All the King’s Men (1949)
“…there’s something on everybody. Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption.” – Broderick Crawford as Willie Stark
Category: Best Picture Winners
The Deer Hunter
“I feel a lot of distance, and I feel far away.” – Robert DeNiro as Michael
Jimmy Stewart: The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
While this film is considered one of the weakest Best Picture winners, it is also another example of Stewart’s skill.
On the Waterfront
“You don’t understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it. It was you, Charley.” – Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy
Slumdog Millionaire
“When somebody asks me a question, I tell them the answer.” – Dev Patel as Jamal Malik
Amadeus
“He was my idol. Mozart, I can’t think of a time when I didn’t know his name.” – F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri
All About Eve
“Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night!” – Bette Davis as Margo Channing
Lawrence of Arabia
“So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous, and cruel, as you are.” – Peter O’Toole as T.E. Lawrence
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