The 20 Most Misquoted Movie Lines

Dirty Harry’s diatribe and more… corrected!

All About Eve (1950)

What People Say: "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night."

What The Film Really Said: "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy ride."

If We’re Going To Get It Wrong, Why Not: “Keep all arms and legs inside the car until it has come to a complete stop.”

Lives Of A Bengal Lancer (1935)

What People Say: "We have ways of making you talk.” 



What The Film Really Said: "We have ways of making men talk.” It’s usually assigned to Nazis and Bond villains these days…

If We’re Going To Get It Wrong, Why Not: “You can keep quiet if you want. It’s okay. We don’t mind.”

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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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