# Great/surprising movie taglines... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461 "2010-09-12T01:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/21 "2010-09-13T21:24:32Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Um, I think he meant this part: > > Tagline: He came into town with his cock in hand, and what he did with it was illegal in 49 states. :smack: I didn’t read that in the IMDB listing - I only clicked on the poster they had for the movie and tried to find the tagline there…I \*knew \*I was missing something. :smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/22 "2010-09-13T21:32:34Z")
A great tagline for a forgettable movie: “Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water.” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/23 "2010-09-13T21:35:42Z")
w/r/t Alien: Around 5 or so years ago there was a space movie with the tagline “if you thought that in space, no one could hear you scream – THINK AGAIN!” Ummm, I get it, your movie breaks the laws of physics! Gotcha ya! Or, you mean that it is so frigthening that the victims will scream SO LOUD that they will hear you THROUGH THE VACUUM OF SPACE! Something about that tagline just made me roll my eyes so heard that I’m surprised no one heard me from behind my keyboard. Thankfully, it didn’t work as advertising because I can’t even remember the title of the movie, much less go see it in theatre. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/24 "2010-09-13T22:59:12Z")
The movie Volcano had as its tagline, “The Coast Is Toast.” I thought that was better than the actual title. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/25 "2010-09-14T00:18:39Z")
I won a T-shirt from the New York _Daily News_’ “Phantom of the Movies” for spotting the tagline from the one-sheet for _She Freak_: “Filmed on actual locations where it COULD have happened!” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/26 "2010-09-14T06:37:46Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > [Alien](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/) > > . After the movie came out, I saw an ad for “Nostromo” ball caps. Black, very official looking. The headline? **IN SPACE, ANYONE CAN WEAR A HAT.** I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/27 "2010-09-14T08:12:49Z")
Just about the only good thing about Jaws 2 was the second tagline shown [here](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077766/taglines). ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/28 "2010-09-14T10:54:29Z")
Black Sheep, a horror film about blood thirsty sheep, had some good taglines: _Get ready for the Violence of the Lambs!_ _Get the flock out of here!_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/29 "2010-09-14T11:02:52Z")
Die hard 2: Die harder. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/30 "2010-09-14T15:36:27Z")
Yeah, as a genral favor, please put the tagline into the post, so we don’t have to pore over the IMDB site and click on cockfighting videos in a vain attempt to figure out what you’re getting at. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/31 "2010-09-14T15:38:31Z")
> [@smaje1](#): > > This one KILLED me at the movie theater when I saw it a few weeks back: > > [http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2010/08/sexy-tagline-alert-yogi-bear-wants-to-put-it-in-your-boo-boo](http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2010/08/sexy-tagline-alert-yogi-bear-wants-to-put-it-in-your-boo-boo) > > I’m glad I found the article linked above. I thought maybe I was the only one with a dirty, dirty mind. That’s … just not right. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/32 "2010-09-14T15:51:40Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > [Don’t Open Till Christmas](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089038/) had a famously macabre tagline. Which is: T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring…they were all DEAD! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/33 "2010-09-14T15:56:15Z")
The tagline from Jeff Goldblum’s version of _The Fly_ was much more memorable than the film itself. Be afraid. Be very afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/34 "2010-09-14T15:56:38Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > > [@Jas09](#): > > > > Um, I think he meant this part: > > > > Tagline: He came into town with his cock in hand, and what he did with it was illegal in 49 states. > > :smack: I didn’t read that in the IMDB listing - I only clicked on the poster they had for the movie and tried to find the tagline there…I \*knew \*I was missing something. :smack::smack: Don’t feel bad, I still can’t find the tagline at IMDB. It’s not where it was with other movie listings. If someone hadn’t already posted it, I was gonna request they do. ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/35 "2010-09-14T16:07:06Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The movie Volcano had as its tagline, “The Coast Is Toast.” I thought that was better than the actual title. On a similar note, I always liked the tagline for the otherwise-execrable 1998 American-made _Godzilla_ movie: “SIZE DOES MATTER.” For recent films, I thought _Inception_ had a great tagline: “Your mind is the scene of the crime.” It actually accomplishes the rare feat of getting the movie’s central conceit across to potential audiences better than the rest of the poster. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/36 "2010-09-14T16:57:39Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > > [@WordMan](#): > > > > :smack: I didn’t read that in the IMDB listing - I only clicked on the poster they had for the movie and tried to find the tagline there…I \*knew \*I was missing something. :smack::smack: > > Don’t feel bad, I still can’t find the tagline at IMDB. It’s not where it was with other movie listings. If someone hadn’t already posted it, I was gonna request they do. Me neither - it seems to have been deleted. The “tagline” header is greyed out. I was puzzled by the OP, too. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/37 "2010-09-14T17:20:02Z")
A couple of months after it came out, Men In Black had a full page ad showing a neuralizer and the tag line: “See it again, for the first time!” ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/38 "2010-09-14T17:47:19Z")
I’m seeing taglines on all the referenced IMDb pages, except for “Cockfighter” from the OP. What tagline are you all seeing? I’m dying of curiosity! ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/39 "2010-09-14T18:00:08Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > I’m seeing taglines on all the referenced IMDb pages, except for “Cockfighter” from the OP. What tagline are you all seeing? I’m dying of curiosity! JAS09 was good enough to post it upthread a-ways. Tagline: He came into town with his cock in hand, and what he did with it was illegal in 49 states. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461/40 "2010-09-14T21:30:14Z")
Ah, got it. Strange, I see it on the IMDb page now too, though I swear it wasn’t there before. In fact, I even clicked on the taglines link before and it informed me the movie had no taglines. Maybe my company’s firewall was censoring it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-surprising-movie-taglines/553461.md?page=3)