The Academy unveiled the 2007 Oscar poster (pictured) yesterday, and it’s pretty cool. As you can see, the theme this year is memorable lines of dialogue from Oscar-nominated pictures, which is a nice backhanded reminder of the importance of good screenwriting at a time when Hollywood is bracing for a writers’ strike.
All but one of the lines quoted on the poster come from movies nominated for Best Picture or Best Screenplay Oscars since 1936; the Academy has said it will host several trivia contests inspired by the poster, including one to guess what the odd line out is. (Yes, I know which one it is; you can figure it out fairly easily if you visit ComingSoon.net, where they’ve helpfully blown up the poster and transcribed all the lines on it.)
Here’s a trivia idea: who is the most quoted actor or actress on the poster? (Probably actor; the list seems to skew heavily male.) I count six, possibly seven lines uttered by Jack Nicholson. More to the point, does anyone know who the most quoted screenwriter on the poster is? I count three lines written by Billy Wilder, but someone else may have written more.
Any lines from eligible movies that you think should have made the cut? Speak now, PopWatchers.
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Any idea where I could get the poster?
May the Force Be With You.
I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.
It’s a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he’s got and all he’s ever gonna have.
- Unforgiven
Some folks call it a sling blade
Here’s looking at you, Kid;
Of all the ginjoints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine;
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship;
Anything from CASABLANCA!!
FRANKLY MY DEAR, I DONT GIVE A DAMN!!- ANything from GONE WITH THE WIND!!
I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.- THE GODFATHER
My Precious! – LORD OF THE RINGS
I’m the King of the World! – Titanic
No wire hangers!! – Mommie Dearest
I’m pretty sure that Wall Street wasn’t nominated, even though Michael “I married up” Douglas won for best actor.
I agree, May the Force Be With You should be on. As well as “There is no Spoon”. I know it wasn’t nominated, but that was a pretty important movie.
Well, I figured out the exception. I won’t spoil it here. But it’s not Wall Street.
Why do I fall in love with every woman I see who shows me the least bit of attention?
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Could it be “A golf course is nothing but a pool room moved outdoors”? That sounds like Caddyshack, and I don’t think that was ever nominated.
“Constantly talking isn’t necessarily communicating” is
my favorite line from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the unfortunate thing is that Jim Carrey is so understated in that role that the only line that would probably make a poster like this would be “Meet me in Montauk.”
RE: A golf course is nothing but a pool room moved outdoors.
I just googled it, it’s from a movie called Going My Way, which won best picture in 1944.
Ah, I see what it is. According to IMDB, it won a Razzie for worst director and a Saturn award for best director.
Well, under the oscar, they should scroll, the one thought that will go inside every winners head on Oscar Night: MY PRECIOUS!
I need to know which movie it is – it’s driving me crazy. I think I know but I’m not sure. Help!
im pretty sure eternal sunshine of the spotless mind was nominated for screenplay, i remember i was rooting for it, so that must not be it…
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” -APOCALYPSE NOW
“Yo, Adrian!”
“Cut me, Mick.”
-ROCKY
I agree that both “May the force be with you” and “My Precious!” should be there in place of the other lines from those two movies.
I also figured it out. Pretty easy actually.
SO WHO’S GOING TO TELL ME WHAT MOVIE WAS LEFT OUT?
Oh wow…it IS easy. Well, easy if you go to that Comingsoon.net page and look at the quotes list as opposed to trying to spot the answer off the poster.
Eternal Sunshine was not only nominated for Screenplay, it won.
The answer has already been posted in the responses.
took me a second but…I got it
i got what i am pretty sure is the answer, except i don’t see it posted here in the comments, so…not sure what is going on!
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Did they really have to pull two quotes from Jerry Maguire and nothing from one of the most celebrated screenplays of all time, “All About Eve”… without that film we wouldn’t have had over 50 years of drag queens saying “fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night”.
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Go there to see who was picked by EW for the Entertainer of the Year!!!
I’m down to pretty woman–according to IMDb Julia Roberts was nominated but the movie wasn’t.
The line that isn’t from a movie nominated for best picture and/or best screenplay is Pretty obvious, especially if you are an educated woman. IMO, THE most overated movie of all times. However, I don’t know about the poster who says IMBD lists the director as getting a Razzie for worst director & the Saturn award for best director — he might have the wrong movie — I went to IMBD, I don’t see that.
“I don’t have to show you any stinking badges.” Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948
“Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.”
All About Eve, 1950
“The stuff that dreams are made of.”
The Maltese Falcon, 1941
“Made it Ma! Top of the World!”
White Heat, 1949
“I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.”
Sunset Boulevard, 1950
Thanks for all the hints – my hunch was right!!
yeab at this point it’s obvious what movie it is – except for the below poster saying it’s already been posted in the responses.
so what gives?
I clicked on that link…and if it’s true, and the cast of “Grey’s Anatomy” is the “Entertainer of the Year”…well, I just threw up in my mouth A LOT!
Unless imdb.com is VERY wrong, I found 2 movies that fit the bill.