# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/161 "2004-09-24T02:05:13Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Wasn’t that Ed Norton’s last words in Fight Club (although it worked out for him). But Ed Norton’s character doesn’t die in Fight Club, and even if he did, the last thing he says in the movie is “You met me at a very interesting time in my life”. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/162 "2004-09-24T02:33:52Z")
Here’s a couple, since I always seem get here after the ones that I know are answered. “. . . now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.” “. . . McCandless, I thought you were dead?” ---
**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 24, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/163 "2004-09-24T02:52:41Z")
> [@5 time champ](#): > > Here’s a couple, since I always seem get here after the ones that I know are answered. > “. . . now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.” Fredo Corleone (John Cazale) in **The Godfather, Part II**. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/164 "2004-09-24T03:08:26Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > “Yes. But by tomorrow…I shall be the hero…of the Soviet…Union.” This was the rogue general in _Octopussy_, wasn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/165 "2004-09-24T04:06:59Z")
> [@5 time champ](#): > > “. . . McCandless, I thought you were dead?” Hey! It’s one I know. Well, I know the movie–_Big Jake_. Quite a few characters say that to John Wayne throughout the movie. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/166 "2004-09-24T09:47:41Z")
But it was Richard Boone’s dying words. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/167 "2004-09-24T09:58:47Z")
> [@GLWasteful](#): > > Why yes. Yes it is. And I must say that I’m more than a little concerned that there’s someone else who has seen this movie. > > And recalls the final line not only of the principals but the final line of dialogue in the entire movie. Well, I don’t know which one of them actually said the line, I just remember KA-BLAM! - roll credits, and me sitting there saying “What the _FUCK_ was that?!” It was like a throwback to the Hayes Code days where the crooks, even if they were the movie’s most sympathetic characters, had to face justice in the end. In this case, it was the VERY end, literally seconds before the credits and with no warning or foreshadowing whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/168 "2004-09-24T10:08:11Z")
Bryan, I remember when the movie came out. I saw it at the drive in and it was a fucking awesome ending, or so I thought. Right up there with the ending of Carrie. Recall the first time you saw Carrie and that damned hand grabbed her. You know, totally unexpected. Who said it? Probably Mary…the bitch never shut up, did she? How about… “It’s been quite a party.” ---
**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 24, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/169 "2004-09-24T14:10:25Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > In this case, it was the VERY end, literally seconds before the credits and with no warning or foreshadowing whatsoever. What do you mean…no foreshadowing? You can see that stupid train in a shot about every 15 minutes, all through the movie. Yes, it was a shock, but it didn’t come out of nowhere. 😃 Yes, I’ve seen the movie too. That makes three of us. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/170 "2004-09-24T15:20:53Z")
hmm, you’re right, \*_Dooku_, I suppose I did combine two death scenes. Faulty memory on my part. I’ve just always thought “Wait! Wait!” was the dumbest dying line ever. Here’s another, as I’m having trouble finding ones I know that haven’t been solved… “My child, you have come to me my son. For who now is your father if it is not me? I am the well spring from which you flow. When I am gone, you will have never been. What would your world be, without me? My son…” ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/171 "2004-09-24T18:48:36Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > This was the rogue general in _Octopussy_, wasn’t it? Correct. Man, I thought that one was so vague nobody would get it. How about: “Well, here’s to us.” ---
**Author:** ![cedric45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@cedric45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedric45)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/172 "2004-09-24T19:06:12Z")
[QUOTE In the same vein: “Shoot straight you bastards, don’t make a mess of it!”[/QUOTE] Breaker Morant… the third best of any Aussie films ever. Can’t remember the actors name though. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/173 "2004-09-24T20:09:38Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Yes. > > The full quote would be something like “The unmarked grave next to Arch Stanton.” > > But we still don’t have the character’s name. Wait a minute on screen Bill Carson’s (the name he was going under at the time) Last words heard were “Gah gahh Water…” But I guess that answer above would have been his last words ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/174 "2004-09-24T20:17:29Z")
Another favorite… Why don’t we just wait here for a while… see what happens. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/175 "2004-09-24T21:20:44Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > Correct. Man, I thought that one was so vague nobody would get it. > > How about: > > “Well, here’s to us.” If you’re thinking of Jaws in Moonraker, he didn’t die. Bond gets a radio message a moment later saying something to the effect that a pod containing a man and a woman has been rescued. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/176 "2004-09-24T21:36:21Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > If you’re thinking of Jaws in Moonraker, he didn’t die. Bond gets a radio message a moment later saying something to the effect that a pod containing a man and a woman has been rescued. Really? I always thought they both died - I don’t remember hearing that radio message. Damn. > [@](#): > > Why don’t we just wait here for a while… see what happens. McReady, _The Thing_ ---
**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:** [September 24, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/177 "2004-09-24T21:39:35Z")
“A great… big… dubya…” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/178 "2004-09-24T21:42:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What do you mean…no foreshadowing? You can see that stupid train in a shot about every 15 minutes, all through the movie. Yes, it was a shock, but it didn’t come out of nowhere. 😃 > > Yes, I’ve seen the movie too. That makes three of us. I think a simple “Hey, Dude, watch out for that train,” would have sufficed. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/179 "2004-09-24T21:59:19Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > “A great… big… dubya…” Jimmy Durante (Don’t remember his character’s name) from _It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_. “Daddy?” ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/180 "2004-09-25T01:22:02Z")
“Always look on the bright side of life…” “…the hardest thing in this world is to live in it. Be brave. Live. For me.” (Ok, it’s not a movie. So sue me.) “Make a wish, Lo.” “Now take me to the Garden.” (Last words we hear, anyway.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372.md?page=10)