# ID the Movie by the Final Line **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 7, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561 "2011-04-07T18:50:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/41 "2011-04-08T18:58:14Z")
“Maybe… and maybe I didn’t do such a wonderful thing, after all.” ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/42 "2011-04-08T19:04:31Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > “Catch you at a bad time, comrade?” (in Russian) Blade. “Just, just wake up.” ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/43 "2011-04-08T19:20:27Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > “Forget it, Jake, it’s..” > > Oh, wait. Damn. Nevermind. **Chinatown** , of course. My contribution: “Kid stole my line.” ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/44 "2011-04-08T19:47:38Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > “Maybe… and maybe I didn’t do such a wonderful thing, after all.” Miracle on 34th Street? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/45 "2011-04-08T19:49:11Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > “Maybe… and maybe I didn’t do such a wonderful thing, after all.” Miracle on 34th Street. “I’m only human!” ---
**Author:** ![Heropsychodreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Heropsychodreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heropsychodreamer)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/46 "2011-04-08T20:50:41Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > “I \*\*told \*\*you I’m never going back.” HEAT ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/47 "2011-04-08T23:12:15Z")
> [@Heropsychodreamer](#): > > HEAT Yes. And both Sauron and Cadfael got “Miracle on 34th Street.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/48 "2011-04-08T23:30:40Z")
“Why don’t we just wait here for a little while, and see what happens?” ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/49 "2011-04-09T00:22:05Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > “Why don’t we just wait here for a little while, and see what happens?” Big Lebowski?? “I was cured all right.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/50 "2011-04-09T00:33:18Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > “Why don’t we just wait here for a little while, and see what happens?” John Carpenter’s _The Thing_. “I didn’t ask for that and I don’t want it. Goodbye, Leo.” ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/51 "2011-04-09T00:46:44Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > “I was cured all right.” A Clockwork Orange. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/52 "2011-04-09T02:21:35Z")
Summary > [@Simplicio](#): > > “Now, where was I?” > [@MadTheSwine](#): > > I"As a great man once said,wait till they get a load of me" > [@Dahu](#): > > The World is Not Enough. > [@Max\_Torque](#): > > “You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.” (in Spanish) > [@AppallingGael](#): > > “Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere; on the eighteenth of April, '75, scarcely a man is now alive…” > [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > “I’m only human!” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/53 "2011-04-09T06:03:52Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > John Carpenter’s _The Thing_. > > “I didn’t ask for that and I don’t want it. Goodbye, Leo.” Yes, it was Kurt Russell’s last line in “The THing.” And yours is Gabriel Byrne in “Miller’s Crossing.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/54 "2011-04-09T12:49:55Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > “You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.” (in Spanish) Hulk An underrated movie. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/55 "2011-04-09T12:50:56Z")
Here is one. “I really, really hoped I wouldn’t die.” ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/56 "2011-04-09T21:55:18Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Here is one. > > “I really, really hoped I wouldn’t die.” In Bruges? (sp?) Another: “My name’s Tom. Nice to meet you. I’m Autumn.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/57 "2011-04-09T22:15:41Z")
_“Proclaim liberty throughout the land, and to all the inhabitants thereof!”_ And I can’t believe nobody has put the easiest of all: _“After all, tomorrow is another day!”_ ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/58 "2011-04-10T02:58:08Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Another: > “My name’s Tom. > Nice to meet you. I’m Autumn.” 500 Days of Summer. Here’s a couple: “I’m finished!” “…its origin and purpose still a total mystery.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/59 "2011-04-10T03:26:29Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > “…its origin and purpose still a total mystery.” _2001-A Space Odyssey_? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/60 "2011-04-10T04:09:38Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > And yours is Gabriel Byrne in “Miller’s Crossing.” Correct. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561.md?page=4)