Questions tagged [dialogue]
Questions related to specific pieces of a work's spoken word.
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Why does Sonny say they call Michael "Giogali"?
In The Godfather Part II, Sonny introduces Michael to Carlo. He tells Carlo they call Mike "Giogali".
Who is "Giogali"?
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Who emits this vocalization near the end of Ad Astra?
Near the end of Ad Astra, Roy unclips the tether connecting him to his father, Clifford. This is followed by a shot of Clifford drifting away. After a few seconds of silence, a short scream is heard. ...
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What did Tim Curry say in the movie Congo to Ernie Hudson after being insulted?
I've watched this on TV, and the line in question follows Hudson's remarks about Tim Curry's character doing a lot of good, but only for himself.
Tim Curry's character says(what I think he says) "Shut ...
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Why does René refer to Picard as his nephew?
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Family, Captain Picard meets his nephew René when he visits his home on Earth. René says,
You're my nephew Jean-Luc.
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Denzel's Russian in "The Equalizer"
Can anyone tell me what Denzel says to the Russian mobster (at 33:11), after shoving the corkscrew through his lower jaw up to his mouth, and after counting "1/1000"?
He says something which I ...
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Is there a racial aspect to Max Cady's crusade?
During the 1991 version of Cape Fear Max Cady repeatedly insults his opponents as "white", as if to make a distinction between them and himself. This always confused me a little, since ethnically he ...
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Do other-language dubs rerecord sound effects?
I was watching a Spanish version of "Circle of Life" from The Lion King (1994) and noticed that Simba's sneeze-- presumably recorded by Jonathan Taylor Thomas-- sounded the same.
When dubbing a movie ...
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What did Bruce mean by 'same rules apply'?
In Filth, what did the last 'same rules apply' mean?
During the movie whenever he used the phrase, I understood this phrase by associating it with the consequence i.e. `the games' and not the actual ...
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Is Michael Scofield imitating someone when he utters the phrase "The ocean is your frontyard"?
In Prison Break S04E04, titled "Eagles and Angels", Michael and Sara are talking just outside the depot in the shipyard. Michael utters the phrase "The ocean is your frontyard" with a voice other ...
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Why was Joyce Evans not in Inspector Valentine's jurisdiction?
At the end of Father Brown episode 6, "The Bride of Christ", Inspector Valentine says he'll charge Tom Evans as an accessory, but "As for his wife, that's out of my jurisdiction."
Why would it be out ...
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Was Brad Pitt's '50 feet of crap' line in Moneyball a reference to Jennifer Aniston's in Friends?
In Friends S02E01 (from 1995), Rachel is sad because Ross has a new girlfriend, as she is discussing with Joey:
Joey: How're you doing?
Rachel: I'm okay.
Joey: Ooh, that bad, huh?
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Shooting films silently and adding the sound afterwards
I read that some films were shot completely silent. The talking and sound was added afterwards. This allowed actors to speak in their own language (different for different actors) and the director to ...
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What is the meaning of “these lederhosen are riding up my Bundesliga”?
What is common between German traditional trousers and German soccer/football league?
Scene where that sentence is said in the movie Penguins of Madagascar:
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How can everyone in a large crowd hear the speaker from a long distance away?
I always wonder about this particular scenario, where in a large area, the lead speaks and all of the audience listen although they are quite far away. In some motivational speeches, the army ...
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Why does Anniyan read "Sarvadharmaan parityajya" before killing?
Anniyan (2005) is a Tamil movie which was dubbed into Telugu as Aparichitudu and Aparichit in Hindi. It is based on split personality. Vikram plays three characters Ambi, Remo and Anniyan (...
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Do the Chris Nolan Batman movies have a unique Gotham accent?
I cannot place American accents particularly well, so this is not intuitive to me based on watching the Christopher Nolan Batman movies.
Do the cast use a particular accent to place themselves in the ...
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Why is a TV station scrambling dirty words when it created the series themselves? [duplicate]
I am watching The Magicians and noticed that "fucking" (or other variations of "fuck" - I did not notice that with other words) is scrambled to "fng" (more or less). The viewer is expected to ...
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What is a "Genuine Geraldo interviewee"?
Here is the scene in Con-Air:
Guard Falzon says:
Well, welcome aboard. My, my; as I look around I see a lot of celebrities among us. I see eleven Current Affairs, ...
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In Friends S1E7, what did Joey say in a low, twisted voice? [duplicate]
In Friends S1E7, "The one with the blackout", Chandler was locked in an ATM vestibule with Jill Goodacre. A conversation between him and Joey is as follows:
Chandler: I am trapped in an ATM ...
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Why does Brigitte Mohnhaupt deliberately destroy the execution myth and how accurate is her closing dialogue?
At the very end of The Baader Meinhof Complex, after the efforts for pressing the RAF leaders free have failed and they thus commited suicide in Stammheim prison, Brigitte Mohnhaupt speaks to the next ...
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Did silent film actors actually say their lines or did they simply improvise “dialogue” while being filmed?
Been watching some old Buster Keaton films. And—as is the case with silent films—there are title cards that convey setting, place and even show a few lines of dialogue that have been said by the ...
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Why is audio so often out of sync when the actors are filmed from behind?
I've noticed that in almost every TV show or movie I've ever seen, the audio does not sync up with the actor's jaw/mouth movements when the actor is being filmed from behind. It looks as if the actor ...
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What is the meaning of "Cold Cut King of Long Island"?
In American Hustle Irving said his friend Ed Malone is Cold Cut King of Long Island. What does that mean?
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Why did Keith Mars refer to Veronica as Felicia?
In S04E01 "Spring Break Forever" of Veronica Mars, while Keith & Veronica are having their usual father-daughter banter, he call her out as "Bye Felicia".
VERONICA: I'm gonna ...
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Is there an implied affection for Annie by Jeff in The Walk (2015)?
In the movie The Walk, there is a scene where Jeff is searching for a word to describe the wire-walking that Phillippe is about to attempt. He searches for the word in English but falls back to the ...
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What does "a good player" mean in the movie Training day?
In the movie Training day, during Jake and Alonzo's initial meeting with Roger the following dialogue occurs:
ROGER: Where you grew up?
JAKE: North Hollywood.
ROGER: Strong safety, North Hollywood ...
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In "Jacob's Ladder", what is the significance of Jacob mistaking left and right sides of his body?
While I didn't have a problem deciphering most of the allusions and allegorical scenes in the movie Jacob's Ladder, this one still bugs me.
Several times throughout the movie, Louie asks Jacob to ...
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Why detective Mills keeps telling a woman to "eat"?
In this movie Se7en, detective Mills kicks open John Doe's door against detective Somerset's decision:
Somerset repetitively tells Mills they need a legal reason to knock on that door.
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What were the cheat mechanics Mike was talking about in the movie Rounders?
When Mike is explaining how Worm has become an artist with his cheating abilities(during the first scene were he plays poker with him), he lists off a bunch of cheating tricks. What are these tricks ...
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What is Eric Bana saying in Chinese in this scene?
In Funny People, Eric Bana's character can speak Chinese (Mandarin).
In this scene, he says something to his children in Chinese, but I don't know what he says.
It sounds something like: " 觉得__你的再见 "...
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What did Robert California from "The Office" say to Nellie in his voice mail?
So in Season 8 - Episode 23 "Turf War", Robert had a drunk night. He apparently sent an "inappropriate" voicemail to Nellie as she says:
Nellie: I got your voicemail. From – from last night.
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What is Kubra talking about at the end of S03E08?
Near the end of Orange is the New Black S03E08 Kubra says
When a fucker gets so lazy he no longer bothers to buy burners to make calls on, that is too fucking human?
What does that line mean?
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Why does Vaseegaran use the word "dot" for "agree"?
In the Indian movie 2.0, Vaseegaran uses the word "dot" for agreeing to things. Why does he use the word "dot" for "agree"?
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What was the coded message that Happy Hogan sent to Nick Fury?
During the final fight, Happy Hogan calls Nick Fury to warn him about Mysterio's real plan. Happy says a something about going through Tony's old stuff. And Nick Fury replies with "Never call this ...
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Why did Babe Ruth want Henry Aaron's baseball card?
In the movie The Sandlot (1993) there is a scene where Benni Rodriquez has a dream where Babe Ruth comes to him to give him a pep talk on being a legend.
At a certain point, Babe picks up a baseball ...
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What does Bob mean by "there's no profit in last week's fish"?
I am not sure what Bob is talking about in The Shape of Water when he says:
There's no profit in last week's fish.
What does this mean? He said this is what Lenin said.
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What did Isabel whisper to Matsui in the interrogation room scene in Ocean's Twelve?
In the interrogation room scene in Ocean's Twelve, a police officer is questioning Matsui when Isabel enters the scene. After some dialog Matsui breaks down crying.
What could Isabel possibly have ...
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Can Aziraphale and Crowley actually become native?
In the final episode of Good Omens, Aziraphale and Crowley are captured by the forces of Heaven and Hell and put on trial for treason.
Both are sentenced to death, Aziraphale by hellfire and Crowley ...
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What do they say in The Revenant?
I am not a native English speaker. So I have some problems about strange dialogues.
What does Fitzgerald mean in this line in The Revenant?
Fitzgerald: If we keep it, we can lay it up around hours ...
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What does Mildred mean by this line in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri?
In Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the following conversation happens between Charlie and Mildred:
Charlie: Billboards ain’t gonna bring her back, Mildred.
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The waiter's dialogue from The Shape of Water [closed]
In The Shape of Water Giles enters a restaurant. After Giles orders a pie, a waiter tells him about how the restaurant works, changes accent and says:
Waiter: I don't talk like that. I'm from ...
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What does Freysa mean by this?
Freysa tells Joe, shortly after revealing that he is not the born child:
We all wish it was us. That's why we believe.
What is this sentence supposed to mean?
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What did Thanos mean when saying "This day extracts a heavy toll"? [closed]
What does Thanos mean when he says "This day extracts a heavy toll" upon meeting Doctor Strange on Titan in Avengers: Infinity War? I used Google Translate and it didn't really mean anything in my ...
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Is there a name for the trope when there is a moments dialogue when someone pauses just before they leave the room?
There is a common trope both in theatre and in film where a scene is about to end. One actor is about to leave a room. They pause at the door and either ask or are asked a final question just as they ...
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Why did Admiral Nimitz say they had 3 to1 carrier advantage?
In the movie Midway after the Battle of Coral Sea Henry Fonda as Nimitz made the comment they had started out with a 3 to 1 carrier advantage was he implying the Pacific fleet had more carriers?
Did ...
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Why does Rafi yell "gattaca"?
In an episode of the sitcom The League, the characters are playing paintball and Rafi, who is one of the more eccentric characters starts shouting "Gattaca!" as he runs into battle. This is clearly ...
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Why would Pee Wee Herman and President Reagan say "Mecka-lecka Hi Mecka-hiney Ho" or similar?
Pee-wee Herman and Jambi say "Mecka-lecka Hi Mecka-hiney Ho" in "Jambese" (first video, found in Mecka-lecka Hi Mecka-hiney Ho; Scene from The Pee-wee Herman Show (1981), and President Reagan says ...
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Why does Kathryn feel that she's already met Cole in 1990?
In the movie 12 Monkeys, in 1990, when Kathryn is meeting Cole for the first time in her life, she says:
James, where did you grow up? I have the strangest feeling I've met
you before.
What is ...
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Why did Nebula say Thanos isn't a liar?
In Avengers: Endgame, Nebula says this:
My father is many things. A liar is not one of them.
I want to know if he never lied to Nebula, or was she just saying that to make sure he doesn't doubt ...
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What are the characters thinking/trying to convey during the scene where Cheyenne first meets Harmonica?
The splendid movie Once Upon a Time in the West is way too enigmatic for me sometimes. I haven't seen many westerns really, but the dollars trilogy I mostly figured out.
Can someone explain what are ...
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