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]

Groundhog Day - Bill Murray tells Andie about being stuck in time. (Start at 9:22 and stop at 11:10.)

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Caught up to Post 432! Now let's do a little cleanup.

Tommy Boy - Why I suck as a salesperson - Post 300
Up - Love story Post 305
Requiem for a Dream - Final five minutes - Post 306 (needs video link)
Bridesmaids - Air marshall - Post 307
Lethal Weapon - Rescure of Rianne in the desert - Post 308 (needs video link)
Brain Candy - Cancer boy - Post 314
Dances with Wolves - Final scene, shouting to Dunbar - Post 315
Rocky III - Mickey Golmill dies - Post 315
Eraser - You're luggage - Post 317
Terminator - I'll be back - Post 318
Hall Pass - Diarrhea - Post 319
Saving Private Ryan - Can't get up the stairs - Post 320
The Godfather - Horse head in the bed - Post 321 (needs video link)
The Godfather - Final scene, Michael at the church - Post 321 (needs video link)
Godfather -- Sonny gets gunned down - Post 321 (needs video link)
Princess Bride -- "the wine in front of you" - Post 321 (needs video link)
Princess Bride -- "you killed my father, prepare to die. STOP SAYING THAT!" - Post 321 (needs video link)
Casablanca -- final scene - Post 321 (needs video link)
Scarface -- final scene - Post 321 (needs video link)
Shawshank Redemption -- final scene (might be too long, but I'd start with him escaping) - Post 321 (needs video link)
Green Mile -- final scene - Post 321 (needs video link)
Princess Bride -- "I am not left-handed" - Post 321 (needs video link)
Singing in the Rain -- Singing in the Rain - Post 321 (needs video link)
Singing in the Rain -- Moses Supposes - Post 321 (needs video link)
LoTR, Fellowship -- Balrog scene - Post 321 (needs video link)
LoTR, Return of the King -- Battle of Pelennor Fields (i.e. big fight at Minas Tirith) - Post 321 (needs video link)
The Avengers -- Hulk/Loki - Post 321 (needs video link)
It's a Wonderful Life -- final scene - Post 321 (needs video link)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- final scene - Post 321 (needs video link)
Empire Strikes Back -- "I'm your father" - Post 321 (needs video link)
Return of the Jedi -- Luke/Vader - Post 321 (needs video link)
Dr. Stranglelove -- "Has he got a chance?! HELL YES, he's got a chance......chance....." - Post 321 (needs video link)
Gypsy -- "Mama this is MY LIFE!" - Post 321 (needs video link)
The Searchers -- final scene - Post 321 (needs video link)
Rio Bravo -- final shootout - Post 321 (needs video link)
The Quiet Man -- dragging the wife through to the final fight with his brother-in-law - Post 321 (needs video link)
Little Giants - Halftime scene - Post 322 (find scene in clip)
Little Giants - First touchdown - Post 322 (find scene in clip)
Little Giants - Becky on defense - Post 322 (find scene in clip)
Jaws - Blood on the beach - Post 323
Silence of the Lambs - Hannibal meets Clarice - Post 324
Silence of the Lambs - Hannibal begins escape - Post 324
Silence of the Lambs - Hannibal makes escape (part 3) - Post 324
Ghostbusters - Battling Gozer - Post 325
The Godfather - Baptism - Post 326 (need video clip)
Brian's Song - The speech - Post 330
Good Will Hunting - Apples - Post 331
Good Will Hunting - Harvard bar - Post 331
Good Will Hunting - You won't be here - Post 331
Goodfellas - Funny like a clown - Post 333
Fargo - Fleeing the intervew - Post 333
The Shining - Here's Johnny - Post 333 (needs video clip)
Network - I'm mad as hell - Post 333
Rocky - Training montage - Post 333 (needs video clip)
American Psycho - Business card scene - Post 333
Gladiator - Phoenix identifies Maximus - Post 334 (needs video clip)
The 40 Year Old Virgin - Chest hair - Post 336
Cat's Eye - Smoking cessation program - Post 337
Rounders - Final Hand - Post 338
Rounders - Judges game - Post 338
Taxi Driver - Final scene - Post 339
Cat's Eye - Ledge guy, Part 6 - Post 340
Cat's Eye - Ledge guy, Part 5 - Post 340
Vision Quest - 6 minutes - Post 342
The Program - Alvin Mack - Post 343
Casablanca - Rick and Sam at the bar - Post 345 (need video clip)
Office Space - Printer beatdown - Post 347
Office Space - Interview with the Bobs - Post 347 (need video clip)
Bonnie and Clyde - Death scene - Post 348
Deliverance - Dueling banjos - Post 349
The Blob - Old man poking blob - Post 350
The In-Laws - Serpentine - Post 351
Paths of Glory - Storming the lines - Post 353
Body Double - Relax - Post 355
City Lights - Boxing - Post 357
The Gold Rush - Table Ballet - Post 357
The Gold Rush - Eating his shoe - Post 357
Safety Last - Keaton and the clock - Post 357
The Usual Suspects - Hand me the keys - Post 357
Midnight Cowboy - I'm walkin' here - Post 357
The Dark Knight - Pencil trick - Post 358
The Life of Brian - Wewease Wogew - Post 359
The Life of Brian - Stoning scene - Post 360
Mallrats - Truth or date - Post 361
Mallrats - 's baby - Post 361
Clerks - 37 dicks - Post 362
Dancing Outlaw - Proper egg cooking - Post 364
The Natural - Best there ever was - Post 365
61* - Mantle and Maris argue - Post 366
Bull Durham - Man, that ball got out of here - Post 367
Rocky Balboa - Pursuit of Happiness - Post 370
Rocky Balboa - Best inspirational speech - Post 370
Rocky Balboa -Ice rink scene - Post 370
Rocky Balboa -Stuff in the basement - Post 370
Old Yeller - Kid gets dog - Post 372
Road to Perdition - None of us will see heaven - Post 373
True Grit - Bold Talk - Post 376
Lonesome Dove - Horses and Treason - Post 377
Big Jake - If anything goes wrong - Post 378
Dracula: Dead and Loving It - Meeting the doctor - Post 379
Pumping Iron - Weights and orgasms - Post 382
Ronin - Planning the event - Post 385
Green Mile - Willing to die - Post 389
Aladdin - Meeting the genie - Post 390
Mary Poppins - Feed the birds - Post 390
Lord of the Rings - Gandalf vs. Balrog - Post 390
Schindler's List - Farewell scene - Post 391
The Cowboys - Worst day beating - Post 392
The Cowboys - Last prayer at hanging - Post 392
The Cowboys - Stuttering kid gets yelled at - Post 392
Slingblade - I aim to kill - Post 393
M*A*S*H - The football game - Post 394
Searching for Bobby Fischer - Truce - Post 395
True Romance - Drexl - Post 396 (needs video clip)
The Cable Guy - Medieval Times - Post 397
All of Me - Transferring Souls - Post 400
Saving Private Ryan - Jackson sniping from tower - Post 401
Rain Man - Buying underwear at K-Mart - Post 405
Deliverance - Dueling Banjos - Post 407
Coming to America - Sexual chocolate - Post 409
Sin City - Jessica Alba dancing - Post 417
Army of Darkness - This is my boomstick - Post 419
Rain Man - Counting toothpicks - Post 422
Terminator 2 - Hasta la vista, baby - Post 429
Coming to America - Greatest fighter ever - Post 430
From Dusk to Dawn - Salma's table dance - Post 432



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Don't forget Post 428:

Terminator 2: Biker Bar Scene (embedding disabled)

http://youtu.be/olXilz8r4uU

[Rain Man]

Napoleon Dynamite - Eating Sandwiches and eggs

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by thurman merman

Don't forget Post 428:

Terminator 2: Biker Bar Scene (embedding disabled)

http://youtu.be/olXilz8r4uU

Thanks! I remember putting that one on the list very recently, so I didn't include it since I'll just have to dedupe it.

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Ruprecht's apartment (Start at 2:10 and stop at 5:30)

Not mother?

[Rain Man]

Napoleon Dynamite - Time Machine

[Rain Man]

Napoleon Dynamite - Three feet of air

[Rain Man]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Jeanie defends herself

[Rain Man]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Closing credits (The gummy bear line never ceases to crack me up.)

[Rain Man]

Pulp Fiction - Accidentally shot Marvin in the face

[Rain Man]

Pulp Fiction - Getting Jules' wallet back. (Pardon the ad in the clip.)

[Rain Man]

Raising Arizona - Picking up some Huggies

[Rain Man]

Yellowbeard - I'm in disguise

[Rain Man]

Yellowbeard - Joining the navy.

[Rain Man]

The Life of Brian - You are all individuals