Ann-Margret, Nicholson Fight Scene
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TxMike — 20 years ago(July 22, 2005 07:51 AM)
Very chauvinistic, but fantastic and a great scene from its time.
I was old enough in 1971, married and in my mid 20s. My wife and I saw it in the theater, and didn't think too much of it back then. I recently saw it again, and it is a superb movie. It may be hard to appreciate the story if you haven't lived a while first, coping with the realities of relationships and divorce.
Interestingly, back in 1963 when I was a freshman in college, my assigned roommate (for one semester only, thank goodness) was a few years older, and thinking back now, had an outlook much like Nicholson's character in this movie. Every conversation he had about 'dating' involved how he was trying to get laid. I have no idea what happened to him, but I know from experience that the movie was not very far from reality.
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roulin — 20 years ago(August 09, 2005 11:54 AM)
Yeah, I've heard that clip a million times on Stern as well. It always cracks me up. From the "Tryyyyyy vacuuming" to the best lines of all:
Ann-Margret: I don't want a job, I want you!
Jack: I'm already taken! By me!!!
"I'm running this monkey farm now, Frankenstein!!!"
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kjustinski — 20 years ago(October 24, 2005 02:16 AM)
Anyone know where I can get a wav file or clip of the fight scene?
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duckncvr — 16 years ago(December 04, 2009 07:15 PM)
lol.. i've heard it a million times on stern, too and just watched the movie now. That scene is so depressing but dammit that still cracks me up when he sasys he's taken .. by me! that poor woman.. i never understand why she doesn't don't ask herselfs "now, why again do i want him to marry me so badly??" but her sitting in bed all day just bums me out watching it.
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Hoohawnaynay — 19 years ago(February 05, 2007 11:55 AM)
The fight scene is on Youtube.com it's great, I hate Jack in that scene, he is sucha dick!
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ddlewiss — 18 years ago(January 27, 2008 02:47 PM)
I first saw it on HBO back in the late '70's/early '80's. It makes a lot more sense now. I see my father in some of those characters, girls I dated and sadly myself. Thank God I grew up. Rent it. You'll see what I mean.
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badponymedicine — 17 years ago(February 09, 2009 10:16 PM)
Let's not forget that earlier in the film, HE asked her to quit working! Said he made enough to take care of them. Granted, she wasn't happy in her job, but how many are?
On a side note, as far a ball-busters go, the second woman Sandy was withoh, man! And calling Ann Margret a 'fat tub of lard'? She may have gained weight for the role, but she was still far from fat!!!! She and Nicholson were the two I would have loved to have punched in the kisser. Nicholson saw women as ball-busters because he lacked total control over them, even though he seemed to choose weak women who would 'worship' him. -
Noir-It-All — 15 years ago(July 24, 2010 08:10 PM)
/On a side note, as far a ball-busters go, the second woman Sandy was withoh, man! And calling Ann Margret a 'fat tub of lard'?/
That character scared me!
"Two more swords and I'll be Queen of the Monkey People." Roseanne -
Pzachlen — 9 years ago(May 26, 2016 05:03 PM)
Do you not realize that woman in the 70's were not thought as fashionable with huge jugs and hips. So any woman that strives to be skin and bones is ahead of the game.Women even wore bras to flatten them out.
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mwromano-793-127406 — 12 years ago(December 14, 2013 12:51 AM)
She was fat for that time period. Everyone smoked 2 or 3 packs a day back then, and most were very thin as a result. Now of course, everyone has stopped smoking, and were all 20 or 30 lbs. overweight. So now we get heart disease instead of lung cancerAnd yes most guys in their 20's are still about getting laid..Boys start talking the way they did at about 16 or 17..And it really never ends. Even after marriage and kids-and even if they are faithful to their wives..That is how much women continue to invade mens minds..I even remember my dad talking about how I needed to work harder at getting certain girls he found attractive when I was 14 or 15He wasn't explicit about it like they are in this movie, but the idea was just the same!! What women/girls don't seem to understand is that men/boys think about sex every 14 seconds on average; while they are only like that a few days a month-UNless of course you can get them to loosen up by alcohol or some other stimulant that gets rid of their inhibitionsWhat I found int. is that when I was that age, if I did get to that point of 2nd or 3rd base-that is where I had to draw the line-Did I want to be friends. Because if I did, then I needed to stop. In fact, that happened several times-I chose friendship over sexI am still amazed to this day, because I know I would have "gotten away with it"..And I never stole a friends girl..unlike many of my friends..I always found that really wrong!!