Time for another tournament: favorite movie scenes.

[Rain Man]

Edit: The Tournament Is Now Underway and no more nominations will be accepted after Post 498. Look for the SceneItAll Tournament Threads.


I saw two movies today that featured iconic scenes: Big, with the piano dancing scene, and Risky Business, with the underwear dance.

It got me wondering about my favorite movie scenes, and I thought it would be a good tournament topic. So this is the nomination thread. Tell me your favorite movie scenes.

The rules:

1. A scene is generally defined as a segment in a particular place and time, continuous in presentation.

2. A scene should be no more than about three minutes in length.

3. I debated on what adjective to use. Most memorable scene? Best scene? I ended up landing on "favorite scene", because that lets you select based on your own feelings.

4. Probably no porn scenes since they would automatically win.

5. We're talking scenes, not lines. So your nomination needs to be at least one minute long unless you can argue that it's a full standalone scene that's shorter.

I'll likely do this as a brutal one-on-one single elimination tournament since I expect to get a lot of nominations. However, I could change this once I see what we have lined up.

I'll start by nominating the following:

- the piano dancing scene in Big



- the underwear dance in Risky Business (sorry about the ad - starting at 0:32 in this clip)



- the scene staring into the Seurat painting in Ferris Bueller (from 0:53 to the end of this clip, though they cut it off a little too soon)



- the Ferris Bueller parking attendants flying in the Ferrari



- Forrest Gump deciding to stop running (5:08 to 6:37 in this clip)

[Rain Man]

Okay, I'm slowly going to start cataloging the choices. If anyone has time and can help, that'd be awesome. We'll list the movie, the scene, and the post that contains the video link. If you can't tell the movie from the posted clip, just call it "Unknown" and the person who posted it can elaborate.


Big - Piano Dancing Scene - Post 1
Risky Business - Underwear Dance - Post 1
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Seurat Stare - Post 1
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Parking Lot Ferrari - Post 1
Forrest Gump - End of the Run - Post 1
Cape Fear - Parking Lot Fight - Post 2
Of Mice and Men - Lenny and Curly Fight - Post 4
Big Jake - Hostage Scene - Post 5
Wuthering Heights - Heathcliff can't have Cathy - Post 6
Cool Hand Luke - Boxing - Post 7
Cool Hand Luke - Failure to Communicate - Post 7
Pee Wee's Big Adventure - Tequila - Post 8

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Okay, I'm slowly going to start cataloging the choices. If anyone has time and can help, that'd be awesome. We'll list the movie, the scene, and the post that contains the video link. If you can't tell the movie from the posted clip, just call it "Unknown" and the person who posted it can elaborate.


Big - Piano Dancing Scene - Post 1
Risky Business - Underwear Dance - Post 1
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Seurat Stare - Post 1
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Parking Lot Ferrari - Post 1
Forrest Gump - End of the Run - Post 1
Cape Fear - Parking Lot Fight - Post 2
Of Mice and Men - Lenny and Curly Fight - Post 4
Big Jake - Hostage Scene - Post 5
Wuthering Heights - Heathcliff can't have Cathy - Post 6
Cool Hand Luke - Boxing - Post 7
Cool Hand Luke - Failure to Communicate - Post 7
Pee Wee's Big Adventure - Tequila - Post 8

I'll make a list of page 2 for ya, bud.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by thurman merman

I'll make a list of page 2 for ya, bud.

You da man. Thanks!

I'll try to do maybe a couple of pages a day, and if you and others can help out, that'll get us caught up pretty quick.

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Nominations from page 2:

Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Private. Pyle's greatest hour. - Post 21
Full Metal Jacket - Get Some - Post 22
Rocky IV - Final Speech - Post 23
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Chief Bromden leaves - Post 24
Tenacious D - Kickapoo - Post 25
Tenacious D - Classico - Post 25
Tenacious D - Sasquatch and Trippy Mushrooms - Post 25
Tenacious D: Pick of Destiny - Lasers - Post 25
Tenacious D - Master Exploder - Post 25
Tenacious D - Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown) - Post 25
Caddyshack - Bill Murray's Dalai Lama - Post 26
Caddyshack - Boat accident - Post 27
Super Troopers - Opening scene - Post 28
Super Troopers - Meow - Post 29

[Chiefnj2]

[Chiefnj2]

Also, the last 4-5 minutes of Requiem For A Dream

[Mama Hip Rockets]

[Aries Walker]

Is it too late for me to add the rescue of Rianne from the desert in Lethal Weapon?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Aries Walker

Is it too late for me to add the rescue of Rianne from the desert in Lethal Weapon?

Bring it on. It's going to take a while to get this thing organized.

[frankotank]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

I am in a world of shit / Private Pyle

I just recently realized that Pyle is the dude in Men In Black...the "bug" running around in the "Edgar suit". Edgar and Pyle are the same dude.

[frankotank]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

I have not sene Pulp Fiction. Must be good.

DUDE! you need to see that TONIGHT! WTF? great, great, GREAT movie!!!

[frankotank]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

"you just shot an unarmed man"

"He should have armed himself"

Awesome! you beat me to it. rep. one of my favorite movies ever.

[frankotank]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

made me sad

you and I seem to have very similar movie tastes. I love this flick. if you guys haven't seen it....it is really good. they totally set this up for a second movie....and then never made one! dammit!

[DMAC]

Kids In The Hall: Brain Candy

Cancer Boy scene.

[frankotank]

This one kills me EVERY TIME. (hope it hasn't been posted already...didn't get thru all of them and I gotta run....)
Final scene in Dances With Wolves. Wind In His Hair shouts to Dunbar.



I’ll probably get some crap for this, but I love it. From the best of the Rocky movies….Mickey Golmill dies in Rocky III. Stallone ain’t the greatest actor IMO….but this scene is unforgettable.
“We got more to do……”

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