Comment from Annie on a recent post got me thinking… which movies can I quote, if not verbatim… close enough for government work… all the way through?
Here’s a “I’m a bit tipsy but these immediate sprang to mind” list:
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Star Wars
- Better Off Dead
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- His Girl Friday
- North by Northwest
- Rear Window
- How to Steal a Million
- The Thin Man
- The Thin Man Returns
- The Guns of Navarone
- The Great Escape
- The Magnificent Seven
- The Terminator
- Aliens
- Die Hard
- Arsenic and Old Lace
- Big Trouble in Little China
I’m sure I can think of others when it’s not midnight.
Man… that’s impressive.
I can sing the entire score of “Jesus Christ, Superstar.” Does that count?
Me too! it is the best road trip/house cleaning soundtrack ever
I’m pretty sure Andrew Lloyd Webbers take a point away.
(but I can also do JSS. and Evita)
I can also do the entire score of “Evita,” but I refrained from mentioning it. You know… out of humility.
Rocky Horror Picture Show!
Musicals don’t (can’t) count. That would mean that it’d be pretty much automatic for people to know: West Side Story, Cats, Oklahoma, Phantom, Big River, Caberet, Grease, Sound of Music, Chess, Damn Yankees, Gypsy, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler, Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors, Singing in the Rain, My Fair Lady, South Pacific, Le Mis, and Pajama Game.
Or so I’ve heard.
Not Man of La Mancha?
I only remember “The Impossible Dream”, “Dulcinea”, and the “I Like Him” songs from that.
That’s amazing, doc.
I know the entire score of that myself.
Thanks PC glad I could be an inspiration. But what about Ghostbusters?
when someone asks you if you’re a god, you say “YES” err excuse me “if you’re a TOD”
Yes, I can do Ghostbusters. Also The Princess Bride and Singin’ In The Rain.
On reflection, it’s not kosher to say I can do “His Girl Friday”. Most of it, though.
I could definitely do Raiders and Star Wars. Princess Bride, Life of Brian and Holy Grail. Plan 9. Amadeus.
Oh, Spinal Tap. Definitely Spinal Tap.
How could I have forgotten “The Princess Bride”?!??!
To do so is, of course, inconceivable.
Duck Soup, Horse Feathers, A Night at the Opera … (you get the idea)
The Princess Bride (The most quotable movie ever. Anyone who says differently is selling something.)
Some episodes of Sports Night (“The whole episode?” “The whole episode.” “Not just the Casey and Dan parts?” “The whole episode.” “You know, lots of people can do the Casey and Dan parts.” “Listen to what I’m telling you: The whole episode.” “OK, the whole episode.” “Anyway, Casey and Dan.”)
The Maltese Falcon (because when a film’s screenplay is that tight, you’re supposed to do something about it.)
Now that I think about it, I could probably make a creditable effort with “The Naked Gun.”
Blade Runner. Especially in my line of work.
You ever buy snakes from the Egyptian, Taffey?