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"Crocodile" Dundee
(1986)
In the surprise sleeper hit and romantic comedy from
Australia:
- the scene in which Australian Outback ranger Michael
(Mick) J. 'Crocodile' Dundee (Paul Hogan, co-nominated for Best
Original Screenplay) rescued American newspaper feature reporter
Sue Charlton (Hogan's real-life wife Linda Kozlowski) from a large
crocodile in the wild as she was going for a swim (and a croc lunged
out of the water, grabbed her necklace, and threatened to pull
her in); he twisted a knife into the crocodile's head, and when
she asked: "Is it dead?" he replied: "Well, if it
isn't, I'm goin' to have a hell of a job skinnin' the bastard";
afterwards, he roasted it like a giant shish kabob
- the fish-out-of-water sequences in New York City,
including the memorable scene in which the leader of a street gang
with a small switch-blade knife attempted to mug Dundee - the unflappable
and chuckling 'Crocodile' man responded as he pulled out his large
bushwhacker Bowie knife -- "THAT's a knife!", and then
slashed the tough's jacket; after the gang fled, he said amiably
to Sue: "Just kids having fun!"
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Dundee's and Sue's Subway Platform Reconciliation
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- the final scene of Nick going on a "walkabout" after
Sue foolishly became engaged to her editor Richard Mason (Mark
Blum) - his journey began in a crowded subway station; Sue raced
on the street after him to the subway entry two blocks away, but
on the crowded platform, she could not reach him; she called out: "Mick
Dundee!"; she relayed her messages to Mick - the guy in the
black hat - from bystander to bystander: (Sue: "Tell him not
to leave. I'm not gonna marry Richard...Tell him I love him. I
love you!"), and then Mick climbed up to the girders or rafters
to gain height and walked to Sue on the heads and raised hands
of the onlookers: ("I'll tell her meself. I'm comin' through")
- to tell her of his love and to kiss her; the crowd erupted in
applause - before a freeze-frame and the ending credits
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"Dundee" Saved Sue From Crocodile
In NYC
"THAT's a Knife!" to Muggers
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