Your favorite line delivery in a movie

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This exchange from Close Encounters gets me every time.

Roy Neary:Hey, you know what's playing tonight? Pinocchio! You guys have never seen Pinocchio, you're in luck!
Brad Neary: Aw, who wants to see some dumb cartoon rated 'G' for kids?
Roy Neary: How old are you?
Brad Neary: Eight.
Roy Neary: You wanna be nine?
Brad Neary: Yeah.
Roy Neary: Then you're going to go see Pinocchio tomorrow night.
Ronnie Neary: Roy, that is a terrific way to win over your children.
Roy Neary: I'm not serious, I'm just saying that I grew up with Pinocchio, and if kids are still kids, they're going to eat it up. Okay, I'm wrong, all right? I'm Wrong Roy. TOBY! You are close to death! Come out here!
Okay, let's have a vote. Tomorrow night you can play Goofy Golf, which is a lot of standing in line and shoving and pushing, and probably getting a 'zero,' or you can see Pinocchio, which is a lot of furry animals and magic, and you'll have a wonderful time. Okay? So let's vote.
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Your favorite line delivery in a movie

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I just saw Double Indemnity, which is full of classic lines:-

Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler wrote: PHYLLIS: My husband. You were anxious to talk to him weren't you?

NEFF: Sure, only I'm getting over it a little. If you know what I mean.

PHYLLIS:There's a speed limit in this state, Mr. Neff. Forty-five miles an hour.

NEFF: How fast was I going, officer?

PHYLLIS: I'd say about ninety.

NEFF: Suppose you get down off your motorcycle and give me a ticket.

PHYLLIS: Suppose I let you off with a warning this time.

NEFF: Suppose it doesn't take.

PHYLLIS: Suppose I have to whack you over the knuckles.

NEFF: Suppose I bust out crying and put my head on your shoulder.

PHYLLIS: Suppose you try putting it on my husband's shoulder.

NEFF: That tears it.


Also, from the same:-

"Get out of here before I throw my desk at you."

"His name was Jackson. Probably still is."


The delivery is fast, dry, laconic and dizzying. And in the case of the first segment quoted, sexy.
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