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Harry: Where's the booze?Lloyd: I got robbed by a sweet old lady on a motorized cart. I didn't even see it comin' Lloyd: Harry... Oh, come on, Harry. Cheer up... Harry: [voice breaks] It gets worse, Lloyd. My parakeet, Petey... Lloyd: Yeah? Harry: He's dead. Lloyd: Oh... Oh, man, I'm sorry, Harry. What happened? Harry: His head fell off. Lloyd: [reacts; whispers] His head fell off? Harry: Yeah, he was pretty old.
Lloyd: All we need to do is show a little class, a little sophistication, and we're in like a dirty shirt. Harry: No problem, Lloyd. We can be classy and sophistic-Oh check out the funbags on that hosehound. Lloyd: I'd like to eat her liver with some fava beans and a nice bottle of Chianti.
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Lloyd: Why you going to the airport? Flying somewhere? Mary: How'd you guess? Lloyd: I saw your luggage. Then when I noticed the airline ticket, I put 2 and 2 together
Two that stand out for me are Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and Sense and Sensibility (1995). Both have wonderful screenplays by Emma Thompson who also starred in those films. The language in both movies is a pleasure to listen to. Of course, director and actor Kenneth Branagh is credited with the screenplay of Much Ado, but it is widely believed that it was almost completely crafted by Thompson, to whom he was married at the time. Indeed, Branagh's Hamlet (1996) which he completed after his divorce from Thompson, has a much more arduous language to it. The language in Sense and Much Ado has an easy fluidity and lovely and pleasing harmony.
I haven't seen "Much Ado About Nothing", but I agree "Sense and Sensibility" (1995) is a gem.
I will add a few not yet mentioned, that I think fit this category:
Swingers
Mike: So how long do I wait to call?
Trent: A day.
Mike: Tomorrow.
Sue: Tomorrow, then a day.
Trent: Yeah.
Mike: So two days?
Trent: Yeah, I guess you could call it that, two days.
Sue: Definitely, two days is like industry standard.
Trent: You know I used to wait two days to call anybody, but now it's like everyone in town waits two days. So I think three days is kind of money. What do you think?
Sue: Yeah, but two's enough not to look anxious.
Trent: Yeah, two's enough not to look anxious. But I think three days is kind of money. You know because you...
Mike: Yeah, but you know what, mabey I'll wait 3 weeks. How's that? And tell her I was cleaning out my wallet and I just happened to run into her number.
Charles: Then ask her where you met her.
Mike: Yeah, I'll ask her where I met her. I don't remember. What does she look like? And then I'll asked if we ****ed. Is that... would that be... T, would that be the money?
Trent: You know what. Ha ha ha Mike, laugh all you want but if you call too soon you might scare off a nice baby who's ready to party.
Mike: Well how long are you guys gonna wait to call your babies?
Trent, Sue: Six days.
Office Space
Bob Porter: Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately.
Peter Gibbons: I wouldn't say I've been *missing* it, Bob.
Dom Portwood: Hi, Peter. What's happening? We need to talk about your TPS reports.
Peter Gibbons: Yeah. The coversheet. I know, I know. Uh, Bill talked to me about it.
Dom Portwood: Yeah. Did you get that memo?
Peter Gibbons: Yeah. I got the memo. And I understand the policy. And the problem is just that I forgot the one time. And I've already taken care of it so it's not even really a problem anymore.
Dom Portwood: Ah! Yeah. It's just we're putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports before they go out now. So if you could go ahead and try to remember to do that from now on, that'd be great. All right!
My favorite movie is Miller's Crossing, and it's my favorite because of the dialogue, especially the bootlegger jargon--"What's the rumpus?"
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