OT - Top Ten Unforgettable Movie Scenes

[JohndeFresno]

As bad as a lot of the junk is that Hollywood produces, there's a lot of good stuff, too. It's tough to keep it to 10. In no particular order:

1) Indiana Jones - scary swordsman twirling his scimitar as Indiana stands frozen - then blows him away with a revolver. The timing - hilarious....

The timing had more to do with the fact that Harrison Ford had Disentery... Unfortunately, not long after "Action" he received "the call", and rather than calling for a Cut, he got that "oh bugger, not again" disgusted look on his face, drew his Webley and shot the miscreant....

Thank for the interesting note. Yes - the look of disgust on his face as he blew the guy out of his socks was half of the hilarity. Very interesting!

[Blaine]

As bad as a lot of the junk is that Hollywood produces, there's a lot of good stuff, too. It's tough to keep it to 10. In no particular order:

1) Indiana Jones - scary swordsman twirling his scimitar as Indiana stands frozen - then blows him away with a revolver. The timing - hilarious....

THe timing had more to do with the fact that Harrison Ford had Disentary and wanted the scene over than anything else. The rest is by the good graces of a spot-on reaction by a stuntman, Speilberg's editing sense and excellent Daily cutting.

Ford had a bad case of the trots during that week and the scene called for him to do some fancy Whip Work to disarm the sword swinger before dispatching him with a punch or some such.

Unfortunately, not long after "Action" he recieved "the call", and rather than calling for a Cut, he got that "oh bugger, not again" disgusted look on his face, drew his Webly and shot the miscreant.

Details vary as to whether or not they actually "scripted" the scene because of Ford's disentary, but such "we meant it that way" comments aren't uncommon in the film industry...

No S***?

[Old Ironsights]

No S***?

No... lots of S**t... He had to run to the loo...

Look it up on Snopes. It's the truth.

[Doc Hudson]

I know there are more, but the first to pop to mind is from the Indiana Jones Movies
First one, big guy in a turban and wielsing a big knife, Indiana Jones smiles and pulls his pistol and shoots (don't bring a knife to gun fight).

Did you hear the story of how that scene came about?

Harrison Ford told on a talk show that the scene was the last one scheduled for shooting in Tunisia, and everyone was sick to death of the country and wanted to get out. Originally the plan had been for a big swordfight scene. The Ford told the director, "I've got this big revolver on my hip, what the hell am I doing in a swordfight? Why don't I just shoot the S.O.B.?"

The director thought it was a great idea, the shot it the sensible way and they were able to wrap the shooting and get out of the country three days ahead of schedule.

[Doc Hudson]

Animal House- Food Fight!

Outlaw Josey Wales:
"Indians been sneaking up on white man forever"
"I had to come back. I know. Dyin' ain't much of a livin."
"Seems like when you get to DIS-liking someone they ain't around long neither."
"click, click, click, click..."

Lonesome Dove:
ANY scene with that cute blonde in it!

TOJW:
You gonna pull them guns or whistle Dixie?

When it looks like you ain't gonna make it, you got to get mean. Pure-dee mad dog mean.

My all-time favorite:
McClintock -The mudslide brawl
"Somebody ought to bust you in the mouth pilgrim!
But I ain't gonna do it.
I ain't gonna do it.
The hell I ain't!

Also from McClintock:
Indian - Yo Maclin! Long time no get drunk together!
McClintock -- And it's gonna be a lot longer, that's a US Marshal you've got in tow.

[2ndovc]

Not a western but plenty of shooting...

" It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigaretts, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses"

"Hit it!"



jb

[Old Ironsights]

Well, at least Carrie Fisher had an M-16... and the Nazis had a Luger...

There were a lot of Shotguns, Service Revolvers etc in Daley Plaza once they paid the taxes too...

[Bogie35]

"Yes, ma'am. I killed Doyle Hargraves with a lawnmower blade. Yes, ma'am, I'm right sure of it. I hit him two good whacks in the head with it. That second one just plum near cut his head in two... It's a lil' ol' white house on the corner of Vine Street and some other street. There's a pick-up truck out front that says "Doyle Hargraves Construction" on it. Doyle said besides sending the police, you might wanna send an ambulance or a "hearst". I'll be sitting here, waiting on ye."

Amazing scene!!!

bogie

[JohndeFresno]

"Yes, ma'am. I killed Doyle Hargraves with a lawnmower blade. Yes, ma'am, I'm right sure of it. I hit him two good whacks in the head with it. That second one just plum near cut his head in two... It's a lil' ol' white house on the corner of Vine Street and some other street. There's a pick-up truck out front that says "Doyle Hargraves Construction" on it. Doyle said besides sending the police, you might wanna send an ambulance or a "hearst". I'll be sitting here, waiting on ye."

Amazing scene!!!

bogie

How could I have forotten "Swingblade?!?" It made me a Billy Bob Thornton fan for life!

[2571]

Chase scene in G. Hackman, "French Connection";Marseillaise scene in 'Casablanca'; barfight in "Shane"

[awp101]

The car chase in Bullitt.

10 minutes with no dialogue, no background music, just squealing tires and big block V-8s!

[Kansas Ed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdNh9f2Wwm0

My favorite of all time. The direction of this scene is nothing more than brilliant. The panning camera during the search for the grave at 2:50 seconds into this clip is unbelievable.

Ed

[awp101]

Any of the "interrogation" scenes in Man on Fire but the two that stand out are the one with the Federal Policeman in the snatch operation and when Denzel puts the kidnappers brother on the phone.

I'm not sure which is creepier in the Federale scene, the actual interrogation tactic or that stupid song "Mickey" by Toni Basil playing on the radio...in Spanish.

"I can live with that. You might not be able to, but I can."

[piller]

The scene where Henry Fonda is getting a shave in "My Name Is Nobody".
Terence Hill, "Trinity", getting out of the tub and putting his dusty, ragged clothes back on.
John Wayne's look of hoplessness when the airplane didn't see them in "Island in the Sky".
Katherine Hepburn's question, "and what color was she painted, Marshall Cogburn?" in Rooster Cogburn and the lady.
The piano player looking sick as he wants to leave the piano in Rio Bravo. Dean Martin then shooting through the piano.
Trinity releasing the horn of his saddle on his shoulder, drawing, twirling the pistol, re-holstering it, and catching the saddle in "They call me Trinity"
My hair, they shot my hair! -just before Daphne Zuniga unleashes on the Spaceball troopers.
"You can call me a------just don't call me Daddy again".
"Yes, your Peterson died brave".

[JP_TX]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid:

"How fast are you Kid" and Butch runs as fast as he can to get out of the way when Sundance turns draws shoots the holster off the mans hip, shoots the gun out of the holster then shoots the gun into the corner all faster than it take to read this discription.

"think you used enough dynamite Butch?"

"I'm better when I move."

"Idiots. I've got idiots on my team. They wont rob us going down the mountain because we don't have any money going down the moutain"

"Who are those guys"

"Hey, did you see a straw hat out there?
"No."
"Good, for a moment I thought we were in trouble."

One of the best movies ever.

[El Chivo]

I just remembered the waterhole scene in 2001 a Space Odyssey, especially if you include the scenics beforehand.

[Gobblerforge]

What are you doing.....Dave?

[Borregos]

It's better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool....

Harley Davidson and the Marlborough Man

[AndyM]

one that should be ranked as one of the most shocking statements...

"Luke... I am your father"
from Star Wars V - Empire Strikes Back

Nobody saw that coming....

[Old Ironsights]

...My hair, they shot my hair! -just before Daphne Zuniga unleashes on the Spaceball troopers. ...

Now, name the unmodified, commercial firearm carried by the Spaceball troopers to represent their zap guns...

[Otto]

...My hair, they shot my hair! -just before Daphne Zuniga unleashes on the Spaceball troopers. ...

Now, name the unmodified, commercial firearm carried by the Spaceball troopers to represent their zap guns...

Calico rifles. I remember seeing a "making of" on some Schwarzenegger movie, wherein the assault rifles were Calicos with a sort of shell built around them. The prop guy said that particular firearm was frequently used as a base for exotic weapons.


If you watch "Starship Troopers" and watch the ejection port very carefully, you can see what sure looks alot like a mini-14 charging handle inside the fake rifle.

[awp101]

Katherine Hepburn's question, "and what color was she painted, Marshall Cogburn?" in Rooster Cogburn and the lady.

Same players but in The Shootist:

It's a fine day Mr Brooks!

It oughtta be, I've got enough laudinum in me!

(or lines to that effect)

[JohndeFresno]

What are you doing.....Dave?

No clue - what's that from??

[Old Ironsights]

What are you doing.....Dave?

No clue - what's that from??

My mind is going...

I can feel it.

I can feel it....

Dai...sy Dai.....sy....

[JustaJeepGuy]

Best science fiction movie ever made!

[2ndovc]

" Why is the rum always gone?"

Captian Jack Sparrow


jb

[Old Ironsights]

Best science fiction movie ever made!

What annoys the stuff out of me was that everything shown in the film except the Obilisk was well within the realm of physical possibility/probability when the movie was made...

Then Kennedy came in and Nationalized Space exploration and screwed everything up.

Had he left Rockwell & General Dynamics continue their research using funding from, say, a Hotel Chain that wanted to be the first in Space (What was the first thing you see getting off the shuttle? A HoJo desk...) we would already be well established in space, not still peeing dollars into a non-competitive organization that uses 1980s tech.

[JustaJeepGuy]

That's your tax dollars at work....

[turnkey]

From "Last of the Mohicans","They're not strangers, miss, and they stay as they lay."

[Naphtali]

Here's one I suspect nobody else has seen.
"Forty Guns" (1957) Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan. Sullivan and his brothers are thinly disguised Earp brothers. The scene to which I refer is as follows.

Villain has taken a hostage. Holding her in front of him with his gun to her head, he calls out for the marshall (Sullivan) to shoot if he dares. The marshall shoots the woman, then the villain -- as villain stands dumbfounded as his hostage sinks to the ground.
***
Another memorable scene, from "Hombre" (1967) Paul Newman, Frederick March: Villain, halfway up the hill, is completing extortion negotiation for his woman captive. When he's through talking,

Villain: Any questions?

Newman: Hey, I got a question. How you gonna get back down that hill?

Newman shoots villain.
***
The opening scene in "Housesitter" (1992) Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, is among the best openings made. Martin, with a grand gesture, has built a home for his girlfriend-fiancee without her knowledge. He takes her there and proposes marriage. She looks at him as though he were insane and says, "No."

[C. Cash]

From "Last of the Mohicans","They're not strangers, miss, and they stay as they lay."

A great one. And that reminds me...."Can you skin Grizz, Pilgrim?" (Bear Claw Chris Lapp to Jeremiah Johnson).