Hi All,
Excellent thread.
Hmmm ... just concentrating on, as the thread asks, ones that usually don't make the list:
2001: a Space Odyssey, Dave Bowman: "Open the pod bay doors please Hal ..."
And the best delivered line ever in a comedy was by the little-known American actress Terri Garr playing Inga in Young Frankenstein here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9DO1...eature=related
at almost the 3:00 mark it is the one highlighted in
Red below in the script:
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “For the experiment to be a success, all of the body parts must be enlarged.”
Inga: “His veins, his feet, his hands, his organs vould all have to be increased in size.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: ... “Exactly.”
Inga: “He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: (pause) ... “That goes without saying.”
Inga:
“Woof.”
Igor: “He's going to be very popular.”
the script is funny, the delivery is amazing.
From earlier on in the same movie Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn) to Fredrick "No tongues ..." (again the delivery is everything ...)
I've watched that movie a hundred times and it's still funny every time. In fact, I'm going to watch it again right now.
And of course (as someone who spent 20-odd years in court-rooms) who could forget from The Castle:
"It's ... the vibe"
and
"Tell 'im he's dreamin' ..."
Best,
Les D