Memorable Movie Scenes

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/23/04 at 6:12pm

Some of my favorites are:

1.Commodus entry into Rome - Fall of the Roman Empire
2.Cleopatra's entry into Rome - Cleopatra
3.Chariot Race - Ben Hur
4.Skelton Duel - Jason & The Argonauts
5.Buffalo Stampede - How The West Was Won
6.Fight For Calahorra - El Cid
7.Final Shootout - The Wild Bunch
8.Major Attack - 55 Days At Peking
9.Final Assault - The Alamo
10Burning of Rome - Quo Vadis

[Princess MimiChica]

Posted: 2/23/04 at 6:28pm

hmm, is it bad that i've only heard of one of those movies? ::blushes::

Well there are lots of scenes that come to mind but, Sally Fields in the graveyard scene of Steel Magnolias is an all-time classic, imho

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/23/04 at 7:07pm

The discovery of the Monolith on the Moon - 2001: A Space Odyssey

Indiana Jones covered in tarantualas - Raiders of the Lost Ark

Elliot and ET flying on the bicycle - ET

The orgasm - When Harry Met Sally

"What's happening???" scream - Poltergeist

The melting of the witch - The Wizard of Oz

The burning of Atlanta - Gone With the Wind

The auditions - Waiting For Guffman

The sirens - O Brother, Where Art Thou

Elephant medley - Moulin Rouge

Bed of blood - A Nightmare on Elm Street

The weird air conditioner man - Hands on a Hard Body

[racerchiquita76m]

Posted: 2/23/04 at 7:15pm

Lost Highway...at the end where the Mysterious Man is at the house...totally freaky movie.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/23/04 at 8:45pm

To Mr Matt

A little known fact is that the burning of atlanta was accomplished by burning of the skull island set ( massive gate) used in King Kong

Updated On: 2/23/04 at 08:45 PM

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 2/23/04 at 8:54pm

I love the very, very last scene from "Places In The Heart" such an odd, moving touch.

ANY scene from "La Dolce Vita"...I particularly love the scene with Anita Ekberg and the kitten.

The spring in "The Virgin Spring"

The scene in "Hope and Glory" where the kids are thrilled that the Nazis dropped a bomb on their school.."Thank you, Adolf!!!"

Kevin Kline trying to read a teleprompter without glasses in "Soap Dish".

Divine pitching a violent fit when her parents don't get her cha-cha boots for Christmas in "Female Trouble".

Jeff Daniels coming out of the movie screen in "Purple Rose of Cairo"

The jitterbug sequence in "1941"

Literally millions of others.

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 2/23/04 at 9:25pm

The scene in "Fame" in which Ralph Garcie is describing how Freddy Prinze's death affected him.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 2/23/04 at 10:29pm

a few include...

the mall chase in "the blues brothers"

the ringo kid's entrance in "stagecoach"

the mushroom soup scene in "the great santini"

col. jessup's courtroom monologue in "a few good men"

"king" kong riding to glory in "dr. stangelove or how i learned to quit worrying and love the bomb"

the garage fight in "the transporter"

travis bickle and his mirror in "taxi driver"

samuel l. jackson and the shark in "deep blue sea"

the dp scene in the original "the devil in miss jones"

arriving at kurtz's lair in "apocalypse now"

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 2/23/04 at 10:41pm

Ah! The twist contst in "Pulp Fiction".

[WillParker]

Posted: 2/24/04 at 1:08pm

so many, but these are the ones i can think of off the top of my head...

*orgasm scene--WHMS

*old couples--"9 extra floors" & "eddie keliekio's funeral"--WHMS

*Belle Watling & Melanie in the carriage--GWTW

*"It's not your fault"--Good Will Hunting

*the "George & Martha, sad sad sad" monologue--Who's Afraid of VW

*the whisper--Lost in Translation

*"Lip my stockings"--Lost in Translation (for pure comic value)

*the "Roxie" number--Chicago

*playing for the Nazi solider--The Pianist

*"How long have you been a smoker?"--The Royal Tennenbaums

*Tiny Dancer scene--Almost Famous

*the spelling scene--The Color Purple

*playing in the snow montage--Love Story

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/24/04 at 1:51pm

Here's a few offhand:

The opening scene in Jaws when she's attacked by the shark, and all you see is the top of her body being jerked around-there's a great example of "less is more".

Fatal Attraction-when you first see Glenn Close in the mirror when the wife wipes off the steam, at the end.

Sweet Transvestite in Rocky Horror.

The "I'm Spartacus" scene in Spartacus.

When von Aschenbach first sees Tadzio in Death In Venice.

Fellini's skating nuns, going around in a square in the church, was it Amarcord, or Roma?

The scene about Heaven and Hell between Belize and Roy Cohn in the corridor of the hospital in Angels In America.

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 2/24/04 at 2:01pm

Rett Butler leaving in the morning fog after telling Scarlet he doesn't give a damn! -GWTW

James Mason walking into the Ocean while Judy Garland is singing -A Star is Born (such a tear jerker moment every time)

Shirley MacLaine having a tantrum in the hospital when her daughter is dying -Terms of Endearment

Steve Martin walking in front of his mansion in a robe and underwear listing every thing he does not need...except for this, and this, and this. -The Jerk

The last scene in Funny Girl

Dolly Levi descending the staircase at the Harmonia Gardens -Hello, Dolly!

When Forrest Sr. is at Jenny's grave and giving her the letter their son wrote -Forrest Gump

Everyone gathered around a dead body that had been covered up by a Christmas Tree while the song "Oh Christmas tree" starts playing in the background -Mixed Nuts

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 2/24/04 at 2:14pm

"Hey, Boo." TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Opening shot of THE PLAYER
"Kiss reel" CINEMA PARADISO
Oskar on tower THE TIN DRUM
"Munchkinland" THE WIZARD OF OZ
"Born in a Trunk" A STAR IS BORN
"Dinner" CITIZEN KANE
"Strip scene" NASHVILLE

Posted: 2/24/04 at 2:16pm

what is NASHVILLE?

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 2/24/04 at 2:29pm

RAG, go sit in a corner for one hour, then go rent the DVD.

Posted: 2/24/04 at 2:36pm

yes auntie.

[Princess MimiChica]

Posted: 2/24/04 at 3:02pm

how about the inamous Day-O scene from Beetlejuice!?! funny stuff! =)

The "you're out of your tree" scene from Benny & Joon..i love that movie!!

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 2/24/04 at 3:27pm

Renee Zellwegers minutes long speech in Down With Love... filmed in one take... i only hope she wasn't reading cue cards...

[WillParker]

Posted: 2/24/04 at 4:09pm

lol--i agree with that one, joey....

add to my list:

the first "you owe me $200" (in the restaurant) scene in Paper Moon. actually, every damn thing that Tatum O'Neal did in that film. love love loved her.

"Daddy, I have to go to the **** house."
"Will you come with me? I'm a-scared."

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 2/24/04 at 4:26pm

thanks, will! and i agree with you on the Paper Moon scenes... my favorite is "Let Miss Trixie sit up front with her big ol' tits!"

[WillParker]

Posted: 2/24/04 at 4:55pm

LOL----i was trying to think of that quote!!! thank you!!!

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 2/24/04 at 11:23pm

-- Winona Ryder dancing in the ice in Edward Scissorhands

-- Alec Baldwin's scene in Glengarry Glen Ross

-- The last shots in Halloween of Loomis looking over the ledge and not seeing Michael there.

-- The blood spilling in Carrie and her subsequent transformation

-- Renee Z. running to Tom Cruise in the street as 'Secret Garden' plays in Jerry Maguire

-- the chase through the Warner's lot in Pee Wees Big Adventure

-- The poop scene in Dumb and Dumber

-- Kevin Spacey's last scene in LA Confidential

-- Hooper X's first speech at the comic convention in Chasing Amy

-- The first scene in Scream

[johny0828]

Posted: 2/25/04 at 12:04am

the goonies finding the pirate ship.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 2/25/04 at 9:00am

and lest we not forget: "The men Miss Trixie dates are like that white speck on top of old Chicken SH*T." from Imogene in Paper Moon.

Updated On: 2/25/04 at 09:00 AM

[WillParker]

Posted: 2/25/04 at 9:58am

such a FUN screenplay Paper Moon has!! i need to watch that again really soon.