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Best Opening Line of a Movie Ever

post #1 of 67
4/26/10 at 4:37pm
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Not exactly the very first line, but it's a classic - "I was born a poor black child" - Steve Martin, The Jerk
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post #2 of 67
4/26/10 at 4:41pm
"Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the medical school? I'm supposed to be giving a lecture in twenty minutes and my driver's a bit lost." Lloyd Christmas, Dumb and Dumber
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post #3 of 67
4/26/10 at 4:43pm
"I always wanted to be a gangster"
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post #4 of 67
4/26/10 at 4:49pm
"I never knew the Old Vienna, before the war, with its Strauss Music"

Joseph Cotton as Holly Martins in The Third Man
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post #5 of 67
4/26/10 at 4:52pm
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"As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster"

FTFY and +1
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post #6 of 67
4/26/10 at 4:52pm
"Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life . . . But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?"
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post #7 of 67
4/26/10 at 4:53pm
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FTFY and +1

yeah that's right. forgot that part.
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post #8 of 67
4/26/10 at 4:53pm
Rosebud?
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post #9 of 67
4/26/10 at 4:55pm
no . Trainspotting i think
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post #10 of 67
4/26/10 at 4:56pm
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no . Trainspotting i think

I think SH was asking if Citizen Kane's opening line could be the best ever.

Choose life is Trainspotting indeed.
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post #11 of 67
4/26/10 at 5:04pm
I like the opening monologue of Manhattan. I also like Lester Burnham's monologue in American Beauty, although it's preceded by the camcorder scene.
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post #12 of 67
4/26/10 at 5:09pm
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Rosebud?
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no . Trainspotting i think
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I think SH was asking if Citizen Kane's opening line could be the best ever. Choose life is Trainspotting indeed.
Cit Kane is a damn good one... especially because mine isn't really the first line.
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post #13 of 67
4/26/10 at 5:10pm
Not the very first line, but:

"Look at me, jerking off in the shower. This will be the high point of my day. It's all downhill from here."
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post #14 of 67
4/26/10 at 5:22pm
"Saigon... shit"

Easily the best movie beginning.
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post #15 of 67
4/26/10 at 5:46pm
"People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden..."
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