Similar lines spoken in different films by same actor
12-29-03, 10:44 AM
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Similar lines spoken in different films by same actor
Weird subject, I know. I was watching Seabiscuit this weekend and noticed Chris Cooper's line "Turn him loose" had been used before. I thought that line sounded very familiar and that Cooper himself said those exact words in another film. It was a strange deja vu moment. Well anyway, it drove me crazy for the next several hours and I finally remembered... A Time To Kill. That's it! Cooper said those exact words as the courthouse guard while on the stand in the trial. Don't know why I thought of that. Is this a unique occurrence, or can you think of other examples of this? Maybe a line in a movie triggers a memory for you.
12-29-03, 12:05 PM
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Did Arnie say that line as two different characters?
I wasn't including lines such as "I'll be back" and "I'm Bond, James Bond" since those were spoken by the same character albeit in different films.
So same-character lines excluded, is the Chris Cooper thing unique?
I wasn't including lines such as "I'll be back" and "I'm Bond, James Bond" since those were spoken by the same character albeit in different films.
So same-character lines excluded, is the Chris Cooper thing unique?
12-29-03, 12:06 PM
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"See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya" didn't Wesley Snipes say that in multiple films? Of course this and "I'll be back" are catch phrases associated with actors, not quite what you're looking for.
12-29-03, 12:39 PM
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Jeremy Irons as Claus von Bülow in "Reversal of Fortune" and as the voice of Scar in "The Lion King":
"You have no idea".
Of course the "Lion King" line was an in-joke reference to his earlier role.
"You have no idea".
Of course the "Lion King" line was an in-joke reference to his earlier role.
12-29-03, 01:10 PM
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Tom Cruise, enough said.
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Originally posted by taa455
Did Arnie say that line as two different characters?
Did Arnie say that line as two different characters?
Robert Patrick.. Terminator 2 & Wayne's World.
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12-29-03, 04:07 PM
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Julia Roberts.
In both Mystic Pizza and Pretty Woman she does a line reading about how the guy she's seeing has lied to her and that they should never do that again. They are eerily similar.
In both Mystic Pizza and Pretty Woman she does a line reading about how the guy she's seeing has lied to her and that they should never do that again. They are eerily similar.
12-29-03, 05:17 PM
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Clint in Good,Bad,Ugly:"Go Ahead...."
Clint in Sudden Impact:"....Make my day"
Clint in Sudden Impact:"....Make my day"
12-29-03, 05:58 PM
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Gary Farmer as Nobody in Dead Man - "Stupid *****ing White Man"
Gary Farmer as Nobody in Ghost Dog - "Stupid *****ing White Man"
I saw these both in the same week recently and giggled like a little schoolgirl when I realized it was the same line by the same actor in two Jarmusch movies.
Gary Farmer as Nobody in Ghost Dog - "Stupid *****ing White Man"
I saw these both in the same week recently and giggled like a little schoolgirl when I realized it was the same line by the same actor in two Jarmusch movies.
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it wasn't the same line, but in Star Wars, Alec Guinness says "well there's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time." and then in A Bridge over the River Kwai" he says something about a "long time"
Anyway, taunt me if your bored, but this was when I realised that he was obi-wan and I always wanted to tell someone... is this a thread crap?
Anyway, taunt me if your bored, but this was when I realised that he was obi-wan and I always wanted to tell someone... is this a thread crap?
02-27-04, 04:56 AM
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I remember in the summer of 1989 when Marcus Brody said "The Pen is mightier than the sword" in INDIANA JONES & THE LAST CRUSADE...then a few weeks later, I heard The Joker say the same line in BATMAN.
02-27-04, 07:28 AM
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Originally posted by Mole177
any movie christopher walken is in.
any movie christopher walken is in.
Good for you. Good FOR you.
02-27-04, 08:01 AM
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When Aragorn asked Galdalf "What does your heart tell you?" when wondering if Frodo is still alive, All I could think of was little Anakin and his mother.
Different than the question, admittedly, but as close as I could get (and the first thing that popped into my mind)
Different than the question, admittedly, but as close as I could get (and the first thing that popped into my mind)
02-27-04, 08:37 AM
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Originally posted by Jason
When Aragorn asked Galdalf "What does your heart tell you?" when wondering if Frodo is still alive, All I could think of was little Anakin and his mother.
When Aragorn asked Galdalf "What does your heart tell you?" when wondering if Frodo is still alive, All I could think of was little Anakin and his mother.