Annie Hall (1977) - Commentary and Dissent formed Dysentery

During Robin's party, Alvy just wants to watch the Knicks game and delivers the line: "I heard that Commentary and Dissent had merged and formed Dysentery."

Actors:

Robin (Alvy's ex-wife) - Janet Margolin

Alvy Singer - Woody Allen

Script:

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 ROBIN 

  There's Henry Drucker.  He has a chair 

  in history at Princeton.  Oh, the short 

  man is Hershel Kaminsky.  He has a chair 

  in philosophy at Cornell.

    ALVY 

  Yeah, two more chairs and they got a 

  dining-room set.

    ROBIN 

  Why are you so hostile?

    ALVY 

   (Sighing) 

  'Cause I wanna watch the Knicks on 

  television.

    ROBIN 

   (Squinting) 

  Is that Paul Goodman?  No. And be nice 

  to the host because he's publishing my 

  book.  Hi, Doug!  Douglas Wyatt.  

  "A Foul-Rag-and-Bone Shop-of-the-Heart."

They move through the rooms, Robin holding a drink in one hand, her arm draped 

in Alvy's; the crowd mills around them.

    ALVY 

   (Taking Robin's hand) 

  I'm so tired of spending evenings making 

  fake insights with people who work for 

  Dysentery.

    ROBIN 

  Commentary.

    ALVY 

  Oh, really, I heard that Commentary and 

  Dissent had merged and formed Dysentery.

Annie Hall (1977) - "Right now it's only a notion"

Includes the memorable line: "Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get money to make it into a concept ... and later turn it into an idea."

Actors:

Alvy Singer - Woody Allen

Script:

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EXT. BEVERLY HILLS STREET RESIDENTIAL AREA - DAY

Rob, Annie and Alvy in Rob's car pull into a long circular driveway as an
attendant walks over to the car.  A sprawling house is seen to the right; a
couple moves toward the front door, and the driveway is crowded with other
parked cars.  Loud music is heard.

    ALVY
   (Getting out of the car)
  Hey, don't tell me we're gonna have to
  walk from the car to the house.  Geez,
  my feet haven't touched pavement since
  I reached Los Angeles.

INT. HOUSE

A Hollywood Christmas party is in session, complete with music, milling people,
circulating waiters bolding out trays of drinks.  It's all very casual. French
doors run the entire width of one wall; they are opened to the back lawn,
guests move from the room to outside and back in.  It is crowded; bits of
conversation and clinking glasses can be heard.  Two men, California-tanned,
stand by the French doors talking.

    1ST MAN
  Well, you take a meeting with him, I'll
  take a meeting with you if you'll take
  a meeting with Freddy.

    2ND MAN
  I took a meeting with Freddy.  Freddy
  took a meeting with Charlie.  You take
  a meeting with him.

    1ST MAN
  All the good meetings are taken.

    CUT TO: FULL GROUP SHOT

A man stands talking, people in groups behind him.  Two born like gadgets are
attached to his shoulders; he's wearing a bizarre space costume.

    3RD MAN
  Right now it's only a notion, but I
  think I can get money to make it into
  a concept ... and later turn it into
  an idea.