well, that's just my dumb luck
― amateurist, Friday, 30 May 2008 04:59 (eighteen years ago)
old, spectacled bookshop owner answering hero's inquiries while shelving books on a ladder
aaaaaahahahahah SO TRUE!
― Z S, Friday, 30 May 2008 05:12 (eighteen years ago)
Yes what were the other "in every X ever" threads? I know there were TV and/or horror film ones but a search came up bupkiss for me.
― Trayce, Friday, 30 May 2008 05:16 (eighteen years ago)
has anyone used the word "swell" after 1970?
― latebloomer, Friday, 30 May 2008 07:02 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.arcollectibles.com/oveur.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 30 May 2008 07:22 (eighteen years ago)
"Gee, y'all remembered my birthday after all"
― JTS, Friday, 30 May 2008 21:05 (eighteen years ago)
Susan: "Say mother, why can't I wear something a little more *BECOMING* for the prom this Saturday?" Mother: "You're a Dillinger, Susan, and Dillingers wear the family velour!" (cut to ugly 1920s picture of mother in bad prom dress) Susan: (weeps, formulates elaborate plan somehow using her 14 year old brother's baseball skills, gets interrupted at pivotal moment of prom by mother, prom is stopped momentarily, principal jumps in as mediator, a lesson is learned by everyone, mother dances lightheartedly with principal as the final frame)
― JTS, Friday, 30 May 2008 21:14 (eighteen years ago)
a tycoon/shop owner who is fat and grumpy for a majority of the film
― modernism, Saturday, 17 January 2009 09:19 (seventeen years ago)
"hey now, break it up you two!"
― modernism, Saturday, 17 January 2009 09:20 (seventeen years ago)
"now i want you two to shake hands and make friends."
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 17 January 2009 09:21 (seventeen years ago)
"boy, i'm not feeling well -- would you run across the street and get me some bicarbonate of soda?"
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 17 January 2009 09:22 (seventeen years ago)
bumbling but lovable east european sidekick
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 17 January 2009 09:24 (seventeen years ago)
soundtrack by a former German/Austrian. (great thread!)
― Ludo, Saturday, 17 January 2009 10:36 (seventeen years ago)
"I'll wash your mouth out with soap!"
― Joe Bob 1 Tooth (Hurting 2), Saturday, 17 January 2009 15:20 (seventeen years ago)
People standing up, walking slowly round the room, and/or staring glassily into the distance in the middle of a conversation for no apparent reason. If one is a woman there may also be unnecessary hand-wringing.
― chap, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:28 (seventeen years ago)
stage-y scene where the hero makes the angry mob do a 180 through sheer eloquence
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:33 (seventeen years ago)
a crippled millionaire
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:38 (seventeen years ago)
spitoon --> *ding*
girl's umbrella turns inside out on NY sidewalk, "excuse me miss, would you like a hand?" then dinner, italian and/or coffee, black.
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:40 (seventeen years ago)
the children actually do their chores when they're told and without complaint
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:45 (seventeen years ago)
frantic rotary phone dialing moment
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:46 (seventeen years ago)
a doorman
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:47 (seventeen years ago)
woman's scream 14 times louder than everything else in the movie
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:48 (seventeen years ago)
The tough-gal waitress chews gum and cracks wise as she dispenses coffee to working men at the roadside diner.
"Drop a nickel on me some day, Shorty, and I'll show you a good time."
― Aimless, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:49 (seventeen years ago)
housewife/femme fatale sunbathing by mansion backyard pool, "oh, mr smith, why my husband wont be home for another three hours."
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:51 (seventeen years ago)
Married couples sleeping in different rooms.
― chap, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:52 (seventeen years ago)
"now why are you so ornery"
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:54 (seventeen years ago)
a lady's hand moving down the staircase banister
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:55 (seventeen years ago)
"Murder's a dirty business... a DAMN dirty business."
― chap, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:55 (seventeen years ago)
a badly superimposed model plane
a shady transaction at the docks
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 00:58 (seventeen years ago)
kid loses ball, bad guy stops it coolly by stepping on it, exaggerated shot of bad guy from kid's perspective, "uh thanks mister.." "hi billy, is your mother home?" no answer, kid runs away freaked out.
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 01:06 (seventeen years ago)
"Oh darling, I'm so terribly terribly happy!"
― chap, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 01:16 (seventeen years ago)
Couples in love doing a weird shoulder-graspy cheek-nuzzle thing rather than actually kissing.
― chap, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 01:18 (seventeen years ago)
An overweight policeman blowing a whistle.
― chap, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 01:27 (seventeen years ago)
http://s5.tinypic.com/316nudw.jpg
― Ludo, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 09:27 (seventeen years ago)
Pretty sure noone has said this; but no colours!
I used ot think that that's how the world was: BW. hahaha
― the tip of the tongue taking a trip tralalala (stevienixed), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 10:34 (seventeen years ago)
Immobile hairstyles.
― chap, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 13:25 (seventeen years ago)
woman leaning against convertible, smoking, waiting for dude, what took ya so long, jimmy?
― See you dudes on the G train (rent), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 14:02 (seventeen years ago)
Opening credits. Which are longer than the actual film.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 15:25 (seventeen years ago)
Man picks up phone receiver:
"Hey Mabel, get me Johnny Shoeshine in Poughkeepsie."
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 16:28 (seventeen years ago)
"How do you do?" with the response "How do you do?"
― Dewey B., Wednesday, 11 March 2009 17:23 (seventeen years ago)
People calling each other 'chum' or 'pal'.
― chap, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 17:29 (seventeen years ago)
A man gets shot, clutches his heart, gurns in agony, and crumples slowly to the floor. No blood is visible. He is probably wearing a fedora, in which case it falls off.
― chap, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 17:35 (seventeen years ago)
― chap, Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
Who is nearly knocked over by a crowd* of people running in the opposite direction.
*Often represented by like 5 extras
― Bonobos in Paneradise (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 18:02 (seventeen years ago)
...and as he is almost up, he gets knocked over by a straggler.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 18:05 (seventeen years ago)
Over-lit, over-long close-up of a letter written in cursive.
― chap, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 19:14 (seventeen years ago)
"That kid's got moxie!"
― craven, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 19:52 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/theend.jpg
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 21:30 (seventeen years ago)
Recently happened to see On The Waterfront, before Schulberg's passing, and saw the whole Johnny and Charlie thing in full bloom.
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 9 August 2009 01:48 (sixteen years ago)