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"Play it again Sam". "You dirty rat". Do you know any other supposed movie quotes that were never actually said?

Asked by ucme (50047points) January 4th, 2010

Wondered where such inaccuracies from movies originated.

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scotsbloke's avatar

apparently, Kirk never said “Beam me up Scotty” in Star Trek.

# The legendary blood-sucking Count Dracula (Hungarian-born actor Bela Lugosi) never said “I want to suck your blood” in the Universal horror classic, Dracula (1931). However, the line was used in a humorous context by Dr. Tom Mason (Ned Bellamy) practicing his Bela Lugosi (Martin Landau) impersonation in director Tim Burton’s Ed Wood (1994).

# Often misquoted is Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) – yes, Frankenstein was the name of the mad scientist – and his shout of “It’s alive” with the stirring of life within his non-human Monster (Boris Karloff), in Frankenstein (1931). Frankenstein has often been quoted as saying instead: “He’s alive! Alive!” Mel Brooks’ irreverent spoof Young Frankenstein (1974) featured grandson Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) resuming his late grandfather’s experiments, and his loud exclamation of: “Alive. It’s alive! IT’S ALIVE!” to bug-eyed Igor (Marty Feldman) and voluptuous lab assistant Inga (Teri Garr):

Austinlad's avatar

Judy, Judy, Judy (Cary Grant).

scotsbloke's avatar

“Elementary, my dear Watson!” – was a phrase never spoken by the lead character in the many Sherlock Holmes novels from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This quote was rather found in a film review in the New York Times on October 19, 1929. It became popularized only after its trademark use in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929) (the first Holmes film with sound), with Clive Brook and H. Reeves-Smith. It was also stated by Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes character in Twentieth Century Fox’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939). The closest phrases in Doyle’s writings were in The Crooked Man (“Excellent!” I cried. “Elementary!”, said he), and in The Adventure of the Cardboard Box (“It was very superficial, my dear Watson, I assure you”).

Snarp's avatar

“Do you feel lucky, punk?” Dirty Harry. The really line is “you’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?”

scotsbloke's avatar

@ucme there’s actually loads of them, either mis-quoted or made up! lol.
shows you how much attention we all pay to films and stuff.

Use the Forge Luke…............

Likeradar's avatar

I just watched the Star Wars movies for the first time ever (I’m almost 30. Sad, I know). I was surprised that Darth Vader never actually said ”Luke, I am your father.”

scotsbloke's avatar

In Star Wars (1977), Obi Wan Kenobi (Sir Alec Guinness) NEVER said verbatim: “May the Force be with you”, but he did say at least two other variants: “The Force will be with you…always” (clip 1) and “Remember, the Force will be with you…always” (clip 2) [However, it appears that Han Solo said “May the force be with you” to Luke Skywalker just before the big battle.]

you’d never guess I like this topic eh? :0)
Ok, I’ll shuddap now….....

ucme's avatar

@scotsbloke I love movies but it is surprising how many lines are misrepresented. I can watch a movie for the umpteenth time & still find some part i’d never noticed previously. Ahh the magic of the movies.

SeventhSense's avatar

Well this is a really shocker. I was surprised and befuddled.
Most people attribute this to Deniro

Not to mention this revelation.
apparently Deniro and Pesci were hugely influenced by Hanna Barbera

ucme's avatar

@SeventhSense Yabba dabba doo.

JustAnother's avatar

I read a lot. Finished “Gone With the Wind” earlier this year. Couldn’t help but notice that in that famous line that Clark Gable did say in the movie, in the book Rhett Butler never said “Frankly.” It was just “My dear, I don’t give a damn.” Gotta say, without frankly, it’s a really lame quote.

Not exactly what you asked, but surely within the spirit of the question.

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