# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/41 "2011-04-26T00:36:55Z")
Speaking of Airplane, how about the “kissing in the sand” scene in **From Here To Eternity**? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/42 "2011-04-26T00:48:46Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Speaking of Airplane, how about the “kissing in the sand” scene in **From Here To Eternity**? According to their commentary and trivia track they did that scene BEFORE Here to Eternity. That being said…who the hell as seen From Here to Eternity other than that scene? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/43 "2011-04-26T00:49:25Z")
I think the “You’re out of order!” scene is pretty famous, but that the movie **And Justice For All** is not as widely known. Question: we see it parodied all the time, the scene of a drunkard at the bar asking for another drunk only to be told “you’ve had enough” and he replied with “I’ll tell you when I’ve had enough!” Is this something specific being parodied or is it just a common trope? ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/44 "2011-04-26T00:56:23Z")
Lots of people know quotes from the Al Pacino freakout scenes in **And Justice for All** and **Dog Day Afternoon** (“I’m out of order, you’re out of order…”) but those remain pretty obscure movies. (ETA - PSXer just beat me to it) People also think that every zombie movie was about “Brains!!!” but only one movie had that going on, **Return of the Living Dead** ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/45 "2011-04-26T01:01:25Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > 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. WOW. I didn’t know that. And I’ve _seen_ Shane, although it was a very long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/46 "2011-04-26T01:32:48Z")
Just thought of another one: “I’m mad as Hell, and I’m not gonna take it anymore!” ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/47 "2011-04-26T02:10:12Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > According to their commentary and trivia track they did that scene BEFORE Here to Eternity. > > That being said…who the hell as seen From Here to Eternity other than that scene? I saw it recently for the first time … and was rather surprised that it wasn’t really a romance at all. (It has as much similarity to _On the Waterfront_ as to any romance). I think Jimmy Cagney’s “Made it, ma! Top of the world!” counts, although it’s not a super famous scene. Still, the number of people who’ve seen _White Heat_ is fairly small. I don’t know anyone who’s watched _Soylent Green_ all the way through, but a lot of people know what it’s made of. (At least as many know probably only know it from [this SNL sketch](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd0ql6_phil-hartman-soylent-green_fun)). ---
**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, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/48 "2011-04-26T02:20:24Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > WOW. I didn’t know that. And I’ve _seen_ Shane, although it was a very long time ago. Maybe you saw Shaft. DeNiro is a bad mother- ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/49 "2011-04-26T02:28:43Z")
Claudette Colbert sticks out a shapely leg while hitchhiking in _It Happened One Night_. I never even thought that was the funniest scene in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/50 "2011-04-26T02:43:28Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Maybe you saw Shaft. DeNiro is a bad mother- You shut your mouth! ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/51 "2011-04-26T03:11:00Z")
Some Charlie Chaplin: the end speech from The Great Dictator, the dancing rolls from The Gold Rush, and the automated food tray or the gibberish dance from Modern Times. The opening speech from Patton with George C. Scott in front of the giant American flag. ---
**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 26, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/52 "2011-04-26T15:49:44Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > According to their commentary and trivia track they did that scene BEFORE Here to Eternity. > > That being said…who the hell as seen From Here to Eternity other than that scene? I have. Hell, I’ve seen the vast majority of the films in this thread. A scene that I’ve watched dozens of times w/o having seen the original movie is Mel Gibson rousing up the troops in **Braveheart**. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/53 "2011-04-26T16:01:48Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I have. Hell, I’ve seen the vast majority of the films in this thread. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/54 "2011-04-26T17:52:44Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Everyone knows the scene of [Jack Nicholson ordering toast in the diner](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wtfNE4z6a8). Thing is, the vast majority of filmgoers who know the scene have never seen the movie it appeared in: **Five Easy Pieces**. > > Similarly, the scene where [Fred Astaire dances on the ceiling](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wtfNE4z6a8) and where [he dances with the hat rack](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJvGxTKGFHA#t=01m33s), but most people have not seen the movie they were in: **Royal Wedding** \* > > What other movies are famous for a particular scene or scene, but which are not usually seen in their entirety? > \*Trivia alert – Fred’s love interest in the film was Winston Churchill’s daughter IRL\> i’ve never seen any of those scenes ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/55 "2011-04-26T18:28:44Z")
Marlon Brando could’ve been a contender in _On the Waterfront_. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/56 "2011-04-26T18:36:22Z")
> [@Gadarene](#): > > Marlon Brando could’ve been a contender in _On the Waterfront_. I imagine a lot of people know that scene from De Niro quoting it in Raging Bull. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/57 "2011-04-26T18:38:01Z")
The Worst Commercial Ever Shot sequence in _Putney Swope_ where the actor sings: _I have a malignancy in my prostate But when you’re in my arms, it’s benign_ I guess you need to have a flexible definition of “famous scene”. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/58 "2011-04-26T20:07:03Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > Some Charlie Chaplin: the end speech from The Great Dictator, the dancing rolls from The Gold Rush, and the automated food tray or the gibberish dance from Modern Times. Actually, the only scene I ever see from “The Great Dictator” is the one where Chaplin is toying with the globe, as if it were a baloon. The movie itself is almost never broadcast on TV, but that one scene is shown constantly in Chaplin retrospectives. ---
**Author:** ![smaje1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/59 "2011-04-26T21:33:23Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I’ll bet most people have seen Harold Lloyd hanging from the clock hands but don’t know what movie it comes from. Dude, I totally thought you meant “Christopher Lloyd” and I was like, Hey, everyone has seen Back to the Future! Guess I haven’t seen this Harold Lloyd movie… ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612/60 "2011-04-26T21:51:33Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > _Taxi Driver_ is very well-known. _Shane_, apparently, is less-so. Speaking of Shane, a lot more people have seen that “Shane,come back” scene than have seen the movie. Also the Jack Palance “Pick up that gun” scene. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-scenes-from-movies-most-people-havent-seen/579612.md?page=4)