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deckard · 12-02-2004, 01:02 AM

I may have mentioned this one before..but it's one of my all time favourites: "yes,Mr Farlan nothing is stronger in the universe than the law,but on Earth......nothing is stronger than love" ...sniff! Magic for an old romantic!Right that's my last for a while...but please keep 'em going folks they're great,I'm really enjoying them! :)

Steve Crook · 12-02-2004, 03:01 AM

Don't get me started on it, almost every line is quotable.

"This is the universe. Big, isn't it?"

"I'm bailing out. I'm bailing out but there's a catch, I've got no parachute."

"You're Peter!"
"You're June!"

"Tell me, do you believe in the survival of human personality after death?"
"I thought you said you read my verses."
[To June]
"Do you?"
"I don't know, er, I'd never thought about it, do you?"
"I don't know, I've thought about it too much"

"What is time? A mere tyranny"

"Her accent is foreign, but it sounds sweet to me. We were born thousands of miles apart, but we were made for each other."

"Ah, these English! What is the good of kissing a girl if she does not feel it?"

"Wisdom still flowers in Boston."

"We won."

Brian Brandt · 12-02-2004, 01:46 PM

You know,' said Arthur, `it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die from asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young.'

`Why, what did she tell you?'

`I don't know, I didn't listen.'

Russ · 12-02-2004, 02:33 PM

Brian I loved that one which film was it from?

Also can anyone who knows the film "Alamo" place on the board his "Republic" speech

Thanks

dylan · 12-02-2004, 03:11 PM

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Don't get me started on it, almost every line is quotable.
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You forgot:

"One is starved for Technicolor up there."

Steve Crook · 12-02-2004, 06:11 PM

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Brian I loved that one which film was it from?

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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (BBC Radio and then TV series). A Touchstone/Disney remake is in pre-production.

Steve

Steve Crook · 12-02-2004, 06:15 PM

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Don't get me started on it, almost every line is quotable.
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You forgot:

"One is starved for Technicolor up there." [/b]

I didn't forget it (how could I?) I just didn't include it :)

That line always gets a laugh when AMOLAD is shown in a cinema.

In the list I gave I was looking for the more moving lines that also showed the stages through the plot. It's AMOLAD as it might be performed by The Reduced Shakespeare Company.

Steve

Brian Brandt · 14-02-2004, 03:09 AM

"Baldrick, you wouldn't know a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing 'Subtle Plans Are Here Again.'"

Brian Brandt · 14-02-2004, 03:13 AM

From the same source, Russ:

"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

"Very deep," said Arthur, "you should send that in to the Reader's Digest."

DB7 · 17-02-2004, 06:27 PM

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

deckard · 19-02-2004, 10:56 PM

"Ooh it's a long way down"...."don't worry you'll be down soon enough"...."that's what I'm afraid of!"

TheLurkerKIng · 21-02-2004, 11:17 PM

That speech by Harry Lime (Orson Welles) in "The Third Man" is indeed probably one of the most recognizable speeches ever given in a film. A couple of points about the speech.

(1) As I heard it, it was written by Orson Welles to give him some more screen time in the film.

(2) Harry Lime was wrong about one thing. As I understand it, the cuckoo clock is not a Swiss product, but a German product, as they were first made in the Black Forest of Germany.

Still, a great speech.

TheLurkerKIng · 22-02-2004, 06:40 PM

The dialogue between Lady Sylvia Marsh (Amanda Donohoe), the vampiric, high priestess of a pagan, snake cult, and Kevin (Chris Pitt), the innocent and naive scout or boy scout in Ken Russell's "The Lair of the White Worm." It may not be as "great," as Harry Lime's (Orson Welles') speech in "The Third Man" or some of the other dialogue posted, but, it is great in that it foreshadows what is to come. If anybody had cared to listen, she clearly tells the character and the audience, what she is going to do to him and why. It begins with . . .

Kevin: "I'm not into headbanging."
Sylvia: "Are you into any sort of banging."
Kevin: "I'm not bad on the mouth organ."

And continues . . .

Sylvia: "If we don't get you you out of your wet things, you'll catch your death."

Sylvia: "You'll leave me well satisfied."

Sylvia: "Down you go." Playing snakes 'n' ladders with the lad.

Sylvia: "Bathtime. Then the experience of a lifetime."

Sylvia: "I'm not done with you yet."

Sylvia: "Don't worry. I won't bite."

And, finally . . .

Sylvia: "My, you are a fine, growing boy."

paulsroom · 29-03-2005, 01:02 PM

"You've got to help us! We've gone on holiday by mistake!"

dylan · 29-03-2005, 02:48 PM

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"You've got to help us! We've gone on holiday by mistake!"
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*Withnail and I*

12-02-2004, 01:02 AM	#16
deckard has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cornwall Posts: 480 Country: iTrader: (0)	I may have mentioned this one before..but it's one of my all time favourites: "yes,Mr Farlan nothing is stronger in the universe than the law,but on Earth......nothing is stronger than love" ...sniff! Magic for an old romantic!Right that's my last for a while...but please keep 'em going folks they're great,I'm really enjoying them! :) __________________ "and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock"

12-02-2004, 03:01 AM	#17
Steve Crook is still cheeky Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London Posts: 9,678 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (1)	Don't get me started on it, almost every line is quotable. "This is the universe. Big, isn't it?" "I'm bailing out. I'm bailing out but there's a catch, I've got no parachute." "You're Peter!" "You're June!" "Tell me, do you believe in the survival of human personality after death?" "I thought you said you read my verses." [To June] "Do you?" "I don't know, er, I'd never thought about it, do you?" "I don't know, I've thought about it too much" "What is time? A mere tyranny" "Her accent is foreign, but it sounds sweet to me. We were born thousands of miles apart, but we were made for each other." "Ah, these English! What is the good of kissing a girl if she does not feel it?" "Wisdom still flowers in Boston." "We won." __________________ Steve Crook PaPAS

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deckard has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cornwall Posts: 480 Country: iTrader: (0)	"Ooh it's a long way down"...."don't worry you'll be down soon enough"...."that's what I'm afraid of!" __________________ "and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock"

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12-02-2004, 01:46 PM	#18
Brian Brandt has no status. Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lansdale, PA Posts: 82 Country: iTrader: (0)	You know,' said Arthur, `it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die from asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young.' `Why, what did she tell you?' `I don't know, I didn't listen.'

12-02-2004, 02:33 PM	#19
Russ has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 143 iTrader: (0)	Brian I loved that one which film was it from? Also can anyone who knows the film "Alamo" place on the board his "Republic" speech Thanks

14-02-2004, 03:09 AM	#23
Brian Brandt has no status. Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lansdale, PA Posts: 82 Country: iTrader: (0)	"Baldrick, you wouldn't know a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing 'Subtle Plans Are Here Again.'"

14-02-2004, 03:13 AM	#24
Brian Brandt has no status. Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lansdale, PA Posts: 82 Country: iTrader: (0)	From the same source, Russ: "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." "Very deep," said Arthur, "you should send that in to the Reader's Digest."

17-02-2004, 06:27 PM	#25
DB7 is just Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Shrops Posts: 6,066 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (10)	We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

21-02-2004, 11:17 PM	#27
TheLurkerKIng has no status. Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 17 iTrader: (0)	That speech by Harry Lime (Orson Welles) in "The Third Man" is indeed probably one of the most recognizable speeches ever given in a film. A couple of points about the speech. (1) As I heard it, it was written by Orson Welles to give him some more screen time in the film. (2) Harry Lime was wrong about one thing. As I understand it, the cuckoo clock is not a Swiss product, but a German product, as they were first made in the Black Forest of Germany. Still, a great speech.

22-02-2004, 06:40 PM	#28
TheLurkerKIng has no status. Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 17 iTrader: (0)	The dialogue between Lady Sylvia Marsh (Amanda Donohoe), the vampiric, high priestess of a pagan, snake cult, and Kevin (Chris Pitt), the innocent and naive scout or boy scout in Ken Russell's "The Lair of the White Worm." It may not be as "great," as Harry Lime's (Orson Welles') speech in "The Third Man" or some of the other dialogue posted, but, it is great in that it foreshadows what is to come. If anybody had cared to listen, she clearly tells the character and the audience, what she is going to do to him and why. It begins with . . . Kevin: "I'm not into headbanging." Sylvia: "Are you into any sort of banging." Kevin: "I'm not bad on the mouth organ." And continues . . . Sylvia: "If we don't get you you out of your wet things, you'll catch your death." Sylvia: "You'll leave me well satisfied." Sylvia: "Down you go." Playing snakes 'n' ladders with the lad. Sylvia: "Bathtime. Then the experience of a lifetime." Sylvia: "I'm not done with you yet." Sylvia: "Don't worry. I won't bite." And, finally . . . Sylvia: "My, you are a fine, growing boy."

29-03-2005, 01:02 PM	#29
paulsroom has no status. Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: West Sussex Posts: 47 iTrader: (0)	"You've got to help us! We've gone on holiday by mistake!"