BEST line - The Paper (1994) Discussion

[–] elTrenton 19 years ago

when Marissa Tomei went "I'll remember, no Henry, i'll remember."
well, maybe not the best, but mos def the cutest.

Phillip!? Dynamite!

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[–] kseifner 19 years ago

The scene where Michael Keaton's character is going on a rant and saying things like I don't live in a F-ing bubble, so go F--- yourself or something along those lines when the editor from the other paper called him up to accuse him of stealing his lead on a story. What was yours?

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[–] aidianholder 19 years ago

In the morning editorial meeting: the constantly whining editor (the guy who was always griping about his chair) walks into Robert Duval's office and bitches about Duval smoking.

Editor: the doctor found nicotine in my urine

Duval: then stop putting your dick in my ash tray

Priceless ... dead on newsroom humour.

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[–] garethmackie 19 years ago

When Michael Keaton asks the cop what he'll say when his wife asks him how his day was.

Cop: *beep* you."
Keaton: "You'd say *beep* you to your wife?"

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[–] InvisibleGeneration 19 years ago

The British guy: Geez, what's up his ass?

Michael Keaton: A bagel.

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[–] InvisibleGeneration 19 years ago

Just watched it again. Love this line:

Henry: Give me the key.

Print Worker: Nobody touches that button.

Henry: Give me the key!

Print Worker: Chuck's got the key!

Henry: Give me CHUCK!

LOVE this movie...

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[–] EStreet61 19 years ago

After Glenn Close gets shot.

Glenn Close- A bullet came though the wall. Why did a bullet pass through the wall?

Randy Quaid- To get to the other side.

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[–] rbostic84 19 years ago

When somebody asked Keaton if he had a good story or something.

Donald Trump jumped off a building, landed on Madonna

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[–] tth0r 19 years ago

I really like, 'A clipboard and a confident wave can get you into any building in the world.'

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[–] commanderjeltz 16 years ago

Did I dream it or did Michael Keaton say to Glenn Close, when she puts up her dukes to fist fight him,

"Are you nuts??? Are you mentally nuts????"

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[–] fourswords2003 15 years ago

The funny thing is its true.
I use to be a FedEx driver, I could walk into anywhere & no-one would ask me what I was up to.

Television : The people medium, for medium people.

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[–] CC1966 11 years ago

MacDougal fires the gun into the stack of newspapers while everyone is arguing:
"Let...Marti...talk to her husband. Please.

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[–] mgk112 19 years ago

that is my favorite line! PRICELESS This could only be funny coming from Duvall! his timing is perfect! he is really funny in this one!

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[–] somsenator 18 years ago

When Tomei walks into Keaton's office...

Marisa Tomei: Henry!?!...MacDougal how are you?
Randy Quaid: Why?

First Staff Meeting...

Glenn Close: He derails his train and steps over bodies to have a few beers?
Michael Keaton: What do you do after you step over bodies?
Glenn Close: I have a cigarette and go to sleep

Again First Staff Meeting...

Michael Keaton: By the way, could we possible get another dick drawing? It looks like a map of Florida. It also looks like, I think, the 5th at Shinnecook Country Club, doesn't it? And I would play over the water, by the way, as a suggestion.

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[–] Howlin Wolf 18 years ago

During the fight between Henry and Alicia, when Randy Quaid's character gleefully says:

"Somebody should stop this!"

... of course, making no effort to do so...

I'm sorry, I don't speak monkey...

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[–] jbmncok72 18 years ago

Sandusky: You made my wife cry when she reads the paper

MacDougal: At least she bought it didn't she?

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Bernie: Don't ask marital advice from a guy who's been divorced twice and has a daughter that won't speak to him.

Whaaaat... dooooeeees... theeeee... yeeeel-looowwww... liiiiight... meeeeaaan?

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[–] Filmbuff117 17 years ago

Michael Keaton: Robin happens to be a professional photographer.
Glenn Close: Robin happens to be 14 years old.

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[–] cathyguy 17 years ago

Bernie: I gotta know if she hates me. If she hates me, there's no point.
Sandusky: Hates you?
Bernie: She's your daughter.
Sandusky: What could you do that she would hate you?
Bernie: I kept *beep* my reporters and...broke her mother's heart.
Sandusky: - That would do it. - Yeah, it would. It did.

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[–] bdoliver11 16 years ago

Glen Close: You are so *beep* fired!

Because you are a character doesn't mean you have character

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[–] falcon2484 15 years ago

"WATERBED!"

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"Well, guess *beep* what? I don't really *beep* care! You wanna know *beep* why? Cause I don't LIVE IN THE *beep* WORLD, I LIVE IN *beep* NEW YORK CITY, SO GO *beep* YOURSELF!"

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Bernie: "In '68, a bunch of us went to cover the Olympics in Grenoble. Decided to go to the best restaurant in town. Now, the menu didn't have any prices, but we were all on expense accounts so we figured, *beep* it,' got drunk. Well, somehow there ended up being, I don't know, fifteen or sixteen of us at the table, and when the check came -- ooooo, it was nine thousand dollars."

Alicia: "Whoa."

Bernie: "Yeah. [chuckles] So, now we're all starting to point fingers, we're trying to figure out who invited who. And just when it was starting to get really embarrassing, this funny-lookin' old guy at the next table calls the maitre-d over. [mimics writing] Ehhhh, he did a couple of squiggly lines on a napkin, signed his name, winked at us -- that was it. The old guy was Pablo Picasso, and that napkin paid our bill."

Alicia: "Did I miss the segue here, Bernie? What's the point?"

Bernie: "Well, the people we cover -- we move in their world but it is their world. You can't live like them, Alicia. You'll never keep up. Now, if you try and make this job about the money, you'll be nothing but miserable, 'cause we don't get the money -- never have, never will."

(While I'm sure it's a fictional script, I've always been fascinated by the above bit of dialogue, beacause Ron Howard & co. hung around a newsroom during the writing of the script, and may have heard this story or one like it from a newsman. Or maybe because of its truthiness, i want to believe it's a true story. I'm a romantic, see.)

The Falcon flies

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[–] psdhart 15 years ago

I agree with previous poster, that is a good one

Not a line, but in the scene where Duvall is sitting with Keaton at a desk you can see half a dozen clocks with the times in the different boroughs of New York
also
-Geez, what's up his ass? A bagel.
-Why did a bullet come out of the wall
-I have a cigarette and go to sleep
The whole golf map/d*ick drawing in the meeting

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[–] msmith13-2 13 years ago

Not the best line, but one that really made me chuckle is when Keaton goes downstairs and his wife is reading the paper. He reads her some boring headline and says something like "Look at that, their just trying to sell papers. That's sensational journalism honey, and I won't be a party to it."

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