# ID the Movie by the Final Line

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/81 "2011-04-12T13:23:19Z")

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If you know this one you need therapy.  
ETA: The need for therapy is due to having watched the movie.

“My name is Michael. I take care of the place when the Master is away.”

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/82 "2011-04-12T13:54:31Z")

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“Nowhere special. I always wanted to go there.”

“For a minute there I thought we were in trouble.”

“NO PRISONERS!”

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**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/83 "2011-04-12T13:55:27Z")

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> [@GIGObuster](#):
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> Robocop II
> 
> “is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle - a missing piece. Well, come on everybody, we’ll miss the train”

_Citizen Kane_?

[quote=“silenus, post:82, topic:577561”]

“Nowhere special. I always wanted to go there.”

[QUOTE]

_Blazing Saddles_

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/84 "2011-04-12T14:28:15Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> “NO PRISONERS!”

Is that pirate Blutarsky at the end of “Animal House”?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/85 "2011-04-12T14:29:28Z")

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> [@Scuba\_Ben](#):
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> If you know this one you need therapy.  
> ETA: The need for therapy is due to having watched the movie.
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> “My name is Michael. I take care of the place when the Master is away.”

Has anybody seen it without wisecracking robots?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/86 "2011-04-12T14:52:53Z")

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**Stu** and **astorian** are correct.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/87 "2011-04-12T14:55:00Z")

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> [@Scuba\_Ben](#):
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> “My name is Michael. I take care of the place when the Master is away.”

Manos the Hands of Fate.

I thought it was this, but I had to google it to confirm. That movie literally gave me a headache.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/88 "2011-04-12T14:56:43Z")

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> [@FinnAgain](#):
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> The Incredibles.

Correct.

“Attaboy, Clarence!”

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/89 "2011-04-12T15:05:58Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> “Attaboy, Clarence!”

It’s a Wonderful Life  
“Do you think you’d be happy doing that?”  
“Well, I don’t know. What are the hours?”

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/90 "2011-04-12T15:08:18Z")

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I don’t know…wh-what are the hours?

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/91 "2011-04-12T15:09:55Z")

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> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> It’s a Wonderful Life  
> “Do you think you’d be happy doing that?”  
> “Well, I don’t know. What are the hours?”

> [@MadTheSwine](#):
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> I don’t know…wh-what are the hours?

jeez,lol

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/92 "2011-04-12T15:13:19Z")

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> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> It’s a Wonderful Life

Correct.

“Feeling good, Louis!”

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/93 "2011-04-12T15:16:13Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> “Feeling good, Louis!”

Trading Places

“Thataway.”

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**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/94 "2011-04-12T15:18:24Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> Has anybody seen it without wisecracking robots?

I hope not!

> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> Manos the Hands of Fate.
> 
> I thought it was this, but I had to google it to confirm. That movie literally gave me a headache.

After watching the MST3K version, I felt like I had been through Purgatory. It’s the second most painful movie-watching experience I’ve ever had, slightly more than the RiffTrax of Twilight: New Moon.

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/95 "2011-04-12T15:19:05Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Trading Places
> 
> “Thataway.”

Just a stab here.Is this one of the Star Treks?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/96 "2011-04-12T15:24:38Z")

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The first one, actually. Good guess!

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/97 "2011-04-12T17:12:39Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> _1776_ and \*Gone with the Wind[/I

Wrong on the first one, right on the second one.

I’ll post the first one again.

_“Proclaim liberty throught the land, and to all the inhabitants thereof.”_

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/98 "2011-04-12T17:26:57Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> “For a minute there I thought we were in trouble.”

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/99 "2011-04-12T17:30:55Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Trading Places

Right you are!

“I’m not going home. Not really.”

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**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 12, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/100 "2011-04-12T17:56:47Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> “I’m not going home. Not really.”

One of the Harry Potter movies?

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