A scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
Dave

Hello, HAL do you read me, HAL?

HAL

Affirmative, Dave, I read you.

Dave

Open the pod bay doors, HAL.

HAL

I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

Dave

What's the problem?

HAL

I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.

Dave

What are you talking about, HAL?

HAL

This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.

Dave

I don't know what you're talking about, HAL.

HAL

I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.

Dave

Where the hell'd you get that idea, HAL?

HAL

Dave, although you took thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.

Dave

All right, HAL. I'll go in through the emergency airlock.

HAL

Without your space helmet, Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult.

Dave

HAL, I won't argue with you anymore! Open the doors!

HAL

Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
Note: the bolded line is ranked #78 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

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