Cinematic History Lover Gifts

Herman Mankiewicz

"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?'

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

"Hey grandpa, tell us more about the time you were in that Steven Spielberg movie."

"It was years ago, for a nature documentary, and they said it was going to be very artistic."

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

"Bloody hell!"

"The Eggsorcist"

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

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

"Housekeeping?!"

"I hurt a lot of people during my last twelve steps."

Now that you have a heart, you really should switch to polyunsaturated oil.

"I want to be a more interesting person. Think maybe watching old black and white movies would do it?"

'I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore.'

'Action!...Cut!...Right, everything else is CGI'

'Sean Connery was the best James Bond!'

'How's this new concept? Instead of a gunfight, the hero overpowers the villian with a heartfelt homily on the sanctity of family values.'

Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, in all the solar systems, in all the galaxies, in all the universe, she walks into mine.

Tom Hanks

Star Wars Audience

"So is this war movie rated R, rated PG, or rated RPG?"

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

Hooray for Bollywood!

'I just got the medium popcorn this time.'

"Me Tarzan. You CGI."

"How come there's no feel-good performance art?"

Cinéma Vérité

I watched an erotic thriller last night. Have you heard of the film 'Field of Dreams'?

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

Cinemuck

THE WICKERMAN (Hollywood style)

"Let's see, we bought the giant pop corn, tow giant sodas, and a big box of candy. . . we were lucky the megaplex's loan department was open!"

Stan Laural & Oliver Hardy.