# Name the movie from the quoted dialog

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 6, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091 "2009-07-06T15:49:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![yevgeny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@yevgeny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yevgeny)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/161 "2009-07-16T16:36:23Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> t16: “You know you look like an angel, Louie? Like an overgrown cherub. Anyone ever tell you that?”

Jacob’s Ladder

> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> RB3: “May is one damn fine month to be working outdoors.”
> 
> RB8: “Pick any game you want. I’m good at all of them. I’ve got 97 of them.”

The Shawshank Redemption

The Wizard

> [@Jack\_Batty](#):
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> JB3A - “Welcome to Costco, I love you.”

Idiocracy

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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:** [July 22, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/162 "2009-07-22T14:08:39Z")

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Still unanswered - last call!

eh4. “Eh, he’s drunk.”  
eh12. “They lack our altruism, sir.”  
eh16. “Briony read it.”  
eh18. “You… fascinate me.”  
eh19. “Perhaps you should practice more.”  
eh20. “That’s not our system.”  
eh23. “I would, if I ever gave you any thought.”  
eh27. “What’s she gone and done now?”  
eh28. “I just met you, and I love you.”  
eh34. “Your saddle’s gonna reek!”  
eh35. “Something troubles you, my child.”  
eh36. “I think I’ll head into town and check out the Thai nightlife.”  
eh38. “I went out on ‘stethescope.’”  
eh40. “The Nixon who went to China is not the Nixon who came back.”  
eh41. “Yeah, I get that a lot.”  
eh43. “Your hands are cold.”  
eh45. “Second place! Second place is good!”  
eh46. “Everybody to get off from street!”  
eh48. “It is late, sir, too late for that!”  
eh49. “I must’ve lost ten pounds that day, all of it brown.”

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/163 "2009-07-22T14:48:55Z")

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> [@yevgeny](#):
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> The Shawshank Redemption
> 
> The Wizard

Both correct.

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/164 "2009-07-22T15:01:59Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Still unanswered - last call!
> 
> eh18. “You… fascinate me.”

Toy Story?

> [@](#):
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> eh23. “I would, if I ever gave you any thought.”

Casablanca

> [@](#):
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> eh35. “Something troubles you, my child.”

Sounds like something a nun would say. Sound of Music?

> [@](#):
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> eh46. “Everybody to get off from street!”

The Russians Are Coming

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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:** [July 22, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/165 "2009-07-22T17:21:13Z")

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> [@jsc1953](#):
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> Toy Story?
> 
> Casablanca
> 
> Sounds like something a nun would say. Sound of Music?
> 
> The Russians Are Coming

No, yes, no, yes. 😃

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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:** [July 24, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/166 "2009-07-24T22:10:30Z")

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As promised…

eh4. “Eh, he’s drunk.”  
_Planes, Trains and Automobiles_

eh12. “They lack our altruism, sir.”  
_Breaker Morant_

eh16. “Briony read it.”  
_Atonement_

eh18. “You… fascinate me.”  
_Intolerable Cruelty_

eh19. “Perhaps you should practice more.”  
_Pride & Prejudice_

eh20. “That’s not our system.”  
_Alien_

eh27. “What’s she gone and done now?”  
_Guarding Tess_

eh28. “I just met you, and I love you.”  
_Up_

eh34. “Your saddle’s gonna reek!”  
_Home on the Range_

eh35. “Something troubles you, my child.”  
_Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_

eh36. “I think I’ll head into town and check out the Thai nightlife.”  
_Stealth_

eh38. “I went out on ‘stethescope.’”  
_Spellbound_

eh40. “The Nixon who went to China is not the Nixon who came back.”  
_Simon_

eh41. “Yeah, I get that a lot.”  
_Alien Resurrection_

eh43. “Your hands are cold.”  
_Pride & Prejudice_

eh45. “Second place! Second place is good!”  
_The Incredibles_

eh48. “It is late, sir, too late for that!”  
_Gettysburg_

eh49. “I must’ve lost ten pounds that day, all of it brown.”  
_Taps_

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**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/167 "2009-09-08T16:45:35Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> **Robot Arm** and **WotNot** are both correct.

Try these:

eh11. “Major League.”  
eh15. “Major League (again).”

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**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/168 "2009-09-08T16:47:12Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> RB1: “We’re sort of like 7-11. We’re not always doing business, but we’re always open.”
> 
> RB2 (obscure): “You’re making my beer curdle.”  
> “And you make my drink taste like blood.”
> 
> RB3: “May is one damn fine month to be working outdoors.”
> 
> RB4: “What the fuck do I want a caravan for that’s got no fuckin’ wheels?”
> 
> RB5: “When he reached the New World, Cortez burned his ships. As a result, his men were well-motivated.”
> 
> RB6: “I’m gonna pull this rookie’s chain.”
> 
> RB7 (obscure): “The last thing we need is a biotech panic about chickens!”
> 
> RB8: “Pick any game you want. I’m good at all of them. I’ve got 97 of them.”

RB5 is _The Hunt for Red October_

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**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/169 "2009-09-08T16:48:29Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> **Johnny Q** is correct about eh26 being from _Casablanca_.  
> **tdn** is correct about eh29 being from _It’s A Wonderful Life_.  
> **MadTheSwine** is correct about eh30 being from _Dragnet_.
> 
> Howsabout these?
> 
> eh31. “Maybe we could build a campfire, you know, sing some songs!”  
> eh32. “Was that a goat?”  
> eh33. “So I guess it’s just me… and you… and your balls… and this desk drawer.”  
> eh34. “Your saddle’s gonna reek!”  
> eh35. “Something troubles you, my child.”

eh33 - _Dragnet_

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**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/170 "2009-09-08T16:49:31Z")

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> [@The New and Improved Superman](#):
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> Nobody got these three of mine, so I’m reposting them:
> 
> NIS.6 “I don’t care about losing all the money. It’s losing all the stuff!”

NIS6 -\* The Jerk\*

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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:** [September 8, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/171 "2009-09-08T17:42:20Z")

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> [@ministryman](#):
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> eh33 - _Dragnet_

That was correctly answered earlier, but yes.

The thread having been rejuvenated, here are some more:

eh51. “Fill your hands, you sons o’ bitches!”  
eh52. “We got them and we shot them under Rule .303!”  
eh53. “Now maybe this town will be quiet.”  
eh54. “Well, that one hurt a little.”  
eh55. “Try and kill me!”

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**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/172 "2009-09-09T15:38:57Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> That was correctly answered earlier, but yes.
> 
> The thread having been rejuvenated, here are some more:
> 
> eh51. “Fill your hands, you sons o’ bitches!”

_The Cowboys_

Some more:

W1: “Thank God for the sickle-cell, huh?”

W2: “This is werry bad for my asthma.”"

W3: “I learned about my cervix in sex-ed!”

W4: “I guess we’re just gonna have to win the whole fuckin’ thing!”

W5: "GODDAMNIT, WHO FLASHED “SCARED”?

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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:** [September 9, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/173 "2009-09-09T15:58:13Z")

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> [@want2know](#):
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> _The Cowboys_
> 
> …W2: “This is werry bad for my asthma.” …

No to _The Cowboys_.

W2. _Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_

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**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/174 "2009-09-09T17:38:51Z")

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[QUOTE=want2know]  
W1: “Thank God for the sickle-cell, huh?”

[/QUOTE]

_Full Metal Jacket._

> [@](#):
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> W4: “I guess we’re just gonna have to win the whole fuckin’ thing!”

_Major League_.

MH5: “What are you doing with a bunch of rabid weasels?”

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/175 "2009-09-09T19:04:49Z")

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I have an interesting one  
G1- “do you mind if I smoke while you are eating”

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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:** [September 9, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/176 "2009-09-09T19:23:41Z")

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> [@Mike\_H](#):
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> - 
> 
> MH5: “What are you doing with a bunch of rabid weasels?”

Return of The Living Dead.

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**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/177 "2009-09-09T19:37:20Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> I have an interesting one  
> G1- “do you mind if I smoke while you are eating”

Deep Throat

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**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/178 "2009-09-09T19:47:32Z")

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> [@enomaj](#):
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> enj3: Mark and remember.

I don;t think this one from p.1 has been guessed yet. It’s from **Clash of the Titans**.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/179 "2009-09-09T19:51:47Z")

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Still unanswered:

> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> RB1: “We’re sort of like 7-11. We’re not always doing business, but we’re always open.”
> 
> RB2 (obscure): “You’re making my beer curdle.”  
> “And you make my drink taste like blood.”
> 
> RB7 (obscure): “The last thing we need is a biotech panic about chickens!”

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**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/180 "2009-09-09T21:41:12Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Still unanswered:

RB1 = Boondock Saints!

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