Monday, January 27, 2020

Have you Scene It? Our Favorite Movie Scenes

HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN: It was one of those things that happened by chance--I was watching other people's TedX Talks--since I gave one Saturday, yikes!--and the computer then offers you more stuff to watch, right? It’s diabolical, really, how it wants to KEEP you watching.


Anyway, up came a wedding video of a bride and groom at their wedding reception and the caption was “Bride and Groom Perform Dirty Dancing.“ Now, I ask you. Are you gonna watch that, or not? (Of course, this photo is from the movie.)


So of course I did, and it was adorable, and they were perfect, perfect!--and so proud of themselves and so determined and so cute. And of course, the song always brings tears to my eyes.


And it reminded me not only of that iconic scene, but all the iconic movie scenes that stay with us. “This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” in Casablanca. So many in Casablanca --like the singing of La Marseillaise in Rick’s Cafe. (SO many in Casablanca!)


Of course there’s Gone with the Wind, "Frankly, my dear...." with the music swelling as tomorrow is another day.

And --laughing now--”Love means not having to say you’re sorry.”




And one of my dear favorites is in The Devil Wears Prada, when ugly duckling Andi swans in wearing the Chanel boots.






Oh! And in Working Girl, in the end, when the camera pulls out to show Manhattan and the triumphant Melanie Griffith with her newly perfect 80's hair (but as the shot makes us remember, she’s actually just one story in a million) and Carly Simon sings. Oh, so perfect.

How about you,Reds and readers? What movie scenes stay with you?


JENN MCKINLAY: Romancing the Stone: When the hero (can’t remember his name - sorry, Michael Douglas!) tells Joan she was always okay when they have to part company because the cops are coming and he’s got to scoot.

Field of Dreams: James Earl Jones. Any of his speeches from this movie, because, seriously, I would follow James Earl Jones’s voice anywhere, yes, even though he’s also Darth Vader.

Um, any Elvis movie but particularly Blue Hawaii, because...Elvis. Can’t you just see him swinging his hips with his hair falling over his forehead just so? And, finally, on a family note, On Golden Pond: “Chelsea did a backflip!” I so loved Henry and Jane, working out their own father-daughter issues in this movie. Still cry whenever I watch it. 


RHYS BOWEN: I’m a sucker for the scenes that make me cry:


You know like the end of ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE when everyone comes in with money to save Jimmy Stewart, or

CASABLANCA when Humphrey Bogart tells Ingrid Bergman why she should get on that plane. “We’ll always have Paris.” Isn’t it interesting how not many recent movies come to mind. HIDDEN FIGURES when the boss smashes the Whites Only bathroom sign. That was a keeper. OUT OF AFRICA  is one of my all-time favorite movies. When Robert Redford washes Meryl Streep’s hair--that’s one of the sexiest scenes ever.
Dead Poet’s Society--the Captain my captain scene. But really recent? I can think of movies I enjoyed watching but really haven’t stayed with me. 

JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING: I've mentioned before there are certain movies the kids and I watch over and over again at certain times each year, and those tend to be the ones that have scenes that stick with me. DIE HARD (Christmas Eve), when the bad guys are screaming at each other offscreen because their plans are going awry and Bonnie Bedelia says, "It's John. He's alive. Only John can make someone that crazy."

In THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (Coldest or snowiest day of the winter) we all love the scene where the heroes race away... from the rapidly dropping temperature. "Run!" we say to the screen. "Run from the cold!" Sadly, in real life, you can't outpace subzero weather.

And in INDEPENDENCE DAY (4th of July, of course) there's a lovely bit where President Bill Pullman jumps up on a piece of equipment with a megaphone and delivers a genuinely stirring version of the St. Crispin's Day speech from Henry V. 

You can tell by this my movie tastes run to the distinctly lowbrow. Give me explosions, car chases or the end of the world, and I'm a happy woman.



DEBORAH CROMBIE: I would second most of the above, especially the scenes from Field of Dreams, Casablanca, and It’s a Wonderful Life. Thinking of Kevin Costner, the scene in Bull Durham where he paints Susan Sarandon’s toenails! There are so many scenes in Love Actually; Rowan Atkinson wrapping the necklace in the department store,
the lobster in the school play,






Colin Firth’s manuscript blowing into the lake.


And because I just saw The Holiday over the holidays, and it’s one of my favorite movies, I have too many gems to list.

But the top two are Kate Winslet walking Eli Wallach to the stage at the awards ceremony, and the final New Year’s Eve dance. If you’ve seen the movie, you’ll know what I mean.

HANK: I've never seen that movie, Debs! (I was worried it would be too sad.) How about you, Reds and readers? Tell us your favorite movie scene. Why do you love it?

(And if you want to see the wedding video, it's here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcT-rtTyFYw  )

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  1. I loved “Dirty Dancing” and the video is soooo cute . . . .

    Aside from the afore-mentioned, the ending of “Sleepless in Seattle” is one of my favorites. Also “Miracle on 34th Street.” I’m a sucker for a happy tearjerker ending . . . .

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    1. Oh, yes! Sleepless in Seattle! So perfect!

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    2. I vote for that last scene in Sleepless in Seattle, too. Wonderful.

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  2. I'm going to have to come back in the morning and post some more, but for now, here are a couple. The scene in Jerry Maguire where Rene Zellweger's character says, "You had me at hello." I've used that line from that scene for so many other instance, such as when my husband gets out the air fryer and says, "How about some French fries for," and I stop him and say, "You had me at French fries." I love the scene from Love Actually where Bill Nighy sings his hit Christmas song and strips. Of course, I love almost every scene in Love Actually, including the papers blowing off the desk and the Rowan Atkinson scenes that you mentioned, Debs. The scene in When Harry Met Sally where Sally and Harry are in the diner and she fakes and the woman says, "I'll have what she's having." Young Frankenstein, the scene between the blind character Gene Hackman plays and the monster Frankenstein where the blind man is giving hot soup to Frankenstein. The scene where Steve Martin and John Candy are going down the wrong way on the highway and the passing car is trying to tell them they are in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. So many scenes in classic movies. I'll pipe back in later again. Fun post.

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    1. these are fabulous memories, Cathy! So iconic! How about Hugh Grant dancing in love actually?
      Or when his aid start singing good king Wenceslas?

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    2. Oh, Hank, Hugh Grant dancing was great and the aid singing Good King Wenceslas! There was just favorite scene after favorite scene from that movie.

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  3. Hopping in from Africa to say I loved that video Hank! They were really such great dancers. And that’s my favorite scene ever. And I will see you all very soon! XO Lucy

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    1. I so agree! And in the real movie, it is just… Transformative. Safe travels! And cannot wait for your blog posts on your trip .

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  4. So, we are now going to see just how deep the DisNerd in me runs.

    Belle and Beast dancing to "Beauty and the Beast."

    Buzz lighting the rocket at the end of Toy Story

    "I See the Light" from Tangled

    Most of the songs from The Greatest Showman

    Wait, are we talking songs or scenes? :)

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    1. Scenes! Yes, Belle and the beast dancing… A classic! Can I admit to you I have never seen Toy story? I am always afraid I will cry…

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    2. You'll bawl your eyes out at the end of Toy Story 3, but the others are okay.

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    3. Except from my new review of a Hank book: "The book is wonderful as always. You can't go wrong with the great characters and page turning plots. However, Hank has never seen Toy Story. Therefore, I am obligated to give her a 1 star rating."

      There's an easy way to avoid this fate. ;)

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  5. The iconic scene from Dirty Dancing is right up there. It's the perfect ending and beginning. The scene from Titanic where Rose tosses the necklace overboard (did that happen or did I want it to happen....hum, not sure. So many scenes in Out of Africa and Field of Dreams.

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    1. I wish I had seen that movie… But after seeing the real titanic movie, what was it called? With Clifton Webb. I was finished with titanic movies, I fear.

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    2. Kait, it did happen in, I think, the theatrical release, but there was an alternative ending you could watch on the DVD where it didn't (IIRC. It's been a looong time since I've seen that movie.)

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    3. The Clifton Webb movie was fantastic! The remake was, too, but in a different way. Did anyone read the Clive Cussler book? I did before Ballard's team discovered the Titanic an I was awed by the similarities.

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  6. Any number of scenes from Dr. Zhivago, including at the end when one of them is on the bus and sees the other and can't get off in time and you know they'll never see each other again.

    Did anybody else love Flashdance and the scene where she's trying out for dance school in her black workout clothes in front of stodgy older ballet women judges?

    I'm not ashamed to say I loved (and wept over) Bridge of Madison County.

    Monty Python's Life of Brian, and The Holy Grail. Guy comes riding in (without a horse) and the man collecting the dead says, "He must be a king." "Why?" "He doesn't got shit all over him."

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    1. Oh, Edith -- that scene on the bus in Dr. Zhivago. So incredibly sad. That's one of mine, for sure.

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    2. Those are fabulous fabulous fabulous choices! Doctor Zhivago, yes, oh my gosh. Snd Flashdance! Oh my gosh, perfect.

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    3. Edith, I LOVE that scene from Flashdance.

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    4. Edith, how could I have left out Doctor Zhivago and Monty Python? So many favorite scenes from those two movies for me. And, the scene of Meryl Streep sitting in the truck as Clint Eastwood was getting ready to leave. Oh, my.

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    5. Oh, Monty Python and the Holy Grail! I love th guy banging the coconuts together to make hoof Rays!

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  7. So many of the scenes I love have already been mentioned. Julia, you and I should have a movie night together. I love the action movies too! The end of the first Ironman movie, when RDJ announces, "I am Ironman," makes me giggle with joy every time. And the movie quote I use the most often (to my husband, usually when he's coming up with grand schemes for home improvements) comes from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: "You just keep on thinkin', Butch. It's what you're good at." Followed (after the home improvement scheme has gone south) by "Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?"

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    1. Oh, I had forgotten about those! And I can just hear you saying that… So funny!

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    2. Oh yes, Butch Cassidy. Another favorite. Especially the final scene. “You call that shooting?”

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    3. Annette, Ross used to quote from BUTCH CASSIDY, but his favorite when things went awry was, "Shoot, I was aiming for the horse," from the classic western, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.

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  8. The opening shot of Sound of Music with Maria singing on the mountain -- such a great set-up for one of my all-time favourite movies (yes, I own the 40th anniversary DVD -- and player to watch it on).

    The American President with Michael Douglas and Annette Bening -- the scene towards the end, where he walks into the press room and says, "I've been so busy keeping my job that I forgot to do my job." And then withdraws the gun bill and figures out how to win Annette back: "There will be some grovelling involved, I'm sure."

    The Contender with Joan Allen -- towards the very end, when she explains to the president (played by Jeff Bridges) that she didn't come forward to clear her name because "Principles only mean something if you stick by them when they're inconvenient."

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    1. Oh my goodness, what is the Contender, how did I possibly miss that?

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  9. And, Hank: Where can we find your TED-X talk online so we can watch it?

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  10. Nearly every scene mentioned is on my list. I would add the scene toward the end of Notting Hill when Hugh Grant realizes he does love Julia Roberts and his friends drive him through London to catch her before she leaves. Oh, and a scene from Electric Horseman that I’ve always loved even though it’s a small bit— Jane Fonda and Robert Redford try to outdo each other over how early they get up and she ends it by saying, “well, you win the getting up prize.”

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    1. Oh absolutely— I forgot about that driving scene!

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    2. I love that scene from Notting Hill! Now I want to go watch it!

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    3. That's such a great scene from Notting Hill!

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  11. I agree with practically every scene posted already! I would also add the scene from Moonstruck where Nicholas Cage has said he's in love with Cher and she slaps him across the face and says, "Snap out of it!" And I know several scenes from Love, Actually have already been mentioned, but I didn't see anyone mention the scene where Hugh Grant proposes -- especially the bit when he has proposed, pointed out that she learned English she says, "Just in cases."

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    1. Just in cases! Yes yes yes yes yes… How did I forget that? Collin Firth and all the towns people marching through the streets, and the family is so hilarious, and then he says that so perfectly, that has to be the best movie scene of all time.
      And just a technical thing, but isn’t the music in that scene perfect too?

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    2. That's Colin Firth, Susan, and yes, it's so charming.

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  12. SO many good movie moments!

    Speaking of On Golden Pond, the scene where you know Henry Fonda has finally accepted the kid, because he says, "What's the point of having a dwarf if he doesn't do chores?" I've used that line a million times with my own kids, and now my grandson. Who now towers over me, so I guess that's over.

    We just watched The Natural, and the iconic scene where Glenn Close stands up, with the sun behind her, making her glow. Gives me shivers.

    Moonstruck: "Aw, Ma, I love him awful."

    A more recent scene is from Hidden Figures, when Katherine Johnson is publicly humiliated, and it's a turning point in the story:
    "There are no colored bathrooms in this building, or any building outside the West Campus, which is half a mile away. Did you know that? I have to walk to Timbuktu just to relieve myself! And I can't use one of the handy bikes. Picture that, Mr. Harrisson. My uniform, skirt below the knees and my heels. And simple necklace pearls. Well, I don't own pearls. Lord knows you don't pay the colored enough to afford pearls! And I work like a dog day and night, living on coffee from a pot none of you want to touch! So, excuse me if I have to go to the restroom a few times a day."

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    1. Oh , The Natural— So gorgeous in every way!

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    2. Karen, in the most recent films, Hidden Figures scenes stayed with me

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  13. Everything already mentioned plus "You've Got Mail." "I would send you a bouquet of sharpened pencils if I knew your address." NYC in the fall. Nothing like it.

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  14. That scene in Independence Day makes me cry every time. One of my favorite scene is in Death at a Funeral when Alan Tudyk shows up at the funeral having inadvertently ingested psychedelics and he is fascinated with the hedge. I laugh so hard I fall off the couch.

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      That is a new one for me! Off to search for it. And yes, so agree about Independence Day.
      And how about the scene in Henry V, where he says it for real? Amazing. The Kenneth Branagh one, with all the archers.

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    3. Hank, DEATH AT A FUNERAL is hands down one of the funniest films you will ever see. It has a VERY British sense of humor. Don't see the American version by mistake - it's ghastly.

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    4. I'll watch just about anything with Kenneth Branagh in it.

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    5. I must have watched Henry V a dozen times--in the theater!! So how could I have forgotten Ken Branagh doing the St. Crispin's Day speech???

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  15. Colin Firth could read a laundry list and it would be my favorite movie. Just thinking of the King’s Speech
    Oh and Sense and Sensibility when Emma Thompson realizes he’s not married!

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    1. Rhys, all the efforts that Colin makes in the King's Speech and the last speech moves me to tears.

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    2. I agree about Colin Firth--what is it about him anyway, beside his looks--maybe his vulnerability? Loved these two, Love Actually, and the Bridget Jones movies.

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    3. Yes, yes, yes, Emma Thompson remarkable scene in Sense and Sensibility. Unforgettable.

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  16. Rhys, I with you on It's a Wonderful Life. I don't know how many times I've seen it and that scene still makes me cry. Ditto for the "Captain My Captain" scene in Dead Poets Society.

    As you guys know by now, I'm a sucker for Captain America. The speech when he rallies SHIELD (after he learns it's been infiltrated by Hydra) in The Winter Soldier is epic. Most touching is the scene where young Cap is reunited with his beloved Peggy who aged while he was frozen in the ice. Best of all is the scene at the end of Endgame when Steve and Peggy finally get the life they deserve. I never saw it coming and cried like a baby. It was the only scene in that emotion packed movie that made me cry.


    There are too many others to name! Brannaugh's Henry V speech, John Wayne's big shootout scene in True Grit, and Aragorn's speech before the final battle in The Return of the King are just a few.

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    1. Oh, I forgot about Aragorn! Absolutely.

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    2. I'm with you on Captain America, Cathy. There's this one perfect moment in Captain America: The First Avenger, when he's got to jump across a burning factory and he has a flicker of self-doubt. "Not sure I can do this, but here goes." Lovely acting choice by Chris Evans.

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    3. Gigi, Chris Evans is the perfect embodiment of Cap and you can tell how much the writers love all the Marvel characters

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  17. It’s a favourite of mine. Joan Allen is nominated for VP. Goes through the vetting process and stands her ground against a formidable Gary Oldman character. Terrific performances with thought-provoking content.

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    1. Oops. This was supposed to be in reply to Hank in my earlier comment. In reference to The Contender with Joan Allen.

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    2. Oh, I am going to find this, instantly! Thank you!

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  18. In SIGNS, when Joaquin Phoenix and the kids are on the sofa in the tinfoil hats.

    In GALAXY QUEST, when Alan Rickman calls Tim Allen a scene-stealing hack, and when Sigourney Weaver says, "This scene was badly written!"

    But my all-time favorite movie moment is from HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE: "It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends. I award 10 points to Neville Longbottom." SOB, every time!

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    1. Ramona, my family adores GALAXY QUEST, and my favorite of the oh-so-many quotable moments is when Rickman, in character as Dr. Lazarus, finally says his hated phrase in deadly earnest,"By Grabthar's hammer, by the Sons of Warvan, you shall be avenged!"

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    2. Julia, yes! That is a great moment. The way Alan Rickman looks up and his expression changes--chillling.

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    3. I found Galaxy Quest after Alan Rickman died--love that movie! Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver--fabulous! Check them out together in Snowcake, too, if you haven't seen it.

      So many great scenes in HP, too!

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    4. The tinfoil hat scene in Signs is one of my favorites too! The facial expressions all the actors is perfect.

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  19. Most of the quotes from The Big Lebowski are expletive laden, but that movie makes me laugh! So I'll just go with: "Nobody calls me Lebowski. You got the wrong guy. I'm the Dude, man."

    And Valentine's Day when the reporter is interviewing Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner's high school characters and she's just over the top gushing about him and them and going on and on, the reporter finally turns to the camera and deadpans: "And there you have it: young love, full of promise, full of hope, ignorant of reality." HA!

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  20. Gee whiz, everyone. Princess Leia saying to Han Solo, "I love you," and Han saying, "I know" just before he is frozen in carbonite. Heavens.
    Actually, anything with Harrison Ford becomes a classic pretty quickly.
    "I hate snakes!" or "Why does it always have to be snakes?"
    Then, back to Bull Durham, the scene where Kevin Costner knocks everything on Susan Sarandon's kitchen table onto the floor and then puts her on it. Whew, excuse me, gotta go!

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    1. Judy, I've always figured Harrison Ford is both VERY good and VERY lucky. He has the best lines in almost any movie he's ever been in - even ones by writers not known for good dialog. *cough*George Lucas*cough*

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    2. Or that moment in Raiders of the Lost Ark where they're all set up for a bullwhip fight, and Indy just shoots the guy? Perfect.

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  21. So many of my favorites are mentioned in the above comments. Our favorite Christmas movie is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Every scene is memorable, the best being when the squirrel jumps out of the Christmas tree and everyone screams SQUIRREL, while the Rottweiler takes out after him, destroying much of the house. And that scene toward the end, where the SWAT team arrives, and yells to everyone DON'T MOVE. Beverly D'Angelo is bending over beside Chevy Chase and has her hand over his crotch. She maintains that position for the whole scene. Ot when demented Aunt Bethany arrives with a wrapped Christmas box that moves on it's own. It contains her cat.

    Can't you tell we have high-brow tastes in this house?

    On a more sober note, it is the little girl in the red coat in Schindler's List, no dialogue but so alone and frightened. It speaks volumes. And it is the only spot of color in the whole film. I wept thru that entire film.

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    1. I love Christmas Vacation! Just die laughing every time!

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    2. Ann, I have never been able to watch Schindler's List. I'm a coward, I know, but I'm pretty sure the sobbing will commence early if I do.

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  22. I'm tearing up just reading about many of these scenes. I would add the very last word of The Prince of Tides, where Nick Nolte says that after leaving Barbra Steisand, he still thinks fondly of "Lowenstein . . ." And another Barbra Streisand movie, The Way We Were. I saw it when there was actually an intermission at the theater, and I don't remember the scene exactly, but I do remember sobbing during the intermission. It had something to do with Barbra losing Robert Redford, of course.

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    1. Barbra Streisand in "What's Up Doc?" I still get hysterical thinking about the zaniness of that movie. The chase scene up and down the streets of San Francisco with the bicycle going through the Chinese dragon, and all of the over-the-top characters. OMG. Ryan O'Neal and Madeline Kahn.

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  23. I love just about every moment of The Princess Bride, but the one that gets me every time is the last scene, when Peter Falk is leaving, and the kid asks if, maybe, he could come back and read some more tomorrow. And Peter Falk says, "As you wish." Love it, love it, love it!

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    1. Gigi, Princess Bride is on The Shelf. It's reserved for movies I can't live without.

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  24. Remember Barbra Streisand walking into the empty theater in Funny Girl, and she passes a mirror, stops, looks at her own reflection, and says, "Hello, gorgeous"?

    And when she won an Oscar, in a tie with Katharine Hepburn that year, she began her acceptance speech by looking at the statuette, and bringing down the house: "Hello, gorgeous".

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  25. Love, Actually, at the end at the airport, while the screen fills with multiplying tiny clips of people greeting each other. Gets me every time. The Holiday, yes,the New Year's eve scene at the end, and every scene with Eli Wallach. Wonderful character, wonderfully played. League of Their Own, reunion at end and right through the credits, with an actual game being played behind and that lovely song. Tears every time.So here's a really old one that I saw as a teen in a documentary about Hollywood, many years before I ever saw the whole movie. The Best Years of Our Lives. The father comes home from war, teens answer the door, he keeps them quiet, and we see the mother (Myrna Loy) in the kitchen. She says "Who was it?" and there is silence and we watch as it dawns on her. Super movie making, and lots of other great scenes in it. And another, also wordless: Christopher Reeve turning from Kent to Superman -with his back to us!- when Lois Lane has finally proved who he is

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    1. Oh, yes, League of Their Own!

      And the film over the credits at the end of Mona Lisa Smiles, too. I took my three daughters to see that movie, and the old footage made for some great conversation at dinner afterwards.

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    2. Oh, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES--ahhh...I can't even think about that.

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    3. Yes, LOVE ACTUALLY, that last scene.

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  26. Shalom Reds and fans. Last of the Dogmen, with Tom Berenger and Barbara Hershey. (and Wilford Brimley, narrator). Half way through the film, Hershey needs to start speaking in a Native American tongue and when she realizes what is happening, she says in awe, “My God”. I’ve seen a lot of movies but this scene, hands-down, is the most majestic in the entire canon. The movie is ok. I love movies where the action is the close-ups of the faces of the actors. This film is available on Netflix.

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  27. I love the Kurt Russell version of Wyatt Earp and Val Kilmer playing Doc. Doc lets Wyatt know that he's got his back when he says "I'm your huckleberry." My husband says that when I want to do something and he's all for it. One of my favorite bits is Jimmy Cagney singing and dancing "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy." Just wow! The performances in Mrs Miniver reduce me to tears every darn time.
    All the exchanges in Young Frankenstein crack me up. Roll, roll, roll in the hay. The creature performing Putting on the Ritz. And another tearjerker: Spock repeating the philosophy of the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few as he's dying. Frank and I watched the original House of Cards years ago. I loved it whenever Frances Urquehart looked at the camera and said "You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment."
    May the force be with you. There's no place like home. I'll be back. Go ahead, make my day.

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    1. I burst out laughing as You might very well think that. SO PERFECT.

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  28. How did we forget--Gene Kelly! Dancin, and singin'...in...the rain. (doo-da doot doo, doot-a doot-a doot do.)

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  29. Julia, I love all those action movies, too, and almost mentioned all the ones you listed.

    Here's a really low-brow one for you. We love Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigilo, where Rob Schneider is house sitting for Oded Fehr, and Fehr, as the very scary real gigilo, is crooning "Fishy, fishy, fishy" to the fish in his aquarium. That whole movie is so silly but it always makes laugh until my sides hurt.

    Hank, The Holiday isn't sad at all!! It's funny and sweet and has such wonderful writing and performances. And music!! A great score by Hans Zimmer!

    Here's topic for another day--who pays attention to movies scores, and who are our favorite composers?

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    1. Another day! ANd okay, I will watch The Holiday. Mayyyybeeeee

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    2. Do it, Hank! You'll love it. And I listen to movie scores.

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  30. This scene from Wonder Woman. I love love love it!! https://youtu.be/pJCgeOAKXyg

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    1. OH oh...she's TAKING DOWN HER HAIR! :-) . And I adore that soldier's face... And hey, the scene is set in no man's land--but she is WONDER WOMAN!

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  31. For action movies, I love Thunderheart with Val Kilmer, the wonderful Graham Greene, and Sam Shepard. Especially the scenes where Agent Levoi interacts with Graham Greene's character and the Chief.

    Truly, Madly, Deeply--another movie with Alan Rickman--especially the scene where Nina asks Jamie what he's doing and he says "warming my lips..." Also, the scene where he's quoting a Neruda poem to her in Spanish and she translates.

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    1. OOOH, I have several movie assignments, I see! xxxx

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    2. Truly, Madly, Deeply is fabulous, if you haven't seen it. But tissue warning!

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  32. Late again to the party! Good morning! I loved the Holiday film with Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Jack Black, Cameron Diaz and Eli ? Wallach ? I remember the walk to the stage, the swimming pool scene and "You are the star of your own story" line.

    Many wonderful film scenes from all of the Jungle Reds. I still remember that scene from Beetlejuice where Beetlejuice tries to cut in line ahead of the head shrinker and guess what? Beetlejuice's head gets shrunk to a tiny dot. LOL

    It's the visual that made me crack up!

    Diana

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    1. Beetlejuice! I ADORE the Jump in the Line scene, too. I could watch that a million times! Oh, yes, I believe it!

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    2. Still laughing at that scene years after watching the movie...

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  33. I have to jump back into the conversation and mention one of my favorite movies of all, Broadcast News. It had a great cast, with Holly Hunter, William Hurt, and Albert Brooks as the stars. There are lots of favorite scenes, but here are two. I'm going to be a bit vague, because if you haven't seen this amazing 1987 movie, please do watch it. The first scene I'll mention has to do with Albert Brooks telling Holly Hunter some news that will spoil her euphoria over her possible romantic connection to William Hurt. And, the scene where Brooks' character gets a chance to do the news on air instead of being the one behind the scenes, and he sweats profusely during it. The following is said after.
    Jane Craig:
    People called in complaining about your sweating?
    Aaron Altman:
    No, NICE calls, worried that I was having a heart attack.

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    1. Oh, my gosh, that movie. Life-changing. When Holly Hunter cries? Out of sheer--pressure??

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  34. Has no one mentioned the reveal scene in An affair to Remember? Or the window scene at the end of Thomasina? Or when Iniago kills the 6 fingered man?( I want my father back, you son of a bitch!) Or from a lesser known gem, American dreamer, the scene when Tom Conte is sitting alone at a table for ten at the embassy dinner.If you have not seen this gem from the '80's you're missing out.

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    1. On, an affair to remember--when she's on the couch with the blanket????

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  35. I start by clapping loudly for Hank's list, which captured many of my favorite moments. Adding the moment from BROADCAST NEWS when Holly Hunter looks down over the crowd and sees William Hurt looking up at her, hand over heart, and she beams. Adding the short scene in LOCAL HERO when Peter Riegert as the brash Houston oilman is quietly washing seashells with his toothbrush, mid-epiphany. Adding the last scene in THE BISHOP'S WIFE when the old scholar enters the church and Cary Grant smiles in satisfaction. Oh, could add more. I'm like Rhys, the scenes that I love make me cry, not at all in sorrow.

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  36. Love this post and all the recommendations from Jungle Reds and the commenters.. starting, of course, with all the movies that Hank recommends..all my favorites.. and I found a few I haven't seen yet.. Have added to my TBW list! Thanks so much!

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    1. SO fun to find new movies! Maybe we can have a movie party at your house, Janet! I'll bring the popcorn. xoxo

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  37. It Happened One Night, hitch hiking scene. The Bishop’s wife, Cary Grant Telling the story of the 23rd Psalm. Mrs Doubtfire, “Dude looks like a lady” with the vacuum, and the part where he does all the different women. Ferris Bueller.. too many to name.

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  38. The scene at the end of Sense and Sensibility when Hugh Grant tells Emma Thompson he loves her and she sobs into her teacup. Also the breakfast scene at the end of Moonstruck.

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  39. Sent this to my movie loving husband.
    His response_--" I was happy to see so many reference to Love Actually.



    Sad not to find any references to My Cousin Vinnie, which has to have some of the best comic scenes of all time. I still think of Marsa Tomei talking about the little baby deer stopping to drink some water, with his little baby deer lips and little baby deer tongue, then Bam! You blow his fucking brains out. Do you think he cares what kind of pant your are wearing??

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  40. White Christmas the ending gets to me. Bells of st Mary's when the priest makes the mother superior leave for her health. She doesn't know it.

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