# Iconic Scenes From Otherwise Forgotten Films **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 7, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948 "2021-01-07T18:51:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948/61 "2024-05-04T19:43:46Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I’ll start with this one: > > John Cusack holding up the boom box and blasting “In Your Eyes” to win back his girl at the end of _Say Anything._ > > We all know that scene. We can picture it. It’s fully ingrained into the popular culture and has been parodied and homaged to death over the years. > > But what else do you remember about _Say Anything_? Anything? The rest of the movie is nowhere near as iconic as that one scene. I have to say that Say Anything is one of my favorite films and there’s a lot there, quite aside from the boombox scene. There’s the scene at the Gas ‘n’ Sip, where those guys offer Lloyd advice about his breakup with Diane Court. > Lloyd Dobler: I got a question. If you guys know so much about women, how come you’re here at like the Gas ‘n’ Sip on a Saturday night completely alone drinking beers with no women anywhere? > Joe: By choice, man. > Someone else: Yeah, conscious choice. And the other scene in which he gets advice from some female friends. > D.C.: Lloyd, why do you have to be like this? > Lloyd Dobler: 'Cause I’m a guy. I have pride. > Corey Flood: You’re not a guy. > Lloyd Dobler: I am. > Corey Flood: No. The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don’t be a guy. It’s a great movie. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948/62 "2024-05-04T23:03:46Z")
Six completely random examples: _Action in Arabia_ (1944) - Non-classic WWII Middle East intrigue has good guy George Sanders using the iconic “cigarette jab at the critical moment” trick to make the bad guy swear in German and expose a Nazi plot to pit Arab tribes against the Allies. _The Big Gundown_ (1966) - Iconic moment has Lee Van Cleef dueling “Baron von Schulenburg,” a hired gun (with a look right out of an anime) whose theory that “to be quick on the draw is more important than precision in shooting” is proved invalid. _Deluge_ (1933) - Post-apocalyptic flick features incredible scenes of mass destruction heavily reused in later productions. _The Fury_ (1978) – In what (imo) should be his most iconic moment in a film, John Cassavetes explodes. _Performance_ (1970) – Mick Jagger performs “Memo from Turner” (Ry Cooder on slide guitar). _Walk on the Wild Side_ (1962) - Title sequence designed by Saul Bass - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI9Or8rE\_Dc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI9Or8rE_Dc) ---
**Author:** ![GrunthosTheFlatulent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grunthostheflatulent/32/21319_2.png) [@GrunthosTheFlatulent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrunthosTheFlatulent)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948/63 "2024-05-04T23:08:05Z")
The exploding head in Cronenberg’s Scanners, which was otherwise one of his lower-tier movies. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948/64 "2024-05-04T23:32:05Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > _The Fury_ (1978) – In what (imo) should be his most iconic moment in a film, John Cassavetes explodes. He blow’d up real good. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948/65 "2024-05-05T02:40:11Z")
There is probably a whole thread to be had on memes (hell probably one on Nicholas Cage memes alone). But Vampires Kiss from which this Nicholas Cage meme comes from counts IMO: [![](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/dd3882c4ad0fd11a14cffc7e5edaabe5ce8a8b53/0_85_1077_646/master/1077.jpg?width=480&dpr=2&s=none) ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/dd3882c4ad0fd11a14cffc7e5edaabe5ce8a8b53/0_85_1077_646/master/1077.jpg?width=480&dpr=2&s=none) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948/66 "2024-05-05T09:03:31Z")
THERE YOU ARE!!! You’re right. It’s the only thing I remember from that flick, and still would even without the memes. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948/67 "2024-05-05T11:58:44Z")
The first thing I thought of was Alec Baldwin’s [“Always be Closing” speech](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elrnAl6ygeM&t=59s) in **Glengarry Glen Ross**. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948/68 "2024-05-05T12:19:52Z")
Which isn’t even in the play the movie is based on. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948/69 "2024-05-05T16:19:54Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > [@Wheelz](#): > > > > John Cusack holding up the boom box and blasting “In Your Eyes” to win back his girl at the end of _Say Anything._ > > > > We all know that scene. We can picture it. It’s fully ingrained into the popular culture and has been parodied and homaged to death over the years. > > > > But what else do you remember about _Say Anything_? Anything? The rest of the movie is nowhere near as iconic as that one scene. > > I have to say that Say Anything is one of my favorite films and there’s a lot there, quite aside from the boombox scene. There’s the scene at the Gas ‘n’ Sip, where those guys offer Lloyd advice about his breakup with Diane Court. > > > Lloyd Dobler: I got a question. If you guys know so much about women, how come you’re here at like the Gas ‘n’ Sip on a Saturday night completely alone drinking beers with no women anywhere? > > Joe: By choice, man. > > Someone else: Yeah, conscious choice. > > And the other scene in which he gets advice from some female friends. > > > D.C.: Lloyd, why do you have to be like this? > > Lloyd Dobler: 'Cause I’m a guy. I have pride. > > Corey Flood: You’re not a guy. > > Lloyd Dobler: I am. > > Corey Flood: No. The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don’t be a guy. > > It’s a great movie. “I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed.” “I’m the distraction that’s going with her to England, sir.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948/70 "2024-05-05T16:20:48Z")
Exactly. That movie is full of great stuff. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948/71 "2024-05-05T16:39:33Z")
A TV show, not a movie, and certainly not one that’s been forgotten. But I was recently watching the Simpsons in the breakroom at work when a woman came in and sat down. She was in her early 20s, so born after the show’s classic era, and I’m not sure she had ever really watched the series. Anyway, this was the episode where Homer becomes friendly with Ned Flanders, and there’s a scene where Homer walks backwards and disappears into the bushes separating their yards. When the woman saw this, she got all excited and said, “So, that’s where that meme came from!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948/72 "2024-05-07T21:12:14Z")
Four movies I saw on TV as a kid but can’t imagine them being shown today: _ **The Purple Heart** _ (1944): Dana Andrews’ speech at the end of the Japanese tribunal for the captured Doolittle raiders: _You can kill us… But if you think that’s going to put the fear of God into the United States of America, and stop them from sending other flyers to bomb you, you’re wrong… They’ll come by night, they’ll come by day… They’ll blacken your skies and burn your cities to the ground and make you get down on your knees and beg for mercy._ _ **The Sniper** _ (1952) The titular character kills Marie Windsor as she plants a kiss on her poster while she leaves the nightclub where she works. He also shoots a smokestack painter who spots him crouched on a roof and tries to raise the alarm by flinging his bucket of paint onto the street hundreds of feet below. _ **Hot Blood** _ (1956) The fight with belts in the Gypsy encampment. _ **Experiment in Terror** _ (1962) Creepy asthmatic psychopath Ross Martin kidnaps Lee Remick’s kid sister Stefanie Powers and tells the terrified girl “Take off your clothes!” once he has her alone in his secret lair. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948/73 "2024-05-07T21:21:28Z")
A couple making out on the beach while waves crash over them - still shows up fairly commonly, but how many people have seen _From Here to Eternity_ these days? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-scenes-from-otherwise-forgotten-films/929948.md?page=3)