David George

22nd May 2023

The Blue Max (1966)

Willi von KluGermann: To your unconfirmed victory, next time you must have witnesses.
Other pilots: Witnesses.

David George

13th Feb 2023

The Blue Max (1966)

Bruno Stachel: I don't suppose you've ever had an unconfirmed kill?
Willi von KluGermann: Oh, but I have. I've had, 3.
Bruno Stachel: Then you shot down 23.
Willi von KluGermann: No, 20.

David George

Trivia: Admiral Bates' quote "Success, now more that ever, comes down to the man or woman in the box" is a paraphrase of the Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron) quote "The quality of the box matters little. Success depends upon the man who sits in it." (00:33:19)

David George

17th Apr 2020

Ford v Ferrari (2019)

Carroll Shelby: There's a point, 7000 rpm, where everything fades. The machine becomes weightless. Just disappears. And all that's left is a body, moving through space and time. 7000 rpm, that's where you meet it. Asks you a question. The only question that matters. Who are you?

David George

Toombs: [Arriving at Crematoria] If I owned this place and Hell, I'd rent this place out, and live in Hell.

David George

16th Jul 2019

Grand Prix (1966)

Trivia: Scott Stoddard's teammate at BRM, Bob Turner, is played by British Two time F1 Champion Graham Hill. Pete Aaron's teammate at Yamura, Tim Randolph, is played by American 1961 F1 Champion Phil Hill.

David George

26th Jun 2019

Family Guy (1999)

26th Apr 2019

The West Wing (1999)

Gone Quiet - S3-E7

Abby Bartlet: [Referring to her broken ankle] I was hiking, Oliver. I was hiking. Are you really that much an enemy of nature?
Oliver Babish: Nature is to be protected from. Nature, like a woman, will seduce you with its sights, and its sense and its touch. And then it breaks your ankle, also like a woman.
Abby Bartlet: What the hell kind of dates are you going on, Oliver?
Oliver Babish: I hear ya.

David George

22nd Nov 2018

Bullitt (1968)

Chalmers: Ross.
Bennet: Albert Edward Renick, used car salesman, Chicago.
Chalmers: Who's Renick?
Bullitt: He was the man who was shot in the Hotel Daniels. You sent us to guard the wrong man, Mr. Chalmers.

David George

6th Aug 2018

The Martian (2015)

Hermes: Houston, please be advised: Rich Purnell is a steely-eyed missile man.

David George

19th Nov 2017

Driven (2001)

Factual error: During "Joe's Coin Bit", the team wouldn't be able to hear Joe humming. Race car radios are activated by a button on the steering wheel.

David George

Upvote valid corrections to help move entries into the corrections section.

Suggested correction: So maybe he held the button the whole time to prove a point. This is movie-land, after all.

DEvans

10th Aug 2016

The Martian (2015)

Chosen answer: No reason is given in the film. But the books make mention that he has to have room for the oxygenator, water reclaimer and atmospheric regulator. All of which only work in pressurized areas.

MasterOfAll

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