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Thanks to everyone that played. I expected numbers 3 and 4 to be the easiest, but I wouldn’t have guessed that no one knew number 6. Here are all the answers along with some comments.

1. [holding up a stiff brown lump] Well, you forgot, and now Jelly’s dead. (2004) Garden State This movie was in theaters during the killer hurricane season two years ago. I was without electricity when I went to see it and I really wanted a couple hours of air conditioning as much as anything. But I like the movie a lot (and not just because I’m infatuated with Natalie Portman).
2. His mind now has been completely distracted from his original thought: “Eat the man in the white pants.” (1997) Fast, Cheap & Out of Control This is admittedly more obscure and bizarre than any of the other movies on this list. A documentary that weaves together a lion tamer (hence the quote), a topiary gardner, naked mole rats, and robotics design seems beyond imagination (and sensibility). I found it really fascinating. [I'm weird that way.]
3. …rejection kills. Disappointment only maims. (1996) The Truth About Cats & Dogs Although I like this movie, I found it a little heavy-handed at times. But this quote redeemed the whole thing for me.
4. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. (1987) The Princess Bride Pirates, a giant person, giant swamp rats, sword-fights, revenge, death… finally a love story that even a kid (like me) can enjoy! And an inconceivable running gag to boot!
5. It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage. (1981) Raiders of the Lost Ark When Indy is dragged under and then out behind a moving truck, it’s a tribute to Yakima Canutt’s similar famous stunt in John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939). And this quote follows his reunion with Marion who says, “You’re not the man I knew ten years ago.”
6. Non! (1976) Silent Movie There are reasons why this Mel Brooks film is not as popular as some of his others, but I appreciate the irony of the only spoken word in the film being by Marcel Marceau, famous for his skills at pantomime. And I appreciate the risk of releasing a silent film in the 70’s almost as much as the risk of releasing a black and white film which leads us to…
7. Put… the candle… back! (1974) Young Frankenstein When I was growing up, the old horror flicks were on TV all the time. This was a wonderful sendup of the genre and I think it holds up well enough that I still enjoy watching it occasionally. [And to me, this was much funnier than the "knockers" quote that most people pick.]
8. I’ve never been alone with a man before, even with my dress on. With my dress off, it’s MOST unusual. (1953) Roman Holiday According to IMDB trivia, this was “Shot in black and white so that the characters wouldn’t be upstaged by the romantic setting of Rome.” It’s hard to imagine anything upstaging Audrey Hepburn.
9. I never dreamed that any mere physical experience could be so stimulating! (1951) The African Queen Humphrey Bogart won his only Oscar for this film. Katherine Hepburn did not win one of her four Oscars for this film, but she did have the best line in it.
10. Strange, and I thought you were an Aryan.
    No. I’m a vegetarian (1940) The Great Dictator If all you know about Charlie Chaplin is that he played a little tramp, you need to watch this movie. And remember that it was made and released while Hitler was rising to power.

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