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Movie Quote of the Day – The Postman, 1997 (dir. Kevin Costner)
The Postman: I know you. You’re. . .famous.
Bridge City Mayor: I was once. . .sorta. . .kinda. Not anymore.
Movie Quote of the Day – Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, 1997 (dir. Jay Roach)
Dr. Evil: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that can’t be done. Can you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here! What do we have?
Number Two: Sea Bass.
Dr. Evil: [beat] Riiiight.
Number Two: They are mutated sea bass.
Dr. Evil: Really? Are they ill-tempered?
Number Two: Absolutely.
Dr. Evil: Oh, well, that’s a start.
Movie Quote of the Day – Lost Highway, 1997 (dir. David Lynch)
Mr. Eddy: [to a tailgater after running him off the road, beating him] Don’t you ever fucking tailgate! Ever! Do you know many fucking car-length it takes to stop a car traveling at 35 miles an hour?! Six seconds, Charlie! That’s a hundred and six fuckin’ feet, per second! If I had to stop suddenly, you woulda hit me! I want you to get a fuckin’ driver’s manual, and I want you to study that motherfucker! And I want you to obey the goddamn rules! Fifty-fuckin’ thousand people were killed on the highway last year ’cause of fuckin’ assholes like you! [punches him in the face] Tell me you’re gonna get a manual!
Movie Quote of the Day – Face/Off, 1997 (dir. John Woo)
Castor Troy: Y’know, I could eat a peach for hours.
Movie Quote of the Day – A Life Less Ordinary, 1997 (dir. Danny Boyle)
Robert: Right you asshole, I’ve got your daughter here, and I’m gonna send her back in pieces if. . .Oh! I’m sorry, madam. No, I haven’t got your daughter here, I’ve got someone else’s. No, we’re not married. Yes, I’ve read the same thing, it’s very hard to find suitable young men these days. Well, I’m sure your daughter’s very nice, in principle I’ve got no objection to meeting her. . .[Celine hangs up the phone] What is the problem?
Movie Quote of the Day – Anastasia, 1997 (dir. Don Bluth, Gary Goldman)
Bartok: Just wishing I could do the job for you, sir. I’d give her a HA! And a HI-YA! And then a OUU-WA! [beat] And I’d kick her, sir.
Movie Quote of the Day – L.A. Confidential, 1997 (dir. Curtis Hanson)
Johnny Stompanato: You want an autograph? Write to MGM.
Ed Exley: Since when do two-bit hoods and hookers give out autographs?
Johnny Stompanato: What’d you say to me?
Ed Exley: LAPD. Sit down.
Lana Turner: Who in the hell do you think you are?
Jack Vincennes: Ed…
Ed Exley: Take a walk, honey, before I haul your ass downtown.
Johnny Stompanato: You are making a large mistake.
Lana Turner: Get away from our table!
Ed Exley: Shut up! A hooker cut to look like Lana Turner is still a hooker.
Johnny Stompanato: Hey!
Ed Exley: She just looks like Lana Turner.
Jack Vincennes: She *is* Lana Turner.
Ed Exley: What?
Jack Vincennes: She *is* Lana Turner.
Movie Quote of the Day – The 5th Element, 1997 (dir. Luc Besson)
Korben Dallas: Anybody else want to negotiate?
Movie Quote of the Day – Titanic, 1997 (dir. James Cameron)
Cal Hockley: Where are you going? To him? To be a whore to a gutter rat?
Rose: I’d rather be his whore than your wife.
Movie Quote of the Day – Men In Black, 1997 (dir. Barry Sonnenfeld)
Jay: You know the difference between you and me? I make this look good.
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