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By Don Effenberger | Published Fri, Jan 29 2010 8:16 am
Folks really seemed to like one of my first weekly lists, the one dealing with memorable one-word lines of film dialogue — a single word so distinctive that you could actually identify the movie.
So, after months of mulling and pondering what creative thing I could do as a follow-up, I decided to break new ground and offer a list of similarly memorable two-word movie lines.
I’m sure there are other worthy two-word contenders, so feel free to contribute your nominees in the Comment section below.
But first, a treat for film-lovers everywhere: 100 great movies lines packed into just 200 seconds, courtesy of Liquid Generation.
On to the list:
One movie leads the way with three two-word lines:
• “Young Frankenstein,” with "Abby Normal," “What hump?” and “What knockers!”
Then come two films with two lines each:
• “Animal House,” with “Food fight!” and “Toga! Toga!”
• “The Wizard of Oz,” with “Toto, too?” and “I’m melting!”
And then here's the rest of my nominees in alphabetical order:
• “Attica! Attica!” — “Dog Day Afternoon”
• “Hello, Gorgeous” — “Funny Girl”
• “Here’s Johnny!” — “The Shining”
• “Hey, Stella!” — “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Marlon Brando, that former Minnesota schoolboy who attended Shattuck Military Academy, delivers one of the most memorable scenes in film history as Stanley Kowalski.
• “It’s Alive!” — “Frankenstein”
• “La-dee-da, la-dee-da.” (at the 1:20 and 5:55 marks) — “Annie Hall”
• "My Precious." — "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
• “They’re here.” — “Poltergeist”
• “Yeah, Baby” — “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery”
• And a Minnesota favorite: “You betcha.” — “Fargo”
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