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A major character in a significant 1990s film twice quotes -- i.e., says out loud -- the following John Milton line from Paradise Lost: "Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to the light." And the film is...?
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 15, 2008 at 8:27 AM
comment #1
High Chaparral
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Don't look in the box!
Posted by High Chaparral
at September 15, 2008 8:38 AM
comment #2
RMBurnett
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Folks,
I don't know...Alpa Chino in DEVIL'S ADVOCATE? Hoo-Ha! He WAS John Milton! Don't know if he quoted his bad self though....
Posted by RMBurnett
at September 15, 2008 9:00 AM
comment #3
Deathtongue_Groupie
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Just because he has a library card, doesn't make him fucking Yoda.
Posted by Deathtongue_Groupie
at September 15, 2008 9:01 AM
comment #4
televisiontears
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It was definitely Devil's Advocate, but I'm pretty sure it was Keanu Reeves' mother who said it. Can't remember her name.
Posted by televisiontears
at September 15, 2008 9:06 AM
comment #5
EricGilde
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I'm gonna go with High Chaparral on this one and say Seven.
Since when has Devil's Advocate been a significant 90's film?
Posted by EricGilde
at September 15, 2008 9:25 AM
comment #6
snackyx
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If anyone is quoting Milton, it has to be Ricardo Montalban in "Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan".
Posted by snackyx
at September 15, 2008 9:31 AM
comment #7
Richardson
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"significant '90's film" + "quotes Milton" equals 'Seven'.
Posted by Richardson
at September 15, 2008 9:35 AM
comment #8
Markj74
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Wow. Can't believe some of the posters didn't realise it was 'Seven'.
Posted by Markj74
at September 15, 2008 9:49 AM
comment #9
Deathtongue_Groupie
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televisiontears - meet IMDB and welcome to the 21st century.
Posted by Deathtongue_Groupie
at September 15, 2008 9:49 AM
comment #10
Deathtongue_Groupie
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"Since when has Devil's Advocate been a significant 90's film?"
Only to Frederick Hart.
Posted by Deathtongue_Groupie
at September 15, 2008 9:55 AM
comment #11
televisiontears
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Who's IMDB, Deathtongue? Is that some band I should know about? How would we meet?
Posted by televisiontears
at September 15, 2008 9:56 AM
comment #12
mizerock
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I was going to guess Hannibal Lector, but I've seen "Silence of the Lambs" enough times that I would have remembered that specific quote. Besides, Lector is more of a Donne fan, and then only in "Hannibal", and then only in the book... right?
nevermind.
Posted by mizerock
at September 15, 2008 11:07 AM
comment #13
Overstreet
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Of course, if Bill Maher had his way, we wouldn't be wasting our time with lines from poems based on silly Christian superstitions, like John Milton's Paradise Lost.
Posted by Overstreet
at September 15, 2008 11:43 AM
comment #14
Richardson
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That may** be true, but if Christians had had their way, Milton would've been burned as a heretic.
** = I say "may" because nothing Maher has ever said would suggest that what you're saying is in any way accurate, but it might still be something that he believes. As far as I've seen, Maher's criticism of religion is limited to people living their lives based on it, as if it's true; I've never heard him say that art should not be inspired by religion, or that religious-inspired art is inherently lesser than secular art.
Posted by Richardson
at September 15, 2008 1:14 PM
comment #15
nemo
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"The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels & God, and at liberty when of Devils & Hell, is because he was a true Poet, and of the Devil's party without knowing it."
-- William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (c.1790-93)
http://www.cems.ox.ac.uk/citizenmilton/viii_heroism.shtml
Posted by nemo
at September 15, 2008 4:05 PM
comment #16
actionman
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I have always loved the devil's advocate
sexy piece of filmmaking
Posted by actionman
at September 15, 2008 6:45 PM
comment #17
Josh Massey
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Posted by Josh Massey
at September 15, 2008 9:32 PM
comment #18
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