While looking up one of my favourite movie quotations*, I was inspired to try to put together a top 10 list. Several classic musicals, several recurring names. In no particular order:
The Lion in Winter [1968; K. Hepburn, P. O'Toole]
The African Queen [1951; H. Bogart, K. Hepburn]
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner [1967; S. Tracy, K. Hepburn, S. Poitier]
Summer Stock [1950; J. Garland, G. Kelly]
My Fair Lady [1964; A. Hepburn, R. Harrison]
Kiss Me Kate [1953; K. Grayson, A. Miller, H. Keel]
The Shawshank Redemption [1994; T. Robbins, M. Freeman]
The Princess Bride [1987; C. Elwes, M. Patinkin, W. Shawn]
Hope and Glory [1987; S. Rice Edwards, S. Miles]
On the Town [1947; F. Sinatra, G. Kelly, A. Miller]
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* The quotation in question is from The Lion in Winter; Katherine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine: I made Louis take me on Crusade. I dressed my maids as Amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure and I damn near died of windburn... but the troops were dazzled!
The look of pride and ecstasy on her face as she delivers the line!
Posted by: kate at July 7, 2004 04:54 PMI agree, i love the line as well. I can also happily say I've seen a large majority of the films on this list. Very good choices in my opinion. :)
Posted by: Hannah at July 7, 2004 06:58 PMNice line. My fave line was delivered to Victor
Mature(?) playing Akhnaton(?) in an ancient Egypt
where everyone spoke in a Bronx accent. On doing
something wimpish, he was apostrophised by his
leading lady thus: "Call yaself a Pharoah!"