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Darth Vader line 'most misquoted'

Published Monday, May 11 2009, 11:32 BST | By Mayer Nissim
Darth Vader line 'most misquoted'

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Darth Vader's supposedly famous utterance "Luke, I am your father" has been voted the most misquoted movie line by film fans.

The poll from LOVEFiLM put Vader's comment from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back at the top of the list, with the movie villain actually saying, "No. I am your father," The Daily Telegraph reports.

Communications manager Darren Bignell said: "Iconic film lines are part of everyone's vocabulary these days, but it's interesting how years of quoting have had a Chinese whisper effect on accuracy."

The top ten misquotes were:
  • "Luke, I am your father" - Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
  • "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • "Do you feel lucky, punk?" - Dirty Harry
  • "Play it again, Sam" - Casablanca
  • "Hello, Clarice" - Silence of the Lambs
  • "Beam me up, Scotty!" - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  • "Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a damn" - Gone with the Wind
  • "If you build it, they will come" - Field of Dreams
  • "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto" - The Wizard of Oz
  • "Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?" - The Graduate
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