Movie Props

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 10:17 am

Great question posed to Bill Simmons in his column today. Fantastic question. The question is "What prop from which movie would you most want to own?"

I mean, there's lots of famous crap out there in the movies. We all have our favorite flicks, and the "how great is that?" factor could indeed be very, very high. One caveat: you'd get the item as it would appear pre-production. Having Mace Windu's magenta light saber would be the bomb and everything, but without a graphics crew editing every single frame of your life, that thing is just a step above the light sabers that K-Mart sells.

So without further ado, here are the Top Five Props from Cinema That I Would Like to Own:

5. Connor McLeod's sword from Highlander. Let's go with the katana that Ramirez gave him. Fighting off a home invasion is all about how quickly you can dial 911. But in addition to that, it's all about confidence, and how else to gain more confidence than to wield a sword designed to be the perfect weapon for chopping somebody's fool head off?

4. Tron's deadly disc there. The frisbee to end all frisbees.

3. Brodie Bruce's shirt. The design is made up of the losers who didn't get the part, hee, hee. Actually, maybe this one shouldn't count, because I do in fact own a copy of this.

2. "Rachel" from Blade Runner. A futuristic android that looks like Sean Young without all the enormous amount of baggage that comes with the real Sean Young. (Although, my brother has stated that ever since Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, he can't look at Sean Young without... well, you know. Imagining that.) The only downside would be that you don't know just how much time left the android has. But then, who does?

1. Two words: THE BATSUIT.

(Two more words: nippleless, plz.)

Jack Straw · Post by **Jack Straw** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 10:32 am

The batmobile!

Roody_Yogurt · Post by **Roody_Yogurt** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 10:44 am

Even before I got to your mention of the the Tron disc, I was thinking how I would want Dillinger's desk/computer, although it'd be better to make my own as the one they used involved using a projector from below and stuff.

Or maybe the grail from "The Fisher King."

This is not BLUE! · Post by **This is not BLUE!** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 10:49 am

The "Mystery Mobile" from the Scooby Doo Movie
The hooverboard from Back to the Future
The box from Hellraser
The sailboat from The Goonies
The ring from the lord of the rings

loafergirl · Post by **loafergirl** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 11:39 am

The sword from crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
The Sword from Highlander
The shattered sword from The Lord of The Ring
Gandofs staff from The Lord of the Rings
Suromons staff from Lord of The Rings
The invisibility cloak from Harry potter
And all of the chicks outfits from The Three Musketeers
The armour from Joan of Arc
The steamer trunk from Ghost Ship

Worm · Post by **Worm** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 12:04 pm

My brother has a decent replica of the sword of Highlander.

Hmm,
5. Cock Rocket from Orgasmo
4. That thing Arnie pulls out of his nose from Total Recall
3. The Middle boob from Total Recall
2. Those little ports people have all over them from the Matrix.
1. That goofy looking crown from Kull the Conquerer.

bruce · Post by **bruce** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 2:42 pm

5) COCK ROCKET!
4) Danny's Head, from "The Man Who Would Be King"
3) Oddjob's Hat
2) The Mooby Idol (which I actually saw at J&SB's Secret Stash)
1) The Maltese Falcon

Debaser · Post by **Debaser** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 11:33 pm

1-5: The diamond-studded bra from "Femme Fatale".

Jethro Q. Walrustitty · Mon Jul 14, 2003 10:30 am

Good question. Nay, great question. Gotta agree with Jonsey on that.

How about... one of the robots from Ice Pirates. (That comes to mind as I recently saw one of the original heads on eBay. Remember folks, this shit does exist, and like everything else - you very well may be able to find it on eBay. If you really want it, it could be yours.)

The decapitated head from Re-Animator. (Which was actually given away by Fangoria back in '85, so it is floating around somewhere.)

Book of the Dead from Evil Dead 1 or 2. (I believe the same book was used for both movies.)

The Green Destiny sword from Crouching Tiger. (Might have to find Loafergirl over that one.)

The Nautilus model from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

The fossilized creature hand found at the beginning of Creature from the Black Lagoon.

One of the alien ships from Earth vs the Flying Saucers. (Or most any Harryhausen creature. Or, hell, Willis O'Brien's original King Kong.)

A Star Destroyer from Star Wars. (Yeah, I saw the guy building one out of aluminum to turn into a big PC.) Original stormtrooper helmet from '77 would be cool, too... or Darth, of course.

The Aston Martin DB4 from Goldfinger.

The portait of Gene Wilder as young Frankenstein's grandfather. Also the portait of Jimmy Stewart and the giant rabbit from Harvey.

The map from Time Bandits.

One of the Audrey IIs from Little Shop of Horrors.

The human arm sconces from Bram Stoker's Dracula (just because I want 'em for my home theater.)

Etc, etc, etc.

Jack Straw · Post by **Jack Straw** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 11:47 am

I'll change my vote to the Delorean from the Future movies.

Horny slut · Post by **Horny slut** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 11:56 am

Hi, I would like the strap-on dildo's that were used by the female fluffers in the Houston 500.

Lysander · Post by **Lysander** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:46 pm

Horny slut wrote:Hi, I would like the strap-on dildo's that were used by the female fluffers in the Houston 500.

I would like the strap-on blade from "SEVEN", please.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 2:31 pm

I thought about the Re-Animator head, but couldn't recall if they ever used a model at any point. I guess they did, true 'nuff. Getting the actor's head and having that placed on your wall, well, that's kind of creepy.

Violet · Post by **Violet** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 6:43 pm

I want the golden ticket and
Sara's bracelet from Labyrinth.

Debaser · Post by **Debaser** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:13 pm

Actually, having Sam Raimi's car would be cool.

Jethro Q. Walrustitty · Tue Jul 15, 2003 9:25 am

The car would be amusing, though it's just a regular ol' car and you'd have to explain to everyone... and most folks would only recognize it from Spiderman. Ahhh, those damn unwashed masses!

Jonsey, if I come across it, I'll scan in the contest page from Fangoria. The head was, I believed, used in the movie (in shots such as the one where he sticks in on the little spike note-holder) as well as in promo photos (the shot of Herbert West with a gleeful grin, holding it in the air in one hand with a syringe of reagent in the other.) Truly, a great prop.

As for the Houston 500 - you'd have to sterilize your house to even let anything from there in. Your house would look like the end of E.T., with the big bubble suits and shit. Ugh. (Cue the "monkey from Outbreak" line from Chasing Amy.)

bruce · Post by **bruce** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 10:36 am

I have another one.

The Jaguar Hearse from <i>Harold and Maude</i>.

Bruce

Blew · Post by **Blew** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 8:10 pm

I'll take the alien queen from Aliens. That thing is awsome looking.

bot · Post by **bot** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 12:23 am

Well, it ain't a movie, but I think having the original Number 6's black sport vest from TV's "The Prisoner" would be pretty dang cool...

Lysander · Post by **Lysander** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 9:00 am

Blew wrote:I'll take the alien queen from Aliens. That thing is awsome looking.

Heh, yeah. But how would you fit it in the door? You must mean just the queen; you'd probably give yourself some serious injuries if you tried to lift the whole queen/alien eggsack thing in there. And you'd probably never have any visitors ever again. "What... in the 8blue hell* is that?" "Oh, its an alien queen." "Aaaaiiiiaaaaaauuuuugghhhh!!!" :-)