November 22, 2004
Top 100 quotes from the movies
From CNN:
"The American Film Institute is surveying Hollywood types for the top 100 quotes from U.S. movies, with contenders including Bogart's 'Here's looking at you, kid' from 'Casablanca,' Schwarzenegger's 'I'll be back' from 'The Terminator' and Nicholson's 'You can't handle the truth!' from 'A Few Good Men.'"
100 lines will be chosen from 400 nominees (.pdf).
I usually dislike lists like these, and I'm not a "Hollywood type," but if I had to choose my favorite line? Off the top of my head it would be from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Peter Sellers as the President says "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
Come to think of it, there are many other fine quotes from that film (though not too many one-liners). The President's telephone chats with the Soviet Premier ("Hello, Dimitri?") are classic, as are all the moments in which Peter Sellers plays Dr. Strangelove.
Both the War Room quote and Dr. Strangelove saying "Mein Führer! I can walk!" are on AFI's list of nominees. Hopefully at least one of them makes the top 100.
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