Whose Line Is It Anyway?

“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!”

“I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!”

“Hope that was an empty bottle George! You can't afford to waste good liquor, not on your salary!”

“You had me at hello.”

“I wish I knew how to quit you.”

Dozens of memorable and quotable lines from motion pictures such as these share with Oscar the official 79th Academy Awards poster canvas, which was unveiled last week.

“They are the unforgettable lines that you hear in everyday conversations, in meetings, at parties, or walking down the street,” said Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. “They tap into what we think and give us great shorthand ways to express how we feel about those things. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then each quote is worth at least 500.”

All of the lines showcased in the poster except one are from films that have received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, Writing, or both, from 1936-2005. (Finding the exception should be the first of many trivia contests the Academy expects the poster to generate.)

The 27"x40" poster, printed on premium recycled paper, uses a black canvas and highlights the quotes in gold metallic ink, each in a distinctive typeface to reflect the movie it represents. It is available for purchase here through March 12.

The Oscars will be presented on Sunday, Feb. 25, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and will air live on ABC at 8 p.m. EST.

Photo: Oscar.org.