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The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

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Gladiator

“What we do in life echoes in eternity” and “At my signal, unleash hell” are the leading quotes.

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The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

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Enemy of the State

“You made a phone call” is selected; the “proper term for me is eggplant” exchange is the main alternative.

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The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

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Collateral

“We got to make the best of it. Improvise. Adapt to the environment. Darwin. Shit happens. I Ching. Whatever, man. We got to roll with it” wins.

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The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

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The Town

“There goes college soccer” wins over Jack Clark, townie Christmas, and several intimidation lines.

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The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

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Top Gun

The ego/checks line, Take Me to Bed and Need for Speed lead the nominations

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The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

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When Harry Met Sally...

The climax’s “when you realize…” speech is treated as the emotional pinnacle; the infidelity symptom, “basic nightmare,” Baby Fish Mouth, restaurant/pesto, and “only person I knew in New York” lines are also essential.

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The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

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No Country for Old Men

The script supplies too many contenders for a single settled best quote, led by the coin dialogue, Ellis on vanity, and Chigurh’s rule question.

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The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

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Mean Girls

Stop trying to make fetch happen

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The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

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The Godfather

The panel runs a large quote field, with Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli named as a personal favorite but no formal consensus.

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The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

Die Hard poster
Die Hard

“Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker” is the iconic selection; “Come out to the coast…” is a personal favorite and Hans’s classical-education line is also praised.

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The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

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Jaws

You’re going to need a bigger boat

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The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

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Jurassic Park

The God/man/dinosaur exchange is favored amid an unusually deep bench of memorable lines.

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