NOTE FROM ERIC:

Happy Birthday to us! Last week marked the first anniversary
of Top5 Movies. In honor of this important occasion, we
pay homage to another Hollywood staple celebrating its
60th birthday this year…

The Top 5 Rejected
Lines in “Casablanca”

9> “If that plane leaves the ground and you’re not with him, you’ll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But certainly once the Paxil wears off.”

8> “Play it, Sam. Play ‘The Safety Dance.’”

7> “You must remember this… A Kiss is just four freaks in whiteface…”

6> “We’ll always have Burning Man.”

5> “Oh Rick, I’m so confused! You’ll have to do the thinking for both of us. Duuuuuh yup, yup, yup.”

4> “Of all the Orange Juliuses in all the malls in all the world, she walks into mine.”

3> “The actions of three little people don’t amount to the gas you get from eating a hill of beans in this crazy world.”

2> Bogie4952stud: herez lookin @ u, kid lol

and the Number 1 Rejected Line in “Casablanca”…

1> “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a codependent relationship with poorly defined boundaries.”

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Credits:

Selected from 59 submissions from 15 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 1
Clifton J. Gray, Tucson, AZ — 2, Banner Tag
Martin Bredeck, Hybla Valley, VA — 3, 5
Chris White, Los Angeles, CA — 4, 8
Jude Benlab, Swarthmore, PA — 6, 9
Bill Strider, Gaithersburg, MD — 7
Craig D. Barker, Livonia, MI — 8
Bruce W. Alter, Fairfax Station, VA — RU List Name
Eric F. Lipton, Chicago, IL — Script Doctor