# Guess The Movie From The Closing Line **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965 "2002-12-20T03:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/1 "2002-12-20T03:41:11Z")
If you can do it for openings, why not do it for closings? Basically, the format’s the same except now you have to identify a movie from its last line of dialogue. Let me start with these three easy ones: NDP 1 - “Mein Fuhrer! I can WALK!” NDP 2 - “And like that–poof–he’s gone.” NDP 3 - “Louie, this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/2 "2002-12-20T03:46:47Z")
Dr Strangelove The Ususal Suspects Casablanca ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/3 "2002-12-20T04:02:21Z")
Hey ya lazy bum, if you guess you have to submit your own last lines! I’ll toss in an easy one: “In case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.” ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/4 "2002-12-20T04:06:24Z")
Correct on all three. Here’s some more: NDP 4 - “Fuck.” NDP 5 - “Yes sir. In my case an accident of birth. But you, you’re a self-made man.” NDP 6 - “She wouldn’t hurt a fly.” NDP 7 - “Shut up and deal.” Add others as you see fit. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/5 "2002-12-20T04:08:50Z")
“I put it on Mr. Underhill’s credit card. Want the number?” ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/6 "2002-12-20T04:30:17Z")
From my favorite movie (an oldie): “It’s a gift then…” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/7 "2002-12-20T04:32:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jehovah68 \* > \*\*“I put it on Mr. Underhill’s credit card. Want the number?” \*\* Chevy Chase, in “Fletch” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/8 "2002-12-20T04:34:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\*From my favorite movie (an oldie): > > “It’s a gift then…” \*\* Alec Guinness, in “Dr. Zhivago” ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/9 "2002-12-20T05:22:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > \*\*Correct on all three. Here’s some more: > > NDP 4 - “Fuck.” > > NDP 5 - “Yes sir. In my case an accident of birth. But you, you’re a self-made man.” > > NDP 6 - “She wouldn’t hurt a fly.” > > NDP 7 - “Shut up and deal.” > > Add others as you see fit. \*\* * * * 1. Eyes Wide Shut 2. Psycho * * * here’s one: “And like that…he’s gone.” And another: “But don’t worry. You will someday.” ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/10 "2002-12-20T05:28:06Z")
NDP 5 is _The Professionals_. NDP 7 sounds like _A Big Hand For the Little Lady_. “He’s my brother.” ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/11 "2002-12-20T05:38:31Z")
Nope. NDP 7 is one of my favorites, _The Apartment_. I can’t believe no one got **Slacker** ’s so far: _The Truman Show._ ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/12 "2002-12-20T05:58:36Z")
BE 1: “Where was I?” ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/13 "2002-12-20T06:19:01Z")
> [@](#): > > “And like that…he’s gone.” It’s “The Usual Suspects” and it’s already been done It was NDP 2. > [@](#): > > “But don’t worry. You will someday.” “American Beauty” NDP 4-7 have been guessed correctly (and, for the record, NDP 7 is “The Apartment”). Some new ones: NDP 8 - “I’m a star. I’m a big bright shining star.” NDP 9 - “Listen, you met me at a really weird time in my life …” NDP 10 - “Certainly. But let’s see if we can get the DJ to play something with a lithe --–Rueben!” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/14 "2002-12-20T06:43:12Z")
MUD 1: “Forget it, Jake-- It’s Chinatown.” … What? ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/15 "2002-12-20T06:56:20Z")
“So what. Big deal.” ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/16 "2002-12-20T06:57:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > **NDP 9 - "Listen, you met me at a really weird time in my life …"** **Fight Club** And for my own contribution to this thread: “I absolve you.” ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/17 "2002-12-20T07:00:33Z")
NDP 9 is Fight Club NDP 10 is Rushmore Here’s an easy one: “Hey everybody! We’re all gonna get laid!” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/18 "2002-12-20T07:03:29Z")
yosemitebabe: _The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonsai Across the Eighth Dimension_. Atreyu: _Amadeus_. jehovah: _Caddyshack_. RA 1: “That son of a bitch stole my watch.” ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/19 "2002-12-20T07:06:01Z")
I remember my friends and once trying to remember the worst last lines in movies we’d seen recently, and came up with : PJ1 : “Ditto.” PJ2 : “God Bless You.” PJ3 : “… and you’ll still be a prick.” ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/20 "2002-12-20T07:09:27Z")
\<\\> OTENMEM, I mean MEMENTO! From a big block buster: Gb - “He’ll be all right” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965.md?page=2)