1. When Michael Caine looks round at freddy(steve) and smiles after the romantic kiss lol!
2. When Caine says to freddy 'if you keep banging on your pots you wont have any pots left will you lol!
Their is more but cant think straight off. Anyone got any other moments that dont get much attention but are actually quite genius lol!
When Freddy (Martin) is in the police cell,trying to remember Lawrence Jamiesons name.
Always cracks me up!
I would have to say thats a great moment and mentioned alot in this forum, but yes very funny moment that I suppose is not as mentioned as some!
I another another little moment that is funny is when Martin is talking to that lady on the train and he says 'Im gonna help my gram ram lol'
R.e.when Martin is talking to that lady on the train and he says 'Im gonna help my gram ram.Also very funny!
I also like when they are in the disco & Steve Martin is giving the Sailors the sob story about how Michael Caine stole his girl.Very funny.The English bloke says,"THE PIECE OF *beep* Makes me laugh just thinking of it!
"THE PIECE OF *beep* "
Damn just read that and saw the very part of the film and the look on that sailors face as he said it flash in my mind - Actually made me laugh out loud!!!
Great film.
I also like the part when Freddie is in his wheelchair about to throl himself down the steps and the butler comes out to Lawrence and says "the sattelite dish man is here" then shown Freddies sly grin before he drops!
Regards
"Get busy livin' or Get busy dyin' - That's gad'damn right!"
Fascinating that all the comments are about Steve Martin - who can be very funny.
In fact, in many ways, he outshines Marlon Brando - in the far superior original "Bedtime Story" - where Brando is just slick.
However, casting Michael Caine as Laurence Jamieson, a quintessential English gentleman, who can easily fool impressionable women that he is an impoverished aristocrat - is risible.
Michael Caine is "Alfie" an East End barrow boy. He always will be, in spite of expensive tailoring.
It would be a mystery why he accepts these parts - to which he is palpably unsuited - until one hears him being interviewed.
Then it all becomes clear - as he boasts about being on the "A" list of Hollywood's version of High Society! He actually thinks he is a gentleman!
He was at his best in "Mona Lisa" playing a Cockney pimp, a total thug who beats up prostitutes who don't perform as he wants.
But to reprise the role of David Niven (Laurence Jamieson the First - in "Bedtime Story")
NEVER.
i think you completely missed the point... laurence jamieson ISNT an english gentleman! hes a con artist pretending to be one. most likely he is a lowly barrow boy but because of his con artist skills he pretends to be a gentleman or aristocrat or whatever suits his purpose... he shows his impersonation skills when he pretends to be the doctor and at the end an austrailian. lol. i always thought micheal caine was perfect in this role.
sharei think you completely missed the point... laurence jamieson ISNT an english gentleman!
"Fascinating that all the comments are about Steve Martin"
But they're not.
You English with your crazy class pretensions! Here in America any intelligent slum dwelling con artist with aspirations toward taste and style and a decent secondary education at NYU can rise above his origins to become a wildly successful high society millionaire impersonator. It is a credit to the character Laurence (and to the real life Caine) that he is such a great actor that he has essentially become this person despite, or perhaps because of, his art school past.
share"Seven sailors, Freddy."
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Yes indeed, but the bit that I love is just before that, when L is talking to F as he leans against the door after the sailors and girls leave - Freddy eventually says, "could you hand me that Superglue solvent..."
The REALLY best bit is after Janet flies off on the plane, and they read the note in the bag - their faces are priseless, Freddy going through puzzlement-realisation-disgust-anger, Laurence going through realisation -amazement-delight-laughter-admiration. Perfect.
BTW - what happened to the remake? It seems to have gone under, not that I care, you can't improve on this IMO.
BTW - what happened to the remake? It seems to have gone under, not that I care, you can't improve on this IMO.
somezing a litte bit more ... STRINGENT
share"Now, darling, as you were saying, you don't think the poor should be allowed in museums..." :)
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I'm not sure but in the music room scene, as Lawrence closes the door, we see a brief glimpse of Freddy.
I also like the scene when Freddy starts to walk, and the first thing he does is run to the bed on wobbly knees, taking off an article of clothing with each step, with the speed of a real Casanova.
And of course "Our love, Freddy. We love you."
I think both Mr. Caine and Martin are talented actors, and are certainly very good in this one, but for me the real stars of this movie are the English sailors.
Never be complete.
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best part: when caine whips steve martin ..."or my name is not doctor (whip) emile (whip) shoofhausen (whip)"
LMAO!!!
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"Nah, it's all gone, Paula. Ne'ermind Nickos, people drop out don't they?"
"I'm keeping the money. Is that wrong?"
"What I'm trying to say is, know YOUR limitations. You're a moron."
"Unfortunately, Randy is a mute."
How could I forget this one... it is a really rarely mentioned scene, indeed. When The Jackal is about to get on the plane, she hesitates and runs back to Lawrence, to give back the briefcase (with Freddy's clothes in it.) At that moment Lawrence is so overtaken by romance that for a very brief moment he opens his arms, thinking that she is running back for a kiss. It kills me every time.
Never be complete.
I love when she brings "dr. Shufhausen" into the room to introduce him to freddy. When Lawrence bends down and looks at freddy.. the look on his face is classic! He is so intense! I laugh every time.
When steve martin is crying after getting whipped, thats pretty stinking funny too.
The "australian" accent used by lawrence at the end is hillarious! The big goofy grin on his face is perfect.
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or my name is not doctor (whip) emile (whip) shoofhausen (whip)... The Third (whip)
LMAO!!!!
The best part of that line is the pause after "shoofhausen (whip)", followed by Caine's devilish smile, then "-the Second! (WHIP)".
shareAt the beginning when Steve Martin is reading a comic on the train. He starts to talk to Michael Caine and puts a bookmark in it so he won't lose his place
shareNot mentioned here at all, when Freddie is in the wheelchair and breaks down sobbing after having told the whole story about his girl leaving him for the dance party show host. "They're....DANCING!!"
shareWould really call that a hillarious part or even that funny lol. Also I think the idea of the thread was moments that you wouldnt immedietly think oh that was funny. Like the part I mentioned, when Caine is talking to ruprect and he says if you keep banging on your pots you wont have any post left will you lol. But also I suppose moments that you find funny that others may not also counts lol. The funniest moment for me when Freddy is in the wheelchair and getting his legs whipped, legendary moment!
shareDespite what the OP said, I think the, "They're DANCING," line was very funny.
I also love the, "Could you hand me that Super-Glue solvent..." line. Classic...
"It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage..."
All to there own i suppose lol.But I didnt think there danding was that funny lol.
share1. "...as police inspector I give you my word that the case will be investigated in a very slipshod manner."
2. [Arthur to Freddie] "Welcome to Hell."
3. "Hello boys it was fun. I'll miss you. Love, Janet (the Jackal)"
P.S. I'm keeping the money, Is that wrong ?
4."The whiz kid! Randy Bentwick.Unfortunately Randy is a mute."
In the scene where "Lady" Fanny (of Omaha) is tricked. The way the two men keep shoving her around against the pot plants. It's just such a silly and funny little touch.
R.I.P. Kim Manners
Can't believe no one's mentioned this:
"May I go to the bathroom?"
"Yes of course."
[Long pause]
"Thank you."
"I don't know, I'm making this up as I go."
Can't believe no one's mentioned THIS:
In the car outside the hotel, Lawrence "eases" Freddy into the car, back first, and goes around. A woman screams, "Your Highness!" and bows deeply. Freddy gives a look and a smile that says, "He's not gettin' out of this one." (Mirroring the viewer's turn of mind exactly.) Lawrence goes to meet the woman, has a conversation with her, all with Janet and Freddy watching. When he gets back into the car, he leans in and says confidentially to Janet, "One of my former patients. Unfortunately incurable." Genius.
The Falcon flies