Talk:Dirty Harry

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Contents 1 Ending Quote 2 Error? 3 Video Games? 3.1 French Connection preceded Dirty Harry 4 Title screen capture 5 Scorpio Killer - Possibly based on a Gay Vietnam Vet?

[edit] Ending Quote

For those who care, here's the quote from the end of the movie:

Ah Ah. I know what you're thinking, punk. You're thinking "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Now to tell you the truth I've forgotten myself in all this excitement. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and will blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?

Lefty 02:54, 2005 Mar 4 (UTC)

SWEEEET!

I thought this came from the speech with the Bank Robber at the beginning of the film. Callahan, while eating a hot dog, stumbles on a bank robbery in progress. He seriously wounds one of the robbers and corners the man, who is lying in a heap on the street. Callahan gives the now famous speech to introduce the hand gun. He may reprise the speech at the end of the film. -- Tinymogul 01:48, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Error?

WHen it says that he fired all 6 shots in the final chase scene and then goes on to state that a shot was a ricochet leading him to believe that Dirty Harry's gun was empty, it seems that there is an error in the logic.

Could anybody correct it if it is wrong? I haven't seen the movie so I wouldn't know if DIrty Harry actually runs out of bullets or not.

Thanks

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It's not clear to me if the original writer meant the "setup" quote or the finale. In the setup, Harry has fired all 6 (count 'em). In the finale, it's clear he's only fired 5 (count 'em). And, given his tone in the finale, only a fool believes he's empty... Also, I Q the correctness of the quote (tho I haven't seen the film recently...): is it "I lost" or "I've lost"?

On a separate note, include his shield # (2211)? Trekphiler 11:17, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Video Games?

Just wondering, should there be some mention of the Video Game of Dirty Harry on the NES system (Dirty Harry: The War Against Drugs) as well as the future Dirty Harry game for the upcoming Playstation 3 and Xbox 360? I was considering adding a section for it.

--Cini Duel 08:37, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] French Connection preceded Dirty Harry

"Clint Eastwood's iconic portrayal of the blunt, cynical, unorthodox detective who is seemingly in perpetual trouble with his bosses, set the style for a number of his later roles and, indeed, a whole genre of anti-hero films such as The French Connection."

Actually, FC came out before Dirty Harry. Yes, we usually today do not think of Gene Hackman as the hard-bitten cop, but there you have it.

Enda80 22:10, 10 June 2006 (UTC)Enda80

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[edit] Title screen capture

Waaay too many DVD covers in the film section so I uploaded a screen capture of the title portion of Dirty Harry at a low enough resolution so as not to represent a threat to the copyright holder (Warner Bros). Now, I think this makes an interesting shot for the Wiki on Dirty Harry as it also has Eastwood in profile but I'll let others make the judgement to include it as I am clearly biased.

Here is the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dirty-harry-title.jpg

Besides, the current DVD box uses the orginal 1971 poster that's been rebranded as part of a Clint Eastwood collection. Let's use an unmolested movie poster from the period to show the art direction and tastes of that period to place the film in its context. Anyway, the screen capture is an option.

[edit] Scorpio Killer - Possibly based on a Gay Vietnam Vet?

After viewing the scene where the Scorpio killer is torturing Harry - some suggest that the dialogue spoken would be deemed as if the character was openly gay, or based on a real-life Vietnam Veteran who was discharged for being openly GLBT. Scorpio, in the film, has no love life although there are some character traits which would be deemed as if sexual orientation was suggestive.4.230.54.37 06:28, 17 October 2006 (UTC)