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Movie Quote of the Day – Scrooged, 1988 (dir. Richard Donner)
Ghost of Christmas Past: Let’s face it, Frank. Garden slugs got more out of life than you.
Frank Cross: Yeah? Name one!
Movie Quote of the Day – Vampire’s Kiss, 1988 (dir. Robert Bierman)
Peter Loew: Alva, there is no one else in this entire office that I could possibly ask to share such a horrible job. You’re the lowest on the totem pole here, Alva. The lowest. Do you realize that? Every other secretary here has been here longer than you, Alva. Every one. And even if there was someone here who was here even one day longer than you, I still wouldn’t ask that person to partake in such a miserable job as long as you were around. That’s right, Alva. It’s a horrible, horrible job; sifting through old contract after old contract. I couldn’t think of a more horrible job if I wanted to. And you have to do it! You have to or I’ll fire you. You understand? Do you? Good.
Movie Quote of the Day – Die Hard, 1988 (dir. John McTiernan)
Hans Gruber: This time John Wayne does not walk off into the sunset with Grace Kelly.
John McClane: That was Gary Cooper, asshole.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Land Before Time, 1988 (dir. Don Bluth)
Ducky: Petrie, do not feel sad. It is alright. Many things cannot fly. Rocks, trees, sticks, Spike…
Movie Quote of the Day – Puss In Boots, 1988 (dir. Eugene Marner)
Corin: What luck, I inherited something I have to feed.
Puss: You never even gave me a decent name. How are you going to give me a decent meal? Much less a good pair of boots?
Oscar Vault Monday – Working Girl, 1988 (dir. Mike Nichols)
I really love this movie. I’m pretty sure I first saw it when I was about 6 or 7 years old and for the longest time I couldn’t wait to go and work in an office (not the case so much anymore, haha). I loved everything about it. The story is a pretty basic David vs. Goliath kind of deal, but set in an office, with a dash of Shakespearean mistaken identity thrown in as well. It’s also a romantic comedy, albeit one that is slightly more serious than most. There’s broken hearts and bad relationships, real friendships, ambition, a bit of women’s lib and office politics. It’s very much a movie of its time, but because it has some basic archetypes at its core, as dated as its costumes, etc are, the story and therefore the film is timeless. It was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning one: Best Song (won), Best Supporting Actress Joan Cusack, Best Supporting Actress Sigourney Weaver, Best Actress Melanie Griffith, Best Director Mike Nichols and Best Picture. It was up against The Accidental Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons, Mississippi Burning and winner Rain Man.
Movie Quote of the Day – They Live!, 1988 (dir. John Carpenter)
Nada: I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.
Movie Quote of the Day – Big, 1988 (dir. Penny Marshall)
Billy: So what do they make you do for all this?
Josh: Well, I play with all of this stuff and then I tell them what I think.
Billy: And they pay you for that?
Josh: Yeah.
Billy: Suckers!
Movie Quote of the Day – A Fish Called Wanda, 1988 (dir. Charles Crichton)
Archie: All right, all right, I apologise.
Otto: You’re really sorry.
Archie: I’m really really sorry, I apologise unreservedly.
Otto: You take it back.
Archie: I do, I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you, or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.
Otto: OK.
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