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What does Phil say after "Snowman City"?

posted 2 years ago by SlackerInc (1093)
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I have watched this movie more than any other by far, but I can never make it out and it's not in the closed captions. Nor is it captured in this transcript I found:

"I got this over at Snowman City.
Hey! Some kid just threw a snowball at us."

It's at 55:51 (on AMC+ anyway), in between those two lines. This is the second time he is doing the snowman (or at least the second time we see it), and he is acting desperate and weird and not capturing the chemistry of "the perfect day" that led Rita to kiss him but not sleep with him.

[–] MovieElephant (331) 2 years ago

Maybe "Looked for it around..." but he doesn't finish the sentence

[–] SlackerInc (1093) 2 years ago

Could be!

[–] almonigal (1223) 2 years ago

Maybe "looks really riled up"

[–] SlackerInc (1093) 2 years ago

It does kind of sound like that, or "looked me right up"...only problem is, neither of those really make any sense.

[–] PaladinNJ (20615) 2 years ago

I just heard him say:
"I went over to the snowman shop." Then the snowball hits him and he yells "Assassins!"

Did I miss something else?

[–] SlackerInc (1093) 2 years ago

You are talking about a different part of the movie, the first time when it occurs spontaneously. I'm referring to 55:51, when he's trying to recreate the magic, and it comes across as forced and falls flat.

[–] PaladinNJ (20615) 2 years ago

Sorry. My mistake.

[–] SlackerInc (1093) 2 years ago

No problem!

[–] stickman38 (3032) 2 years ago

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[–] [deleted] a year ago

Have you ever found it out? I was curious about it too.

Or what does Ralph say after they leave the bowling alley? It's at 30:50. Ralph: ... I'll drop you off.

[–] SlackerInc (1093) a year ago

I have not! Sorry.

[–] MaximRecoil (4264) 5 months ago

For reference, this is the audio clip:

https://voca.ro/14LVfEjmxhZQ

I don't think it's intelligible. It sort of sounds like, "Looks real round up..." which doesn't make any sense. Maybe he said, "Looks real round now," referring to the snowman's head that they had been shaping with their hands. Or maybe, "Looks real round[ed] out," referring to the lumps of coal and pipe that he said he got at "Snowman City," completing the look of the snowman:

round out
: to bring to completion or fullness : finish out

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20out

Probably the only one in the world who knows for sure is Bill Murray.

[–] SlackerInc (1093) 5 months ago

Right, if he even remembers!

[–] MaximRecoil (4264) 5 months ago

I doubt he'd remember off the top of his head, but if someone were to specifically show him that scene and have him listen closely, then he would probably know what he said, or at least, meant to say.

[–] SlackerInc (1093) 5 months ago

Good point.

[–] ExTechOp (2770) 5 months ago

I'd go with "I got this over at Snowman City it looks really riled up"

Knowing Murray, it was probably an ad lib. He was supposed to be babbling nonsensically until the kids start with the snowballs and likely got ahead of the script. I'm thinking maybe the kids were supposed to pelt him after "Snowman City."

If that's the case, "riled up" makes sense as an ad lib since Phil himself was riled up.

The captions stop at "... looks really --" but the "riled up" still sounds clear enough

Admittedly captions are often after-the-fact and inaccurate. These captions describe all the piano pieces as Rachmaninoff's 18th variation when some of it is scales and one bit is very clearly Mozart

for what it's worth, the only pre-shoot script online was no lines for the original snowman scene, just a description. Again, knowing Ramis and Murray's relationship, Ramis probably fully expected Murray to be able to ad lib as needed to fill time.

[–] SlackerInc (1093) 5 months ago

For sure. I initially dismissed "riled up" as not making any sense, but on further reflection I suppose I can see it.