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Hello Maddie.

I will start with what I consider the best. It's 'Withnail & I'

When Uncle Monty gets into the cottage, comes up the stairs and to the fear of his nephew and companion, enters and finds the 'boys' in bed together terrified.

Withnail - "Monty, you terrible c@nt"

If there's a better sweary scene, then I'd like to know. There are ones that are good. There are ones that are cursier and more profane. But more appropriate to a scene and that make you still laugh, and know that when you show it to someone for the first time, it'll make them gasp. With pleasure.

It's perfect.

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Ah, HonaB, thanks for the "Withnail and I" memory. Me, I lack the decisive memory for thnings like this but - I saw "Leon" for the first time last week and the "SHIT!" exclaimed by the corrupt cop when he realises the ring he has been handed by Leon in a dying embrace is the pin from a grenade on Leon's belt was a pretty profound piece of profanity.

Can't argue with the selection loz, but pedants might argue this is a film thread - ah f*** it - here's the classic scene anyway


McNulty and Bunk - fuuuuuuuuuck


As I'm in the mood






I've always liked the bit in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence where Tom Conti loses his rage with jack Thompson, turns around and in best officer-material voice shouts "I don't F***ING know!!"

It's an innocent little one but I can't help grinning at the opening lines of Four Weddings and a Funeral.

As someone who did a scriptwriting MA and a million courses before that, one is taught this sort of thing is cliche or childish. An EngLit graduate with her first placement in a film company or agency as a reader or scripteditor would read that opening (and maybe the whole script!) and say it was too cute or affected. But it worked, and I love it.

citizenED Wrote:

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> Ah, HonaB, thanks for the "Withnail and I" memory.

> Me, I lack the decisive memory for thnings like

> this but - I saw "Leon" for the first time last

> week and the "SHIT!" exclaimed by the corrupt cop

> when he realises the ring he has been handed by

> Leon in a dying embrace is the pin from a grenade

> on Leon's belt was a pretty profound piece of

> profanity.


I haven't looked it up CitEd, but good spot. It must be Gary Oldman, and no one swears like Gary.

I think that this is how the thread should be, one piece of swearage that makes a film stay in your memory.

And A Few Good Men again. It's a good source of subtelish swearage

Jack Nicholson - "You fuckin' people... you have no idea how to defend a nation. All you did was weaken a country today, Kaffee. That's all you did. You put people's lives in danger. Sweet dreams, son."

HonaloochieB Wrote:

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> Hello Maddie.

> I will start with what I consider the best. It's

> 'Withnail & I'

> When Uncle Monty gets into the cottage, comes up

> the stairs and to the fear of his nephew and

> companion, enters and finds the 'boys' in bed

> together terrified.

> Withnail - "Monty, you terrible c@nt"

> If there's a better sweary scene, then I'd like to

> know. There are ones that are good. There are ones

> that are cursier and more profane. But more

> appropriate to a scene and that make you still

> laugh, and know that when you show it to someone

> for the first time, it'll make them gasp. With

> pleasure.

> It's perfect.



I swear to God - as soon as I saw the title of this thread I thought to myself, nothing can beat "Monty you terrible C***". And then I opened up the thread and there it was. Bless you Honaloochie.

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