The closet scene in Brokeback Mountain is a close second as far as westerns go for tear jerkers.

[Gus refuses to have his leg amputated knowing he will die if he doesn't]
Woodrow Call: What do you want legs for anyway? You don't like to do nothing but sit on the porch and drink whiskey!
Gus McCrae: I like to kick a pig every once in a while. How would I do that?

Woodrow Call: You're one-of-a-kind, Augustus. We're gonna miss you.
Gus McCrae: Even you?
Woodrow Call: Even me. What you want me to do your half the cattle?
Gus McCrae: I want you to buy 'em from me.
Woodrow Call: Buy 'em from you? Hellfire, you ain't put in a day's worth of work in on 'em on this whole trip. You ought to just give 'em to me if you don't want 'em.
Gus McCrae: You just said they were half-mine, are they half-mine or not?
Woodrow Call: Yes, they're half-yours.
Gus McCrae: Alright then. I want you to buy 'em from me, and give the money to... Lorena.
Woodrow Call: Lorena. Well is there anything else? Are you sure you don't want me to haul you down to the South Pole and bury you down there? All you gotta do is ask.
Gus McCrae: [chuckling] Yeah, there is something else. I want you to tell Newt that you're his daddy. I've already told him myself, but I want him to hear it from you.

Woodrow Call: You ought not told him that.
Gus McCrae: What are you gonna do, shoot me for it? It's time you stopped mistreating that boy.
Woodrow Call: I don't know that I ever have mistreated him.
Gus McCrae: Well not giving him your name is mistreating him. Now he's the only son you'll ever have.
Woodrow Call: I don't know that he is my son.
Gus McCrae: I know it, and you know it. Darn, you're stubborn! No wonder women don't like you. Reach in that drawer there, find me something to write on. I want to leave a couple notes to Lori and Clara.
Woodrow Call: [hands Gus paper and pen] You want me to do anything about those Indians that shot you?
Gus McCrae: We got no call to be vengeful, they didn't invite us here.
Gus McCrae: [writing] It's a dangerous business, writing to two women at the same time. I'm so light-headed I can hardly remember which one's which. Now this one, this one's for Lori. And this one here, my God...
Woodrow Call: You want me to help you with that?
Gus McCrae: What would you know to say to a woman?
[falls asleep writing]
Woodrow Call: [places hand on Gus's chest] Augustus.
Gus McCrae: [Looks up] My God, Woodrow. It has been quite a party, ain't it?
Woodrow Call: Yes, sir.

"You're a traveling son of a ***** ain't you"

Don't know about y'all but there are only two things that get me excited.

More favorite quotes, but then again, they are all favorites..
Gus, describing Bob Allen- "first he gets rich, then he gets Clara, and him so dumb he can hardly walk through a door without bumping his head"
Gus to Jake " it's a little early in the day to go wiggling your bean"
Jake discussing his troubles in Arkansas with Woodrow & Gus - after accidentally killing the Sheriff. " a plank wall won't stop no .44. Gus- " but a dentist will".
Read the book and watched the movie more times than I can remember.

Getting watery just reading this thread.

There are so many great quotes just in the first 10 minutes of the movie...some of my favorites (from whole movie)

"He ain't one to quit on a garment just cause it's got a little age"

"I had a job waitin tables once, on a riverboat. I wasn't no older than Newt there. (What happened?) I had to give it up. I was too young and pretty and the *****s wouldn't let me alone. "

"I'd like a chance to shoot at an educated man at least once in my life"

"I bet a nicke. Prepare to shed a tear or two ladies"

"Money well spent....both times"

"You do more work than you got to, so it's my obligation to do less"

"Well we DONT rent pigs...cause a man that does like to rent pigs is hard to stop!"

"Josh Deets: served with me 30 years, fought in 21 engagements with the Comanche and the Kiowa. Cheerful in all weathers, never shirked a task, splendid behavior. That's what it says"

I use the phrase "You're in over your head there Pea Eye" quite often.

Very few know what I'm referencing.

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Jake discussing his troubles in Arkansas with Woodrow & Gus - after accidentally killing the Sheriff. " a plank wall won't stop no .44. Gus- " but a dentist will".

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Point of contention: It was a .50 cal bullet

And I've always wondered what the note to Lori said. I'm sure McMurtry will take that with him to the other side.

I'd damn sight rather be hung by my friends than by a buncha damn strangers.

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I'd damn sight rather be hung by my friends than by a buncha damn strangers.

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I remember reading years ago that Duvall was so into that scene that the reaction Gus has when Jake gets hung was all done on the first take. His facial expressions and body language are amazing

It's a very rare movie that makes it seem dusty in the room. And there are only two I know of that get to me on repeat viewings. This is one of them...(when Gus dies)....the other is The Pacific in the final episode when the boy comes home and keeps having meltdowns (in the middle of the night and while hunting with his father).

The group of guys I typically hang out with can all pretty much imitate Gus' "Comanche" yell from when he and Pea Eye have to take cover in the creek after Gus takes the arrow to his leg. We use it to get each other's attention across a crowded place or just for the fun of it. Most of our wives find it slightly annoying but at least they know where we are.

I will say that doing that properly and with gusto in a room full of people who are talking normally WILL bring all conversation to an immediate halt. The only proper response that I've ever come up with is "don't worry folks you'll all be keeping your scalps today."

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It's a very rare movie that makes it seem dusty in the room. And there are only two I know of that get to me on repeat viewings. This is one of them...(when Gus dies)....the other is The Pacific in the final episode when the boy comes home and keeps having meltdowns (in the middle of the night and while hunting with his father).

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I'd add Field of Dreams to that

FYI.....

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article37018296.html

My favorite quote is

"Lorie darlin', life in San Francisco, you see, is still just life. If you want any one thing too badly, it's likely to turn out to be a disappointment. The only healthy way to live life is to learn to like all the little everyday things, like a sip of good whiskey in the evening, a soft bed, a glass of buttermilk, or a feisty gentleman like myself."

And "Hold on to your hat Irishman" which I tell my kids before we take off on the Polaris.

Son was supposed to be names Augustus McCrae. We went with Bowen instead.

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The group of guys I typically hang out with can all pretty much imitate Gus' "Comanche" yell from when he and Pea Eye have to take cover in the creek after Gus takes the arrow to his leg. We use it to get each other's attention across a crowded place or just for the fun of it. Most of our wives find it slightly annoying but at least they know where we are.

I will say that doing that properly and with gusto in a room full of people who are talking normally WILL bring all conversation to an immediate halt. The only proper response that I've ever come up with is "don't worry folks you'll all be keeping your scalps today."

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Do we know each other? I do this with my buddies all the time.

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The group of guys I typically hang out with can all pretty much imitate Gus' "Comanche" yell from when he and Pea Eye have to take cover in the creek after Gus takes the arrow to his leg. We use it to get each other's attention across a crowded place or just for the fun of it. Most of our wives find it slightly annoying but at least they know where we are.

I will say that doing that properly and with gusto in a room full of people who are talking normally WILL bring all conversation to an immediate halt. The only proper response that I've ever come up with is "don't worry folks you'll all be keeping your scalps today."

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Do we know each other? I do this with my buddies all the time.

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I don't know, but a few questions should do the trick.

1. Are you around San Antonio?
2. Are you on the SA BBQ Committee?
3. Do you know Chalky?
4. You ever et a frog?

No to all but number 4. Nice to know there's another group of crazies like mine that does the same dumb stuff.