "Thanks, honey, it was delicious."

spdspk wrote:
Without checking IMDb, whenever I hear the word "dames" I think of Bogart. But Bogie never used the "shit" word. So it must be someone else.

I will have to wait to see if others can solve this one..

Well you're close with Bogart, he's in it, but doesn't say it.


Ah ! Of course! Steve Martin in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982).

Thanks for the clue. It worked!

Next One: From a classic filled with memorable quotes:

How extravagant you are, throwing away women like that. Someday they may be scarce.
mattstan
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Added: Jul 08, 2007 6:18 pm
mattstan wrote:
Well you're close with Bogart, he's in it, but doesn't say it.

spdspk wrote:
Ah ! Of course! Steve Martin in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982).

Thanks for the clue. It worked!

Next One: From a classic filled with memorable quotes:

How extravagant you are, throwing away women like that. Someday they may be scarce.

Claude Rains to Bogart in Casablanca, he's referring to the lovely Yvonne. I think you'll find this one as easy as I did the Casablanca one:

"When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it."
spdspk
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Added: Jul 08, 2007 6:34 pm
Bogart in the Maltese Falcon (1941).

Since we are on Bogart:

We came here to rob them and that's what we're gonna do - beat their heads in, gouge their eyes out, slash their throats. Soon as we wash the dishes.
mattstan
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Added: Jul 08, 2007 6:42 pm
spdspk wrote:
Bogart in the Maltese Falcon (1941).

Since we are on Bogart:

We came here to rob them and that's what we're gonna do - beat their heads in, gouge their eyes out, slash their throats. Soon as we wash the dishes.

We're No Angels - much better than its namesake with de Nero and Penn. I watched it just last month. Very Happy

We're on a roll, try:

"Speaking of horses, I like to play them myself. But I like to see them workout a little first, see if they're front runners or come from behind, find out what their whole card is, what makes them run."
spdspk
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Added: Jul 08, 2007 7:34 pm
Easy! Lauren Bacall in the Big Sleep (1946)


Staying with the classics (but not Bogart). The quote itself is a spoiler:

And there she must stay, out on the lake; silent, white, majestic. Be a bird, but never fly; know one song but never sing it until the moment of death. And so it must be for you, Alexandra. Cool indifference to the staring crowds along the bank. And the song? Never...
mattstan
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Added: Jul 09, 2007 11:17 am
spdspk wrote:
And there she must stay, out on the lake; silent, white, majestic. Be a bird, but never fly; know one song but never sing it until the moment of death. And so it must be for you, Alexandra. Cool indifference to the staring crowds along the bank. And the song? Never...

The Swan -- and yes the quotation does give it away.

Try this:

"Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage, and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of peace are the vices of old men: mistrust and caution."
spdspk
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Added: Jul 10, 2007 8:53 am
Alec Guinness as Prince Faisal in "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962).

Twelve people go off into a room: twelve different minds, twelve different hearts, from twelve different walks of life; twelve sets of eyes, ears, shapes, and sizes. And these twelve people are asked to judge another human being as different from them as they are from each other. And in their judgment, they must become of one mind - unanimous.
mattstan
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Added: Jul 10, 2007 2:27 pm
spdspk wrote:
Alec Guinness as Prince Faisal in "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962).

Twelve people go off into a room: twelve different minds, twelve different hearts, from twelve different walks of life; twelve sets of eyes, ears, shapes, and sizes. And these twelve people are asked to judge another human being as different from them as they are from each other. And in their judgment, they must become of one mind - unanimous.

Could it be as easy as 12 Angry Men, though I don't actually remember the quotation? Not sure whether it would be Henry Fonda who says it or maybe a narrator at the start or end? I loved the film, but why-oh-why, having avoided all names but Juror Number N all the way through, do Fonda and the old guy have to introduce themselves to each other at the end? It always annoys me.

Next:

You and I have a tendency towards corpulence. Corpulence makes a man reasonable, pleasant and phlegmatic. Have you noticed the nastiest of tyrants are invariably thin?
spdspk
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Added: Jul 10, 2007 3:19 pm
mattstan wrote:

Could it be as easy as 12 Angry Men, though I don't actually remember the quotation? Not sure whether it would be Henry Fonda who says it or maybe a narrator at the start or end? I loved the film, but why-oh-why, having avoided all names but Juror Number N all the way through, do Fonda and the old guy have to introduce themselves to each other at the end? It always annoys me.

Next:

You and I have a tendency towards corpulence. Corpulence makes a man reasonable, pleasant and phlegmatic. Have you noticed the nastiest of tyrants are invariably thin?


Not 12 Angry Men. I thought it was a giveaway (like the Charles Laughton Senator question..)

Hint: Think, as the British would put it, "knickers"...

Have not figured out the quote you gave, but I think the critical word is "tyrants". Neither Hitler nor Mussilini were thin, Caligula?
mattstan
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Added: Jul 10, 2007 5:16 pm
spdspk wrote:
mattstan wrote:

Could it be as easy as 12 Angry Men, though I don't actually remember the quotation? Not sure whether it would be Henry Fonda who says it or maybe a narrator at the start or end? I loved the film, but why-oh-why, having avoided all names but Juror Number N all the way through, do Fonda and the old guy have to introduce themselves to each other at the end? It always annoys me.

Next:

You and I have a tendency towards corpulence. Corpulence makes a man reasonable, pleasant and phlegmatic. Have you noticed the nastiest of tyrants are invariably thin?


Not 12 Angry Men. I thought it was a giveaway (like the Charles Laughton Senator question..)

Hint: Think, as the British would put it, "knickers"...

Have not figured out the quote you gave, but I think the critical word is "tyrants". Neither Hitler nor Mussilini were thin, Caligula?

Well with the clue it's pretty obvious Anatomy of a Murder again. Though the same clue could be also be for The Accused another court room drama that mentions knickers, but it's not a major plot point as it is in AoaM, and the dialoge is all wrong for a late 80's movie but fits perfectly for the 50's.

My quotation is said by Charles Laughton. Neither Hitler nor Mussolini were alive in the time period in question. Does that help? Very Happy

What nationality are you?
spdspk
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Added: Jul 11, 2007 8:36 am
"Spartacus" (1960)

- Tell me, as the only survivor, how did you deduce it was me?
- Went back to theory seldom used today: Butler did it.


From the same film:

I'm not a Frenchie, I'm a BELGIE!
mattstan
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Added: Jul 11, 2007 11:57 am
spdspk wrote:
"Spartacus" (1960)

- Tell me, as the only survivor, how did you deduce it was me?
- Went back to theory seldom used today: Butler did it.


From the same film:

I'm not a Frenchie, I'm a BELGIE!

Sparticus is correct.

Should I take it the quotation 'Belgie' is also you answering my nationality question in rather a clever way?

Not sure on the film, though with quotes that imply the butler did it, and I'm not French I'm Belgium, it must be Hercule Poirot. But I can't think of an Agatha Christie in which the butler actually did it. So I'll take a stab in the dark (ho, ho) and guess Murder On The Orient Express? Since 'everyone' did it in that film, I'm not confident.
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Added: Jul 11, 2007 12:19 pm
spdspk wrote:
"Spartacus" (1960)

- Tell me, as the only survivor, how did you deduce it was me?
- Went back to theory seldom used today: Butler did it.


From the same film:

I'm not a Frenchie, I'm a BELGIE!


Murder by Death I believe.

One of my favourites....

and Simon's turned to jelly