Friday, September 23, 2005

AFI #035 Roy Scheider as Martin Brody from Jaws (1975)


"Slow ahead." I can go slow ahead. Come on down here and chum some of this shit. [the shark suddenly appears, causing Brody to recoil in shock] You're gonna need a bigger boat.

- Roy Scheider as Cheif Martin Brody from Jaws (1975)

The bolded line is ranked #35 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

AFI #044 Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear from The Sixth Sense (1999)

Cole: I see dead people.
Malcolm: In your dreams?
[Cole shakes his head no]
Malcolm: While you're awake?
[Cole nods]
Malcolm: Dead people like, in graves? In coffins?
Cole: Walking around like regular people. They don't see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don't know they're dead.
Malcolm: How often do you see them?
Cole: All the time.

- Haley Joel Osment as Cole Sear from The Sixth Sense (1999)

The bolded line is ranked #44 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

Friday, September 9, 2005

AFI #049 Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein from Frankenstein (1931)

Henry: Look! It's moving. It's sha — it's... it's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive! It's alive, it's alive, it's alive! It's ALIVE!
Victor: Henry — in the name of God!
Henry: Oh, in the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to BE God!

- Colin Clive (1900-1937) as Henry Frankenstein from Frankenstein (1931)

The bolded line is ranked #49 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

Monday, September 5, 2005

AFI #053 Groucho Marx as Capt. Geoffrey T. Spaulding from Animal Crackers (1930)

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.

- Groucho Marx as Capt. Geoffrey T. Spaulding from Animal Crackers (1930)

The bolded line is ranked #53 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.