# Guess The Movie From The Opening Line **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658 "2002-12-18T21:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/1 "2002-12-18T21:41:33Z")
“Are we the first to arrive?” ---
**Author:** ![dalton1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c5a1d2/32.png) [@dalton1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalton1)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/2 "2002-12-18T21:47:32Z")
Close Encounters of the Third Kind ---
**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:** [December 18, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/3 "2002-12-18T21:47:54Z")
_Close Encounters of the Third Kind_ \<1\> Saigon. \<2\> Did you hear that? \<3\> I believe in America. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/4 "2002-12-18T21:48:09Z")
Dalton, Right. Your turn. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/5 "2002-12-18T21:48:56Z")
1. Apocalypse Now. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/6 "2002-12-18T21:49:05Z")
Wow - a Simulpost for post #1… Welcome to the boards! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/7 "2002-12-18T21:49:28Z")
“Close Encounters”? Here’s an eeeeasy one: “I believe in America.” ---
**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:** [December 18, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/8 "2002-12-18T21:50:29Z")
No idea, **astorian**. 😃 This thread is going simulpost beserk!! ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/9 "2002-12-18T21:52:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > **\<2\> Did you hear that?** Star Wars. And the one I was going to post. “They don’t advertise for killers in the newspaper.” ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/10 "2002-12-18T21:55:49Z")
The Godfather. “You don’t like flying, do you?” ---
**Author:** ![Realhoops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Realhoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Realhoops)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/11 "2002-12-18T21:56:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Legomancer \* > \*\*“They don’t advertise for killers in the newspaper.” \*\* Blade Runner “Three minutes. This is it, ground zero. Would you like to say a few words to mark the occasion?” ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/12 "2002-12-18T21:57:41Z")
“They don’t advertise for killers in the newspaper” - Bladerunner. “Upstairs.” ---
**Author:** ![Realhoops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Realhoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Realhoops)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/13 "2002-12-18T21:58:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by malkavia \* > \*\*The Godfather. > “You don’t like flying, do you?” \*\* Die Hard? And, to repeat my last one… trying to end the rash of simulposts! “Three minutes. This is it, ground zero. Would you like to say a few words to mark the occasion?” ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/14 "2002-12-18T21:58:45Z")
Erf, beaten to the punch by Realhoops. Fight Club, btw. =) ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/15 "2002-12-18T22:01:10Z")
Erf. I’ll repeat too, then. “Upstairs.” ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/16 "2002-12-18T22:22:35Z")
Okay. I don’t wanna be the person who killed the thread. :smack: Permission to withdraw “Upstairs” and replace with “I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your Senior Drill Instructor.” ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/17 "2002-12-18T22:24:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by malkavia \* > \*\*“I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your Senior Drill Instructor.” \*\* Full Metal Jacket. BTW Private Joker, what was “Upstairs” from? Mine: “Hello? No, I don’t work today.” ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/18 "2002-12-18T22:24:33Z")
You can withdraw “Upstairs…” as soon as you tell us what movie it’s from!!! ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/19 "2002-12-18T22:24:49Z")
“Hi Honey” “Hi Mom” (note: those are the first two lines from one movie). Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658/20 "2002-12-18T22:25:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by malkavia \* > \*\*“I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your Senior Drill Instructor.” \*\* Full Metal Jacket [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-movie-from-the-opening-line/143658.md?page=2)