# Immediate Pre-Death Quips in Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506 "2004-07-29T22:14:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/21 "2004-07-30T02:49:45Z")
"From hell’s heart, I stab at thee. For hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee. " “Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?” “Dai-sy, Dai-sy, give me your answer true. I’m half cra-zy o-ver the love of you. It won’t be a sty-lish mar-riage. I can’t afford a car-riage—” “Ha-ha, you fool. You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is “Never get involved in a land war in Asia”, but only slightly less well known is this: “Never go in against a Sicilian, when _death_ is on the line.”. Hahahahahah.” “Made it Ma! Top of the World!” “fuh-fuh-freedom” “Rosebud” “Oh, I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. Don’t let me burn. Oh, please. Let go of me. Please.” ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/22 "2004-07-30T02:51:31Z")
“What’s that smell…” - **Fight Club** “That’s not fair…” **T.A.G., The Assassination Game** ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/23 "2004-07-30T03:12:24Z")
Jeff Goldblums’ co-worker, in _Independence Day_ “Oh, crap.” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/24 "2004-07-30T03:17:22Z")
james T. Kirk in _Generations_ “Oh my…” ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/25 "2004-07-30T03:32:52Z")
“I have always loved you.” – **The Blues Brothers** ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/26 "2004-07-30T03:43:52Z")
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is “Never get involved in a land war in Asia”, but only slightly less well known is this: “Never go in against a Sicilian, when \*\*death \*\* is on the line.”. Hahahahahah!!! \*\*Vizzini \*\* - _The Princess Bride_ ---
**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/27 "2004-07-30T07:28:09Z")
My favorite is from _The Jackal_: “When Declan kills you, think of me.” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/28 "2004-07-30T12:25:35Z")
I liked this exchange from _Heist_: Danny DeVito: “Don’t you want to hear my last words?” Gene Hackman: “I just did.” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/29 "2004-07-30T12:38:00Z")
I can’t believe this thread has gotten this far without someone mentioning Woody Allen’s “What’s Up, Tigerlily?” This is the movie where Woody took a mid-60’s Hong Kong chop-socky movie and over-dubbed it with a completely different script about finding “the secret egg salad formula” (“give me the formula!!!” hee hee!) Anyway, so there is a shoot out on a sailboat in a dock. A man - I think a key bad guy(?) - is shot and lays on the deck, dying. Our hero runs up to him and cradles his head. While the dying man’s lips move - clearly saying something emotional and complex in a Chinese dialect, we hear: “When I die, don’t bury me - I want to be stuffed with crab meat…” _plop_ I practically shoot milk out of my nose just thinking about it… ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/30 "2004-07-30T13:20:45Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > “That’s not fair…” **T.A.G., The Assassination Game** I honestly thought that I was the only person in the world who remembered that movie. Now I have to go rent it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/31 "2004-07-30T13:29:28Z")
> [@](#): > > This is the movie where Woody took a mid-60’s Hong Kong chop-socky movie… So, did they move Hong Kong to Japan? Because I noticed the movie was full of Japanese people. Supposedly, Dominique Bouhours, a 17th Century French grammarian, exited this world after saying, “I am about to – or I am going to – die; either expression is correct.” ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/32 "2004-07-30T13:40:00Z")
> [@bughunter](#): > > “Message for you, sir…” Not to pick nits, but isn’t it"sire" instead of “sir”? And Patsy was getting better before Lancelot (Cleese) moved on. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/33 "2004-07-30T13:42:28Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > So, did they move Hong Kong to Japan? Because I noticed the movie was full of Japanese people. > > Supposedly, Dominique Bouhours, a 17th Century French grammarian, exited this world after saying, “I am about to – or I am going to – die; either expression is correct.” Okay, so you’re right, it’s [Japanese](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061177/) - so sue me 😃 I haven’t seen the darn thing for years. But the line is funny, regardless… ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/34 "2004-07-30T13:47:42Z")
“It’s buried under a big Dubble-ya” – Spencer Tracy It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Zev Steinhardt (not buried under a big “dubble-ya”) ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/35 "2004-07-30T13:48:55Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > "From hell’s heart, I stab at thee. For hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee. " > > “Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?” **Little Caesar**. > > “Dai-sy, Dai-sy, give me your answer true. I’m half cra-zy o-ver the love of you. It won’t be a sty-lish mar-riage. I can’t afford a car-riage—” > > “Ha-ha, you fool. You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is “Never get involved in a land war in Asia”, but only slightly less well known is this: “Never go in against a Sicilian, when _death_ is on the line.”. Hahahahahah.” **Princess Bride**? > > “Made it Ma! Top of the World!” **White Heat** (I think). > > “fuh-fuh-freedom” **Braveheart**? > > “Rosebud” **Citizen Kane** > > “Oh, I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. Don’t let me burn. Oh, please. Let go of me. Please.” As was already suggested, it wouldn’t kill you to tell which movies you are quoting, since not everyone has the impeccable style and good taste to have seen the same films you have. One of my favorites isn’t even a quote. It’s in the movie **Anaconda** (see how easy it is?), when Jon Voight’s character dies. He’s swallowed whole by the giant snake. A few minutes of film time later, the snake comes after our heroes, but regurgitates Voight. Covered with icky movie slime, he smiles and winks at a hero, then dies. High quality ham. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/36 "2004-07-30T13:52:28Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > What about the last thing a poor schmuck hears before he dies? From _Sleeping with the Enemy_: Laura: [on phone, with gun aimed at Martin] Police? Come quickly. I’ve just shot an intruder. Fade to black… ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/37 "2004-07-30T14:09:09Z")
“Thank you sir, may I have another?” -Mike **House of Games** ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/38 "2004-07-30T14:20:54Z")
From _Camille_ _cough_ ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/39 "2004-07-30T14:27:07Z")
> [@](#): > > “It’s buried under a big Dubble-ya” > – Spencer Tracy > It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World No, no, **Zev** , that’s Jimmy Durante’s final words… before he kicks the bucket. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506/40 "2004-07-30T14:32:19Z")
This great last line is from **Moby Dick**. "From hell’s heart, I stab at thee. For hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee. " How about “Forgive them, father. They know not what they do.” **The Bible** “Remember when you said you’d kill me last?” **Commando** He lied. “Dave. What are you doing Dave? Stop it Dave.” (or something like that) **2001** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immediate-pre-death-quips-in-movies/257506.md?page=3)