re: Best Opening Lines of a Movie

Posted by VeniVidiVici

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Posted on 4/23/15 at 2:24 pm to abellsujr

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abellsujr

You are correct, sir. I stand chastised.

Posted by abellsujr

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Posted on 4/23/15 at 2:25 pm to VeniVidiVici

No worries.

Posted by TigerintheNO

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Posted on 4/23/15 at 2:43 pm to MardiGrasRazorback

"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." Patton

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Posted on 4/23/15 at 2:51 pm to LordoftheManor

quote:
I Believe in America

this ...

Posted by CockHolliday

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Posted on 4/23/15 at 3:12 pm to MardiGrasRazorback

"Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker."

Posted by MetryTyger

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Posted on 4/23/15 at 3:23 pm to MardiGrasRazorback

"I owe everything to George Bailey. Please bring Daddy back. Please help my son George tonight."
"Hello Joseph. Trouble?"

"Mr. Dufresne can you describe the events that happened that Friday night?"

"I'm Jerry Lundergaard."

"A $20 shine for a $2 shoe; I don't think I've ever been this happy."

"Where are we going?" "Swimming!"

"Did you see that? The way he just went sailing right out there!"

"At 12:20 p.m. today, an unprecedented event took
place - the landing of a space ship in Washington."

This post was edited on 4/24/15 at 10:57 am

Posted by jembeurt

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Posted on 4/23/15 at 3:36 pm to MetryTyger

"My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighborhood. This is my street. This is my life. I'm 42 years old. In less than a year, I'll be dead."

way of the gun - "shut that count mouth or I'll come over there and frick-start her head" - nsfw

Posted by betweenthebara

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Posted on 4/23/15 at 3:39 pm to MardiGrasRazorback

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Posted by jembeurt

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Posted on 4/23/15 at 3:44 pm to betweenthebara

quote:
way of the gun

I was going to post this but its technically not the first line spoken in the movie so I left it out. But I guess its close enough.

It is a great opening scene however.

This post was edited on 4/23/15 at 3:48 pm

Posted by betweenthebara

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Posted on 4/23/15 at 4:03 pm to jembeurt

Yeah, I hear ya. I took the most liberal interpretation of "opening lines"

This post was edited on 4/23/15 at 4:04 pm

Posted by Indigold

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Posted on 4/24/15 at 7:52 am to MardiGrasRazorback

"Saigon.. Shite. I was still only in Saigon."
Apocalypse Now

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Posted on 4/24/15 at 8:23 am to Indigold

"Hello Wanda."

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Posted on 4/24/15 at 8:40 am to magildachunks

One time my cousin Walter got this cat stuck up his arse. True story. He bought it at our local mall, so the whole fiasco wound up on the news. It was embarrasing for my relatives and all, but next week, he did it again. Different cat, same results, complete with another trip to the emergency room. So, I run into him a week later in the mall and he's buying another cat. And I says to him, "Jesus, Walt! What are you doing? You know you're just gonna get this cat stuck up your arse too. Why don't you knock it off?" And he said to me, "Brodie, how the hell else am I supposed to get the gerbil out?" My cousin was a weird guy.

Brodie Bruce - Mallrats

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Posted by Wally Sparks

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Posted on 4/24/15 at 8:48 am to abellsujr

quote:
GOAT, but it's actually "AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A GANGSTER." -Henry Hill

Technically it's

quote:
The frick is that?

-Henry Hill

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Posted on 4/24/15 at 8:53 am to MardiGrasRazorback

Who are you?

I am death.

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Posted on 4/24/15 at 9:39 am to MardiGrasRazorback

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"I was born a poor black child." The Jerk, Steve Martin

That's the one I was coming to post.

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Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:05 am to MardiGrasRazorback

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