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"Oh, this is the worst-looking hat I ever saw...Oh, it looks good on you, though." -- Nouveau riche businessman Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield) to Bushwood Country Club bigwig Judge Smalls (Ted Knight) in "Caddyshack" (1980).
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"Is this the man who...wrecked the buffet at the Harrow Club this morning?" -- Detroit Police Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy), mocking the words of Beverly Hills Police Chief Hubbard (Stephen Elliott) in "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984).
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"These aren't the droids you're looking for." -- Obi-wan Kenobi (Sir Alec Guinness), using a Jedi mind trick on Imperial Stormtroopers in "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope" (1977).
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"This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." -- Newspaper editor Maxwell Scott (Carleton Young) to Senator Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962).
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can't believe it .... 3 Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward movies
jakeem replied to kaslovesTCM's topic in General Discussions
By the way, here's Sally Field's tribute to Newman and Woodward at the 1992 Kennedy Center Honors. The Essentials co-host worked with Woodward in the 1976 made-for-TV drama "Sybil" and with Newman in "Absence of Malice" (1981). -
can't believe it .... 3 Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward movies
jakeem replied to kaslovesTCM's topic in General Discussions
Three? There are five, including early morning telecasts of "Rachel, Rachel" (1968) -- which Newman directed, earning four Academy Award nominations -- and "The Drowning Pool" Newman's 1975 followup to the 1966 detective drama "Harper." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gz2ch1YOok -
TCM On Demand for June 1, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: Wife (1953) -- Mieko Takamine (Mihoko Nakagawa), Ken Uehara (Toichi, Mihoko's husband), Rentarô Mikuni (Tadashi Tanimura), Michiyo Aratama (Yoshimi Niemura), Sanae Takasugi (Setsuko Sakurai), Chieko Nakakita (Eiko Matsuyama), Yatsuko Tan'ami (Fusako Sagara), Hajime Izu (Hirohisa, Eiko's husband), Yoshiko Tsubouchi (Taeko Niemura). Japanese filmmaker Mikio Naruse ("Late Chrysanthemums") directed this drama about tensions in the 10-year-old marriage of Mihoko and Toichi. She resents having to go to work to compensate for her husband's financial shortcomings. Meanwhile, he embarks on an affair with his secretary (Tan'ami), a widowed mother. Naruse (1905-1969) was considered a great women's director. During his career, he worked with three women -- Hideko Takamine, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Setsuko Hara -- who, according to the New York Times, were "widely regarded by Japanese and foreign critics as...the three greatest actresses of the classical Japanese cinema." Hideko Takamine, who died on December 28, 2010 at the age of 86, was viewed as Japan's Shirley Temple because she began her film career at an early age. Tanaka , who died in 1977, was known for her collaborations with director Kenji Mizoguchi ("Sansho the Bailiff"). Hara's portrayals of modern middle-class women were associated with the films of Yasujiro Ozu ("Tokyo Story"). She died on September 5, 2015 at the age of 95. Expires June 7, 2015.
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"Don't cut me off, I paid for this broadcast!" -- Presidential candidate Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy) in Frank Capra's "State of the Union" (1948), when an attempt is made to prevent him from delivering a national radio broadcast. He delivers the line just before the following scene. Almost 30 years later, a real-life presidential candidate -- Ronald Reagan, a man more than familiar with the movies -- apparently borrowed the line during a memorable dispute at a 1980 Republican primary debate in Nashua, New Hampshire.
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"Remember, with great power comes great responsibility." Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson) to Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) in "Spider-Man" (2002).
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"Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?" Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981).
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"You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man." Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner) to attorney Ned Racine (William Hurt) in "Body Heat" (1981).
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"I have a head for business and a bod for sin." -- Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) in "Working Girl" (1988).
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"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius...Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." The Spaniard (Russell Crowe) in "Gladiator" (2000).
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"We're on a mission from God." -- Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) in "The Blues Brothers" (1980).
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"This is the cleanest and nicest police car I've ever been in in my life. This thing's nicer than my apartment." -- Detroit Police Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) in "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984), after being arrested by Beverly Hills police officers for disorderly conduct.
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"You'll shoot your eye out, kid." -- A department store Santa Claus (Jeff Gillen) to Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) in "A Christmas Story" (1983), after the youngster asked for "an official Red Ryder carbine action 200 shot range model air rifle." Ralphie's mother (Melinda Dillon) had the same reaction.
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TCM On Demand for May 31, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) -- Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, Walter Sande. Tracy received his fifth of nine Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in this drama set in a remote Arizona town in 1945. He stars as John J. McCreedy, a one-armed veteran who arrives in Black Rock on a train -- and receives a frosty reception from the townspeople. Directed by John Sturges ("The Magnificent Seven," "The Great Escape"), the film also received Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay (Millard Kaufman). Tracy wound up losing the Best Actor award to co-star Borgnine, who was honored for his performance as the title character in Paddy Chayefsky's "Marty." Expires June 6, 2015. 2. Fury (1936) -- Sylvia Sydney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot, Edward Ellis, Walter Brennan, Frank Albertson, George Walcott, Arthur Stone, Morgan Wallace, George Chandler, Roger Gray, Edwin Maxwell, Howard Hickman, Jonathan Hale, Leila Bennett, Esther Dale, Helen Flint. Uncredited: Ward Bond, Clarence Kolb, Dennis O'Keefe, Minerva Urecal. This drama about the dark side of American justice received an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Original Story (Norman Krasna). It was the first American film for director Fritz Lang (1890-1976), the Austrian-born movie pioneer responsible for the classic German films "Metropolis" (1927) and "M" (1931). He fled Germany in the early 1930s after the Nazis took control, but went on to have a productive career directing pictures in America ("Rancho Notorious," "The Big Heat"). This film stars Tracy as Jim Wilson, a stranger in a small town wrongly charged in a kidnapping. He finds himself on the wrong side of public opinion and becomes the target of a lynch mob. Sydney, who later appeared in the Lang films "You Only Live Once" (1937) and "You and Me" (1938), co-stars as Wilson's fiancée, Katherine Grant. Expires June 6, 2015.
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"What? Pickett, Hood, Custer, Sheridan, Longstreet and me enemies? Now I know she's crazy." -- J.E.B. Stuart (Errol Flynn) in "Santa Fe Trail" (1940) at an 1850s farewell party at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas for him and other future U.S. Army officers. Stuart and his five friends scoff at a Native American fortune teller's declaration that they will become "famous men -- great in battle, but bitter enemies."
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"As I expected. 'Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way.' " -- Mary Poppins (Dame Julie Andrews) in Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" (1964), reading her magic tape measure's assessment of herself.
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Summer Under The Stars 2015 **** SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE ****
jakeem replied to HoldenIsHere's topic in General Discussions
I just realized that it was 25 years ago that Madonna's "Vogue" reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song, with a stylish video directed by David Fincher ("The Social Network," "Gone Girl"), mentions more than a half-dozen screen heavyweights who are "Summer Under the Stars" regulars. Four of them are being honored with tribute days in August 2015. -
"The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of." -- Private detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) in "The Maltese Falcon' (1941).
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"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it -- always." -- Mohandas K. Gandhi (Sir Ben Kingsley) in "Gandhi" (1982).
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"Can I move?...I'm better when I move." -- The Sundance Kid (Robert Redford) in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969).
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"As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." -- Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), just before intermission in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).
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"Where does he get those wonderful toys?" -- The Joker (Jack Nicholson) in "Batman" (1989).
