# That one scene in a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 10, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344 "2023-12-10T01:36:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/21 "2023-12-10T17:23:23Z")
Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, ‘Desperado’ (1995) - two of the most beautiful actors in the history of movies - where they are on the bed, she’s singing softly, and he is watching the window behind her, looking for the bad guys to make their move. (and later they are casually walking away from the Big Exploding Fireball as seen in many productions since.). ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/22 "2023-12-10T17:34:18Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek Heh, I was actually about to mention her transforming into a Vampire after her sexy dance in From Dusk 'til Dawn. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/23 "2023-12-10T17:45:04Z")
**Out of Africa** - musical theme and airplane over Lake Naivasha ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/24 "2023-12-10T18:01:55Z")
I remember the scenes with Jason Robards (as Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee) in _All The President’s Men_. In one scene, he leaned back in a chair in the newsroom, crossing out lines in Woodward and Bernstein’s draft story. They protest but he yells, “You haven’t got it!” And then in a later scene, after reading the draft, as he walks away, he raps a column, apparently pleased with the story. And then later, they visit him at his home. He gives them a little speech, ending with, “We’re under a lot of pressure, you know, and you put us there. Nothing’s riding on this except the, uh, first amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country. Not that any of that matters, but if you guys fuck up again, I’m going to get mad. Goodnight.” (Except for the quoted dialogue, which I copied from IMDB, the rest is from memory, so forgive me if I’m misremembering stuff.) ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/25 "2023-12-10T18:28:14Z")
From _All About Eve_. The scene where Addison Dewitt is telling Eve Harrington that he’s on to all her lies and that he knows just who she really is. Then he blackmails her into becoming his mistress by threatening to expose her on the day of her big debut in the play. George Sanders and Anne Baxter just crushed it in that scene. Most of the scenes in this movie are stellar, but I have to see that particular one to feel complete. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/26 "2023-12-10T18:43:11Z")
**Coming to America** - Eddie Murphy (as the Old Jewish Man) telling the waiter joke ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/27 "2023-12-10T19:57:36Z")
When _Jaws_ came out in 1975 I saw it at the theater three weeks after it opened.I’d heard some of the spoilers, like the head coming out of the hole in the bottom of the boat. But I hadn’t heard of _ **that** _ scene. I was in a packed theater at midnight, and when Bruce the shark showed up everyone was screaming and making pushing motions with their hands, including me of course. It may not have been the scariest scene but I will never forget it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/28 "2023-12-10T20:00:52Z")
Too late to edit my previous post, but I loved that scene. “Whataya know from funny?” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/29 "2023-12-10T20:28:37Z")
My favorite _Coming to America_ scene: “What am I, father? A 21-year-old man who has never tied his own shoes!” “No, you are a 21-year-old **prince** who had never tied his own shoes. I tied my own shoes once. It is an overrated experience.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/30 "2023-12-10T20:36:08Z")
My daughter and I were watching _ **Trading Places** _ on TV when I realized they had cut the setup to the Men’s Room scene, where Eddie Murphy overhears the Duke brothers talking about why they’d hired him. I wouldn’t say we were “disappointed” with the rest of the film, but it would have been more enjoyable if I hadn’t had to explain that Murphy was crouching on the toilet seat because he’d climbed up by the air vent to smoke the joint he pocketed. Another time, we were watching _ **Rain Man** _ on TV and the bastards cut out the entire scene where Ray is about to freak out if he can’t watch _ **Jeopardy!** _ (or was it _ **People’s** _ _ **Court** _?) on schedule. It’s my favorite scene, and I was really POed. 😡 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/31 "2023-12-10T20:55:24Z")
That’s like when I watch Sound of Music and they cut out the wedding! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/32 "2023-12-10T21:06:16Z")
In the second case, they’d cut it out to put in more commercials, not because it showed someone enjoying a controlled substance. A few years back, I was talking to a coworker about the crap movie _ **U-571** _, which had been on TV the previous evening. He couldn’t figure out why the Americans expected their officer to speak German when they “rendezvoused” with a Nazi boat in the middle of the Atlantic. He had missed the scene near the beginning of the picture when the officer had made a big deal about knowing German better than the seaman who really did speak it. He just froze when he had to converse with a native speaker. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/33 "2023-12-10T21:06:37Z")
Of all the great scenes from Pulp Fiction, the scene in Zed’s basement ties the whole movie together. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/34 "2023-12-10T21:13:17Z")
_This is Spinal Tap_ The band is playing their first gig after Nigel quits. A theme park, billed _after_ Puppet Show. As they start the Free-Form Jazz Odessey, the crowd reaction shots are just hysterical. The kid with his chin on his hand, giving the Thumbs-Down makes me laugh hysterically every time. He’s at 1:30 [Spinal Tap Mk.II A Jazz Odyssey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkpycWPxQi4) In _Mad Mad World_, I love the control tower scene where the guy says, _“Why don’t we shoot them down and be done with it?”_ Classic! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/35 "2023-12-10T21:23:06Z")
How about that scene in _Glengarry Glen Ross_ with Alec Baldwin? I remember nothing from that movie but that scene and I still look it up on YouTube all the time. This has reached the level of household vernacular. “Cuddles are for closers.” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/36 "2023-12-10T21:31:00Z")
Three “Jaws” references and no mention of Quint’s U.S.S. Indianapolis monologue? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/37 "2023-12-10T21:42:26Z")
In keeping with the season: There is a scene in **It’s a Wonderful Life** , where George (Jimmy Stewart) suddenly realizes that none of this is a dream, and that he was actually never born. He does a slow take as he turns to look directly into the camera with a look of horrified realization. It strikes me every time as an actor at the peak of his skills. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/38 "2023-12-10T21:42:53Z")
Margot Tenenbaum in “The Royal Tenenbaums” walking in slow motion of he bus at the bus station, with ‘These Days’ by Nico playing. I can feel love and sadness they share with each other. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/I5SRdYsscLc/maxresdefault.jpg "The Royal Tenenbaums Soundtrack - These Days") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5SRdYsscLc) Edit: …and in “Gremlins” when a gremlin blows up in the microwave! ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344/39 "2023-12-10T22:54:59Z")
**Crimson Tide** , the scene where the conflict between Denzel Washington’s and Gene Hackman’s characters erupts. For me, the moment is where Washington as the Executive Officer realizes he can’t go along, is going to have to say so and it’s going to be a big, big deal. He shakes his head and takes a breath before saying, “Captain, I cannot concur.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GB2SDmV9oDs/hqdefault.jpg "Power & Conflict: Crimson Tide") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB2SDmV9oDs) ---
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James Stewart trying to figure out how to sit down at the Moroccan restaurant in _The Man Who Knew Too Much_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9FkWnwK08IQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Moroccan Eating Etiquette - "The Man Who Knew Too Much" | Hitchcock Presents") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FkWnwK08IQ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344.md?page=3)