# Famous scenes from movies most people haven't seen. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612 "2011-04-25T02:29:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/21 "2011-04-25T11:40:46Z")
A lot of the Nazi rally imagery in Leni Riefenstahl’s _Triumph of the Will_ shows up in other, newer documentaries, but I doubt too many folks have watched the original. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/22 "2011-04-25T13:17:03Z")
Tom Cruise’s dance in Risky Business. Not only has everyone seen it, it’s definitely on the list of most parodied film scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/23 "2011-04-25T14:01:53Z")
There are some bad movies with terrible action scenes that a fair number of people have seen now, thanks to the youtube. I’m thinking of [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC2jV8sCv1c) (which has nearly 1.4 million views) and the [pommel horse sequence from Gymkata](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPGUZxOCRcs). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/24 "2011-04-25T14:56:16Z")
Taking this to a crass level, lots of people have probably seen Phoebe Cates taking off her bikini top without having seen the rest of _Fast Times at Ridgemount High_. The same is probably even more true about Chloe Sevigny performing fellatio in _The Brown Bunny_. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/25 "2011-04-25T15:01:33Z")
Most people have seen the image of the [url=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/\_jalm22zr-80/TPHZ2WibFcI/AAAAAAAABJY/uUzl0WhrxzM/s1600/atriptothemoon.jpg]bullet in the moon’s eye from **A Trip to the Moon** , and the sequence leading up to that has been shown in every documentary about SF films. But the entire film is rarely seen. It’s possible that more people have seen Clark Gable saying, “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” than have seen **Gone With the Wind**. The “razor in the eye” scene of **Un Chien Andalou** is the only part of the film that most people have seen. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/26 "2011-04-25T15:10:49Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > That’s not really what this thread is about, that’s more for a thread about misquoted movies, even so, I think a lot of people have seen Casablanca. > > However, I’ll attempt to satisfy both a misquoted movie as well as famous scene from a movie most people haven’t seen. > Many people often will misquote The Treasure of The Sierra Madre by saying “Badges, we don’t need no steenkin badges”, [here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ) the real line. > [@Steophan](#): > > That misquote’s used in Blazing Saddles, which a lot of people will have watched. So they’re correctly quoting a misquote! [And Weird Al Yankovic’s _UHF_](http://youtu.be/gx6TBrfCW54) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/27 "2011-04-25T15:26:06Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Everyone knows the scene of [Jack Nicholson ordering toast in the diner](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wtfNE4z6a8). Well, not _quite_ everyone - when I clicked on that link just now was the first time I’d ever seen it. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/28 "2011-04-25T17:41:24Z")
Meg Ryan’s diner-gasm in “When Harry Met Sally”. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/29 "2011-04-25T18:20:19Z")
The scene where a house frame falls over Buster Keaton, but a strategically placed window frame keeps him from getting hurt. It’s from\*\* Steamboat Bill Jr.\*\* [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zsyRhRR5Iu4/hqdefault.jpg "buster keaton - Steamboat Bill Jr.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsyRhRR5Iu4) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/30 "2011-04-25T18:24:09Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Ooh, good one. Although I have sen it, the OP is correct with me, I have not seen the movies he mentions but I have seen the scenes. > > From the past I think many have seen either the Picket’s charge or the attempted rape scenes from “The Birth of a nation” (“The Klansman”) 1915. Usually on documentaries that note on the racism from the movie that prevents it from being shown on TV nowadays. Except for that BoaN was shown on TCM last week. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/31 "2011-04-25T18:25:44Z")
“Stella!” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/32 "2011-04-25T18:26:44Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > It’s possible that more people have seen Clark Gable saying, “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” than have seen **Gone With the Wind**. I would say it’s certain, as the set of people who have seen that scene includes the subset of people who have seen the whole movie. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/33 "2011-04-25T18:38:32Z")
Deliverance (1972). I think more people associate to the type of people in the movie (“backwoods/hillbillies”) and the rape sceen than have seen the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/34 "2011-04-25T18:38:36Z")
Probably not exactly in line with the OP but… I bet a lot of people watching [Zero Hour](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q__vuyH1JEI)would have this awful feeling of déjà vu. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/35 "2011-04-25T18:46:45Z")
> [@Sir\_Prize](#): > > [You talking to me?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e9CkhBb18E) Forgive me if this is wrong, but I’m going to assume you aren’t aware that DeNiro was copying Alan Ladd from _Shane_ in that scene. _Taxi Driver_ is very well-known. _Shane_, apparently, is less-so. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/36 "2011-04-25T22:31:54Z")
Before I watched The Shining, I had already seen about 90% of its scenes parodied in some fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/37 "2011-04-25T23:25:28Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Except for that BoaN was shown on TCM last week. Yeah, I’d say it has more to do with the fact that a) it’s ancient, b) it’s B&W, and c) it’s silent (kinda all three go together in this case). Anyway, I think most programming types would consider that demographic poison. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/38 "2011-04-25T23:29:50Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > A lot of the Nazi rally imagery in Leni Riefenstahl’s _Triumph of the Will_ shows up in other, newer documentaries, but I doubt too many folks have watched the original. Doing my best to correct this, TotW is assigned viewing in my AP Euro class. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/39 "2011-04-25T23:56:03Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I bet a lot of people watching [Zero Hour](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q__vuyH1JEI)would have this awful feeling of déjà vu. At work so can’t click on link, but your title reminded me of _Zero Wing_, which was a video game and not a movie, but which fits the thread otherwise for its _All Your Base_ intro. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/40 "2011-04-26T00:16:44Z")
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