[SpecialK]

We all have our favorite movies. But what is your favorite "scene"?

1970's Little Big Man - a major is asking General Custer about going into the coulee.

Custer: This man will be invaluable to me, Major.
Major: Invaluable, sir?
Custer: I almost hanged him as a renegade. Now he asks to be a scout. Oh, his game is very obvious: to lead me away from his Indian friends.
Major: Well, I still don't quite follow you, General.
Custer: Anything that man tells me will be a lie. Therefore, he will be a perfect reverse barometer. Isn't that correct?
Major: (Stammers) Of course, General.
Custer: Men, hold! We will take brief refreshment. Water only!
Soldier: Yes sir! Dismount! Water break!
(Custer gargles some water and spits on a lieutenant's boot.)
Custer: Oh, excuse me, Lieutenant. It's the celibacy of the saddle. I had muscle spasms all night. Poison from the goonads.
Lieutenant: Poison from the what, sir?
Custer: Goonads. That's medical terminology.
Major: General, it's my duty as your -
(Custer gargles and spits again as the men step back).
Custer: The poison rises from the goonads to the throat and seeps down to various muscles.
Sergeant: The Crows want to know if you're going down the Medicine Tail Coulee.
Custer: Oh, they do, do they?
Major: Yes, sir, they do. They claim they want time to sing their death song.
Custer: Tell the Crows they're women!
Major: But, sir, if the hostiles come in behind us, and if they're waiting for us below, we'll never get out of there.
Custer: Hostiles behind us? I see no hostiles behind us. Do you see any hostiles behind us, Major?
Major: No, sir, not at the moment.
Custer: Then, then, then - stop trying to cause a reversal of a Custer decision.
Major: But, sir, wouldn't...wouldn't it be best to send a squad down Medicine Tail Coulee?
Custer: No, it wouldn't.
Major: May I ask, sir, why it wouldn't?
Custer: Because, Major, it would cost us the vital element of surprise.
Major: Surprise? But General, they know we're here.
Custer: But they don't know that I intend to attack them without mercy.
Major: But, General, that's no surprise.
Custer: Of course it is. Nothing is more surprising than the attack without mercy.
Major: General...General, I must protest this impetuous decision.
Custer: A Custer decision, impetuous? Grant called me impetuous, too! That drunkard, sitting there in the White House, calling me impetuous!
Major: General, I implore you to reconsider. Think of the men whose lives depend upon you.
Custer: What do you think I should do, mule skinner?
Major: Sir, that man doesn't know anything!
Custer: What do you say, mule skinner? Should I go down there, or withdraw? Well? What's your answer, mule skinner?
Mule Skinner: General, you go down there. (Points).
Custer: You're advising me to go into the coulee?
Mule Skinner: Yes, sir.
Custer: There are no Indians there, I suppose?
Mule Skinner: I didn't say that. There are thousands of Indians down there, and when they get done with you, there won't be nothing left but a greasy spot. This ain't the Washita River, General, and them ain't helpless women and children waiting for you. They're Cheyenne brave, and Sioux. You go down there if you got the nerve!
Custer: Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really don't want me to go down there! (Laughs and turns to the major and spreads his arms). Well! Are you reassured now, Major?

This is the last of that.

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I love this whole move. Surprisingly, maybe, Chief Dan George was the only oscar nomination (supporting actor). That year, "Patton" won best movie (Airport, Five Easy Pieces, Love Story, MASH were nominees. Burt Lancaster said Airport was "the worst piece of junk ever made". Critic Judith Crist famously dubbed Airport "the best film of 1944").

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[clackers]

I like George C Scott's opening monologue in the Francis Ford Coppola scripted "Patton".

[p38arover]

I don't know which was my favourite scene from a movie where the name started with Debbie.

[monochrome]

It has John Wayne in it.

[p38arover]

I didn't see John Wayne in Debbie's movie!

[ccc_]

egg shen,,,,"That was nothing. But that's how it always begins. Very small. "....big trouble in little china

[wildman]

what is your favorite "scene"?

For most films it comes right at the end when it says "THE END".

Other than that perhaps at the end of the "Grapes of Wrath" (1940) when Ma gives her "we the people" speech -

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[SpecialK]

I like George C Scott's opening monologue in the Francis Ford Coppola scripted "Patton".

I think it helped him at oscar time.

I don't know which was my favourite scene from a movie where the name started with Debbie.

You are easy to please.

It has John Wayne in it.

A lot of people would agree with you, pilgrim.

egg shen,,,,"That was nothing. But that's how it always begins. Very small. "....big trouble in little china

I missed that one. I will have to look. - I found it and looked :-)

For most films it comes right at the end when it says "THE END".

There is a critic in every corner

[monochrome]

I'm working on which John Wayne scene is my favorite. There are 250 movies!

This might take a while.

[gaweidert]

I'm working on which John Wayne scene is my favorite. There are 250 movies!

This might take a while.

Favorite John Wayne scene is easy. He plays the exact same roll in almost every movie. His greatest role was in The Shootist.

I was always partial to the scene in the movie Tombstone where Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russel) comes upon Doc Holiday after Holiday kills Johnny Ringo. Doc looks at Wyatt and says "I'm afraid the strain was more than he could bear."

Why Kurt Russel has never been nominated for and Oscar is beyond me. His range is incredible. From Wyatt Earp to Captain Ron and everything in between. And all done well. I do know that being a Disney child actor carries a pretty big stigma with it to the "Hollywood Elite".

[monochrome]

The Shootist is a wonderful movie. It is said his character was to shoot the bartender in the back during the climactic scene. Wayne said, "In 250 movies I've never shot a man in the back. Change it."

There are so many good scenes in True Grit, and in The Quiet Man . . .

[timb64]

Blade Runner,absolute classic

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Youtu.be

"All these memories will be lost.....like tears in the rain".

[ccc_]

Favorite John Wayne scene is easy. He plays the exact same roll in almost every movie. His greatest role was in The Shootist.

I was always partial to the scene in the movie Tombstone where Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russel) comes upon Doc Holiday after Holiday kills Johnny Ringo. Doc looks at Wyatt and says "I'm afraid the strain was more than he could bear."

Why Kurt Russel has never been nominated for and Oscar is beyond me. His range is incredible. From Wyatt Earp to Captain Ron and everything in between. And all done well. I do know that being a Disney child actor carries a pretty big stigma with it to the "Hollywood Elite".

wayne deserved an Oscar for the searchers and the shootist
for the most part he was a star not an actor

I don't know if Russell has ever deserved an Oscar but he is one of my favorite actors

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Blade Runner,absolute classic


Blade Runner - Final scene, "Tears in Rain" Monologue (HD) - YouTube

"All these memories will be lost.....like tears in the rain".

rutger hauer and edward james olmos were the gems in that film

[lesmore49]

My favourite movie....Alfred Hitchcock's ...North by Northwest. Favourite scene...how do I choose ?

Favourite scene from this movie...where Cary Grant is trying to avoid a crop duster in the middle of the vast prairie....which culminates in the airplane crashing into a fuel tanker.

If you haven't watched this movie, I highly recommend checking it out.

[p38arover]

I'm working on which John Wayne scene is my favorite. There are 250 movies!

This might take a while.

I can't say I've ever seen a John Wayne movie that I've liked.