"Ttitiang prasida dados sang sané  nungkasin" saking On the Waterfront, manut pangawi Brooklyn Boomer, Martin H. Levinson inggih punika "silih tunggil lelampahan sané  pinih kaloktah ring sejarah pilem taler palet punika sampun dados bagian saking leksikon budaya Amerika."
The "I coulda been a contender" scene from On the Waterfront, according to the author of Brooklyn Boomer, Martin H. Levinson, is "one of the most famous scenes in motion picture history, and the line itself has become part of America's cultural lexicon."