OneLiner — June 30, 2026
Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring The NeverEnding Story (1984), The Apartment (1960), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).
Bastian, why don't you do what you dream, Bastian?
Answer: The NeverEnding Story ()
Author Michael Ende was so unhappy with the adaptation he tried to have his name removed from the credits and sued the producers, unsuccessfully. The film covers only the first half of his novel. The luckdragon Falkor was a 43-foot animatronic puppet.
Shut up and deal.
Answer: The Apartment ()
Billy Wilder's follow-up to Some Like It Hot. The film won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. It was the last black-and-white film to win Best Picture for over three decades, until Schindler's List in 1993. The line closes the film.
Meet me in Montauk.
Answer: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ()
Charlie Kaufman wrote the screenplay after director Michel Gondry pitched him a one-line idea. Jim Carrey took a significant pay cut to do the film, which won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The title is drawn from an Alexander Pope poem.