Cinematic Experience Gifts

'What do you mean, 'pass the remote control'?... We're at the cinema!'

"For the best picture not having won anything thereby being eliminated from this category..."

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?'

"This is the perfect way to watch movies if you love mosquitoes and having a cold, wet butt."

'Believing any filming experience may help launch acting careers, some even stage their appearances before closed circuit cameras.'

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"

Horror movies

"I've seem an awful lot of movies ever since they cut them all down to two minutes."

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

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

Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka

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

"I remember when the death of the hero meant the end of the sequels. Now it marks the beginning of the prequels."

"Snow White! It's the dancing, singing woodland creatures wondering if you want to go down the pub."

"Bloody hell!"

'There's nothing on.'

"Hugh fans!"

'Cool! Brownstar Wars!'

"Gone with the wind with cats" "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." "Me neither, who cares—let's take a nap."

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

Steve McQueen

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

'Well, now we know why Dracula's been getting all the girls lately.'

"...You talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here... You talking to me?!" "Narcissus De Niro"

'Play it again, Sam.'

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

Applause

"The Eggsorcist"

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

"Housekeeping?!"