# Most memorable dying words in a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372 "2004-09-21T20:35:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/21 "2004-09-21T23:28:30Z")
> [@ElectricZ](#): > > “I doubt they’ll kick up too much of a fuss. Not for an old con like me.” That would be…Brooksie, in the last line of his letter to his buddies at Shawshank - _The Shawshank Redemption_. “How fast can you run? As fast as a leopard. How fast _are_ you going to run? As fast as a leopard. Then let’s see you do it!” ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/22 "2004-09-21T23:35:27Z")
> [@](#): > > “I’m praying to you! Look to your heart!” _Miller’s Crossing_ John Turturro to Gabriel Byrne. “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Time to die.” ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/23 "2004-09-21T23:53:20Z")
> [@](#): > > “I would have followed you, my brother…my captain…my King.” I was gonna suggest that one! 'Twas Boromir, to Aragorn. EXCELLENT death scene. > [@](#): > > “I…feel…cold…” Cap’n Barbossa, in _Pirates O’ De Caribbean, mon_. My suggestion: “It was… fun. Oh my…” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/24 "2004-09-21T23:57:22Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > “At least… I got… Terre Haute…” Field Marshall von Kluck, as played by Carl Reiner, in _Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid_, and may I state for the record that you totally rock? ---
**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:** [September 22, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/25 "2004-09-22T00:04:38Z")
**mrsmith537** - “I would have like to have seen…Montana…” The First Mate of the Red October in _The Hunt For The Red October_. **DoC** - Rutger Hauer as the Replicant in _Blade Runner_. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/26 "2004-09-22T00:05:09Z")
“It’s OK, because I got to have you.” 😃 ---
**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:** [September 22, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/27 "2004-09-22T00:06:41Z")
My offering: “For a minute there I thought we were in trouble.” ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/28 "2004-09-22T00:11:11Z")
> [@SPOOFE](#): > > My suggestion: > > “It was… fun. Oh my…” Captain Kirk to Captain Picard in _Generations_ And since that’s the one I was going to suggest, I got nuthin’. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/29 "2004-09-22T00:16:29Z")
> [@ElectricZ](#): > > “Don’t do it until you’re sure I’m coming back. I’m gonna try not to… I’m gonna try not to come back.” Roger, the white SWAT guy from the original _Dawn of the Dead._ “Beware…the dwarf!” ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/30 "2004-09-22T00:19:14Z")
“Strangest thing…” ---
**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:** [September 22, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/31 "2004-09-22T00:22:44Z")
> [@neofishboy](#): > > “Beware…the dwarf!” Bruce Solomon as Bob Scott (otherwise known as Scotty) the Fed, in **Foul Play**! ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/32 "2004-09-22T00:27:48Z")
**ElectricZ…** “Don’t do it until you’re sure I’m coming back. I’m gonna try not to… I’m gonna try not to come back.” That would be the white cop in **Dawn of the Dead** “Gazpacho soup!” 2nd Technician Arnold J. Rimmer, **Red Dwarf** _Always look on the bright side of life…_ ---
**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:** [September 22, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/33 "2004-09-22T00:35:07Z")
> [@Phelan](#): > > “Strangest thing…” Stephen Baldwin in **The Usual Suspects**. Here are a couple more: “Oh no…” “We belong dead.” ---
**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:** [September 22, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/34 "2004-09-22T00:41:35Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > “We belong dead.” Frankenstein’s Monster in **Bride of Frankenstein**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/35 "2004-09-22T01:03:46Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > “Oh no…” Joe Pesci, _Goodfellas_. “It is finished.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/36 "2004-09-22T01:12:12Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > “It is finished.” Jesus in _POTC._ Only he said it in Aramaic. “Shit.” ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/37 "2004-09-22T01:12:13Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > “It’s OK, because I got to have you.” > > 😃 Flores. Starship Troopers. And for the crime of mentioning this movie, I hereby condemn you to have to rewatch the movie. The horror… OK, I’ve got one: “A…spear…” ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/38 "2004-09-22T01:14:54Z")
Hard to believe this one wasn’t answered yet: > [@ElectricZ](#): > > “You always were an asshole, Gorman!” Private Vasquez, in the sequel _Aliens_, with the grenade round. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/39 "2004-09-22T01:16:17Z")
Oh, I’m supposed to offer a new quote… duh. How about… “Message for you, Sir.” ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/40 "2004-09-22T01:24:26Z")
> [@bughunter](#): > > Oh, I’m supposed to offer a new quote… duh. > > How about… > > “Message for you, Sir.” Umm, he didn’t actually die… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372.md?page=3)