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Movie Quote of the Day – Scream, 1996 (dir. Wes Craven)
Sidney Prescott: You sick fucks. You’ve seen one too many movies!
Billy: Now Sid, don’t you blame the movies. Movies don’t create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative!
Movie Quote of the Day – Happy Gilmore, 1996 (dir. Dennis Dugan)
Potter: Happy, the ball has its own energy or life force, if you will. Its natural environment is in the hole. Why don’t you send him home? His bags are packed. He has his plane ticket. Bring him to the airport. Send him home. [beat] Send him home.
Happy Gilmore: I’ll send him home. It’s time to go home, ball. [putts; ball doesn’t go in hole] Son of a bitch ball! Why didn’t you go home?! That’s your home! Are you too good for your home?! Answer me!
Movie Quote of the Day – The Birdcage, 1996 (dir. Mike Nichols)
Armand Goldman: Are we crucifying someone tonight?
Agador: Do you like it? I traded that stupid moose head for it. And look, they threw in books!
Movie Quote of the Day – The People vs. Larry Flynt, 1996 (dir. Miloš Forman)
Larry Flynt: You know, politicians and demagogues like to say that sexually explicit material corrupts the youth of our country. And yet they lie, cheat and start unholy wars. [beat] Look at them, they like to call themselves warriors; they’re sheep in a herd. I think the real obscenity comes from raising our youth to believe that sex is bad and ugly and dirty. And yet, it is heroic to go spill guts and blood in the most ghastly manner – in the name of humanity. With all the taboos attached to sex, it’s no wonder we have the problems we have. It’s no wonder we’re angry and violent and genocidal. But ask yourself the question: what is more obscene – sex or war?
Oscar Vault Monday – Jerry Maguire, 1996 (dir. Cameron Crowe)
I’ve been reticent to discuss 1996 because my all-time favorite film came out that year: The English Patient. In fact, it won Best Picture. So in my eyes, Oscar got it very right that year. That being said, there is a film that came out in 1996 and was nominated for Best Picture that I absolutely adore. I saw Jerry Maguire in theaters when I was ten and loved it and as soon as it came out on VHS (remember, this was nearly 15 years ago) I bought it and watched it over and over and over. I have seen this film so many times I have every line of dialogue and every little nuance of every performance memorized. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one: Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. (won), Best Actor Tom Cruise and Best Picture. The other films nominated that year were: Fargo, Secrets and Lies, Shine and winner The English Patient.
Movie Quote of the Day – Swingers, 1996 (dir. Doug Liman)
Sue: You are so money, and you don’t even know it.
Trent: That’s what I keep trying to tell him.
Movie Quote of the Day – Jerry Maguire, 1996 (dir. Cameron Crowe)
Jerry Maguire: I love you. You. . .you complete me. And I just. . .
Dorothy: Shut up, just shut up. You had me at “Hello.” You had me at “Hello.”
Movie Quote of the Day – Mars Attacks!, 1996 (dir. Tim Burton)
President James Dale: Why are you doing this? Why? Isn’t the universe big enough for both of us? [laughs] What’s wrong with you people? We could work together. Why be enemies? Because we’re different? Is that why? Think of the things we could do. Think how strong we could be. Earth. . .and Mars. . .together. There is nothing that we could not accomplish. Think about it. Think. . .about it. [beat] Why destroy, when we can create? We can have it all. Or we can smash it all! [beat] Why can’t we work out our differences? [beat] Why can’t we. . .work things out? [beat] Little people. . .why can’t we all. . .just. . .get along?
Movie Quote of the Day – The Craft, 1996 (dir. Andrew Fleming)
Driver: Watch out for the weirdos, girls.
Nancy: We are the weirdos, mister.
Movie Quote of the Day – Trainspotting, 1996 (dir. Danny Boyle)
Tommy: Doesn’t it make you proud to be Scottish?
Mark “Rent-boy” Renton: It’s SHITE being Scottish! We’re the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don’t. They’re just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can’t even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We’re ruled by effete assholes. It’s a SHITE state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and ALL the fresh air in the world won’t make any fucking difference!
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