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"The last bus scene in MIDNIGHT COWBOY when Rico dies. He and Joe Buck started out as the most unlikly of friends, but after Rico dies you see the hurt and anguish in Joes eyes, as he realizes he's on his own again. Truly memorable."
    //Bill D


"John Wayne in TRUE GRIT when he single handedly charged at four armed gunmen on horses and killed them."
   //Paddy Woods (pwoods890@hotmail.com)


"THE ODD COUPLE...Funniest scene ever was when Oscar and Felix were in the restaurant and Felix complains about beng cold due to the AC and starts 'clearing' his sinus' totally embarrassing Oscar in the process with the snorting noises he makes....the look on Felix's face, priceless!!"
    //Ursula (ursula.sneddon@officedepot.com)


"ONCE UPON THE TIME IN THE WEST, when it's revealed what Harmonica wants with Frank in the showdown. That scene is just epic, the combination of music and film. It's the best directed movie of all time."
    //Rob Hicks


"Jill arriving at the station in Sergio Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. Because even after seeing it for about 8 times it still sends chills down my spine. A perfect combination of beauty, music, cinematography and an unparallelled love of cinema."
    //Peter "Joe" Mennen (asshole@xs4all.nl)


"In 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, when HAL does not let Dave Bowman into the ship, and the scene after where Dave shuts HAL down. Chilling."
    //Aaron


"The opening scene of THE SOUND OF MUSIC when Maria is on the hill and the camera shoots from above with the breathtaking Austrian landscape all around. Brilliant! The hills are alive! My favorite!"
   //Jo (joibegbuna@hotmail.com)


"Maybe not the greatest but one of the saddest is the scene from THE VICTORS when the young deserter is taken out and shot by his own troops to the strains of Frank Sinatra singing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas showing the absolute futility and crazinesss of war."
    //Annie from Killie


"The greatest moment captured on film occurs in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA when Lawrence goes back into the desert to save an Arabian comrade after being told it is "written" by fate that this man should die. Lawrence emerges from the desert as an enigmatic hero, carrying his fallen comrade and defying the world with his breathless declaration "Nothing is written."."
    //Ian


"LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, Omar Sharif's character approaching as a lone figure accross the desert, one of the longest shots of a single piece of no action, but try looking away."


"THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE when the flash back happens and we see Tom shoot Liberty and not James Stewart's character. Fantastic scene with as unforgettable acting as ever from the Duke."
   //Sarah Matthews (smatthew@socc.ie)


"The greatest scene is from TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Atticus' defense summmation is so powerful, it's impossible to think the jury can come up with any other verdict but "not guilty". The scene ends perfectly when the folks in the gallery stand up out of respect for Atticus."
    //Capt. Howdy


"Audrey Hepburn singing, Moon River in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S with George Peppard listening anonymously. There is a universal human quality in the midst of the scene that evokes a deep
sense of aloneness in the world, though tempered by a an unquenchable hope of intimacy of spirit."
    //Julie S.


"I loved the scene in WEST SIDE STORY when Lt. Shrank orders the Sharks out of Doc's Candy Store and as they walk out, they are whistling "My Country This of Thee".  It perfectly displays the ongoing tension between the Jets and the Sharks in such a clever and surprisingly amusing manner."
    //Isaac Jones III (Isaac5855@hotmail.com)


"The greatest movie scene has to be the famous shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 film PSYCHO. The scene is perfectly edited, directed and the music is simply stunning."
    //Calvin (psycho_1960@hotmail.com)


"The shower scene in PSYCHO. Even a new born baby knows the fact that it's the most well known scene of all time."
    //Lisa