# I.D. This Movie(?) Quote

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-this-movie-quote/210205>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 29, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-this-movie-quote/210205 "2003-10-29T10:52:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-this-movie-quote/210205/1 "2003-10-29T10:52:30Z")

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“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” I believe this same movie may contain the shouted line: “I’m fed up, and I don’t care who knows it.” What movie(s) is/are these lines from, and what’s the plot, in a nutshell?

Thanks,

- Jinx

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**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-this-movie-quote/210205/2 "2003-10-29T11:08:57Z")

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cool hand luke is the first one - dunno about the second

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**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-this-movie-quote/210205/3 "2003-10-29T11:11:43Z")

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oh plot - it’s the oft-repeated phrase the governer of a harsh prison farm uses before punishing the prisoners, and is used back at the governer by luke when cornered after attempting escape as a symbol of his (luke’s) intellectual and moral superiority.

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**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-this-movie-quote/210205/4 "2003-10-29T12:20:17Z")

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if its the same quote (the ‘failure’ one), its also sampled at the start of ‘Civil War’ by Guns’n’Roses.

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**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-this-movie-quote/210205/5 "2003-10-29T12:26:16Z")

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if its the same quote (the ‘failure’ one), its also sampled at the start of ‘Civil War’ by Guns’n’Roses.

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**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:** [October 29, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-d-this-movie-quote/210205/6 "2003-10-29T14:09:30Z")

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The second line sounds like a garbled version of “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it any more!” from **Network**.