Charlie makes "Top 50 lines"

A line from a Charlie Kaufman flick made it into Entertainment Weekly's Top 50 lines from movies. Guess the film, guess the line.

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Doo doo doo doo doo [thinking music]

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Doof doof doof doof [annoying twenty-somethings with penis-substituting car stereo system music]

Answer: "No one is looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate." And the film, obviously, is Being John Malkovich. The quote scrapes in at No. 48. (Thanks robix and Seis.)

In the film "Being John Malkovich," a journey into the portal of Mr. Malkovich's brain ends with a fall from the sky onto an embankment of the New Jersey Turnpike...

Yesterday, the struggling city of Elizabeth held a news conference to promote not its town square or even a new firehouse, but the turnpike - specifically, its exit 13A.

Ahaha. 13A also has its own website. If you aren't subscribed to the NY Times and are too lazy to sign up, click here for the rest of the article, which was sent in by the esteemed Twink Schiff.

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