Time for another tournament: favorite movie scenes.

[Rain Man]

Edit: The Tournament Is Now Underway and no more nominations will be accepted after Post 498. Look for the SceneItAll Tournament Threads.


I saw two movies today that featured iconic scenes: Big, with the piano dancing scene, and Risky Business, with the underwear dance.

It got me wondering about my favorite movie scenes, and I thought it would be a good tournament topic. So this is the nomination thread. Tell me your favorite movie scenes.

The rules:

1. A scene is generally defined as a segment in a particular place and time, continuous in presentation.

2. A scene should be no more than about three minutes in length.

3. I debated on what adjective to use. Most memorable scene? Best scene? I ended up landing on "favorite scene", because that lets you select based on your own feelings.

4. Probably no porn scenes since they would automatically win.

5. We're talking scenes, not lines. So your nomination needs to be at least one minute long unless you can argue that it's a full standalone scene that's shorter.

I'll likely do this as a brutal one-on-one single elimination tournament since I expect to get a lot of nominations. However, I could change this once I see what we have lined up.

I'll start by nominating the following:

- the piano dancing scene in Big



- the underwear dance in Risky Business (sorry about the ad - starting at 0:32 in this clip)



- the scene staring into the Seurat painting in Ferris Bueller (from 0:53 to the end of this clip, though they cut it off a little too soon)



- the Ferris Bueller parking attendants flying in the Ferrari



- Forrest Gump deciding to stop running (5:08 to 6:37 in this clip)

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by frazod

I waited to see if ONE, just ONE, of you goddamn heathens would mention the Rick/Sam bar scene from Casablanca.

When we get the full list put together, I'm going to go back and see if we missed some of the classic movie scenes. I'm not sure yet if we've got anything from the Wizard of Oz, for example, or Steve McQueen throwing the baseball against the wall in The Great Escape.

[Chiefburger]

Not sure if mentioned, but I love these two scenes from Office Space:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PywI0...eature=related (printer beatdown)

and the interview with the bobs, that i can't find.

[Dartgod]

I don't think this has been posted yet.

[Dartgod]

Or this one.

[Rasputin]

1958 movie the Blob, staring Steve McQueen. At the 5:oo mark the old man starts poking at the mysterious substance that came from the sky.

[Dartgod]

SERPENTINE!!

[Rain Man]

Oh, man. Serpentine. That may be the winner.

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by frazod

I waited to see if ONE, just ONE, of you goddamn heathens would mention the Rick/Sam bar scene from Casablanca.

Have you watched this movie yet frazod?



Paths of Glory staring Kurt Douglas. WWI French troops assault German trenches. Very good movie.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

Have you watched this movie yet frazod?



Paths of Glory staring Kurt Douglas. WWI French troops assault German trenches. Very good movie.

I have not, but it's on my list.

[DeepPurple]

Body Double (1984) Director Brian De Palma, scene that features Frankie Goes to Hollywood doing "Relax" with Craig Wasson and Melanie Griffith

[DeepPurple]

I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!!

Peter Finch's last role before he died, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor which was accepted by his widow.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Midnight Cowboy - I'm walkin' here!





The Usual Suspects - "Hand Me The Keys..."





Safety Last - Harold Lloyd Clock





The Gold Rush - Chaplin eating his shoe





The Gold Rush - Table Ballet





City Lights - Chaplin boxing

[DeepPurple]

The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger as the Joker.

[Dartgod]

Welease Woger!

[Dartgod]

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