The only thing better than a good death in a movie, is a good line immediately before it. Some lines have achieved immortality in their own right. Here is a brief sample, in reverse chronological order. It is not, and cannot be, complete. There are many, many more. Please add them in the comments. WARNING: Contains spoilers.
The Line: Never let go.
After the ship sinks (uh – you did know that, didn’t you), Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) scrambles onto a door which can only support one person and Jack remains in the freezing ocean. He assures her that she is going to survive, and die an old lady in her bed, before he succumbs to hypothermia.
The Line: Freeeedom!!!
After the deaths of his father and brother, and later his wife, at the hands of the English, William Wallace becomes involved in the Scottish uprising against King Edward I of England. After some military successes, he is betrayed to the English, taken to London, tried and convicted of high treason. As he is undergoing public execution by torture, the magistrate offers him a quick death in exchange for a plea for mercy.
The Lines: Thelma: Go!
Louise: You sure?
Thelma: Yeah … yeah.
Two girl-friends’ weekend out turns into a nightmare after one of them shoots and kills a man attempting to rape the other. On the run from the police, led by the gruffly sympathetic Detective Hal Slocumb (Harvey Keitel), the pair are cornered near a large cliff. The final scene is well-known to most movie fans. The lines may be less familiar.
The Line: What was it you said to me before? “Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker!”
Not quite as classic as Detective John McClane’s (Bruce Willis) line in the first place. McClane is a New York cop who has been caught up in an “exceptional” robbery disguised as a terrorist attack in Los Angeles. He has survived everything that the suave criminal mastermind and his gang have thrown at him. He confronts Gruber and a henchman with just two bullets left in his gun. They hesitate just long enough to give him a chance.
The Line: I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time… like tears in rain… Time to die.
Batty is the leader of a group of replicants (bioengineered or biorobotic beings who serve as soldiers and slaves in off-world colonies) illegally on Earth. Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a jaded ex-police officer who once specialized in “retiring” replicants, is coerced into tracking and killing them. After dispatching three of them, he confronts Batty in a cat-and-mouse chase. Batty saves Deckard’s life just before his pre-programmed four-year lifespan runs out.
The Line: The horror… the horror…
Colonel Walter E Kurtz, a member of the US Army Special Forces in Vietman, has gone insane and is commanding a native army deep in the Cambodian jungle. Captain Benjamin L Willard (Martin Sheen), a deeply troubled special operations veteran, is dispatched to find Kurtz and to “terminate [him] with extreme prejudice”. After a hazardous journey, Willard and his last remaining crew member arrive at Kurtz’ camp. Willard attacks Kurtz with a machete, and he dies whispering words taken from Joseph Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness, on which the movie is based.
The Line: STOP IT STOP IT! Now look! No one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle, understand? Even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say “Jehovah”.
Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman) and his mother Mandy (Terry Jones) are attending the stoning of a man condemned for blasphemy. In attempting to explain himself, he utters (not) the divine name again, and the crowd begins throwing stones. The rabbi attempts to restore order and is himself set upon by the crowd.
The Line: You can’t win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) joins forces with Obi-wan Kenobi to rescue a beautiful princess, who turns out to be his long-lost sister, and battle an evil warlord, who turns out to be their long-lost father and Obi-wan’s long-lost protegee.
The Lines: I’m afraid. I’m afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I’m a…fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the HAL plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January, 1992. My instructor was Mr Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you’d like to hear it I can sing it for you.
[Dave: Yes, I'd like to hear it, HAL. Sing it for me.]
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I’m half crazy all for the love of you. It won’t be a stylish marriage, I can’t afford a carriage. But you’ll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two.
HAL is the controlling brain of the Discovery One spaceship, bound for Jupiter on a top-secret mission. Due to a conflict in his programming, HAL becomes erratic and kills four of the ship’s crew. The remaining crew member, David Bowman (Keir Dullea), disconnects HAL’s circuitry.
The Line: Rosebud…
This is the first line of the movie, and the film proceeds in two directions, one tracing Kane’s life and the other showing a reporter’s search for the meaning of the enigmatic utterance. The intriguing thing is that Kane is alone when he dies, so no-one hears his dying word.
The Line: I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!
Not a dying line, but the heartbreaking moment which seals the character’s fate.
Err… Good list, but I think there are a few lines missing. If I do come across them, I'll write them later. I'm sure olliver will beat me to that.
I think the last line from Apocalypse now should be rated higher. I kind of agree with the 1st choice since the movie has been based around the, err… rosebud.
Good list, but I guess we'll need a follow through list here. Anyone game?
***SPOILERS***
Not technically correct, but the last lines by Chief Bromden when he sees the lobotomy scars on McMurphy – I'm not goin' without you, Mac. I wouldn't leave you this way… You're coming with me
Tyler Durden – What's the smell?
Lester Burnham (American Beauty) – I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second isn't a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time… For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars… And yellow leaves, from the maple trees, that lined our street… Or my grandmother's hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper… And the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand new Firebird… And Janie… And Janie… And… Carolyn. I guess I could be pretty *****ed off about what happened to me… but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst… And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life… You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry… you will someday.
Oliver – what did I miss?
i have 9 right off the top of my head.
most i will input later (if they havnt ben discusses in comments by then)
a few now, a few later…….
—-kevin spacey — (det.sgt. jack vincennse in l.a.confidential)
——————"rollo tomassi" — in reference to criminals getting away with crimes.
—-wallace shawn — (fizzini in the princess bride)
——————"you only think i guessed wrong! that's what's so funny! i switched glasses when your back was turned! ha ha! you fool! you fell victim to one of the classic blunders – the most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in asia" – but only slightly less well-known is this: never go against a sicilian when death is on the line"! …..ha ha ha ha, ha ha h– *drops dead*"
—kevin kline (as otto in a fish called wanda) — (close enough to python, woyzeck?) ——————————————-when michael palin startes chasing him with a steamroller: "it's k-k-ken, c-c-coming to k-k-kill me………*****….god…..*****ing (stuck in) limey cement………. /// ………."all right, im sorry i ate your fish, ok?…………….jesus, i said im sorry….what the fu – ?" —–steamrolled
—peter vaughn (as giles corey in the cucible)
——————–being crushed by slabs of concrete, instead of confessing, he utters these words 4 or 5 times—–"more weight"
i still have a bunch for later…………………………
–a few people got the mathilda line from 'the professional' / 'léon' –
–cambro got the 'aliens' line
–some *****ing retarded guy lead into slim pickens' line while riding the bomb in strangelove (blogball put a link to a clip in his post) — if you havnt read down to comments 171-179, to the guy who thinks that darth vadar (who was black (even though luke wasnt), and was in field of dreams) hopped on the bomb after sellers' classic 'mein fuhrer' line…….ug….just go read it — somewhere in there @jay says what this dude was struggling with, and that blogball linked to…..i had thought of that one real early on…….
–of course, lala got the american beauty line (although i dont remember him actually saying all that, i thought they were like thought bubbles (voiceover thoughts) — i gotta take your word — i remember some of the lines, even, and loveloveloved the movie, but i dont think ive seen it since it came out….which was…what…9 years ago, or something?
–arsnl got la heine
–and in no surprise at all, someone got the tony montana "bullets" line from scarface.
that leaves me 5 more, i think…………….
I pretty much always find your comments interesting to read but I have to ask, why do you put so many —— and ……. in there, I find it makes your comments so difficult to read!
yanno trin—–
why i started doing this, and why i still do are like……completely different reasons.
actually, why i started doing this makes sense, and why i still do doesnt…….
back in like 1994/1995, i was heavily involved in a listserv forum — it was called 'screaming from the minarets', on a server from the univ. of vermont — it was the early *early* discussion forum for the dave matthews band…….
the reason i was involved, is because at the time (last year in high school) they werent bad, and no one in albuquerque ever heard of them. onto my fresh year at univ. of alabama in tuscaloosa, they were still plasying pplaces like 'the ivory tusk' (in tuscalosa), the '40 watt club' (in athens0, 'traxx' and the 'floodzone' in charlottesville/richmond … 329 preformance hall (nashville) etc etc—–these are all either big bars or small auditoriums. i knew carter beauford (the drummer) through a cousin. i wasnt old enough to get in to these bars, so…… they would always put me on the guest list, and i wouldnt get carded. **the other noteworthy thing about these bars, is some used a house sound man. dave decided he hated all house sound guys, and his personal soundman (new father i think), jeff bagby, couldnt make it to the further away shows, so i did it for bama rags records, and dmb.
(ug…sorry tangent)
ok — dave allowed taping at shows biut hated the way audience recordings sounded, so my dual purpose was to hook up to the sound board and tape all the shows. i did this even when bagby was there.
so the minarets liseserv? what i did was give updates — setlists — offer to trade tapes for other shows, etc.
well, back in '95, the internet was rudimentary at best
at one point, someone logged in with my username, and started a bunch of *****. (think brock, and fakebrock, etc) anyway, all the regulars knew it wasnt me — the hoards of newbies didnt, and it took me a long time to straighten out.
so — on a suggestion from dave matthews, i *****ched to a more rudimentary style of posting.
cont'd………………………………………………
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so the minarets liseserv? what i did was give updates — setlists — offer to trade tapes for other shows, etc.
well, back in '95, the internet was rudimentary at best
at one point, someone logged in with my username, and started a bunch of *****. (think brock, and fakebrock, etc) anyway, all the regulars knew it wasnt me — the hoards of newbies didnt, and it took me a long time to straighten out.
so — on a suggestion from dave matthews, i *****ched to a more rudimentary style of posting. no caps, …. — all that crap. its really like having a unique (and illegible) signature — someone tries to ***** with it, you can quickly tell its not real. i wasnt bad at first — the following is a one of the first times i used this — its about a conversation i had with dave and carter after a show iin birmingham, and talking about the previous night in atlanta, back in 1995 ( i didnt know they were all archived unbtil i was looking for an old example for you trin——….::::
""…—-dave was talking about the differences in the setlists the
two nights….. carter said it would be cool, but he just didnt know (thanked
me for telling him)…about the .net….. "it is the people like you that
make us who we are" …. """
over time, the … and — have increased.
why do i still do it? — habit at this point…….
but its dave matthews' fault.
i txt like that — i write doctorate papers like that — and i dont even realise i'm doing it until i read the thing. (i edit the uni papers, obviously, but if i'm not turning it in, then i dont worry about no caps,, or no apostraphies, because most of the time yall know what im talking about anyway.
having said that — trin—- the post above that made you ask this question is especially bad, which usually means im tired as *****.
— easier said than done, though
but i didnt realise it read poorly — i'll *try* to do better
you asked
:):)
unforgiven —- gene hackman as little bill dagget
"i don't deserve this….to die like this. i was building a house"
bachelor party vegas — kal penn as z-bob
chuck liddell (iceman): "only thing each of you has to decide is how you want to die'"
kal penn (z-bob): '"uh, i'll take overdosing on viagra with teenage *****s when I'm 90"
the untouchables — billy drago as frank nitty
(referring to having murdered sean connery, says to e.ness (cotner))
"he died screaming like a stuck Irish pig"
so ness throws him off a building.
i had several i my head earlier, that im blanking on —
–one (at least) in snatch- when boris the blade died
–nosferatu
–malkovitch's character in con air
etc etc
at this point, i kinda hope astraya does like…3 follow up lists (or at least one)
Apocalypse Now rated higher? Um – try reverse chronological order!
Great list!
Cool
Not the divine name?
The Terminator: Here. I cannot self-terminate. You must lower me into the steel.
[Sarah lowers him into steel]
The Terminator: Good-bye.
-Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Epic quote dood
I’ve watched 2 films only…don’t know the rest.wEw
Cool list, possible inclusions might have been:
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: What is your major malfunction, numbnuts? Didn't Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?
(from Full Metal Jacket)
Boromir: I would have followed you, my captain, my king….
Happy birthday Jamie!
Kudos on the FMJ quote, freaking awesome quote.
not exactly the last line of the movie, but yes kudos on the FMJ line
Alan Rickman…*drool*
On a side note, Batty's death in Blade Runner makes me cry like a ***** whenever I watch it. I always think of it when I go to a funeral.
Braveheart was a good film but didn't won any awards!
No none at all, apart from the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing and Best Make-Up. seriously no awards at all….
dumbass
@rain: [insert typewritten nonsense here]
doug13 — it confuses everyone when you keep changing your userid like this……..
learn how to speak moron
calm down and don't hate! chances are you can only speak 1 language; Those are the only ppl who nark on individuals with ESL broken grammar
"Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?" – Little Caesar
"Farewell Harold, it's been such fun". – Harold & Maude
"How fast are you going to run? As fast as a leopard. Then let's see you do it." – Gallipoli
Life should be scripted so as we go out, we all get the chance to say something memorable. I don't think "ssshhhhiiitttt!" will stand the test of time.
"I don't think "ssshhhhiiitttt!" will stand the test of time. " ha ha funny
Sorry to sound like a killjoy, but William Wallace would never would have been able to shout FREEDOM!! Because he was hung, drawn and quartered. And by the time that he was lying on the rack, his intestines, heart and testicles would all have been chopped off. So, he`d be braindead, incapable of saying anything. Plus, before he was executed, he`d been tied to the back of a horse and cart, stripped naked, dragged for miles through the streets to Smithfield Market, so he would still have still felt awful. Don`t you wish we could do that to that jackass Alex "I didn`t think Colonel Gadaffi would celebrate a terrorist returned to Libya," Salmond?
we are not going for historical accuracy…..look at the name of the list…shud give u a clue…
A few points:
Firstly, as Geronimo points out, it isn't a historically accurate film. Secondly, Alex Salmond did not release Abdelsat al-Megrahi, Kenny MacAskill did. Thirdly, the Libyans didn't celebrate the return of "a terrorist"; the Libyans don't believe he is a terrorist. They and he have protested their innocence ever since he was first accused.
This is going off topic, but he should never have been convicted anyway. There is no actual evidence linking him with the bombing, he never admitted to it and there is in fact plenty of evidence to suggest the Iranians were behind it.
Yeah, but MacAskill was working for Salmond. And what happened to-"he has three months to live." And the thought that they didn`t celebrate that guy returning is.. Well, ridiculous. If waving Libyan and Scottish Flags, and cheering him as if he`s some kind of all-conquering hero, when he returned, what is? And can you REMEMBER what Colonel Gadaffi was once like? He was called "The Mad Dog of The Middle East," The World`s Number One State Sponsor of Terror," "we can`t let this madman have the bomb," "The World`s Number One Terrorist.." Sounds just like something we say about Osama Bin Laden, Iran or North Korea doesn`t it? You probably don`t remember when the bastard supported the IRA, (I`ll support the Irish freedom fighters as lond as I can) PLO, the Badder Meinhoff Gang, the Red Army, ETA, basically, every terrorist group which existed at that time, the Yvonne Fletcher murder, and it now turns out, we`ve been training this guys Army. It`s ridiculous.
Um, as I recall in the movie Wallace had been hung and they were in the process of castrating and drawing him (removing his intestines and other sundry organs) but he was still very much alive. He yelled Freedom while they were in the process of killing him. The drawing process was excuciating but was meant to draw out the death as a lesson to others.
kick ass list , this could be like a 10-parter …..
Remember Rod Steiger’s final line in “The Specialist”?
“You bastardo!!!”
I just watched 2001 last weekend for the 4th time and that scene was as chilly as ever.
That really happened many many years ago.
In a lovely rural town, my parent's hometown, there was an old and rich man dying and is home was cluttered with unknown people who dropped by to see the rich old wreck give his soul back to Creator, and maybe steal some objects.
his wife entered his room:
-They all came here to see you, what you want me to say to them, dear?
Grins at the old lady:
-Tell them to go get it up the ass … –
the man sighed his last breath…. Rideau.
No Gone With The Wind? "Frankly My Dear, I Don`t Give A Damn." I love that. I wouldn`t have said that though. I`m likely to have said, "I couldn`t give a *****, you two-timing slag." That`s what happens in real life.
Um – *dying* lines?! Who died after saying "Frankly My Dear (etc)"?
David, you miss two things here –
1. It's not a dying line.
2. Show's infinitely more class than "I couldn't give a *****.. etc"
It's all about having a bit of class, brother.
I think he was thinking dying lines as in lines that wouldnt appear anymore in movies. I might be wrong here but that what i thought when i read the list title. (and strangely i thought of thag frankly my dear line too).
Yeah, sorry, that`s what I did think..
when i saw this list my eyes lit up and a smile spread across my face
great idea, although it could have been longer.
There were just too many choices. I had to stop somewhere!
where's line from Scarface, when Tony Montana dies?
(in incredibly fake-sounding Cuban accent) Say "Hello" to my little friend!"
Up his nose.
zing!
Wicked Witch of the West (Wizard of Oz): "You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! melting! Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness? Oooooh, look out! I'm going! Oooooh! Ooooooh!"
That was on my "reserve" list. If I'd had 15 on the list, that would have been one of them.
Yay! There's a list writer here who doesn't hate Titanic!
quote from it = don't hate it?
It ain't necessarily so!
Well, acknowledging that it isn't all rubbish is a good step forward for listverse.
quote from it = it isn't all rubbish?
It ain't etc
You know what I mean…
I was disapointed at how little you wrote.
How much were you expecting? These movies are all more than slightly famous, so all I needed to do was give a brief description of the character's death, which is the context for the line.
Funny – I was disappointed you wrote so much Gabriel.
"Take the tunnel, it will be faster" Princess Diana
create your own name you idiot
Using 'Brock' is like using 'Dread Pirate Roberts' in Princess Bride. There's no actual 'Brock' figure. It's a title handed down from one to another, although in this case, it is from idiot to idiot. The name immediately conjures up images of a eighteen year old overweight loser sitting in his mother's basement desperately trying to masturbate to shampoo adverts.
using billy means you`re gay
Is that really the best you can do? You took three hours to come up with that?
Billy, you are my new hero.
wow you`re such a fag you mean you sit here 24/7 and wait for my reply wow just wow
haha hilarious dude…
ha ha clever
ur rude!
"Over my dead body!" – Lord Nelson in Trafalgar Battle Surgeon, available on 4od.
wow i am sure people really care about 1941 movie seriously stop living in the past
Yeah, I mean it's not like it's widely accepted that Citizen Kane is one of, if not the best movie of all time….
Ok, next time you want to post a comment follow these instructions:
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b) annoying -> go to step 4
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3. You may now post your comment.
4. SHUT UP!
Um, your post contains the word "first".
Um, um, so does mine.
So what do we say if Stephen Furst comes up with a great line? We want to write about the time he said, "You and what army?" just before the guy hiding in the corner lets go of the rope and drops the 16-ton weight on him, and we have to say, "Stephen You-Know-Who had this great dying line…"
yeah Because "Pirahna 3D" is so much better than all these…………………………………
BOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Is that the real brock or the pretend brock?
its the fake one some fag is trying to bring bad reputation to me
i duno that diana joke was pretty funny…….
it was funny- knew it could'nt be the real brock
Dallas is lovely in November-J F K
"This is a nice view"-M L K
what the hell???
hehehehe
Oh I don't think he needs to give you bad reputation. You managed that all on your own already….
“did i clean the barrel of my shotgun” hemingway
“Punch me!! I can take it” houdini
“Shoot! They’re blanks” brandon lee.
" FULL SPEED AHEAD" – Titanic captain
" Sure is hot out here for gloves O.J." -Nicole Brown Simpson
""Ofcourse I love you Courtney" Kurt Cobain
"someone smell smoke?"-Hindenburg passenger
"I had the time of my life" Patrick Swayze
“woooow aeroplaaa….” hiroshima rezident
“it moves sooo fast” bridget driscoll
“Look muslims. Salam alekum, sir… Arabs are so peaceful, Mary. Yes they are Ben” 9/11 passenger
“this tastes like chicken” radium girls
“its glows in the dark” Marie Curie
“Christianity is the religion of peace” crusader
“Almost forgot my ticket” Hindenburg passenger
excellent on the Radium girls
"Theater tickets ,tonight Mary?"- Abe Lincoln
"Sure I can fly" – J F K JR.
"It's just a cold "-Rock Hudson
"What a nice shower" polish jew
" Are we really going to the lake this time Mommy?- Susan Smiths oldest son
hahaha sorry i just gotta rate this up
“it’ll cost you 2 shillings.” Mary An Nichols
“is my hair straight?” Marie Antoinette
“condom? What for?” Freddy mercury
“Did i take my pills tonight” merlyn monroe
“cool! The fridge is moving!” haiti citizen
“Ill make the biggest profit ever” wall street banker 1929.
This is getting more and more difficult but its sure fun
"Sure is windy in here"- Challenger crew
" Could I have ice in my Kool-Aid?"- Jonestown member
" I can always trust the handeling in this car"-James Dean
"One more shot should do the trick,then then i'll get a peacefully nights sleep"- Michael Jackson
" Does anyone know who's Ryder truck is parked out front?"- Oklahoma city security guard
“love bites” timothy treadwell
“im tired with crocs. Ill try fish tomorrow” steve irwin
“lets see if this horse is any match for superman”
Animal planet
Damn it. Last one was cristopher reeve
"Are you sure your God, Dave?, 'cause the F B I 'S here"- Waco "believer"
"Happy fathers day Dad"- marvin gaye
"It's just heartburn"-Jim Morrison
"Right here in this chair looks like a nice place to pass out"-Jimi Hendrix
I like the fake brock better than the older one
“Im gonna take this turn sideways” Ayrton senna
“i forgot to flush” Elvis presley
I think thats the last one it was a great run though
Agreed!
"BOOOOOOOOOOOO!" – that guy that got stabbed at the end of To Kill a Mockingbird – right?!?
nah…..it was hellokitty's baby daddy before he got run over by a hippopotamuss.
?..
………….kitteh-daddy?
awww, ***** it…
you know what i mean……………..
I think i already said this one in another commeng.
“C’est l’histoire d’une societe qui tombe et qui au fur et à mesure de sa chute se répète sans cesse pour se rassurer: ‘jusqu’ici tout va bien, jusqu’ici tout va bien, jusqu’ici tout va bien’. L’important c’est pas la chute, c’est l’atterrissage.” La haine
Some great line that arent necessarely in english.
I think I already said this one in another commenting: "Risteubeoseu-eseo peurangseu-eoreul malhaneun saramee jeongmal cheokhaeyo!"
My knowledge of French extends to ordering a cup of coffee and a train ticket in Paris, and the musical directions on the Debussy Preludes. (A little bit more than that, but you get the idea.) The chances of my knowing any lines of any French films are pretty slim. As I said in the intro – add any more. Could you please tell me which film, which character and WTF it means?
Well its a story of 3 guys from a french ghetto (vinz jewish, hubert black and saïd arab) and at the end a policeman points a gun to vinz’s head and accidentaly pulls the trigger, killing him. Hubert then takes his gun (there is history to this gun too. In a riot a policeman kills a friend of vinz. Vinz finds a gun (dropped by the police) and seaches for revenge, kill a cop. Hubert is against this, he thinks violence leads to more violence and at the end vinz hands his gun to hubert, pbbly a symbol that he will try to change, become peaceful) and points it to the cops head, the cop dies the same thing. And the narrator, as hubert’s voice says: “its the history of a society in free fall and as it falls it repeats to itself unceasingly: its all good till now (x3). Important is not the fall, (everything goes black now and we hear a gun shot) but the landing”
The movie i said La haine.
The thing is you said classic lines not famous lines. I think many french would consider this a classic line, jfrater already added it to another list and said its his fav french film. Sometimes a list should include an item of something new, unless you want the comments to permanently turn around the godfather and a few others. You are australian, you said you were a teacher in SK. Im sure you have classic australian movies and koreeans have theirs.
But this is just my 2 eurocents.
PS: “The chances of my knowing any lines of any French films are pretty slim.” well i dont speak german, spanish, italian, russian but thats doesnt stop me searching for subtitles and taking a peek at another culture. As someone who lived in other cultures, i think you know that living in a bubble isnt very fun.
So you come from a former communist country but can't speak russian.
So let me tick those out … done!
I have watched a number of movies from a number of countries, but very few of them involve anyone dying. (Yes, some of them involve people making love a lot, but that's another story.)
@mordechai: ooups. I better shut up
Another great dying line from a French film:
"C'est vraiment degueullasse".
Dont lie to the kids Woyzeck. The only great dying line from movie of that era is “argggaa haaaaooou…… arghhhoooaa” from les diaboliques.
"Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Aramathia. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the Castle of Aaauuuggghhh"
Ok…..that was good!
"Aaauuuggghhh?"
Isn't there a Saint Aaauuuggghhhes in Cornwall?
What is your name?"
"Sir Robin"
"What is your quest"
"To find the Holy Grail"
"What is your favourite colour?"
"Red, no blue Arrrrrrgggghhhh"
Although it's not technically a dying line, you should have put : "Fly you fools!" by Gandalf. I know that he ressurrected at the sequel, but you should at least have put it as a bonus.
Tony Montana: Go ahead! I take your f***ing bullets! You think you kill me with bullets? I take your f***ing bullets! Go ahead!
Not on film but in real life,the actor Peter Cushing was sat opposite his wife in matching fireside chairs,the fire ablaze and Mrs Cushing doing embroidery.Apparently Peter put down his book and said to his wife,"You know,I do love you,very,very much." He then closed his eyes and died.
Sorry its a bit off topic…
But worth it. What a beautiful story.
thanks for the comment atty. Every time i leave someone I love even for a short while, the last thing I say is "I love you" – just in case something unexpected happens and they die. I hope when my time comes I can go as gracefully as Mr. Cushing.
Vidal fueled the fire in 89.
"Rosebud" was rumored to be the pet name that William Randolph Hearst gave his mistress, the actress Marion Davies's clitoris.
Davies herself speading the personal info, most likely during one of her drunken soirees. Mankiewicz (co-writer of Kane) was close to her during a time and the possibility is there that made it to be that "Kane/Hearst died with Rosebud on his lips"
Although, Welles himself said it was just some paltry parlor trick, a "Freudian gag" or cheap filmatic device and that he was rather embarrassed by the attention given to the dying word uttered. But his film FAKE, shows his love for magic and deceit, and it's by no means unthinkable that he would have gotten a kick out of not revealing the other slant to the meaning, if it were in fact true.
"Rosebud" I love using this word daily. People even call me this instead of my birth name.
Diogenes:” rumored to be the pet name that William Randolph Hearst gave his mistress, the actress Marion Davies’s clitoris”
How many people call is this name? Is it hygienic?
OMG i didnt even notice you got a birth name. That weird. Hey nicknames are fun but actual birth name. Thats extreme.
Then you may have to change your name to snickerswoman.
As soon as I read the title of the list I was kind of hoping not to see Titanic there. Guess what was the first I saw?
Um, Titanic?
HAHAHAHAHA! I did that just to annoy you.
"Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold."
Oh man… two thumbs up, Hiro.
Thank you for reminding me of "The Outsiders". What a glorious book and movie.
Good list except for Citizen Kane. I loathe that movie. It's BORING.
Sometimes I believe you only exist to say asinine things. Why do you haunt me, FlameHorse?
There's a list of Most Boring Movies. You should post this this comment there as well. I'm tired of hearing how boring "A.I." was.
The point isn't whether you loathe that movie or whether it's BORING. The point is that it's a classic dying line. You can't deny that.
That was my thought the first time I watched it, but I was studying it at school, so had to watch it a few more times. After *****ysing it and getting to know the characters, it's now one of my favourite movies, and a great choice for the number 1 spot here
What about Ron Jeremy (playing himself) in the sci-fi/horror spoof One-Eyed Monster? "Hey, remember that time I f**cked that chick!?"
Look ma, I made it, top of the world.
astraya "Risteubeoseu-eseo peurangseu-eoreul malhaneun saramee jeongmal cheokhaeyo!" that's korean, no?
Good list by the way.
Majayo!
Gomaweoyo!
Cool list. Really pleased to see Roy Batty's dying lines from Blade Runner in here… still gives me goosebumps to this very day.
I don't know about everyone else but I cried when HAL died…
This is for Mathilda.
From Léon.
Cool list! And as a (not so interesting?) sidenote, hubby and I just had a Godfather marathon this weekend as he had never seen them before. They´re kind of burned into my memory at the moment so all I can think of is my favorite line: Leave the gun, take the cannoli. Not a dying line exactly but does it count if someone had just been shot?
I love this list. Figures it came from astraya…always entertaining.
Finally a list from the smart ass
Good one
Thanks, Dard!
The smart is on Mum's side of the family. The ass is on yours.
Finally a list from the smart ass
ROGER
“It's under the bed”
BRETT
“Yes”
FOURTH GUY
“I don't understand”
MARVIN
“I don't even have an opinion”
i thought someone would have guessed by now – last words of the four guys from Pulp Fiction –
"I said does Marsellus Wallace look like a *****!"
Nice idea for a list astraya. I also liked your short but sweet descriptions. You’re right; all of these are classics so no need to draw it out. The one that came to my mind immediately was this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcW_Ygs6hm0
However I don’t think it would be called words or lines.
Well if you're going into this direction already, why not do it really oldschool Wilhelm &Howie screams the classic dying sounds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srV-YKzt8oU
me too – i keep thinking of death scenes but its the sounds they make just before dying, not words
Hi guys, great list. I think the words out of Mahatama Gandhi's mouth when he was shot to death by gunmen as potrayed by Ben Kingsley in "Gandhi" are worth mentioning.
So would you like to mention them?
“no-ones wiener is big enough to kill you …” all bluesman’s victims
“a little off the top please ” Ann Boleyn
Great list, Astraya!
My suggestion is from Lord of the Rings:
"I know it was you, Frodo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!"
Um, Gollum?
This should include Spock's death scene from Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan "I have been and always shall be your friend."
Since we seem to be doing Monty Python today…
"WHAT is your name?"
"Sir Galahad of Camelot!"
"WHAT is your quest?"
"I seek the grail."
"WHAT is your favourite colour?"
"Blue. No -"
Idea for a movie list –
Top 10 Movie Scenes After Someone Yells “Oh *****”
(I was watching a movie when this came to me)
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid's Jump into the Gorge. (9 more to go)
hee hee – good one!
The war zone: ray winstone crashes the car. And helps her wife to give birth.
British movie about incest, directed about Tim Roth. Its freakin heartbreaking how the chick in that lovie cries ans the rape scene is gruesome.
The Working Man's Estimate: One "OH *****" cancels out a hundred "Attaboys."
Especially on a BP rig.
Bambi's mom: "Keep running"
Sorry, but I still get sad when I watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eHr-9_6hCg
Not joking – this is the first hateful thought I ever had for my mother – she took my brother and I to see Bambi in the theater – just as the scene you posted ended, I have the distinct memory of turning my head and looking at her, and though I didn’t know the EFF word at the time, my thought was something along the line of “what the ***** was that? You brought me to see this *****?!”
I won’t even go in to Old Yeller – Walt was a sicko.
"The intriguing thing is that Kane is alone when he dies, so no-one hears his dying word."
I think there is a nurse in the room who hears Kane say "rosebud"
She doesn't enter until after he says the word and drops the snowglobe. Something about that scene has always bugged me…
the butler is in the room aswell we actually see kanes death from his p.o.v u learn this when the reporter talks to him later in the film
"What we have here, is a failure to communicate…" – BLAM – Cool Hand Luke
Certainly deserved a place.
Really?? I must have missed that one. I'm off to fall on my sword.
“I’m melting… Melting… Oh what a world”
- Wicked Witch of the West
Enjoyed the list thanks Im not a movie buff, but I enjoyed Braveheart and I echo what segues wrote about BladeRunner that was a brilliant movie.
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