CBS Shows the Best of Mae West

Mae West's Film Quotes: Unforgettable after all these years
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Here is an introduction to AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases, a frothy, three-hour CBS Tuesday special - the eighth in an ongoing series dealing with film history. . . .
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In case you're not up to speed on famous film quotes, "You can't handle the truth!" was Jack Nicholson's explosive courtroom line in A Few Good Men. "Snap out of it!" was Cher's signature phrase from Moonstruck, the ethnic comedy about Italian life in New York, while "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," resonates as the famous quote uttered by Clark Gable, the dashing Rhett Butler, to Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara) in Gone With the Wind.
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Other famous quotes that probably will be among the top 10:
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• "Why don't you come up and see me some time?" - Mae West in She Done Him Wrong.
• "Here's looking at you, kid." - Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca.
• "Show me the money!" - Cuba Gooding Jr. in Jerry McGuire.
• "I'll have what she's having!" - the response of the elderly female diner following Meg Ryan's fake orgasm in When Harry Met Sally.
• "May the force be with you." - Harrison Ford in the original Star Wars.
• "Houston, we have a problem." - Tom Hanks in Apollo 13.
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You'll probably find your favorite movie quotes, with some coming from TV Westerns, beyond such intense dialogue as "Yup" (Gary Cooper) and "Saddle up!" (John Wayne).
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Hosted by Pierce Brosnan, the program follows the format of the seven previous summer specials. A bevy of stars, writers and directors - including Billy Crystal, Nora Ephron, William Goldman, Roy Scheider, Buck Henry, George Lucas, Joe Montegna, Burt Reynolds and Ray Romano - will offer commentary as famous scenes are shown during a countdown.
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AFI (the American Film Institute) distributed a ballot with the names of 400 nominated movie quotes to a jury of 1,500 leaders in the creative community. The list was then trimmed to 100.
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Jurors based their votes on cultural impact and legacy. . . .
- - an excerpt from an article printed in The Rocky Mountain News - -
Dusty Saunders: Film quotes we can't forget
Dusty Saunders is the broadcasting critic of Rocky Mt News [303-892-5137]
June 20, 2005
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