Best Pic Battles: Opening Lines
Friday, January 27, 2017 at 10:45AM
NATHANIEL R in Best Picture, Oscars (16), Screenplays

Here are the opening lines of each Best Picture nominee. Can you guess which one belongs to which film? 

 

A. "14....15...16... Prime."

B. "QUIET!"

C. "______ Come on, come on. Get up. Come on, quickly!"

D. "A lot of stuff he just doesn't understand about the world that I understand. That makes all my actions when I move through the world -- I do things better because I can see it all laid out like a map." 

E. "Can you help me out, man?"

F. "Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting god, creator of the ends of the Earth."

G. "It's another hot sunny day today here in Southern California, temperature is 84 for downtown Los Angeles"

H. "I used to think this was the beginning of your story."

I. "____, you ought'a stop that lying." 

Try to guess. Go ahead and tell us how you did once you check the answers after the jump / scroll down!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

READY FOR THE ANSWERS? 

 


 

A. HIDDEN FIGURES  (young Katherine in the woods) "14....15...16... Prime."

B. HELL OR HIGH WATER (robbers to bank manager) "QUIET!" 

C. LION (Big brother to his little brother, sneakily boarding a train) "Saroo, come on, come on. Get up. Come on, quickly!"

D. MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (to his nephew) "A lot of stuff he just doesn't understand about the world that I understand. That makes all my actions when I move through the world -- I do things better because I can see it all laid out like a map." 

E. MOONLIGHT (addict to dealer) "Can you help me out, man?"

F. HACKSAW RIDGE (Desmond in V.O.) "Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting god, creator of the ends of the Earth."

G. LA LA LAND (voice on the radio)  "It's another hot sunny day today here in Southern California, temperature is 84 for downtown Los Angeles"

H. ARRIVAL (Dr. Louise Banks in V.O.) "I used to think this was the beginning of your story."

I. FENCES  (Bono) "Troy, you ought'a stop that lying." 

 

How well did you do? Did you even guess the pictures you haven't seen yet? 

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