GREAT MOVIE DIALOGUE – ‘The Magnificent Seven’

GREAT MOVIE DIALOGUE – ‘The Magnificent Seven’

August 18, 2023 Alan Royle 2

  THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) When the inhabitants of a small Mexican village become fed up with being robbed and terrorized by a forty-strong bandit gang, led by Calvera (Eli Wallach), they send a delegation across the border into Texas to look for help. Everything of value in the village […]

GREAT MOVIE DIALOGUE – Twelve O’clock High (1949)

GREAT MOVIE DIALOGUE – Twelve O’clock High (1949)

August 3, 2023 Alan Royle 1

  TWELVE O’CLOCK HIGH (1949) It is the early days of World War Two and the USAAF is conducting daylight bombing raids over Nazi Germany and suffering heavy casualties. The 918th has been labelled the ‘hard luck’ Group, its morale at rock bottom and General Frank Savage (Gregory Peck) has […]

GREAT MOVIE DIALOGUE PT9

GREAT MOVIE DIALOGUE PT9

July 22, 2023 Alan Royle 0

  BEAU GESTE (1939)                        Beau Geste (Gary Cooper), as Schwartz shouts at the legionnaires, exhorting them to mutiny against Sgt. Markoff: ‘Wait a minute. I don’t know much about mutinies, but I do know it isn’t good form to […]

MEMORABLE MOVIE DIALOGUE – PT1.

MEMORABLE MOVIE DIALOGUE – PT1.

April 17, 2023 Alan Royle 4

                     TOMBSTONE (1993) Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday discuss gunfighter/killer Johnny Ringo: Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell): ‘What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does?’ Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer):  ‘A man like Ringo has got […]

GREAT MOVIE DIALOGUE – PT5.

GREAT MOVIE DIALOGUE – PT5.

February 28, 2021 Alan Royle 0

  SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) Once in a decade (or even longer) a masterpiece emerges in the cinematic world. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) is one such masterpiece. It has everything; a wonderful cast led by Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis, both at their brilliant best, supported by the […]

GREAT MOVIE DIALOGUE – PT2.

GREAT MOVIE DIALOGUE – PT2.

December 17, 2020 Alan Royle 0

I have an unashamedly enormous admiration for New Yorker screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s work. His most notable achievements in television and movie scripts are indeed impressive. He wrote the Broadway play A Few Good Men and adapted it into a movie screenplay in 1992. The American President (1995) is another of […]

GREAT MOVIE DIALOGUE – PT1.

GREAT MOVIE DIALOGUE – PT1.

November 23, 2020 Alan Royle 6

MEMORABLE MOVIE DIALOGUE Most genuine movie lovers will more than likely agree that the single most common ingredient that transforms a good movie into a most memorable one is the screenplay. Of course, strong acting performances are also vital, but even the best of actors and actresses cannot overcome a […]

Duck Soup (1933)

February 25, 2015 admin 0

  Groucho Marx (as Rufus T. Firefly): ‘I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought, I’d rather dance with the cows ’til you come home!’