Famous last movie words
Can you match the film to the lines in their closing scene?
1 “Attaboy, Clarence.” 2 “You met me at a very strange time in my life.” 3 “I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.” 4 “All right, Mr DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” 5 “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. And like that, he is gone.” 6 “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” 7 “So long, partner.” 8 “Didn’t I promise you fireworks?” 9 “Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.” 10 “I’ll be right here.” 11 “Well, nobody’s perfect.” 12 “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” 13 “Auntie Em, there’s no place like home.” 14 “What is it?”
KONG: Skull Island is hoping for monster takings at the cinema box office this weekend.
But for many the 1933 Fay Wray original remains the definitive King Kong film.
It gave us this last line: “Oh no, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty that killed the beast.”
From Gone with the Wind to The Shawshank Redemption, we’ve found 34 of the best last lines of all time. How many can you reel off ?
“The, er, stuff that dreams are made of.” “Eh?”
15 “Oh. No, it’s not like that at all. He’s my brother.”
16 “Welcome to Hollywood! What’s your dream? Everybody comes here; this is Hollywood, land of dreams. Some dreams come true, some don’t; but keep on dreamin’ – this is Hollywood. Always time to dream, so keep on dreamin’.”
17 “The unknown future rolls towards us. I face it for the first time with a sense of hope. Because if a machine, a [blank] can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too.”
18 “This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.”
19 “It’s amazing, Molly, the love inside, you take it with you, see ya.”
20 “You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!”
21 “And do you think not being married to me might maybe be something you consider doing for the rest of your life? Do you?”, “I do.”
22 “I’ll go home, and I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.”
23 “I do wish we could chat longer, but I’m having an old friend for dinner...” “Dr Lecter? Dr Lecter? Dr Lecter? Dr
Lecter?”
24 “Kevin, what did you do to my room?”
25 “Hang on a minute, lads, I’ve got a great idea.”
26 “They’ll see and they’ll know, and they’ll say, ‘Why, she wouldn’t even harm a fly.’”
27 “I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.”
28 “You’re not an asshole, Mark. You’re just trying so hard to be.”
29 “Always look on the bright side of life.” 30 “I was cured all right.” 31 “Y’know, I used to hate the water...” “I can’t imagine why.”
32 “That son of a bitch is here. I saw it. I’m gonna get him.”
33 “If this is their idea of Christmas. I gotta be there for New Year’s.”
34 “The one thing about livin’ in Santa Carla I never could stomach... [Pause] All the damn vampires.”