Do you know the top 6 misquoted movie lines? I did not do so well.
Thanks to Southwest Airline’s Spirit Magazine we have the list. I saw it in their July 2009 edition. (Their source was a survey from lovefilm.com) Below is a listing of the movie, the wrong line people most often say, and the correct line from the movie.
Number One
Movie: The Empire Strikes Back
Wrong: “Luke, I am your father.”
Correct: “No, I am your father.”
Number Two
Movie: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Wrong: “Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”
Correct: “Magic, Mirror on the wall…”
Number Three
Movie: Dirty Harry
Wrong: “Do you feel lucky, punk?”
Correct: “You’ve got to ask yourself one question. ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?”
Number Four
Movie: Casablanca
Wrong: “Play it again, Sam.”
Correct: “Play it, Sam.”
Number Five
Movie: Silence of the Lambs
Wrong: “Hello, Clarice.”
Correct: “Good evening, Clarice.”
Number Six
Movie: Star Trek Franchise
Wrong: “Beam me up, Scotty!”
Correct: Never used in any film or TV series
How many would you have gotten wrong? There are a couple I want to argue with they seem so real to me. I thought there was one line from “Gone With the Wind” that is often misquoted, but it didn’t make the list.
I think it is interesting though how things get repeated and before long they are the “new truth”. It’s a good reminder to consider carefully what we do repeat.
ha, just saw this on southwest as well….I was quite surprised at some of these. Funny how things get misquoted and misinterpreted, kind of like the bible 🙂