# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/61 "2002-12-20T23:39:52Z")
“It was beauty that killed the beast.” ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/62 "2002-12-20T23:47:22Z")
King Kong. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/63 "2002-12-20T23:56:37Z")
Precisely senator, what do we do? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/64 "2002-12-21T01:11:53Z")
“It already came true.” ---
**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 21, 2002, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/65 "2002-12-21T02:52:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Voyager \* > \*\*V1: “I’m the son of a sea cook!” \*\* You’ve actually got the _second_ last line of _Arsenic and Old Lace_. The cabdriver, who has been waiting all night to take Cary Grant and his new wife on their honeymoon, calls Grant by name (“Mister Brewster”) and Grant yells back “I’m not a Brewster! I’m the son of a sea cook!” The cabdriver’s response, and the movie’s final line, is “Oh, yeah? I’m a coffee pot!” which was my **BE2**. ---
**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 21, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/66 "2002-12-21T03:26:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Icerigger \* > \*\*Precisely senator, what do we do? \*\* The Andromeda strain. (1971) ---
**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 21, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/67 "2002-12-21T03:39:30Z")
time to add some more. These shouldn’t be too difficult. NDP 12 - “Jones is my name. I’m in insurance.” NDP 13 - “Some men get the world. Others get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona.” NDP 14 - “All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my closeup.” NDP 15 -“It’s the stuff dreams are made of.” ---
**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 21, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/68 "2002-12-21T04:44:40Z")
ndp 12 - Double Indemnity (?) ndp 13 - L.A. Confidential ndp 14 - Sunset Boulevard (on AMC today) ndp 15 - The Maltese Falcon ---
**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 21, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/69 "2002-12-21T04:48:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > NDP 12 - “Jones is my name. I’m in insurance.” _Twelve Monkeys_. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CaptEgo \* > CE1: “But that is another story!” _Irma la Douce_ Try this: **BE8** :“Like I said, I never was much for the holidays. Until now.” ---
**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 21, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/70 "2002-12-21T05:19:18Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* \*\*_Twelve Monkeys_. QUOTE] :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/71 "2002-12-21T05:33:08Z")
“God help us in the future.” ---
**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 21, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/72 "2002-12-21T05:38:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve MB \* > \*\*“God help us in the future.” \*\* _Plan 9 from outer space_? ---
**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 21, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/73 "2002-12-21T05:44:03Z")
Jehovah68 is right about NDP 13-15. Bryan Ekers is right about NDP 12. Some more: NDP 16 - “Higher, you animals, higher! We open Saturday night! Kick! Kick! Two-three-kick-turn! Two-three-kick-turn! Okay, let’s hear it!” NDP 17 - “Don’t be silly.” ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/74 "2002-12-21T05:48:39Z")
> [@](#): > > ## quote: > > Originally posted by Zoe > From my favorite movie (an oldie): > > ## “It’s a gift then…” > > Alec Guinness, in “Dr. Zhivago” **Astorian** , I am in awe of you! ---
**Author:** ![Jeu\_D\_esprit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@Jeu\_D\_esprit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeu_D_esprit)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/75 "2002-12-21T06:50:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NDP \* > \*\*NDP 16 - “Higher, you animals, higher! We open Saturday night! Kick! Kick! Two-three-kick-turn! Two-three-kick-turn! Okay, let’s hear it!” \*\* \*\* The Producers\*\* “Prisoners of love, Blue skies above…” How about this: “Where this falls, put us close…and leave us.” (This movie always makes my eyes go misty.) ---
**Author:** ![Diff\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@Diff\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diff_T)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/76 "2002-12-21T06:53:03Z")
no one got mine yet. It’s; DiffT “So here we go.” ---
**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 21, 2002, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/77 "2002-12-21T07:10:38Z")
Jeu\_D’esprit is right … about NDP 16. ---
**Author:** ![zigaretten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@zigaretten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zigaretten)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/78 "2002-12-21T07:24:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CaptEgo \* > CE1: “But that is another story!” The Hudsucker Proxy zig1…What the hell happened? ---
**Author:** ![Epistaxis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Epistaxis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epistaxis)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/79 "2002-12-21T11:01:57Z")
EPI1: “Get a life!” ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-closing-line/143965/80 "2002-12-21T12:32:52Z")
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