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OneLiner — August 25, 2026

Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring Pete's Dragon (1977), An American in Paris (1951), American History X (1998).

Matinee

There's room for everyone in this world, Pete.

Answer: Pete's Dragon ()

Nora, played by Helen Reddy, comforting the boy. Disney's 1977 hybrid live-action/animated musical. Mickey Rooney and Shelley Winters co-star. Ken Anderson designed Elliott the dragon.

Primetime

Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing over here but it sounds better in French.

Answer: An American in Paris ()

Gene Kelly as painter Jerry Mulligan. Vincente Minnelli's 1951 film won six Oscars including Best Picture. The seventeen-minute climactic ballet cost half a million dollars — remarkable for 1951.

Midnight

Has anything you've done made your life better?

Answer: American History X ()

Edward Furlong's Danny to Edward Norton's Derek — the film's central moral question. Tony Kaye's 1998 film. Norton was Oscar-nominated for Best Actor. Kaye tried to remove his name from the final cut.

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