Almost Famous (1996) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYz3E4MckSw 88 EXT. AARON'S BACKYARD - NIGHT 88 Russell stands on the jutting corner of the house rooftop. The unlit, unheated greenish family pool beckons to him below. It's kicked in. RUSSELL (bellowing to the heavens) I AM A GOLDEN GOD!! Russell cackles at the joke of it all. William yells up from down below. WILLIAM Hey Russell - RUSSELL I AM A GOLDEN GOD!! WILLIAM Don't jump, okay? RUSSELL And you can tell Rolling Stone Magazine my last words were - He spreads his arms, and tries to think of last words. RUSSELL (cont'd) -- I'm on drugs!! The kids cheer. William looks around, remains cool. Yells upward in the cold night air. WILLIAM I think we should work on those last words. RUSSELL Critic!! WILLIAM No, I'm not - RUSSELL Okay I got it. I got it. I got it. I got it. This is better. Last words - (spreads his arms, his greatest realization) I DIG MUSIC!! It gets a skimpy reaction from the partygoers. RUSSELL (cont'd) (immediately) I'm on drugs!! They applaud again. WILLIAM Just come on down!! RUSSELL (matter-of-fact) Okay. He jumps from the roof into the cold, algaed water below. He sinks immediately. One kid jumps in, then another, then more. Everybody wants to save Russell.

my mistake, AF came out in 2000.

The Party (1968) http://movieclips.com/i43Q-the-party-movie-a-good-laugh/ Party Guest 1: "Oh, my goodness. We got the wrong baby," and the father says... "Shh. It's a better buggy." Party Guest 2: I never heard that one before. Hrundi Bakshi: Oh, yes. You... I missed the middle part, but I can tell from the way that you are enjoying yourselves it must have been a very humorous anecdote because the way you are laughing just shows how much you enjoyed it. I love a good laugh, don't you? It makes the world go round. It's good to have a laugh. Wonderful. Very good. I shall remember that one. Congressman Dunphy: They were bound and gagged for six hours. They took everything... even the gold watch my daddy'd left me. Hrundi Bakshi: They took the gold watch that your father left you? Im sorry. It is utterly fantastic. What a wonderful thing for anyone to do. Take everything, including the father's watch. It's wonderful. I tell you, tonight is one big round of laughter. All fun and laughter. Clutterbuck: The Congressman was just telling us about the time he was robbed. Congressman Dunphy: Who's the foreigner? Clutterbuck: I don't know. Someone my mixed-up wife invited.

Here's my favorite party scene :) Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961) http://movieclips.com/f5iA-breakfast-at-tiffanys-movie-hot-party/ Paul: Some party. Who are all these people anyhow? Holly: Who knows... the word gets out. You don't mind. Do you, darling? Mmm! Reinforcements!

I know, it seems like every other week I suggest a scene from The Apartment for the Daily Dialogue. Can you blame me? It's a treasure trove of great scenes. The Apartment (1960) http://movieclips.com/fNJc-the-apartment-movie-ring-in-the-new/ Threading his way through the merrymakers crowding the bar and overflowing from the booths is Sheldrake. He is in dinner clothes, topped by a paper hat. Reaching the last booth, he drops into the chair facing Fran. SHELDRAKE: Sorry it took me so long on the phone. But we're all set. FRAN: All set for what? SHELDRAKE: I rented a car -- it's going to be here at one o'clock – we're driving to Atlantic City. FRAN: Atlantic City? SHELDRAKE: I know it's a drag -- but you can't find a hotel room in town -- not on New Year's Eve. FRAN: (a long look at Sheldrake) Ring out the old year, ring in the new. Ring-a-ding-ding. SHELDRAKE: I didn't plan it this way, Fran – actually, it's all Baxter's fault. FRAN: Baxter? SHELDRAKE: He wouldn't give me the key to the apartment. FRAN: He wouldn't. SHELDRAKE: Just walked out on me -- quit – threw that big fat job right in my face. FRAN: (a faint smile) The nerve. SHELDRAKE: That little punk -- after all I did for him! He said I couldn't bring anybody to his apartment – especially not Miss Kubelik. What's he got against you, anyway? FRAN: (a faraway look in her eye) I don't know. I guess that's the way it crumbles -- cookie-wise. SHELDRAKE: What are you talking about? FRAN: I'd spell it out for you -- only I can't spell. The piano player is consulting the watch on his upraised left arm. He drops the arm in a signal, and the lights go out. At the same time, he strikes up AULD LANG SYNE. All over the dimly lit room, couples get to their feet, embracing and joining in the song. In the last booth, Sheldrake leans across the table, kisses Fran. SHELDRAKE: Happy New Year, Fran. Fran's expression is preoccupied. Sheldrake faces in the direction of the pianist, and holding his glass aloft, singsmalong with the others. As AULD LANG SYNE comes to an end, the place explodes noisily -- there is a din of horns, ratchets, and shouted greetings. The lights come up again. In the last booth, Sheldrake turns back toward Fran – but she is no longer there. Her paper hat lies abandoned on her vacated chair. SHELDRAKE: Fran – (looking around)-- where are you, Fran? He rises, cranes his neck, trying to spot her in the crowd.

Guess I'm going to be the sappy one. When Harry met Sally (1989) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNsu6CeTKpc (Sally kisses Marie then walks away. Then she sees Harry arriving, still puffing. Then, Harry sees Sally as well.) Harry: I've been doing a lot of thinking. And the thing is, I love you. Sally: What? Harry: I love you. Sally: How do you expect me to respond to this? Harry: How about you love me too? Sally: How about I'm leaving. Harry: Doesn't what I said mean anything to you? Sally: I'm sorry Harry, I know it's New Years Eve, I know you're feeling lonely, but you just can't show up here, tell me you love me and expect that to make everything alright. It doesn't work this way. Harry: Well how does it work? Sally: I don't know but not this way. Harry: Well how about this way. I love that you get cold when it's seventy one degrees out, I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich, I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts, I love that after I spend a day with you I can still smell your perfume on my clothes and I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Years Eve. I came here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of the life to start as soon as possible. Sally: You see, that is just like you Harry. You say things like that and you make it impossible for me to hate you. And I hate you Harry... I really hate you. I hate you. (They kiss and make up.) Harry: What does this song mean? For my whole life I don't know what this song means. I mean, 'Should old acquaintance be forgot". Does that mean we should forget old acquaintances or does it mean if we happen to forget them we should remember them, which is not possible because we already forgot them!? Sally: Well may be it just means that we should remember that we forgot them or something. Anyway it's about old friends. (They kiss and make up, once more.)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) http://youtu.be/JlGFD3fJIOk Ron Burgundy: Do you know who I am? Veronica Corningstone: No. I can't say that I do. Ron Burgundy: I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal. Veronica Corningstone: Really. Ron Burgundy: People know me. Veronica Corningstone: Well, I'm very happy for you. Ron Burgundy: I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.