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Movie Quote of the Day – Superbad, 2007 (dir. Greg Mottola)
Seth: Hey Greg, why don’t you go piss your pants again?
Greg: That was like 8 years ago, asshole!
Seth: People don’t forget!
Movie Quote of the Day – Stardust, 2007 (dir. Matthew Vaughn)
Captain Shakespeare: Yvaine. . .I know what you are. [beat] Have no fear, no-one on this vessel will harm you, but there are plenty who would. Your emotions give you away, Yvaine. You must learn to control them. You’ve been glowing more brightly every day and I think you know why.
Yvaine: Of course I know why I’m glowing. I’m a star! And what the stars do best?
Captain Shakespeare: Well, certainly not the waltz.
Movie Quote of the Day – Into The Wild, 2007 (dir. Sean Penn)
Christopher McCandless: What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?
Movie Quote of the Day – The Savages, 2007 (dir. Tamara Jenkins)
Wendy Savage: We’re gonna have to go out there and find him.
Jon Savage: Wendy, we are not going to have to go out there and find him. We are not in a Sam Shepard play.
Movie Quote of the Day – Michael Clayton, 2007 (dir. Tony Gilroy)
Michael Clayton: You’re so fucked.
Karen Crowder: What?
Michael Clayton: You’re fucked.
Karen Crowder: What do you mean?
Michael Clayton: Take a wild guess.
Karen Crowder: I don’t understand.
Michael Clayton: Let me get a picture while I’m at it.
Karen Crowder: You don’t want the money?
Michael Clayton: Keep the money. You’ll need it.
Movie Quote of the Day – Control, 2007 (dir. Anton Corbijn)
Tony Wilson: Now remember, we are live, so no swearing or they will cut you off.
Rob Gretton: What about “arse”?
Tony Wilson: What?
Rob Gretton: Is “arse” a swear word?
Tony Wilson: It’s a swear word.
Bernard Sumner: No it’s not.
Tony Wilson: Bernard, out there, I know “arse” isn’t a swear word. Here, in TV land, “arse” is most definitely a swear word. You trust me? I know all about swearing and TV. I’m a master of knowing when I can and when I can’t.
Peter Hook: What about “big dog’s cock”? Can you say that?
[laughter]
Tony Wilson: [shakes head] No.
Movie Quote of the Day – Becoming Jane, 2007 (dir. Julian Jarrold)
Tom Lefroy: Your ignorance is understandable since you lack. . .What shall we call it? The history?
Jane Austen: Propriety commands me to ignorance.
Tom Lefroy: Condemns you to it and your writing to the status of female accomplishment. If you wish to practice the art of fiction, to be the equal of a masculine author, experience is vital.
Movie Quote of the Day – I’m Not There., 2007 (dir. Todd Haynes)
Jude: I’ll tell ya, love and sex are two things that really hang people up. And why that is, I’ll, I’ll never fully understand.
Oscar Vault Monday – Atonement, 2007 (dir. Joe Wright)
I remember seeing the trailer for this movie and feeling compelled to read the book because it just looked so utterly fantastic. The book is now one of my favorites (all of the other Ian McEwan books I’ve read I thoroughly hated). I guess part of what I loved about the book was imagining the characters the way they were in the trailer. So when it came for the film to actually open I was so full of apprehension; would it live up to the book? or at the very least to the promise of its trailer? Rest assured, I did not feel let down. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning one: Best Score (won), Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Picture. The other films up for Best Picture that year were: Juno, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood and winner No Country For Old Men.
Movie Quote of the Day – Eastern Promises, 2007 (dir. David Cronenberg)
Nikolai Luzhin: Okay. Now I’m going to do his teeth and cut off his fingers. You might want to leave room.
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