The only part I remember is
You’re going the wrong way!
You don’t know what you’re doing!
You’re going to kill someone!
How would they know where we’re going?
Blue Moon of Kentucky come on shinning…
And, please- keep it out of thread **titles. **
Watching it you would never guess that that’s Lenny playing the trooper. Great little understated part for him.
AKA David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap
AKA Chuck McGill of Better Call Saul.
Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner from Coneheads
Cop: “Do you have any idea how fast you were going?”
Del: “Well, funnily enough, I was just talking to my friend about that. Our speedometer is melted, and as a result, it’s very hard to say with any degree of accuracy exactly how fast we were going.”
Cop: “78 miles an hour.”
Del: (whistles) “78, huh? Well, yeah, I could buy that, sure, I guess. You know, uh, you would know better than us, especially since we got a melted speedometer.”
Cop: “Do you feel this vehicle is safe for highway travel?”
Del: “Yes I do. Yes I really do. I believe that. I know it’s not pretty to look at, but it’ll get you where you want to go.”
Cop: “You’ve got no outside mirror.”
Del: “No, we lost that.”
Cop: “You have no functioning gauges.”
Del: “No, not a one. However, the radio still works! Funny as that may seem, with all this mess, the radio is the only thing that’s really working good, and it’s clear as a bell, don’t ask me how!”
One of many great scenes in that film.
And if you’re observant, you’ll notice the patch on his uniform indicates he’s a Wisconsin State Trooper, but Wisconsin is not on their route from Saint Louis to Chicago. This was not a mistake – they filmed a whole scene where the two discover they had driven clear past Chicago and were now in Wisconsin, but it got cut out for time.
I always wondered about that. St. Louis to Chicago isn’t very far at all. IIRC, it is about a 4 hour drive. Steve Martin could have called his wife to come get them. Definitely no need for a hotel.
I have a boring, quiet life. Watching the movie again, was going to quote that very scene.
Yeah, it makes me tear up, if not actually sob… and it has since I was a little kid (came out when I was 7).
My cynical, disaffected, mid-twenties self didn’t care for the ending when the film first came out. I thought Hughes diluted a great slapstick comedy by tacking on a sappy, maudlin ending.
I have since realized, of course, that the ending is the entire point of the film (“Here’s a tip: when you’re telling these little stories of yours, have a point! It makes it so much more interesting for the listener!”), and makes the comedy that much deeper and richer upon subsequent viewings.
Wasn’t there a recent thread about this movie? I searched and didn’t find it, so I’ll post here. I should just buy the DVD, for the 2nd time in a couple of months, I paid $3.99 to rent it. This will definitely become a Thanksgiving tradition. That final scence, just mentioned above, gets me every time.
It has made Ebert’s Great Movies list. He said he saw it the first time, gave it a good review, and then forgot about it. But rewatcing years later, he realized how great it was. Because it has heart. Breaking hearts.