Starring: Tom Hanks and Audrey Hepburn, with a cameo from Gene Kelly Singing (and dancing) in the Rain
The Kiss: Dirty Dancing's dance floor classic
Comedy: Life of Brian Monty Python genius
Action: Futuristic fight scenes from The Matrix, car chases from The Italian Job and explosions from Independence Day
Best One-Liner: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" – Rhett to Scarlet in Gone With The Wind
Twist Ending: Ghostly happenings in The Sixth Sense
Here's a more in-depth look at your choices…
1. Leading Man: Hollywood A-Listers Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro and Samuel L Jackson each polled 16% of the public vote to top the popularity poll for best leading man. Surprisingly there was no place in the top three for heart-throbs Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.
2. Leading Lady: Eternal silver screen goddess Audrey Hepburn stole the show in this category, polling nearly a third (30%) of the British public vote. The modern day female hearth-throbs fared much better than their male counterparts; Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie join Hepburn in the top three with 12% and 8% of the vote respectively.
3. One-liner: The one-liner often makes or breaks a movie scene and nearly a fifth (18%) of the country said the immortal "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" from Gone with the Wind was their favourite line of all time.
4. Action: The Ultimate Movie would have three key action scenes – a fight, car chase and explosion. One in five (20%) of the public chose the explosion of the White House in Independence Day as their favourite 'big bang' in Hollywood. The best fight scene was a three-way tie, with Rocky III, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade and The Matrix, all polling a combine total of 30% of the vote. The car chase from the 60s classic, The Italian Job had the most popular car chase in movie history.
5. Kiss: Just under a fifth of the nation (18%) had the time of their lives when voting for their favourite kissing scene as Dirty Dancing's smooching romped home with the majority of the vote.
6. Laughing and Singing: The Monty Python gang walked away with the top comedy moment for the "I am Brian" scene in the famous film after beating the competition with 23% of the vote. The dancing scene in the Ultimate Movie would come courtesy of Gene Kelly in Singing in the Rain, who narrowly edged out the famous Greased Lightning scene from Grease to take the lead with 18% of the vote.
7. Ending: No movie would be complete without one and the majority of the British public (17%) voted for the final scenes of The Italian Job as their favourite movie ending. They really don't make them like they used to; the top three was completed by The Wizard Of Oz and Gone With The Wind, who each polled 12% of the vote. For best ending with a twist, The Sixth Sense came out trumps with 29% of the vote.
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Originally Posted by Scheherazade
