OneLiner — August 27, 2026
Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring An American Tail (1986), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Persona (1966).
Somewhere out there, someone's saying a prayer.
Answer: An American Tail ()
The 'Somewhere Out There' song, sung across an ocean by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram. Don Bluth's 1986 immigrant-mouse story. Executive-produced by Spielberg. The song won two Grammys.
Tradition!
Answer: Fiddler on the Roof ()
Chaim Topol's Tevye in the opening number. Norman Jewison's 1971 adaptation of the Broadway musical. Won three Oscars. The film has been especially meaningful in Jewish family life ever since.
You can play at being a mother, you can play being a wife.
Answer: Persona ()
Bibi Andersson's Alma speaking to Liv Ullmann's silent Elisabet. Ingmar Bergman's 1966 film. Sven Nykvist's cinematography. Often cited on 'greatest films' polls; Susan Sontag called it one of Bergman's masterpieces.