Taxi Driver: All you really need to see is, “You talkin’ to me? . . . You talkin’ to me? Cuz I’m the only one here . . .”
And I disagree with choosing Casablanca – way too many famous/quotable scenes to pick just one or two.
There’s a (probably urban legend) story about the guy who asks "What’s so great about Casablanca? All they did was string a bunch of cliches together!)
Grease: You Are The One That I Want
Heheh. Yeah, Casablanca is one that has references from nearly every scene. My personal favourites as ‘I was misinformed.’ and ‘Shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on…’
Summer Loving is arguably more riffed on.
Here’s lookin’ at everybody who disagrees about Casablanca needing to be on this list, kid.
It’s Hedley Lamar!
The “I’m Tired” scene.
“Mongo only pawn in game of life.”
I knew I was going to get shot down with such a bold statement about a movie that has nothing but memorable scenes and lines.
The one where Gene Wilder demonstrates his fast draw.
All the Johnsons in church.
Basie’s band.
I’ll disagree with this. I saw this movie for the first time last year, and it seemed like every five minutes I was hearing or seeing something I’d heard referenced somewhere else.
As for my own contribution, I’d say that the classic Star Trek II could be summed up with the following short bit of dialogue from the movie:
Kkhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!
The Court Jester:
“The pellet with the poison’s in the flagon with the dragon. The vessel with the pestle holds the brew that is true.”
Yup. “Here’s Johnny!” is** the** bit for that flick.
The scene of the astronauts walking towards the camera in their spacesuits is all you really need to see of “The Right Stuff.”
The Warriors: All you need to see is Cyrus’s speech (“Can you dig it?!”) and the final scene (“Warriors, come out to play-ay!”).
Basic Instinct: The interrogation scene.
Carrie: Prom, from pig blood to mom’s impalement
Ben-Hur: the chariot race (Lew Wallace, please forgive me!)
ET: the flying bicycle
…and the Singin’ in the Rain part. (edit: doh! already mentioned.)
For Pulp Fiction I agree that there are a ton of references. “Check out the big brain on Brad” being one that leaps to mind. And that dance move with the two fingers across the eyes.
I think this is the same disconnect as the “Pulp Fiction” bit. A movie may have a bajillion lines that you and your friends can quote over beers but that’s not the same as the scenes being referenced in later TV shows or anything.
In the “Pulp Fiction” example, any time I see a riff of it, it’s almost always the “Royale with cheese” conversation. If you only ever saw that conversation, you’d ‘get’ probably 75% of the PF references you’ll ever see on TV. Although, as I type this, I can think of two riffs on the “cleaner”, Wolfe (Seinfeld and the cartoon Recess). So maybe PF isn’t the best example in the world, but you hopefully see where I’m coming from.
To Carrie, I would add the “plug it up, plug it up!” scene.
Well are you talking about other movies/tv spoofing/riffing on it or making references? The two are not synonymous.
Wait, there’s more to Empire Strikes Back.
What about:
“Do or do not. There is no try.”?
I hear that one just about every other day.
Or:
“I love you!”
“I know.”
Or:
“All too easy.”
Or:
“Apology…accepted.”
I don’t quite understand the OP either. What’s being listed? I’m seeing famous lines and scenes from popular movies – movies that people might not have seen but that they’ll be able to recognize from the clip.
I’ll round up the usual suspects while someone explains it to me.
At first I thought it was about getting references to movies, and the amount of the movie required to see to understand the reference, but then it seems it was only about getting references in other movies and tv shows, but then it appears that it is only about getting the reference when other movies and tv shows “riff” on the scene, and not just when they make references in general. So I have no idea.
I assure you, it was crystal clear in my head
I suppose the “riffs” angle is a better way to put it. How much of a classic movie do you need to have seen to be able to get jokes, references, etc made to it in other forms (usually TV shows). I’m not talking about lines your friends might quote to one another, but portions that have made it into the pop-cultural mainstream.
To harken back to my OP, if you only ever saw the parts of “The Birds” with the silent mass of birds and the bit with the telephone booth, you’re going to get the joke almost every single time a show throws in a bit that’s supposed to make you think “Hah! It’s like ‘The Birds’!”
A particularly poor example would probably be “The Wizard of Oz” where just about every minute of the movie has found its way into a TV show in some form or another. A poor example on the other extreme would be “The Big Lebowski”. People can quote the hell out of that movie but I don’t think I’ve ever watched a show and thought “Hey, they’re doing a ‘Big Lebowski’ thing here…”
I’m sure I’m only making it worse by trying to explain it.
I have to admit that I very rarely see a show do a take-off of a popular movie and NOT have it be tongue-in-cheek at the very least.
After you see the first coupla minutes of The Deep, with whatshername scuba diving in a t-shirt, you can shut it off and take it back to the Blockbuster.
I’ve seen the final chase in Ronin twice. No one has ever recommended that I see the rest of the movie.