Monthly Archives: May 2011
Movie Quote of the Day – The Parent Trap, 1998 (dir. Nancy Meyers)
Hallie: You wanna know the *real* difference between us?
Annie: Let me see… I know how to fence and you don’t… Or I have class and you don’t. Take your pick.
Hallie: Why I oughta!
Oscar Vault Monday – Anatomy of a Murder, 1959 (dir. Otto Preminger)
I first saw this movie during TCM Summer Under The Stars last August and it made me fall in love with Lee Remick. She is something else in this film, a film that also features a stellar ensemble cast. I also feel I must point out that this was the year that Ben-Hur won Best Picture and as much as I like Anatomy of a Murder there’s no comparison between the two. Especially in terms of scope and pure cinematic epicness. Ben-Hur is the kind of film that could only be a film, whereas Anatomy of Murder could have worked just as well as a play. That being said, Anatomy of a Murder is an amazing film and definitely worth your time. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, though it failed to win a single award: Best B&W Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Arthur O’Connell, Best Supporting Actor George C. Scott, Best Actor James Stewart and Best Picture. The other films nominated for Best Picture that year were The Diary of Anne Frank, The Nun’s Story, Room at the Top and winner Ben-Hur (which won eleven Oscars).
Movie Quote of the Day – The Longest Day, 1962 (dir. Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton and Bernhard Wicki)
Pvt. Flanagan: Oh the evil of it all! Trying to drown a man before he’s even had a chance to fight!
Movie Quote of the Day – True Grit, 2010 (dir. Ethan Coen and Joel Coen)
Mattie Ross: I know you can drink whiskey and snort and spit and wallow in filth and bemoan your station. The rest has been braggadocio. They told me you had grit and that is why I came to you.
Movie Quote of the Day – Zodiac, 2007 (dir. David Fincher)
Templeton Peck: Paul, you wrote the Justice Department asking to be put in charge of the Zodiac investigation?
Paul Avery: I merely suggested–
Templeton Peck: On our letterhead?
Paul Avery: –that those with knowledge of the case create an information clearinghouse to promote an exchange and free flow of ideas.
Templeton Peck: And that you run it.
Paul Avery: Well, who better than me? [beat] The marked man.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Bachelor, 1999 (dir. Gary Sinyor)
Grandad Shannon: As my last surviving descendant, you have a sacred duty to pass on my genetic material.
Jimmie: That’s a lovely sentiment.
Movie Quote of the Day – It Happened One Night, 1934 (dir. Frank Capra)
Ellie Andrews: That, I suppose, makes everything quite all right?
Peter Warne: Oh this? Well, I like privacy when I retire. Yes, I’m very delicate in that respect. Prying eyes annoy me. Behold the walls of Jericho! Uh, maybe not as thick as the ones that Joshua blew down with his trumpet, but a lot safer. You see, uh, I have no trumpet.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Crying Game, 1992 (dir. Neil Jordan)
Deveroux: Does Pat have a tart?
Fergus: She’s not a tart.
Deveroux: No, of course not. She’s a lady.
Fergus: No, she’s not that either.
Movie Quote of the Day – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003 (dir. Gore Verbinski)
Norrington: You are without a doubt the worst pirate I’ve ever heard of.
Captain Jack Sparrow: But you have heard of me.
Oscar Vault Monday – Picnic, 1955 (dir. Joshua Logan)
This is a year wherein I 100% agree with the winner the Academy picked – Marty. It’s one of my favorite films period, let alone one of my favorite Best Picture winners. That being said, the three nominees I’ve seen from that year (Marty, Picnic and Mister Roberts) are all fabulous films. I decided to talk about Picnic because it has one of my all-time favorite performances and there’s lots of shirtless William Holden. Picnic was nominated for six Oscars, winning two: Best Score, Best Color Art Direction-Set Decoration (won), Best Film Editing (won), Best Supporting Actor Arthur O’Connell, Best Director and Best Picture. The other films nominated for Best Picture that year were: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, Mister Roberts, The Rose Tattoo and winner Marty.
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