Nope. Not a Kevin Smith movie.
“The enemy has nothing like this, sir!”
Another one where I can describe the scene and context, but not the title.
‘Someday this war’s gonna end.’
RIP Robert Duvall
To clarify, my comment about scene and context refers to schnebs post.
Apocalypse Now
Last giveaway line for this movie:
“Welcome to the Past Lives Pavilion.”
Defending your Life.
Correct!
Never mind.
Think early Blake Edwards.
The Great Race?
What kind of fresh hell is this?
The Great Race?
Earlier than that. Nice guess, though!
Not sure which movie you’re channeling here, but that quote has been around a long time and attributed to Dorothy Parker answering her phone with it. I remember Kelsey Grammar doing the same bit on Frasier as a tribute.
An earlier version of this is the words “What fresh misery is this? What do you want here?” in the ninth paragraph from the end of chapter 21 of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens:
Can someone with a copy of the book verify that this is in it?
The Pink Panther?
I’ll end the torture - Operation Petticoat. It’s exclaimed when Nurse Crandall’s bra saves the Sea Tiger from being sunk by their own navy.
Fun Fact: Operation Petticoat was made to satisfy a provision of Tony Curtis’s contract with the studio. Having been a submariner during WWII and a longtime Cary Grant fan, he told them he wanted his next film to be a service comedy set on board a submarine with Grant as his commanding officer. Since Curtis had the right to name his own project, the studio had no choice but to meet his conditions.
Nitpick - Curtis served on a submarine tender, a ship which supplied subs at sea so they didn’t have to return to port for fuel/supplies/ammunition as often. Still a vital and dangerous job of course.
Let’s try something from a little newer movie…
“I’d love to see you try. But then, I’d love to see you as a crater.”