The 20 Most Misquoted Movie Lines

Dirty Harry’s diatribe and more… corrected!

The Graduate (1967)

What People Say: "Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?"

What The Film Really Said: "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?"

If We’re Going To Get It Wrong, Why Not: “Hey, baby… I like the way your wattle hangs…”

Casablanca (1942)

What People Say: "Play it again, Sam."

What The Film Really Said: "You played it for her, you can play it for me. If she can stand it, I can. Play it!"

If We’re Going To Get It Wrong, Why Not: “Do you know chopsticks?”

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    • EthanRunt

      Jul 14th 2009, 15:09

      Top work for including "Happy Haps" in there somewhere.

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    • xynobis

      Jul 15th 2009, 5:40

      Jaws was released in 1975..

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    • epaburke

      Jul 15th 2011, 18:55

      I think "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" is from "Dr. Strangelove". I saw it years ago, so I don't know if it's the same kind of mis-quotation.

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    • FBAStokes

      Sep 9th 2011, 15:18

      Actually in 'All about Eve' she does say "Fasten your seatbelts its going to be a bumpy night." Shockingly people do get this one right :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg-ckMup6SI - youtube video of the clip

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    • FBGBrown71

      Nov 9th 2011, 23:31

      Duh! You missed the lowest hanging fruit of all: Cool Hand Luke Misqoute: What we have here is a failure to communicate! What the film actually says: What we have here is...Failure to communicate! Even though it is only one letter, it makes a big difference in the tone.

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    • sshista

      Jan 9th 2012, 6:04

      FBGBrown71 - Duh yourself! ;) In Cool Hand Luke it actually says: What we've got here is...failure to communicate!

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