# 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:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/121 "2011-04-13T04:06:30Z")

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“You’re still here? It’s OVER! Go home. Go!”

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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 13, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/122 "2011-04-13T04:07:44Z")

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“You’re a swine.”

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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 13, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/123 "2011-04-13T04:08:16Z")

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> [@gonzoron](#):
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> Depending on what counts as a line:  
> “He’ll be all right” or “ROAAAWR!!!”

Star Wars.  
“Bitchin’, isn’t it?”

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/124 "2011-04-13T05:01:47Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> “You’re still here? It’s OVER! Go home. Go!”

**Ferris Bueller’s Day Off**

Some new ones:

“Yes, sir. In my case an accident of birth. But you, sir, you’re a self-made man.”

“Ah… then it’s a gift.”

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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 13, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/125 "2011-04-13T14:08:53Z")

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> [@NDP](#):
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> **Ferris Bueller’s Day Off**
> 
> Some new ones:
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> “Ah… then it’s a gift.”

Yes, it was \*\*\*Ferris Bueller \*\*\*(after the credits were finished).

Your quote is Alec Guinness at the end of _ **Dr. Zhivago.** _

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/126 "2011-04-13T14:22:09Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> “Bitchin’, isn’t it?”

_Night of the Comet_.

“I’m not disappointed, Dad. I love you.”

Regards,  
Shodan

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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 13, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/127 "2011-04-13T17:01:35Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> This is Spinal Tap ? I didn’t think that was the last line though.

It is the last line.

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/128 "2011-04-13T18:39:46Z")

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“What happened?”  
“He lived happily ever after.”

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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 13, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/129 "2011-04-13T18:43:01Z")

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> [@Infovore](#):
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> “What happened?”  
> “He lived happily ever after.”

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/130 "2011-04-13T18:49:42Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Correct!

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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 13, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/131 "2011-04-13T22:00:50Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> “Alex, will you come in, please? I wish to talk to you.”

Still unanswered, I think.

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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 14, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/132 "2011-04-14T00:30:23Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Still unanswered, I think.

This one is driving me crazy, I KNOW I’ve heard it but I can’t place it. I’ve scanned my own movie titles hoping to prompt a memory, but nothing yet.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/133 "2011-04-14T01:17:16Z")

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> [@Baker](#):
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> This one is driving me crazy, I KNOW I’ve heard it but I can’t place it. I’ve scanned my own movie titles hoping to prompt a memory, but nothing yet.

Any time I hear the name Alex my mind goes right to A Clockwork Orange, but I know it’s not that.

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**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/134 "2011-04-14T01:34:53Z")

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> [@Scuba\_Ben](#):
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> I hope not!  
> 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.

I know I’m odd but I kinda liked the awfulness that was Manos the Hands of Fate. Red Zone Cuba though? That was mega painful and the bots couldn’t help.

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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 14, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/135 "2011-04-14T01:53:37Z")

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> [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](#):
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> I know I’m odd but I kinda liked the awfulness that was Manos the Hands of Fate. Red Zone Cuba though? That was mega painful and the bots couldn’t help.

Skydivers is also worse than Manos.

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/136 "2011-04-14T13:17:14Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> “Well (name that would make it too easy), the bird’s flightless?”  
> “Yes.”  
> “It’s not going anywhere.”

> [@Baker](#):
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> Master and Commander?

Correct.

Still unanswered:  
“He’s a natural born world shaker.”

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/137 "2011-04-14T17:00:44Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> Still unanswered:  
> “He’s a natural born world shaker.”

Also unanswered:

“Yes, sir. In my case an accident of birth. But you, sir, you’re a self-made man.”

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**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/138 "2011-04-14T17:13:21Z")

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Here’s one:

“Madness!”

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**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/139 "2011-04-14T17:18:44Z")

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> [@NDP](#):
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> Also unanswered:
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> “Yes, sir. In my case an accident of birth. But you, sir, you’re a self-made man.”

I straight cheated on that, so I won’t say. But that one was miles above my head.

Should’ve joined this thread earlier. ☹

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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-movie-by-the-final-line/577561/140 "2011-04-14T17:51:28Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> “You’re a swine.”

_A Hard Day’s Night_, if i’m not mistaken.  
“Madness!” is _The Bridge on the River Kwai_.

A couple more:

“Thank you, boys. Thank you.”

“Positively the same dame!”

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