ARNOLD CROWNED KING OF CATCHPHRASES!
Terminator's "I'll Be Back" is #1!
Reported By: René de Jong
Tuesday, April 22, 2003

The 1984 Terminator line "I'll be back" has been named by film fans as the best parting shot in movie history.

The Austrian Oak tops a list compiled by Odeon Cinemas with his most famous catchphrase of all time. Schwarzenegger scores another top rated line with his "Hasta la vista, baby" from the sequel, Terminator II Judgment Day. Will one of his lines from "T3: Rise of the Machines" also place?

The cinema chain polled branch managers of nearly 100 complexes around the UK to draw up a rundown of verbal sign-offs.

Top ten movie lines:

1. "I'll be back." - The Terminator (1984);

2. "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." - Gone with the Wind (1939);

3. "Get busy living, or get busy dying." - The Shawshank Redemption (1994);

4. "Hasta la vista, baby." - Terminator II: Judgment Day (1991);

5. "Well, nobody's perfect!" - Some Like it Hot (1959);

6. "Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye." -2001: A Space Odyssey (1968);

7. "Goodbye Mr Bond." - Goldfinger (1964);

8. "I've seen things you wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in the rain ... Time to die." - Bladerunner (1982);

9. "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" - White Heat (1949);

10. "Forget about it!" - Donnie Brasco (1997).

Thanks to Mukhtar for the tip!

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René de Jong