Stripes – US Box Office: USD$85millions

Famous quotes:

Recruiter: “Now, are either of you homosexuals?”

John Winger: [John and Russell look at each other] “You mean, like, flaming, or…”

Recruiter: “Well, it’s a standard question we have to ask.”

Russell Ziskey: “No, we’re not homosexual, but we are *willing to learn*.”

John Winger: “Yeah, would they send us someplace special?”

Recruiter: “I guess that’s “no” on both. Now if you could just give Uncle Sam your autograph…”

Fun Fact about Stripes:

• All the wooden basic training barracks seen in the film have been demolished. They were destroyed to make way for the Maude Human Resources Command headquarters, the military’s second-largest structure after the Pentagon. Some of the buildings visible after the GI clothing issue scene remain.

Tammy – US Box Office: USD$84millions

Famous quotes:

Tammy: [angrily] “I do blame you. I blame you for shoving me out of a hotel room last night and letting me sleep outside like a dog. I blame you ’cause you’re already on your second bloody Mary. It’s not even 10:00 A.M.”

Pearl: “This is vegetables.”

Tammy: [voice breaks] “I blame you for packing up your shit and making me come home from school when I was ten years old and finding an empty fucking room. That’s what I blame you for. You know how shitty that was for a little kid? You left me all alone.”

Pearl: “Well, you weren’t alone. Your parents were there.”

Tammy: “It’s not the same thing. You were my best friend and you just left me. I’m probably gonna need a tetanus shot ’cause I got nipped by a raccoon last night.”

Fun Fact about Tammy:

• The film stars four Oscar winners: Susan Sarandon for Dead Man Walking, Kathy Bates for Misery, Nat Faxon for The Descendants, and Allison Janney for I, Tonya. It also features three Oscar nominees: Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids, Toni Collette for The Sixth Sense, and Dan Aykroyd for Driving Miss Daisy.

Secretariat – US Box Office: USD$59millions

Famous quotes:

Penny Chenery: “More than three thousand years ago a man named Job complained to God about all his troubles and the Bible tells us that God answered. Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane? Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting? He paused fiercely, rejoicing in his strength and charges into the fray. He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing, He does not shy away from the sword. The quiver rattles against his side, along with the flashing spear and lance. In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground. He cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.”

Eddie Sweat: “Hey, Kentucky! Big old Red done ate his breakfast this morning! And you about to see something that you ain’t never even seen before!”

Penny Chenery: “Well, Mr. Lauren. What do you think?”

Lucien Laurin: “I think he’s 1100 pounds of baby fat. He eats too much, and too often, the only reason he doesn’t eat more is ’cause he’s too busy sleeping. He only does what *he* wants to do, exactly when *he* wants to do it. He lays against the back of that starting gate like he’s in a hammock in the Caribbean. And when he finally *does* get out of the gate, it takes him forever to find his stride. Any other questions?”

Miss Ham: “I have one. How much did you spend on that hat?”

Fun Fact about Secretariat:

• Close-up shots of racing horses were taken by attaching lightweight digital cameras to sticks and positioning them close to the horses as they galloped around the track. The horses grew accustomed to it, but the jockeys were occasionally startled by it.

Demolition Man – US Box Office: USD$58millions

Famous quotes:

Lenina Huxley: “I have, in fact, perused some newsreels in the Schwarzenegger Library, and the time that you took that car…”

John Spartan: “Hold it. The Schwarzenegger Library?”

Lenina Huxley: “Yes. The Schwarzenegger Presidential Library. Wasn’t he an actor when you…?”

John Spartan: “Stop! He was President?”

Lenina Huxley: “Yes! Even though he was not born in this country, his popularity at the time caused the 61st Amendment which states…”

John Spartan: “I don’t wanna know. President…”

Sequel: Demolition Man 2

Fun Fact about Demolition Man:

• The title was inspired by the song of the same name by The Police. As a result, Sting was hired to remake the music for the film.

Goldfinger – US Box Office: USD$51millions

Famous quotes:

Pussy Galore: [pointing a gun at Bond, who has just emerged from the airplane lavatory] “We’ll be landing in twenty minutes. Do you want to play it easy, or the hard way? And this isn’t a tranquilizer gun.”

James Bond: “Now, Pussy, you know a lot more about planes than guns. That’s a Smith and Wesson .45, and if you fire at me at this close range, the bullet will pass through me and the fuselage like a blowtorch through butter. The cabin will depressurize, and we’ll both be sucked into outer space together. If that’s how you want to enter the United States, you’re welcome. As for me, I prefer the easy way.”

Pussy Galore: “That’s very sensible.”

James Bond: “Besides, there’s always so much going on around Mr. Goldfinger. It would be a shame not to accept his hospitality.”

Pussy Galore: “I’m sure he’ll be happy to see you, too.”

Sequel: Thunderball

Fun Fact about Goldfinger:

• When it was released, it was the fastest-grossing film in history and was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records.

The Insider – US Box Office: USD$29millions

Famous quotes:

Lowell Bergman: “This news division has been *villified* by the New York Times! In print, on television, for *caving* to corporate interests!”

Don Hewitt: “New York Times ran a blow by blow of what we talked about behind closed doors! You fucked us!”

Lowell Bergman: “No, you fucked you! Don’t invert stuff! Big Tobacco tried to smear Wigand, you bought it. The Wall Street Journal, here: not exactly a bastion of anti-capitalist sentiment, refutes Big Tobacco’s smear campaign as the lowest form of character assassination! And now, even now, when every word of what Wigand has said on our show is printed, the entire deposition of his testimony in a court of law in the State of Mississippi, the cat *totally* out of the bag, you’re still standing here debating! Don, what the hell else do you need?”

Don Hewitt: “Mike, you tell him.”

Mike Wallace: “You fucked up, Don.”

Fun Fact about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze:

• There was no set in the courtroom where Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) gave his deposition. The filmmakers used the same courtroom in Jackson County, Mississippi, where the real Wigand gave his testimony.

Elizabethtown – US Box Office: USD$26millions

Famous quotes:

Claire Colburn: “You’re an artist, man. Your job is to break through barriers. Not accept blame and bow and say thank you, I’m a loser, I’ll go away now. Oh, Phil’s mean to me, whaa, whaa, So what.”

Drew Baylor: “I don’t cry.”

Claire Colburn: “You want to be *really* great? Then have the courage to fail big and stick around. Make ’em wonder why you’re still smiling. That’s true greatness to me. But don’t listen to me, I’m a Claire.”

Drew Baylor: “I’m gonna have to call you back…”

Heather Baylor: “Okay, just dial HELL and I’ll answer.”

Fun Fact about Elizabethtown:

• An unexpected rainstorm disrupted the filming of a cemetery scene with actors Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. Cameron Crowe advised them to film the location because it appeared more beautiful and natural.

The Return of the Living Dead – US Box Office: USD$14millions

Famous quotes:

Trash: “Do you ever wonder about all the different ways of dying? You know, violently? And wonder, like, what would be the most horrible way to die?”

Spider: “I try not too think about dying too much.”

Trash: “Mm. Well for me, the worst way would be for a bunch of old men to get around me, and start biting and eating me alive.”

Spider: “I see.”

Trash: “First, they would tear off my clothes…”

Chuck: “Hey, somebody get some light over here, Trash is taking off her clothes again.”

Sequel: Return of the Living Dead II

Fun Fact about The Return of the Living Dead:

• In this film, the zombies are not mindless. They converse, solve problems, and set traps for victims. They are aggressive, quick, and unyielding. Every attempt to destroy them seems to make them stronger, and every effort to solve the problem only adds to the chaos. Given certain aspects of the film, this could easily be interpreted as a satire on the nuclear arms race and the Cold War. The rival nations’ war-head solutions are perhaps more dangerous than the conflicts that initially spawn their apparent necessity.

The Hustler – US Box Office: USD$8millions

Famous quotes:

Sarah Packard: “I’m a college girl. Two days a week – Tuesdays and Thursdays – I go to college.”

Fast Eddie: “You don’t look like a college girl.”

Sarah Packard: “I’m the emancipated type. Real emancipated.”

Fast Eddie: “No, I didn’t mean that… whatever that means. I mean you just don’t look young enough.”

Sarah Packard: “I’m not.”

Fast Eddie: “So why go to college?”

Sarah Packard: “Got nothing else to do on Tuesdays and Thursdays.”

Fast Eddie: “What do you do on the other days?”

Sarah Packard:” I drink.”

Fun Fact about The Hustler:

• The film crew constructed a dining area in Manhattan’s real Penn Station Greyhound bus terminal. It was so believable that people showed up and sat down, wishing their orders were taken.

Eight Men Out – US Box Office: USD$5millions

Famous quotes:

Eddie Cicotte: “What’s the scoop, Harry?”

Harry: “Mr. Comiskey sent these down for you. His congratulations for a successful pennant race.”

Eddie Cicotte: “He didn’t happen to mention when we can expect that bonus he promised us if we took the flag, did he?”

Harry: “This IS your bonus.”

Swede Risberg: “Cheap bastard.”

Kid Gleason: “Look, fellas, if it was up to me…”

Eddie Cicotte: “Kid, we got no beef with you.”

[opens one of the champagne bottles – nothing happens]

Eddie Cicotte: “It’s flat.”

Fun Fact about Eight Men Out:

• Some sources claim that the Chicago White Sox were dubbed the Black Sox long before the World Series fixing scandal. Charles Comiskey declined to launder the team uniforms, forcing the players to do it themselves, resulting in filthy uniforms. That is not mentioned in other sources, including the source novel.

Saratoga – US Box Office: USD$5millions

Famous quotes:

Carol Clayton: “You idiot, I did the one thing that would send him away.”

Duke Bradley: “You did? What was that?”

Carol Clayton: “I kissed him.”

Duke Bradley: “And that sent him away? Oh, Carol, you underestimate yourself.”

Carol Clayton: “You don’t understand. Hartley happens to be a gentleman.”

Duke Bradley: “Oh, then I’m glad I’m a mug. Kiss me like that and see if I go home?”

Fun Fact about Saratoga:

• Jean Harlow collapsed on the set in May 1937, with the film about 90% finished, and died reportedly of uremic poisoning a week later. Her remaining scenes were shot with a double Mary Dees, who was only filmed from behind. Paula Winslowe provided the voice.