Monty Python has some classics ...
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.
Always looks on the bright side of life.
Its waffer thin (spelled incorrectly on purpose Nordlys!!!)
We want your liver.
Come see the violence inherent in the system.
We want a shrubbery.
etc ... etc ...
Jake Gittes starts to get into his car but Mulvihill and a SMALLER
MAN stop him -- Mulvihill pulling his coat down and
pinning his arms -- holding him tightly. The smaller man
thrusts a switchblade knife about an inch and a half up
Gittes' left nostril.
SMALLER MAN
(shaking with emotion)
Hold it there, kitty cat.
112 CLOSE - GITTES
frozen, the knife in his nostril, the street lamp over-
head gleaming on the silvery blade.
THE SMALLER MAN
You are a very nosey fellow, kitty
cat... you know what happens to
nosey fellows?
The Smaller Man actually seems to be trembling with rage
when he says this. Gittes doesn't move.
SMALLER MAN
(continuing)
Wanna guess? No? Okay.
lose their noses.
With a quick flick the Smaller Man pulls back on the
blade, laying Gittes' left nostril open about an inch
further. Gittes screams. Blood gushes down onto his shirt
and coat.
Gittes bends over, instinctively trying to keep the blood
from getting on his clothes. Mulvihill and the Smaller
Man stare at him.
THE SMALLER MAN
(continuing)
Next time you lose the whole thing,
kitty cat. I'll cut it off and
feed it to my goldfish, understand?
MULVIHILL
Tell him you understand, Gittes.
113 EXT. OAK PASS RESERVOIR - NIGHT
Gittes is now groveling on his hands and knees.
GITTES
(mumbling)
I understand...
..this sets up a later scene:
Jake Gittes suddenly turns sharply in to Evelyn.
GITTES
(moving in)
Do me a favor. Sit still and
act like I'm charming.
Evelyn involuntarily draws back.
GITTES
(continuing)
There's somebody here. Say
something. Anything. Something
like we're being intimate.
125 Evelyn reluctantly allows Gittes to move closer and
dangle his hand in front of their faces. She stares
at him.
EVELYN
(meaning his nose)
How did it happen?
GITTES
(quietly)
Been meaning to talk to you
about that.
EVELYN
(quietly)
Maybe putting your nose in other
people's business?
GITTES
(quietly)
More like other people putting
their business in my nose.
Evelyn actually smiles a little.
What's the film?
Originally posted by darvlayyeah, I wasn't trying to be obscure there - just think that script was one of the ten best of all time. So do a lot of Hollywood pros.
Chinatown.
Tough to get it wrong when you give us half the script.
how about this one:
Well - it's become a very clear picture.
He was the most honest man who ever
lived, with a streak of crookedness
a yard wide. He was a liberal and a
reactionary; he was tolerant - "Live
and Let Live" - that was his motto.
But he had no use for anybody who
disagreed with him on any point, no
matter how small it was. He was a
loving husband and a good father -
and both his wives left him and his
son got himself killed about as
shabbily as you can do it. He had a
gift for friendship such as few men
have - he broke his oldest friend's
heart like you'd throw away a cigarette
you were through with. Outside of that -