# Greatest closing line... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2000, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597 "2000-12-01T17:06:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DocDaneeka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@DocDaneeka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocDaneeka)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/1 "2000-12-01T17:06:15Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/2 "2000-12-01T18:56:44Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/3 "2000-12-01T19:02:32Z")
“It’s the stuff dreams are made of…” ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/4 "2000-12-01T19:09:49Z")
“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 ---
**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:** [December 1, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/5 "2000-12-01T19:22:27Z")
“Some Like It Hot” when Jack Lemmon reveals he’s a man. “Nobody’s perfect.” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/6 "2000-12-01T19:27:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Danimal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/7 "2000-12-01T19:35:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 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.\*\* Oops. > [@](#): > > \*\* My nomination: > > “Oh, Aunt Em! There’s no place like home!” > > Guess… 🙂 > \*\* I know! It’s from \* Twister! [/] D’oh! Wait! It was that other tornado movie, don’t tell me, it’ll come to me . . . ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/8 "2000-12-01T20:09:18Z")
"AAAAAAHHRAAHHAHHAAAAAGHHHAARRRGHHH! - Friday 13th part I ---
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/9 "2000-12-01T20:47:49Z")
> [@](#): > > **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. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/10 "2000-12-01T21:09:20Z")
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!” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/11 "2000-12-01T21:29:08Z")
[ul][li]“Keep watching the skies!” - **The Thing** (1950’s version)[/li][li]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.[/li]“Shane! Come back!” from (duh) **Shane**.[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/12 "2000-12-01T23:23:20Z")
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.) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2000, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/13 "2000-12-01T23:36:19Z")
“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. ---
**Author:** ![hapaXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@hapaXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hapaXL)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2000, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/14 "2000-12-01T23:46:44Z")
**Birdy** “What?” ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/15 "2000-12-02T08:32:59Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/16 "2000-12-02T08:39:01Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Uniball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Uniball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniball)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/17 "2000-12-02T08:44:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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”. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/18 "2000-12-02T09:03:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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.) [sub]Charlize Theron and Connie Nielsen had a lot to do with it, if you MUST know[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Uniball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Uniball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniball)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/19 "2000-12-02T09:18:54Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![blastfurnace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@blastfurnace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blastfurnace)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597/20 "2000-12-02T09:48:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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…” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-closing-line/43597.md?page=2)