Props that stole the show.

2. The Movie: Back To The Future Part II

    The Prop: The Hoverboard

 

 

Quick, what was the plot of BTTF2?

"Marty goes into the future, then goes back..somethingsomething...err...HOVERBOARDS!"

3. The Movie: Caddyshack

The Prop: Baby Ruth candybar

 

4. The Movie: Buckaroo Banzai

    The Prop: The Watermelon

 

Memorable Quote:

"Why is there a watermelon there?"

5.  The Movie:  Inception

     The Prop:  Cobb's totem

A tiny prop that packs a big punch.  Also, I just want to say, as someone who works in the prop world, this is a great list idea.

JOE VS THE VOLCANO.

the luggage.

No matter where we go, we're bringing this luggage with us.

The Movie: Hudson Hawk

 

The Prop a cappuccino.

 

Bruce spends the whole damn film trying to drink one and the film rightly ends with him finally achieving just that.

You could say the same about the twinkie in ZOMBIELAND.

8.  The Movie:  A Christmas Story

     The Prop:  The Leg-Lamp

 

Memorable Quote:

"Fra-gee-lay - that must be Italian!"

THE REF

the prop: the St. Lucia candle-wreath crowns.

Their appearance at the big Christmas dinner produces one of the biggest visual laughs of the entire film. They continue to feature throughout the dinner. When people talk about the film (and it's an amazingly funny film), it's almost always this scene that people use as their point of reference.

FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF.

the prop: the Ferrari.

Not only does it provide some of the bigger laughs in the film, it also doubles as Cameron's enemy. Killing the car is his big moment and the dramatic highpoint of the film.

Love THE GOLD RUSH. Great pick.

LAST TANGO IN PARIS

the prop: butter

It was the scene that everyone talked about.

14. The Movie: This Is Spinal Tap

     The Props: Nigel Tufnel's Amp

 

Memorable Quote:

"Eleven. Exactly. One louder."

 

[I'm ashamed that it took me so long to remember this one]

THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

the prop: the Lotus

When it jumped off of the pier and turned into a submarine, a legend was born. Even today, decades later, that film can be referred to as the one with THE CAR and people will know exactly what film you're talking about.

Quote:

"It is the central preoccupation of my life."

 

My contribution?

 

GHOSTBUSTERS.

 

Proton Packs.  Who doesn't love wearing an unlicensed nuclear accelerator?

17. The Movie: This Is Spinal Tap

     The Props: Stonehenge

 

The "tiny Stonehenge" scene: (Click to show)

 

JAWS

 

the prop: the oxygen tank

 

Without it to use to blow up the shark, the movie would have ended with death by drowning. That isn't as exciting as blowing something to kingdom come. Wouldn't have the," Smile you son of a bitch," line either.

18. The Movie: The Matrix

The Props: A spoon

 

 

One little seemingly random moment, but is the everlasting symbol of what The Matrix truly is.

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH

the prop: the red bikini.

You know exactly what I'm talking about and WHY.

Yes I do.

 

That red bikini led to this great line,"God damn it! Doesn't anyone knock anymore."

From Dusk Till Dawn

 

Sex Machines Crotch Gun

 

Crotch Gun .GIF (Click to show)

 

It might be a stretch to say this stole the show. However, when there is a conversation about the movie, it seems that it always gets a mention about how funny/bad-ass it was.

23. The Movie: Krull

     The Props: The muthafuckin' Glaive

 

"So, I keep hearing about this movie called KRULL. What's it about?"

"The Glaive."

"Who's in it?"

"The Glaive."

"Uh..is it any good?"

"The Glaive."

Edited by Art Decade - 11/13/11 at 3:48pm

When I was 8 years old I thought that movie was awesome!

24.  Pee-Wee's Bike.

 

 

Ha ha  Ha!  Heh heh heh.

25. Boogie Nights

Umm you know the prop. Dirk's moneymaker and symbol of his emotions.

26) The Indiana Jones series

 

The prop: The Whip.

 

I was debating on this one earlier.  I opted against it for the simple fact that they didn't even use the fucking thing until the last 10 minutes of the film, and even then it was lame.  The video game was much, much better.

 

27.  PREDATOR

 

the prop: Old Painless.

 

I mean, come on.  What are the odds that someone's gonna lug around a gun big enough to give a rhinocerous a hernia?  Well, in an Arnold Schwarzenegger film, it's 100%.  

 

That would be a FAR DISTANT second to this

 

 

Tom Savini had no ability to steal this show.  None.

 

As for my own take on the thread subject, I submit the following from 1977

 

 

28. The Light Saber

 

The first time we see Obi Wan showing it to Luke, we're given the line "This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age."  It had that glow and that hum and we saw it slice the arm off that guy in the cantina and maybe other than the wookie it was the coolest thing in the coolest movie.

 

 

eta:  Judas, I always loved that Old Painless was as much a part of a series of Arnie flicks as the line "I'll be back" was.

29. The Movie: The Natural

     The Props: Roy Hobbs' bat

30. The Movie: Phantasm

The Prop: Silver Sphere

 

Dammit.   I was going to pick the lightsaber!

 

31.  Smokey and the Bandit: The Trans Am

 

 

32. The Movie: Pulp Fiction

The Prop: The breifcase

 

So, what was in that motherfucker anyway?

33.  The Movie:  The Sword and the Sorcerer

        The Prop:  The Triple Sword that shoots Blades

 

  

 

34. The Movie: Dune

     The Props: The Weirding Modules

 

No. Just...no.

 

35. The Movie: Citizen Kane

The Prop: a sled

 

 

Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)

 

 

Aww. There are 2 things in life that I'll never be able to understand:

 

1) Women

2) Why people keep shitting on Dune.

I think The Glaive is the ultimate movie cockblock.   Quick.   What's the plot of the movie?   What was the name of the main character?   What did the bad guy look like?   What weapon did the good guy use?   I rest my case.

 

Quote:

Absolutely. He gets told to not use it until its needed(or some such nonsense) and then when he finally whips it out he kills like two guys and then it fails against the boss. So he kills the bad guy with love-fire instead.

35.  ENTER THE DRAGON

 

the prop:

 

37. The Movie: Judge Dredd

     The Props: The ABC Warrior robot

 

Puppets are props, right? In any case, the jaw-dropping practical effect work of this robot not only stole the show (it's Judge Dredd, how hard can that be?) but it demonstrated how old-fashioned puppetry can be awe-inspiring in a way CGI likely never will.

 

38.  NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

 

the prop: the Captive Bolt Pistol

 

I spent a major portion of the film wondering what in the hell Anton Chiguhr was using for a weapon.  Is that an air tank that he's modified or what?  It was a unique weapon, and I remember everyone wondering what the hell it was when the movie ended.  Highly original.

 

39.  (Multiple films)

 

the prop: Harrison Ford's finger.

 

 

We'll need a ruling on this one, I know.

You get ONE of these.

 

The Fuck-Chair from Burn After Reading? Or the Anal Pillow?

 

The Paper Unicorn from Bladerunner? Or the Matchdick Man?

 

The Red Phone Box in Local Hero.

 

The Locket in Evil Dead 1 & 2.

 

Sailor's Snakeskin Jacket in Wild at Heart. Lula's Candy Necklace. Bobby Peru's Teeth.

 

Animated: Kaneda's Bike.

 

Any time a Dippy Bird is on-screen. Alien and Darkman come to mind.

 

 

Yeah, the Weirding Modules were my take-away from Dune when I saw it as a kid. A friend and I made our own and would run around yelling random French at each other - "Voila Gourmet!!". These days I'm kind of stunned that we have a big David Lynch space epic, even if it's not a complete vision. If it had fallen through, people would talk about it with the same yearning/reverence as Jodorowsky's Dune.

 

 

EDIT: The Finger = Brilliance.

40. Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness

 

The Prop:  Ash's Chainsaw

 

41. The Movie: Trainspotting, The Pillow Book, Velvet Goldmine, Young Adam

     The Props: Ewan McGregor's penis

 

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