What's our favorite movie narration intro?

I'm working on a project and am looking to rack anyone's brain that can help. I'm needing to make a narration intro and am looking for your favorite movie/tv intro. My favorites are...

Star Wars (although not narrated) - A long time agio in a galaxy far far away..

Conan - Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis...

Highlander (movie) - From the dawn of time we came...
Highlander (tv) - I'm Duncan MacLeod, born four hundred years ago in the Highlands of Scotland...

It could be from a video game as well.

The Road Warrior

I second The Road Warrior and add The Right Stuff.

The original Dune.

Sent from my Etch-A-Sketch

DUNE, especially the alternate version. Even Virginia Madsen's hotness can't help that jumbled mess.

I loved the intro in Swordfish...

Captain Ron, of course you would have to be watching it with me for the narration intro.

Not that it's amazing writing, but Pactrick Macnee's opening narration to the Battlestar Galactica theater released film I always enjoyed.

Conan, Lord of the Rings

Just to begin with (may post more later)
The Warriors - I'm talking about the "Director's Cut", which starts off with the opening about the Battle of Cunaxa and describing the story of the soldier's desperate forced march as "a story of courage" and then relating it to The Warriors, "This too is a story of courage." (honestly, I kinda like it).

First one that popped into my head is Robert Mitchum's narration in Tombstone.

The Big Lebowski

The Fallout Games, "War, War never changes"

Not a movie but Richard Burton pretty much reading from the book...

War Of the Worlds - The Eve Of The War - YouTube

Have to agree, the opening of The Fellowship of the Ring is pretty good.

Andy

"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." - Goodfellas


"Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's the Dude." - The Big Lebowski

I'll second the Fallout (3 and New Vegas) narration by Ron Perlman

Talisen said:

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I'll second the Fallout (3 and New Vegas) narration by Ron Perlman

The openings for 1 and 2 are also narrated by Ron Perlman. They are also better (though I prefer the gameplay of 3 and NV).

War, war never changes - YouTube

Judge Dredd has one but its fairly lame in my opinion (but I do not like opening narration/monologues much anyway).

A really good one though is Hopkins from Howard's The Grinch.

The BEST I think is LOTR (as mentioned)

Raising Arizona is one of my favs..

Jayn said:

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Raising Arizona is one of my favs..

Fantastic choice!

No one has thrown in Patrick Stewart's opening monologue to the first Xmen yet?

There's also that Dark Crystal narration that's pretty cool. (loved it when the Crystal Method sampled it too!)

Reaching back a ways, The Shootist, John Wayne's last film, has a wonderful intro using clips from his earlier films to introduce the character.

Reaching way back, Casablanca actually has a nice narrated opening montage that sets up the story.

Okay, film trivia buffs, what do both of the films I just mentioned have in common?