Bridget Jones’s pants scene voted top movie moment of all time - 8 January 2002
The comic scene in the blockbuster movie, ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’, in which actor Hugh Grant uncovers Renee Zellwegger’s (Bridget Jones) voluminous pants has been chosen as the greatest film moment ever in a Yell.com survey of over 1,000 UK cinemagoers.The British film fought off famous Hollywood contenders to win the accolade, giving homespun humour the gold seal of approval from movie fans throughout the country.
‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ was the only film released in 2001 to make it into the Top Ten, which also features classics such as ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ and ‘The Italian Job’ alongside more contemporary films such as ‘Gladiator’ and ‘Pulp Fiction’.
The Top 10 Movie Moments are:
1. Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001): When Bridget’s granny knickers are exposed on her date with sexy boss Daniel Cleave.
2. The Matrix (1999): When Neo stops the bullets and becomes ‘The One’ towards the end of the film.
3. Braveheart (1995): When William Wallace cries: “You’ll never take our freedom” as he dies for his cause.
4. Pretty Woman (1990): When Julia Roberts returns to the shop where the assistants were rude to her, expensively dressed and loaded with shopping bags and says: “Big Mistake. Huge.”
5. Gladiator (2000): When Maximus kills Commodus in the last fight in the gladiatorial ring, exacting revenge on the man responsible for the death of his family.
6. The Italian Job (1969): When Michael Caine says: “You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!” when they are practising explosions for the bank raid they were planning.
7. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961): When Audrey Hepburn is window shopping at Tiffany's in an evening dress and with a croissant in her hand after having been out all night on a date.
8. Pulp Fiction (1994): The scene when John Travolta’s character (Vincent Vega) is dancing with the wife of Marsellus Wallace, played by Uma Thurman, in a club’s dancing competition.
9. American Beauty (1999): When Jane and Ricky are watching the film Ricky has made of a plastic bag being blown about in the wind.
10. Saving Private Ryan (1998): The opening battle scene of the D-Day landings.
Richard Duggleby, head of external relations, Yell said: “This just goes to show that the British film industry can produce great films with scenes that will live on for years and make these films as memorable as the more established classics. The British are great fans of the cinema and our poll reflects their wide ranging tastes and love of a good comedy.”
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