Classic Film Connoisseur Gifts

"Then leave the horses head in the Futon." Middle-class mafia

'My head's in the shop, this is just a loaner.'

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?'

Herman Mankiewicz

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

"Remind me: Is it the New York Critics Award or the Sundance Audience Prize that always lets us down?"

"I thought they were cracking down on jaywalking."

"Housekeeping?!"

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

Marilyn Monroe - Spot the Difference

Star Wars vs Star Trek

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

Buster Keaton

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

Atlas with the earth, says: 'So then I thought, Why not just roll the damn thing?'

"You funnin' me, bub?"

"Citizen Kane first draft... Citizen Kane By Orson Welles & Herman J. Mankiewicz Int. Kane's bedroom Kane's old voice Call a freaking ambulance! Rosebud..."

The Scarecrow Gets A Brain From Igor

Did you ever get that feeling in the moonlight?

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.

A 1920's film director with hand-cranked camera and megaphone.

I'm Spartacus.

"The script isn't funny, but maybe if we put some unfunny actors in it and get an unfunny director it will be funny."

"And make sure you get my daughter home before sunrise..!"

Queen Kong

'Because it was there, Dave, because it was there.'

Film Lovers.

'You say it's a dramedy? We thought it was more of a coma.'

"Homes on Holmes"

Time Machine Collision.

Ask Sadie! I just read an article where Daisy Ridley said J.J. Abrams wrote drafts for Episode VIII and Episode IX. And then Rian Johnson THREW THAT OUT and went a whole different direction. This makes me lose all faith in Star Wars. Am I overreacting? **Actual reader question. Excellent question. This reminds me of the time I saw Gone with the Wind on opening day. I was the invited guest of an elderly veteran of the Civil War. He couldn't stop yammering about how seceding from the union didn't

Jack Nicholson

"Whatcha watching, Dad?"

Fred Astaire

After selling his life story, with movie and merchandising rights, Zorro had a new mark.