"Martin hates boats. Martin hates water. Martin... Martin sits in his car when we go on the ferry to the mainland. I guess it's a childhood thing. It's a... there's a clinical name for it isn't there?"
That last quote, by the way, is used as the name of the production company that distributes the TV show "House."
ok, a little more, but no giveaway clues yet...
"Anyway, we delivered the bomb."
Oh, that does it. gotta be "Jaws"
As a studious amateur student of WWII, as one who knows a little more about the Pacific war that the European war, as one who knows more about the Manhatten project and A-bomb training and delivery than anything else, and as one who knows a lot about the "Indianapolis" delivery of the bomb, it's sinking by a Japanese sub shortly after the delivery, and the subsequent court-martial of its Captain (McVay), that little scene from the movie sticks in my mind, whereas the earlier quotes did nothing for me.
Yea, in more recent years since I have become familiar with that part of history, that scene rings a bell whenever I have seen the movie, whereas it probably doesn't ring anyone else's bell at all. It was the greatest wartime disaster at sea (as opposed to Pearl Harbor, which was not considered 'at sea') in the history of the navy in terms of lives lost. Of course, in the several days the survivors of the attack were floundering in the water, several were lost to sharks.
I recently referred to this movie (from which the quotes below are from) without naming it.
"...how many times have I told you guys that I don't want no horsing around on the airplane?"
"I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolph Hitler."
"Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American People than
"There's an old saying, 'First customer of the day is always the trouble!' But like I say, I'm in no mood for it, so I'm gonna treat you so fair and square that you won't have one human reason to give me..."
"Can I trade my car in and take another?"
"Do anything you've a mind to. Bein' a woman, you will. That yours?"
"Yes, it's just that - there's nothing wrong with it. I just..."
"Sick of the sight of it! Well, why don't you have a look around here and see if there's somethin' that strikes your eyes, and meanwhile I'll have my mechanic give yours the once over. You want some coffee? I was just about..."
"No, thank you. I'm in a hurry. I just want to make a change, and..."
"One thing people never oughtta be when they're buyin' used cars, and that's in a hurry. But like I said, it's too nice a day to argue. I'll uh - shoot your car in the garage here."
"Yes. Uh... I didn't intend to sleep so long. I almost had an accident last night, from sleepiness. So I decided to pull over."
"You slept here all night?"
"Yes. As I said, I couldn't keep my eyes open."
"There are plenty of motels in this area. You should've... I mean, just to be safe."
"I didn't intend to sleep all night! I just pulled over. Have I broken any laws?"
"No, ma'am."
"Then I'm free to go?"
"Is anything wrong?"
"Of course not. Am I acting as if there's something wrong?"
"Frankly, yes."
"Please... I'd like to go."
"Well, is there?"
Is there what? I've told you there's nothing wrong, except that I'm in a hurry and you're taking up my time."
"Now, just a moment! Turn off your motor, please. May I see your license?"
"Why?"
"Please."
"I'm in no mood for trouble."
"What?"
"There's an old saying, 'First customer of the day is always the trouble!' But like I say, I'm in no mood for it, so I'm gonna treat you so fair and square that you won't have one human reason to give me..."
"Can I trade my car in and take another?"
"Do anything you've a mind to. Bein' a woman, you will. That yours?"
"Yes, it's just that - there's nothing wrong with it. I just..."
"Sick of the sight of it! Well, why don't you have a look around here and see if there's somethin' that strikes your eyes, and meanwhile I'll have my mechanic give yours the once over. You want some coffee? I was just about..."
"No, thank you. I'm in a hurry. I just want to make a change, and..."
"One thing people never oughtta be when they're buyin' used cars, and that's in a hurry. But like I said, it's too nice a day to argue. I'll uh - shoot your car in the garage here."
"It's the first time the customer ever high-pressured the salesman. I figure roughly... your car plus seven hundred dollars."
"Seven hundred dollars?"
"You always got time to argue money, huh?"
"Heck, Officer, that was the first time I ever saw the customer high-pressure the salesman! Somebody chasin' her?"
"I better have a look at those papers, Charlie."
"She look like the wrong-one to you?"
"Acted like one."
The only funny thing, she paid me seven hundred dollars in cash."
"Yes. Uh... I didn't intend to sleep so long. I almost had an accident last night, from sleepiness. So I decided to pull over."
"You slept here all night?"
"Yes. As I said, I couldn't keep my eyes open."
"There are plenty of motels in this area. You should've... I mean, just to be safe."
"I didn't intend to sleep all night! I just pulled over. Have I broken any laws?"
"No, ma'am."
"Then I'm free to go?"
"Is anything wrong?"
"Of course not. Am I acting as if there's something wrong?"
"Frankly, yes."
"Please... I'd like to go."
"Well, is there?"
Is there what? I've told you there's nothing wrong, except that I'm in a hurry and you're taking up my time."
"Now, just a moment! Turn off your motor, please. May I see your license?"
"Why?"
"Please."
"I'm in no mood for trouble."
"What?"
"There's an old saying, 'First customer of the day is always the trouble!' But like I say, I'm in no mood for it, so I'm gonna treat you so fair and square that you won't have one human reason to give me..."
"Can I trade my car in and take another?"
"Do anything you've a mind to. Bein' a woman, you will. That yours?"
"Yes, it's just that - there's nothing wrong with it. I just..."
"Sick of the sight of it! Well, why don't you have a look around here and see if there's somethin' that strikes your eyes, and meanwhile I'll have my mechanic give yours the once over. You want some coffee? I was just about..."
"No, thank you. I'm in a hurry. I just want to make a change, and..."
"One thing people never oughtta be when they're buyin' used cars, and that's in a hurry. But like I said, it's too nice a day to argue. I'll uh - shoot your car in the garage here."
"It's the first time the customer ever high-pressured the salesman. I figure roughly... your car plus seven hundred dollars."
"Seven hundred dollars?"
"You always got time to argue money, huh?"
"Heck, Officer, that was the first time I ever saw the customer high-pressure the salesman! Somebody chasin' her?"
"I better have a look at those papers, Charlie."
"She look like the wrong-one to you?"
"Acted like one."
The only funny thing, she paid me seven hundred dollars in cash."
"They're probably watching me. Well, let them. Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly...' "
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm not ignoring you. I just don't know this one, so far. I just hope it isn't one of those I'll for not knowing, like "The Great Escape" a while back.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm not ignoring you. I just don't know this one, so far. I just hope it isn't one of those I'll for not knowing, like "The Great Escape" a while back.
I think you're hoping in vain, especially after the last quote I posted.
Maybe. One of the reasons I had to do that with "Escape" is that I had been professing to be a knowledgable Steve McQueen fan, having before then gone with "The Blob" on this forum.
In the meantime, is anyone else following? I do this because when I'm up, I like to at least know that someone is trying or thinking about my clues.
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Crimson Tide?
GeorgeStGeorge
I'm guessing that WW won't mind my adding a clue: the movie starred Danny Kaye. George
WordWolf
Once again, you posted a quote from a movie, where you could have posted 1/2 the script without me getting it, except for the one quote you posted. This was from early on in "Red Dawn."
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No, this is "The Island," isn't it?
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I don't know if I get two guesses, but since Raf popped one in between, could it be "Gattaca"?
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Sorry, George. Raf is right, the movie is "The Island".
Raf, your turn!
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"Martin hates boats. Martin hates water. Martin... Martin sits in his car when we go on the ferry to the mainland. I guess it's a childhood thing. It's a... there's a clinical name for it isn't there?"
"Drowning."
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"That's some bad hat, Harry."
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GeorgeStGeorge
Seems familiar, but I think we need a couple more clues, Raf.
George
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Sorry. Busy.
That last quote, by the way, is used as the name of the production company that distributes the TV show "House."
ok, a little more, but no giveaway clues yet...
"Anyway, we delivered the bomb."
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Oh, that does it. gotta be "Jaws"
As a studious amateur student of WWII, as one who knows a little more about the Pacific war that the European war, as one who knows more about the Manhatten project and A-bomb training and delivery than anything else, and as one who knows a lot about the "Indianapolis" delivery of the bomb, it's sinking by a Japanese sub shortly after the delivery, and the subsequent court-martial of its Captain (McVay), that little scene from the movie sticks in my mind, whereas the earlier quotes did nothing for me.
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To avoid any need for a "sorry busy" statement, I will go right at it...if Raf says I am wrong, ignore this post.
"...how many times have I told you guys that I don't want no horsing around on the airplane?"
"Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American People than with your image in the history books."
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Jaws was correct, fyi
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Yea, in more recent years since I have become familiar with that part of history, that scene rings a bell whenever I have seen the movie, whereas it probably doesn't ring anyone else's bell at all. It was the greatest wartime disaster at sea (as opposed to Pearl Harbor, which was not considered 'at sea') in the history of the navy in terms of lives lost. Of course, in the several days the survivors of the attack were floundering in the water, several were lost to sharks.
I recently referred to this movie (from which the quotes below are from) without naming it.
"...how many times have I told you guys that I don't want no horsing around on the airplane?"
"I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolph Hitler."
"Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American People than
with your image in the history books."
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GeorgeStGeorge
"Independence Day"?
George
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Lifted Up
nope.
"...how many times have I told you guys that I don't want no horsing around on the airplane?"
"I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolph Hitler."
"Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American People than
with your image in the history books."
"A-A-Am I to understand the *Russian* ambassador is to be admitted entrance to th-the War Room?"
"That is correct, he is here on my orders."
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WordWolf
Ok, I recognize that last one.
"Doctor Strangelove.
Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb."
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Lifted Up
Correct.
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"I'm in no mood for trouble."
"What?"
"There's an old saying, 'First customer of the day is always the trouble!' But like I say, I'm in no mood for it, so I'm gonna treat you so fair and square that you won't have one human reason to give me..."
"Can I trade my car in and take another?"
"Do anything you've a mind to. Bein' a woman, you will. That yours?"
"Yes, it's just that - there's nothing wrong with it. I just..."
"Sick of the sight of it! Well, why don't you have a look around here and see if there's somethin' that strikes your eyes, and meanwhile I'll have my mechanic give yours the once over. You want some coffee? I was just about..."
"No, thank you. I'm in a hurry. I just want to make a change, and..."
"One thing people never oughtta be when they're buyin' used cars, and that's in a hurry. But like I said, it's too nice a day to argue. I'll uh - shoot your car in the garage here."
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"Uh... hold it there. In quite a hurry."
"Yes. Uh... I didn't intend to sleep so long. I almost had an accident last night, from sleepiness. So I decided to pull over."
"You slept here all night?"
"Yes. As I said, I couldn't keep my eyes open."
"There are plenty of motels in this area. You should've... I mean, just to be safe."
"I didn't intend to sleep all night! I just pulled over. Have I broken any laws?"
"No, ma'am."
"Then I'm free to go?"
"Is anything wrong?"
"Of course not. Am I acting as if there's something wrong?"
"Frankly, yes."
"Please... I'd like to go."
"Well, is there?"
Is there what? I've told you there's nothing wrong, except that I'm in a hurry and you're taking up my time."
"Now, just a moment! Turn off your motor, please. May I see your license?"
"Why?"
"Please."
"I'm in no mood for trouble."
"What?"
"There's an old saying, 'First customer of the day is always the trouble!' But like I say, I'm in no mood for it, so I'm gonna treat you so fair and square that you won't have one human reason to give me..."
"Can I trade my car in and take another?"
"Do anything you've a mind to. Bein' a woman, you will. That yours?"
"Yes, it's just that - there's nothing wrong with it. I just..."
"Sick of the sight of it! Well, why don't you have a look around here and see if there's somethin' that strikes your eyes, and meanwhile I'll have my mechanic give yours the once over. You want some coffee? I was just about..."
"No, thank you. I'm in a hurry. I just want to make a change, and..."
"One thing people never oughtta be when they're buyin' used cars, and that's in a hurry. But like I said, it's too nice a day to argue. I'll uh - shoot your car in the garage here."
"It's the first time the customer ever high-pressured the salesman. I figure roughly... your car plus seven hundred dollars."
"Seven hundred dollars?"
"You always got time to argue money, huh?"
"Heck, Officer, that was the first time I ever saw the customer high-pressure the salesman! Somebody chasin' her?"
"I better have a look at those papers, Charlie."
"She look like the wrong-one to you?"
"Acted like one."
The only funny thing, she paid me seven hundred dollars in cash."
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"Uh... hold it there. In quite a hurry."
"Yes. Uh... I didn't intend to sleep so long. I almost had an accident last night, from sleepiness. So I decided to pull over."
"You slept here all night?"
"Yes. As I said, I couldn't keep my eyes open."
"There are plenty of motels in this area. You should've... I mean, just to be safe."
"I didn't intend to sleep all night! I just pulled over. Have I broken any laws?"
"No, ma'am."
"Then I'm free to go?"
"Is anything wrong?"
"Of course not. Am I acting as if there's something wrong?"
"Frankly, yes."
"Please... I'd like to go."
"Well, is there?"
Is there what? I've told you there's nothing wrong, except that I'm in a hurry and you're taking up my time."
"Now, just a moment! Turn off your motor, please. May I see your license?"
"Why?"
"Please."
"I'm in no mood for trouble."
"What?"
"There's an old saying, 'First customer of the day is always the trouble!' But like I say, I'm in no mood for it, so I'm gonna treat you so fair and square that you won't have one human reason to give me..."
"Can I trade my car in and take another?"
"Do anything you've a mind to. Bein' a woman, you will. That yours?"
"Yes, it's just that - there's nothing wrong with it. I just..."
"Sick of the sight of it! Well, why don't you have a look around here and see if there's somethin' that strikes your eyes, and meanwhile I'll have my mechanic give yours the once over. You want some coffee? I was just about..."
"No, thank you. I'm in a hurry. I just want to make a change, and..."
"One thing people never oughtta be when they're buyin' used cars, and that's in a hurry. But like I said, it's too nice a day to argue. I'll uh - shoot your car in the garage here."
"It's the first time the customer ever high-pressured the salesman. I figure roughly... your car plus seven hundred dollars."
"Seven hundred dollars?"
"You always got time to argue money, huh?"
"Heck, Officer, that was the first time I ever saw the customer high-pressure the salesman! Somebody chasin' her?"
"I better have a look at those papers, Charlie."
"She look like the wrong-one to you?"
"Acted like one."
The only funny thing, she paid me seven hundred dollars in cash."
"They're probably watching me. Well, let them. Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly...' "
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I don't know about anyone else, but I'm not ignoring you. I just don't know this one, so far. I just hope it isn't one of those I'll
for not knowing, like "The Great Escape" a while back.
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I think you're hoping in vain, especially after the last quote I posted.
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Maybe. One of the reasons I had to do that with "Escape" is that I had been professing to be a knowledgable Steve McQueen fan, having before then gone with "The Blob" on this forum.
In the meantime, is anyone else following? I do this because when I'm up, I like to at least know that someone is trying or thinking about my clues.
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Steve!
Well, I'm following, but I ended up Googling the answer. I have not seen this movie, so I never would have gotten it anyway.
Maybe it's time for a more obvious hint?
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GeorgeStGeorge
If I don't know it (as in this case), I usually don't chime in unless there's been a long lull.
George
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