Greatest closing line...

[DocDaneeka]

What's your favorite closing line to a movie? Mine has got to be the closing line to Network.

"This was the story of Howard Beale who was the network news anchorman on UBS-TV, the first known instance of a man being killed because he had lousy ratings."

I laughed my ass off. Made the whole, wonderful movie seem like it was nothing more than a lead-in to this punchline. Any others?

[Danimal]

Well, there's the obvious: "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

"It's a pity she won't live. But then, who does?" from Blade Runner.

"Do you have any regrets?" "Only one." from The People vs. Larry Flynt.

"I'm trying . . . real hard . . . to be the shepherd." from Pulp Fiction (the final scene is actually the only part of the movie that I liked much).

"Sebastian. Will you come in? I want to talk to you." from Notorious.

"Is the honor of God washed clean enough?" from Becket.

"Oh, not you again." from The Mirror Has Two Faces.

"Vanity. Definitely my favorite vice." from The Devil's Advocate.

I think there's only one closing line that's so famous, I know it even though I've never seen the movie: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."

[Sassy]

"It's the stuff dreams are made of..."

[Poysyn]

"and just like that (puffs air) he's gone" - The Usual Suspects

I can't remember it exactly but the one from "The Shawshank Redemption" was good too

"I never had friends like the ones I had when I was twelve, Jesus, does anyone?" -Stand Be Me

[kunilou]

"Some Like It Hot" when Jack Lemmon reveals he's a man.

"Nobody's perfect."

[jayjay]

Originally posted by Danimal
I think there's only one closing line that's so famous, I know it even though I've never seen the movie: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."

Actually, that's not the closing line. It's in the final scene, but it's not the final line. It's:

"After all, tomorrow is another day!"

spoken by Scarlett after Rhett's give-a-damn line.

My nomination:

"Oh, Aunt Em! There's no place like home!"

Guess...

[Danimal]

Originally posted by jayjay

Actually, that's not the closing line. It's in the final scene, but it's not the final line. It's:

"After all, tomorrow is another day!"

spoken by Scarlett after Rhett's give-a-damn line.

Oops.

My nomination:

"Oh, Aunt Em! There's no place like home!"

Guess...

I know! It's from [i] Twister! [/] D'oh! Wait! It was that other tornado movie, don't tell me, it'll come to me . . .

[Enderw24]

"AAAAAAHHRAAHHAHHAAAAAGHHHAARRRGHHH!

- Friday 13th part I

[zyzzyva]

I can't remember it exactly but the one from "The Shawshank Redemption" was good too.

I'm not sure of the exact wording, but it's something close to, "I hope the Pacific Ocean is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope, i hope..."

Still sends chills down my spine.

[Amp]

What about the last scene in the great movie CHUBBY RAIN, where the hero looks up at the sky after he vanquishes the aliens, shakes his fist and says, "Gotcha Suckas!"

[Spoke]

• "Keep watching the skies!" - The Thing (1950's version)
• OK, I've gotta set this one up. In True Grit at the end of the movie, Maddie is talking to John Wayne, who is seated on his horse. He tells her the horse is supposed to be quite a jumper. She says "You're too old and fat to be jumping horses." He replies, "Well, come see a fat old man sometime!" He spurs the horse and races away, jumping a fence as he goes.
• "Shane! Come back!" from (duh) Shane.

[tracer]

FIRST MAN: "Why does Godzilla always save us?"
SECOND MAN: "Maybe because there's a little bit of Godzilla in each of us."

(Whereupon Godzilla turns around and torches all that remains of Tokyo with his firebreath. The end.)

[RealityChuck]

"Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. Twas beauty killed the beast." I don't really have to identify that source, do it?

I'm also partial the final exchange of dialog in Dinner at 8:

Jean Harlow: I was reading a book the other day.
Marie Dressler (after the greatest double take in the history of cinema): Reading a book??
Harlow: Yes. It's all about civilization or something. A nutty kind of a book. Do you know that the guy says that machinery is going to take the place of every profession?
Dressler: Oh, my dear. That's something you need never worry about.

[hapaXL]

Birdy

"What?"

[KJ]

2001: A Space Oddysey; I totally forget if it is the last line (and it may not have even been said until 2010) but, "Oh my god, it's full of stars!"

Also, a really horrible, so-bad-it's-good last line from Half Baked: "Don't get me wrong. I love marijuana. But not as much as I love pussy."

[Pammipoo]

I don't remember if this is the very last line or not, but it's at the end at least
(paraphrase)
"I've heard that relationships based on intense circumstances don't work well"
"Well, then we'll just have to base it on sex."

Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves, Speed

[Uniball]

Originally posted by kunilou
"Some Like It Hot" when Jack Lemmon reveals he's a man.

"Nobody's perfect."

Lovely. One of the best comedies EVER.
And it was also the ending of another fave movie of mine, "Mad Monster Party".

[DRY]

Originally posted by Danimal
"Vanity. Definitely my favorite vice." from The Devil's Advocate.

Actually, it's:

"Vanity. Definitely my favorite sin."

Sorry, I'm a nitpicker.

Of course, one of my favorites (as mentioned in the closing scene thread) has to be:

"You did it, you finally did it. Damn You! Damn You!"
Planet of the Apes (Wording may not be exact--I've seen The Devil's Advocate a lot more recently. Despite the presence of Keanu Reeves.)

_{Charlize Theron and Connie Nielsen had a lot to do with it, if you MUST know}

[Uniball]

Quoted from my poor memory...

"I am everywhere, and nowhere... I am everybody, and nobody... call me... DARKMAN".

And there's closing line from Frankenstein Unbound too.

"You think that you have killed me. But I will be with you forever. I am unbound."

[blastfurnace]

Originally posted by tracer
FIRST MAN: "Why does Godzilla always save us?"
SECOND MAN: "Maybe because there's a little bit of Godzilla in each of us."

(Whereupon Godzilla turns around and torches all that remains of Tokyo with his firebreath. The end.)

This...this is beauty. And you know what? There IS a little bit of Godzilla in each of us.

I can't remember if it is the exact last line, but,
"Rosebud..."

[LCP2972]

" I don't know, maybe it was Utah.."
fade out whistling/yodelling "Ode to Joy"
at 78 speed

any takers?

[Uniball]

Originally posted by tracer
FIRST MAN: "Why does Godzilla always save us?"
SECOND MAN: "Maybe because there's a little bit of Godzilla in each of us."

(Whereupon Godzilla turns around and torches all that remains of Tokyo with his firebreath. The end.)

Best thing in the movie, and you spoil it for everyone who haven't seen it yet!

[Deiket]

Well, my favorite would have to be Hannibal Lecter at the end of The Silence of the Lambs. He says "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner.... bye...."

Also, "I'm going to go home and sleep with my wife!" and "Mrs. Peacock was a MAN?!" both said by Mr. Green in Clue. (I love that movie)

~~~~< Deiket

[Baker]

DRY, I loved Planet of the Apes, so I hope you don't mind if I step in with the whole quote Taylor(Charlton Heston) made, when he realized where he was.

"Oh my God. I'm back, I'm home! All the time..they finally, REALLY did it! You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you, God damn you all to Hell.

Heston once said he couldn't believe that there was flak for wanting to use God in front of the damn, but the line taken was that Taylor was not CUSSING but cursing, calling down God's wrath upon whoever it had been who brought disaster.

[headshok]

"You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will, someday." - American Beauty

"Mein Fuhrer! I can walk!" - Dr. Strangelove

[Guy Incognito]

And the answer is:

"Raising Arizona"!

[jayjay]

Originally posted by blastfurnace
I can't remember if it is the exact last line, but,
"Rosebud..."

Well, it's Kane's last line.

Actually, it's something like the first line of the movie. If I remember correctly, the opening shot is of Kane's mansion, then it zooms in, cuts to the interior, and shows him on his deathbed. Then he rasps out "Rosebud" and drops the snowglobe.

Understand that I've never seen the whole movie, just the first part, and that several years ago.

[Totoro]

"They say the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist... and like that, poof, he's gone..."

Spoken by Verbal Quint in Usual Suspects... so good...

[DRY]

Originally posted by Baker
DRY, I loved Planet of the Apes, so I hope you don't mind if I step in with the whole quote Taylor(Charlton Heston) made, when he realized where he was.

"Oh my God. I'm back, I'm home! All the time..they finally, REALLY did it! You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you, God damn you all to Hell.

Baker,I don't mind at all! I thank you for posting the entire quote. I was trying to find it, but couldn't.

On a related note, I loved it on MST3K when one of the robots (Crow?) does his Charlton Heston impression: "A planet where apes evolved from men?!?"

[scr4]

Originally posted by KJ
2001: A Space Oddysey; I totally forget if it is the last line (and it may not have even been said until 2010) but, "Oh my god, it's full of stars!"

It definitely wasn't quoted until 2010. I think the last line in 2001 happened something like 20 minutes before the movie ended - Hal singing, followed by the taped message informing the crew about the monolith.

Also, the last line in Bladerunner ("It's a pity she won't live. But then, who does?") wasn't in the director's cut, so I'm not sure that counts.

Don't you hate it when you correct someone and have nothing of your own to add? Oh well...

[MovieMogul]

This was the story of Howard Beale who was the network news anchorman on UBS-TV, the first known instance of a man being killed because he had lousy ratings.

Exact quote: "This was the story of Howard Beale, the first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings."

"Sebastian. Will you come in? I want to talk to you." from Notorious

Exact quote: "Alex, will you come in please? I wish to talk to you." (why would his own mom call him by his last name?)

"It's a pity she won't live. But then, who does?" from Blade Runner

Exact quote: "Tyrell told me that Rachael was special, no termination date. I didn't know how long we'd have together. Who does?" (original release version)

"Nobody's perfect."

Exact quote: "Well, nobody's perfect."

"Oh, Aunt Em! There's no place like home!"

Exact closing line: "Oh, but, anyway, Toto, we're home, home, and this is my room, and you're all here, and I'm not going to leave here ever, ever again, because I love you all, and, oh, Auntie Em, there's no place like home."

"Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. Twas beauty killed the beast."

Exact quote: "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast." (off by one letter; how anal is that?)

[/i]2001: A Space Oddysey[/i]; I totally forget if it is the last line (and it may not have even been said until 2010) but, "Oh my god, it's full of stars!"

Exact closing line: "Except for a single, very powerful radio emission aimed at Jupiter, the four-million-year-old black monolith has remained completely inert, its origin and purpose still a total mystery." (technically the last line, although, like scr4 said, the movie's far from over)

I don't remember if this is the very last line or not, but it's at the end at least
(paraphrase)
"I've heard that relationships based on intense circumstances don't work well"
"Well, then we'll just have to base it on sex."

Exact quote: "I have to warn you. I've heard relationships based on intense experiences never work."
"OK. We'll have to base it on sex then."
"Whatever you say, ma'am."

Well, my favorite would have to be Hannibal Lecter at the end of The Silence of the Lambs. He says "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner.... bye...."

Exact closing line: "Doctor Lecter? Doctor Lecter?" (in response to above)

I can't remember if it is the exact last line, but,
"Rosebud..."

Exact closing line: "Throw that junk in." (referring, of course, to the first line of the film, quoted above)

Thanks to Baker, DRY, and jayjay for making me look slightly less anal than I could've been.

Don't you hate it when you correct someone and have nothing of your own to add?

Valid point. My personal favorite?

"There's a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that's all some people have? It isn't much, but it's better than nothing in this cockeyed caravan. Boy."

From Sullivan's Travels

[dave99]

"The horror, the horror."

-Apocaplypse Now


"...and in case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening and good night"

(That's maybe not the last line, but definitely the closing line)

-Truman Show


"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."

-duh


"As you wish."

-Princess Bride

[Spoke]

"He lives now only in my memory." -The Road Warrior

[betenoir]

"I was cured alright."

Clockwork Orange

Damn, what else?

[LCP2972]

Originally posted by Guy Incognito
And the answer is:

"Raising Arizona"!

Right on!!
I award you one Dan's burger and accessories.
If you ever make it to Asutin , holler at me and I will
pay up.

[Badtz Maru]

That last part of 'The Silence of the Lambs' pissed me off, because it was not in the book, because it pandered to people's desire to see all the bad guys get theirs, and because it was totally out of character for Lecter. In the book when he contacts Clarice he takes exceptional measures to not give her any clue as to where he might be. Lecter would probably go after Chilton eventually, but not so soon after his escape.

[idiotb0x]

Originally posted by dave99
"The horror, the horror."

-Apocaplypse Now

Damn. I was gonna say that.

I guess I'll have to go with:

" " The last line from Metropolis.

[broccoli!]

I'm gonna have to back up dave99 and say:

"Forget it Jack! It's Chinatown!" -Chinatown

punk snot dead,
broccoli!

[DocDaneeka]

Originally posted by ArchiveGuy

Exact quote: "This was the story of Howard Beale, the first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings."

I wasn't entirely sure mine was right. I got it from one of the online script sites. They decided to shorten it for the movie, apparently. Who can blame them?

I have to add, I've always loved in Ferris Bueller's Day Off where Ferris comes up after the credits and tells you to buzz off and go home.

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Wanted: Dead or Alive
Spoken by Rutger Hauer as he pulls the pin from the hand grenade in Gene Simmons' mouth:

"Fuck the bonus"