The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
“You’ve come too far to stop now” leads nominees including the broken-neck line, Crewe’s sense-of-humor line, and the gun-turret reply.
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- The final huddle’s come-too-far line is the leading quote.
- The line about a player having broken his neck is another prominent nominee.
- Crewe saying people keep him around for his sense of humor is offered as a summary of Burt Reynolds’s appeal.
- Knauer’s answer that fifteen gun turrets explain the warden’s command is nominated.