If you’re a rom-com lover, then you are most likely a fan of this 1989 comedy. The film follows Billy Crystal and Meg Ryans’ characters from the time they first encounter each other as car companions to New York City from college, their hours-long car ride together in n a cross-country journey, through twelve years of random encounters in New York City.
The film follows their friendship and their transition to lovers. While the story is scripted, some moments were ad-libbed. Did you know that Billy Crystal made up this line on the spot? “I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie.” Meg Ryan thought it was hilarious and they kept it in the film.
A Few Good Men
Jack Nicholson added his two cents to the movie’s script when he played the character colonel Nathan R. Jessup in this war film. Court-martial lawyer Daniel Kaffee (who was played by Tom Cruise) exposes Colonel Nathan R Jessup’s false testimony surrounding the death of a Marine named Santiago.
When pressed by Kaffee to tell the truth, he shouted: “you can’t handle the truth!” The quote is often used to deny somebody's information that has been deemed too sensitive. The scene has since been used in a number of T.V. shows as a parody, including in Season 5 Episode 14 of Seinfeld and in a Burger King commercial in 1998.
The Fugitive
Remembering all your lines proves to be not so easy a task! When Harrison Ford’s character is pointing a gun at Tommy Lee Jones’ character and saying “ I didn’t kill my wife” Jones forgets to say “that isn’t my problem.” Instead, he says “I don’t care.” The director loved it and went with it.
The film received seven Academy Award nominations including for Best Picture with Tommy Lee Jone taking home an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The film was subsequently followed by a 1998 spin-off, U.S. Marshals.
Midnight Cowboy
Sometimes extras find their own ways into movies. Take this film, when Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman were crossing a road, a taxi driver who missed the sign “street closed for filming” almost ran the two over. While that sounds like a scary ordeal, what Hoffman did was iconic.
Hoffman screamed, “I’m walking here.” The actor says about the line that there were many takes to hit the traffic light just right so that they wouldn’t have to pause while walking. They finally nailed the perfect take, but a cab appeared out of nowhere and almost hit them. The line was kept in the film and reached number 27 on AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movie Quotes.
The Godfather
In the scene where Richard Castellano’s character, Don Corleone, almost gets assassinated by Paulie Gatto, two of Don’s assistants kill Gatto. Castellano was supposed to say “leave the gun” but added in “take the cannoli,” which became a classic line.
The film itself became a classic and is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. It was the highest-grossing film of 1972 and for a while the highest-grossing film of all time. It won several Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also was nominated for seven other awards.