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Funniest Woody moment

posted 18 years ago by tobin029
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I loved the scene where Woody is supposed to go on the carriage to go off to be a soldier and instead we see the carriage roll away and there is Woody waving goodbye with his butterfly collection. Then he looks at the camera and makes a "what did I do" look with his face. I just about died with laughter. Soo funny. Its the butterfly collection that seals it. Glad I tivoed the movie so I can watch this movie more than once.

V: A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.

[–] Chwelve 18 years ago

I think the funniest scene in the entire movie, and easily one of the funniest scenes I've seen in all cinema, is the extended shot of Allen and Keaton giving their asides to the camera, with brilliantly over-the-top (but not TOO over-the-top; it was VERY finely executed) intense facial reactions from Woody. I was laughing about as hard as I have in any movie for an entire minute and a half or so. BRILLIANT movie! and so very neglected by many of Woody's fans.

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[–] tsunamigrrl1979 18 years ago

OPen a window! No, not that one- the one in the bathroom!!! ahahahaha- I loved that scene, too...
Ima go home and bite my pillow!

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[–] nutsberryfarm 11 years ago

the black drill sgt.!

'I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.'- Marion Berry

[–] ColonelBatGuano 18 years ago

I can't decide between the whole wheat scene or when Sonja is talking to Ivan's widow.

"We can sort out his letters. Which ones do you want?"
"I'll take the vowels, you can have the consenants."
"I wanted you to have his moustache, and his string. Ivan saved string."
"I know. It was one of the reasons why I loved him."
"I also loved him for his string."

"What good are intestines if you can't have sex with them?" -Jeffrey Dahmer

[–] xcheddarx 17 years ago

"No you must be Don Francisco's sister!"
"No it's a greater honor for me..."

[–] homer4e 17 years ago

the montage of boris at war, i was crying. oh and i found the early montage of boris' youth to be laugh out loud funny.

[–] norwood317 17 years ago

Soldier: He was from my village. He was the village idiot.
Boris: Yeah, what did you do, place?

[–] jasonhurd 17 years ago

I guess I'm more of a slapstick fan, but my two favorite Woody moments are 1)when he gets all tangled up with his sword at the opera and accidentally gooses an old lady, and 2)when he's hitting Diane Keaton over the head with an empty bottle.

[–] lagnew 17 years ago

My favorite is the drill instructor scene

[–] tody711 17 years ago

"I have the kindof body that excites both persuasions"

And all the bits with him in the Army, crazy marching, the sword, etc.

Thanks to TCM for "Woody ALlen day"

[–] vanityfair_713 16 years ago

Oh my goodness...this entire film is hilarious, but the bottle scene kept me laughing for minutes. Terrific.

He said it's all in your head, and I said, so's everything--
But he didnt get it.

[–] perplexer1959 17 years ago

boris attempts to make a move on sonja in the bed, and she says "no....not here."

[–] nyc24 17 years ago

This is a movie I NEVER expected to be interested in, but one night my favorite news anchor was trying to remember the movie with all these references to wheat, his friend emailed him with the answer, Love and Death, and I became curious about it. The only Woody Allen movies that I'm really familiar with are "Radio Days" and "Take the Money and Run" and "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex", all of which I love. I tried to watch "Annie Hall" a few times, but I can't get into it, even though it's an Oscar winning classic. Love and Death however, cracks me up from start to finish. Woody and Diane were wonderful in this and all of the references and funny intellectual sparring the two of them do is amazing. My favorite moments are when Woody Allen is being chewed out by the black drill sargent, Diane Keaton at the death bed of her husband and the men with her trying to control their mirth when her husband claims she's "pure", Woody and Diane's hapless attempts to murder Napoleon ("that is so jejune!") and Woody calling himself a "militant coward". I also love the final scene where Woody and Death are dancing in the row of trees. This movie for me, is a lot more superior than Annie Hall.

[–] creightonhale 17 years ago

Got to agree with this line. The whole movie is a hoot.

"That was a good movie. You should have been in that movie."

[–] lurpino 17 years ago

This whole movie is a 'laugh till your sides hurt, crying' movie. I think there are many funny moments, but for some reason the scene where Woody and Diane attempt to knock out the man with a bottle sticks out the most. The camera speeds up and he ends up hitting Diane several times until she herself passes out distracting their target enough for Woody to give him the deserved blow. I watched it over and over again and couldn't get enough. Absolutely classic.

[–] dave_the_guitar_dude 17 years ago

"Shall we say, pistols at dawn?".

"Yeah sure we can say it, i dont know what i means but we can say it".

lmao

[–] bmoore-13 17 years ago

From memory:

Keaton: Sex without love is an empty experience.

Allen: Yes, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the better ones.

[–] jacquesf-1 17 years ago

Just watched it again... the whole movie is absolutely hilarious but I’d have to say the funniest moments are when Woody’s hitting Diane Keaton with the bottle and she keeps laughing until she slides down the wall unconscious...

The whole scene of murdering Napoleon is also very funny, especially the moment when they suddenly get philosophical (the discussion about Ethics), how they change their tones of voice, positions, gestures, everything...

"It’s immoral"
"How would you define that?"
...
"Could you just hit him again, he’s waking up (she hits Napoleon) Where were we?"
..
"You’re being pantheistic again"

:-))

[–] ColonelBatGuano 17 years ago

I think it's hysterical when Sonja shoots the pistol by accident.

"Careful, that gun might be loaded."

Terry Jones is not Kosher

[–] mollyman290765 16 years ago

Allen before duel asks not to be killed as he has a rash and death is the worst thing for it.

[–] jasonhurd 17 years ago

I also love when Countess Alexandrovna tells him 'You are the greatest lover I have ever had' and he replies 'Yeah, well, I practice a lot when I'm alone.'

[–] PenhoetMovies 17 years ago

Boris: Sonya, are you scared of dying?
Sonya: Scared is the wrong word. I'm frightened of it.
Boris: That's an interesting distinction.

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After Boris and Sonya get married there's a shot of Sonya lying in bed. Suddenly you see Boris sit up and touch Sonya's arm and she says, "Don't... not here," and the look of confusion on Boris's face is priceless. The whole shot is priceless.

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Sonya (frantically): No, not on the piano. It's a rented piano.

[–] le_disciple79 16 years ago

one of the funiest films i ever watched .. full of parodying about a lot of our life and death issues ..

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Anton Inbedkov: Shall we say pistols at dawn?
Boris Grushenko: Well, we can say it. I don't know what it means, but we can say it.

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Boris : Waiter, a bottle of your best red wine,
please, and two straws.
Two straws.

Word has it
the Don is en route to visit Napoleon.

Don Francisco: Word travels fast.

Boris : Not as fast as good news.

Don Francisco`s sis : No news is good news.

Don Francisco:Here today, gone tomorrow.

Boris :You can lead a horse to water,
but you can't make him drink.
- Your turn.

[–] Noirkiss_3 16 years ago

I love the scene where he is going to duel and is talking about death and Gods existence with Diane Keaton.

Keaton= "Of course there is a God we are made in his image"
Allen= "You think we were made in God's image, take a look at me,do you think God wears glasses?
Keaton= "Not with those frames."
:)

When there are two, one betrays-Jean-Pierre Melville

[–] ken-miller-4 16 years ago

The exchange that gets me every time is the scene when war is declared. Every line in the scene is hilarious, but particularly this exchange:

"What are you going to do when the French soldiers rape your sister?"

"I don't have a sister."

"That's no answer!"

"Well, who are they gonna rape, Ivan? They'll throw up."

One of the funniest films ever made. I never get tired of this movie. Between this and Holy Grail, 1975 was a very good year for comedy.

[–] Jake3988 16 years ago

Heh, I don't remember that one Ken. That sounds absolutely hilarious, though.

[–] alex-hubble 16 years ago

"Ah, Grushenko, the young coward all St Petersburg is talking about"

"Not so young, I'm 35."

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