# The Best \[Blank\] Scene in Any Movie Is...

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**Created:** [April 27, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919 "2011-04-27T17:51:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/161 "2011-05-04T22:54:23Z")

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Best line in a movie David Caruso as Horatio _wishes_ he could think of:

Joe Don Baker in “Walking Tall” (to the question: “Where’s your search warrant?”): “I keep it in my shoe” (kicks door in).

Best name for a guy you wouldn’t want to make fun of it for: “Buford Pusser.”

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**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-blank-scene-in-any-movie-is/579919/162 "2011-05-06T00:09:44Z")

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> [@Quint](#):
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> The category of best uninterrupted shot is one that is dear to my heart. I will agree that the top two are probably **Touch of Evil** and **The Player** (in that order IMHO). Larry McConkey’s incredible steadicam from [Goodfellas](http://www.steadishots.org/shots_detail.cfm?shotID=2) is also amazing.  
> Another Steadicam shot which blows my mind comes from a movie [I’ve never seen](http://www.steadishots.org/shots_detail.cfm?shotID=58). The amount of choreography required to pull off the shot- hard to believe. Most fights are shot hand-held with a cut every two seconds, but here is a multi-story fight in a four minute uninterrupted take. Totally worth checking out.  
> Finally, in a slightly more reality based vane, Claude LeLouch’s incredible 1976 film[C’etait un Rendezvous](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COyab3YQS48) still gives me chills every time I see it. Watch and be amazed!!

I can’t find a cite on IMDB, but I’m pretty sure that the square dance scene in Cat Ballou was shot as one uninterrupted shot, but had cut-aways to the hayloft added in editing because the producer felt a single shot was too distracting. I think it was mentioned in the audio commentary track, if you have access to the DVD.

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