"Famous" movie lines that never happened.
06-08-05, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by lizard
The last line by Rhett in Gone With the Wind is often misquoted. I think it is "Frankly, my Dear, I don't give a damn!" but it has been a long time since I watched it so I may not have that right. It is sometimes quoted as "Frankly, Scarlet, I don't give a damn!" and various iterations like that.
My understanding is that the use of "damn" in a movie was fairly scandalous for the time. Seems pretty quaint today.
My understanding is that the use of "damn" in a movie was fairly scandalous for the time. Seems pretty quaint today.
06-08-05, 04:24 PM
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Obi-wan never said "May the force be with you" in Star Wars. The only one who says that is Han Solo in the entire trilogy. He actually says "the force will be with you. Always".
06-08-05, 05:54 PM
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Bela Lugosi never said, "I want to suck your blood" as Dracula.
"Elementary, my dear Watson." was never used in any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's books. It was first used in a film review in the New York Times in 1929, then for the first time by Shirlock Holmes in The Return of Shirlock Holmes.
"Me Tarzan, you Jane" was never used in Tarzan, The Ape Man.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" is an incorrect quote from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The actual line is, "Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?"
The Bette Davis line is, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night," not "it's going to be a bumpy ride."
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"Elementary, my dear Watson." was never used in any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's books. It was first used in a film review in the New York Times in 1929, then for the first time by Shirlock Holmes in The Return of Shirlock Holmes.
"Me Tarzan, you Jane" was never used in Tarzan, The Ape Man.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" is an incorrect quote from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The actual line is, "Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?"
The Bette Davis line is, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night," not "it's going to be a bumpy ride."
-JP
06-08-05, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Yahoo Sirius
Also, I don't think Cagney ever said "You dirty rat" in a movie, although he was often quoted as having done so.
06-08-05, 07:59 PM
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I always thought that in The Empire Strikes Back Luke says to Artoo "You're lucky you don't taste so good." Imagine my surprise when I saw the movie again in the '90s and noticed that the line is actually "You're lucky you got out." 
(Note to the humor impaired: Yes, I know that the evil G.L. changed the line for the SE...)
(Note to the humor impaired: Yes, I know that the evil G.L. changed the line for the SE...)
06-08-05, 08:46 PM
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"We Came, we saw, we kicked it's ass! " I heard in Ghostbusters spoken by Bill Murray's charachter Peter Venkman.
I believe it is from another movie though minus the "We kicked it's ass" line.
I believe it is from another movie though minus the "We kicked it's ass" line.
06-09-05, 09:27 AM
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In regard to all those "misquotes"...
...I can say a huge source of those misquotes came from the many Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons done during the 1930's to early 1960's. Given the popularity of these cartoons small wonder why the originals were never remembered and the cartoon versions were far better remembered. 
06-09-05, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Samuel
"We Came, we saw, we kicked it's ass! " I heard in Ghostbusters spoken by Bill Murray's charachter Peter Venkman.
I believe it is from another movie though minus the "We kicked it's ass" line.
I believe it is from another movie though minus the "We kicked it's ass" line.
06-09-05, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by BassDude
I forget if it's Greek or Roman, but it's from the saying Veni, Vidi, Vici. We came, we saw, we conquered. A few movies have used it, and there have been many jokes, like: Veni, Vidi, Visa - we came, we saw, we bought it. Or one of my favs, Veni, Vidi, Velcro (We stuck around)
06-10-05, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Superboy
Obi-wan never said "May the force be with you" in Star Wars. The only one who says that is Han Solo in the entire trilogy. He actually says "the force will be with you. Always".
Doesn't the guy giving the "How To Destroy The Death Star" briefing say it as well? He says something like, "Then man your ships. And may the Force be with you."
I always thought that was odd that he should say that to a bunch of non-Jedi pilots, given the fact that earlier in the movie Han refered to the Force as a "hokey religion," implying that no one believed in it anymore.
06-10-05, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by lizard
The last line by Rhett in Gone With the Wind is often misquoted. I think it is "Frankly, my Dear, I don't give a damn!" but it has been a long time since I watched it so I may not have that right. It is sometimes quoted as "Frankly, Scarlet, I don't give a damn!" and various iterations like that.
My understanding is that the use of "damn" in a movie was fairly scandalous for the time. Seems pretty quaint today.
My understanding is that the use of "damn" in a movie was fairly scandalous for the time. Seems pretty quaint today.
06-10-05, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Jericho
Although not the first use of the word damn. The two previous uses where in Pygmalion and Alice Adams
06-10-05, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by redskull
Doesn't the guy giving the "How To Destroy The Death Star" briefing say it as well? He says something like, "Then man your ships. And may the Force be with you."
I always thought that was odd that he should say that to a bunch of non-Jedi pilots, given the fact that earlier in the movie Han refered to the Force as a "hokey religion," implying that no one believed in it anymore.
I always thought that was odd that he should say that to a bunch of non-Jedi pilots, given the fact that earlier in the movie Han refered to the Force as a "hokey religion," implying that no one believed in it anymore.
