Cinema Appreciator Gifts

'Rent two 'feel good' movies, and call me in the morning.'

"Thanks to the Oscars, we're going to be the hottest finger food this season."

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

"We just watched a hypermovie!"

Herman Mankiewicz

"I'll do the movie but I want to be highly compensated and highly acclaimed."

King Kong uses fly spray against the pesky planes on top of the Empire State Building

Men looking at black screen, "I call it film noir"

'The secret to doing a book report is only picking books that have been made in to movies.'

"Let's talk film or let's not talk film - I'm easy."

'This should be perfect. The main characters fall in love during a series of explosions.'

"I like movies that resemble my life, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time watching a movie."

Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka

"An actor, you say? Guess you caught the acting-like-a-waiter bug."

Theatre Crowd

"Boy, this blooper reel from 'Manchester by the Sea' is a crack-up."

"And the letterbox version, how does that make you feel."

Getting to Know You

'Who do you think you're kidding, Slim? — the ruby slippers are a dead giveaway!'

"That was totally....what's the word I'm looking for?"

Sign in book shop window: 'Critics agree the book is much better than the movie.'

"Housekeeping?!"

Steve McQueen

Canadian film production

'This is the worst film noir I've ever seen.'

"We need to make it through at least one movie, so we have something to root for during the Oscars."

Buster Keaton

Moby Dick

'Hey, Charlie, have we got good news for you!'

"I want you to know that emotion overrode reason."

'You don't want weather? Not a problem! How about sports, or maybe a nice movie? We can do that! Just put that thing down and let's talk, OK?'

'Have you been waiting long?'

"I'm sick of watching the same movie every day."

"Haven't you already seen this movie, like, a hundred times?"

DVD extras - the making of the boxed set.