How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) |
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) was nominated for the following awards:
Teen Choice AwardsGolden Globes
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Golden Globe
2001 Young Artist Awards
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Young Artist Award
2001 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USAMTV Movie AwardsKids` Choice Awards, USABlockbuster Entertainment Awards
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Blockbuster Entertainment Award
2001
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Blockbuster Entertainment Award
2001 Empire Awards, UKLondon Critics Circle Film AwardsCanadian Comedy Awards |
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Quotes The Grinch: That`s what it`s all about, isn`t it? That`s what it`s always been *about*. Gifts, gifts... gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts. You wanna know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I`m saying? In your *garbage*. I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump. And the avarice...
[shouts]
The Grinch: The avarice never ends! "I want golf clubs. I want diamonds. I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored and sell it to make glue." Look, I don`t wanna make waves, but this *whole* Christmas season is
[shouts]
The Grinch: stupid, stupid, stupid! The Grinch: Those Whos are hard to frazzle, Max. But, we did our worst, and that`s all that matters. The Grinch: Blast this Christmas music. It`s joyful and triumphant. The Grinch: [hating the Whos] Hate, hate, hate. Hate, hate, hate. Double Hate. LOATHE ENTIRELY! The Grinch: What`s that stench? It`s fantastic.
The Grinch: Are you having a holly, jolly Christmas? The Grinch: MAX. HELP ME... I`m FEELING. Lou Lou Who: I`m glad he took our presents. You can`t hurt Christmas, Mr. Mayor, beacuse it isn`t about the... the gifts or the contest or the fancy lights. That`s what Cindy`s been trying to tell everyone... and me. I don`t need anything more for Christmas than this right here: my family. The Grinch: We`re gonna die! We`re gonna die! I`m going to throw up, and then I`m gonna die! Mommy, tell it to stop!
[continues to scream and yell, then chuckle as he gets the sleigh under control]
The Grinch: Whew... ha! Almost lost my *cool* there. The Grinch: [messing with peoples mail] Jury duty, jury duty, jury duty, blackmail, pink slip, chain letter, eviction notice, blackmai jury duty. The Grinch: Any calls?
Grinch`s Answering Machine: [computer voice] You have no messages.
The Grinch: Odd. Better check the outgoing.
Grinch`s Answering Machine: [Grinch`s voice] If you utter so much as one syllable, I`LL HUNT YOU DOWN AND GUT YOU LIKE A FISH! If you`d like to fax me, press the star key.
The Grinch: Hmm. Hmm. The Grinch: Oh, the Who-manity. Narrator: The Whos young and old would sit down to a feast, and they`ll feast, and they`ll feast.
The Grinch: And they`ll feast, feast, feast, feast. They`ll eat their Who-Pudding and rare Who-Roast Beast. But that`s something I just cannot stand in the least. Oh, no. I`M SPEAKING IN RHYME! Stu Lou Who: Are you ready, Drew? I`ll race you! Last one up is a stinky old Grinch.
Sophie: Guys, where are we? I think we should go back.
Stu Lou Who: What? You`re scared of The Grinch!
Sophie: That is so not true.
Drew Lou Who: They say he lives inside the mountain, waiting to feast on... WHO-FLESH!
Junie: Oh, Drew!
Stu Lou Who: You`re scared of the Grinch! You`re scared of The Grinch!
Sophie: Are not!
Stu Lou Who: Are to! You`re scared of...
[they come to the door, Stu and Drew are bit taken back]
Junie: Well, go on. Touch the door! Do it for me, Stu. [Cindy meets the Grinch for the first time]
Cindy Lou Who: You`re the... the...
The Grinch: [mimicking Cindy] The... the... THE GRINCH! [a taxicab passes him by]
The Grinch: It`s because I`m green isn`t it? The Grinch: The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there - on such short notice! Even if I wanted to go my schedule wouldn`t allow it. 4:00, wallow in self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one; 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me - I can`t cancel that again; 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing... I`m booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness. But what would I wear? The Grinch: One man`s toxic sludge is another man`s potpourri.
[Max barks]
The Grinch: I don`t know, it`s some kind of soup. Narrator: The Whos young and old would sit down to a Feast, and they will feast, and they will feast.
The Grinch: And they`ll feast, feast, feast, feast. They`ll eat their Who-Pudding and rare Who-Roast Beast. But there`s something I just cannot stand in least... Oh no. I`M SPEAKING IN RHYME. The Grinch: [stops a tiny car] Evening, folks. Mind if I squeeze in?
[starts to sit on the car]
The Grinch: You might want to scooch over.
[the whos run away]
The Grinch: You did the right thing. Who Father: Hey, Honey! Our baby`s here.
[looks closely at the baby]
Who Father: He looks just like your boss. Cindy Lou Who: Thanks for saving me.
The Grinch: [stops in his tracks] Saving you, is that what you think I was doing? Wrongo. I just noticed that you were improperly packaged, my dear.
[grabs wrapping paper and starts wrapping Cindy up]
The Grinch: Hold still.
[to Max]
The Grinch: Max, pick out a bow.
[to Cindy]
The Grinch: Can I use your finger for a sec? The Grinch: I am the Grinch that stole Christmas... and I`m sorry.
[long silence]
The Grinch: Aren`t you going to cuff me? Beat me up? Blind me with pepper spray?
Mayor Augustus Maywho: You heard him, Officer. He admitted it. I`d go with the pepper spray.
Officer Wholihan: Yes, I heard him all right. He said he was sorry. The Grinch: Oh, no, the sleigh, the presents, they`ll be destroyed, and I care!
[shouts]
The Grinch: What is the deal? The Grinch: Cindy, we may be horribly mangled, but there`ll be no sad faces on Christmas. Narrator: And the more the Grinch thought of what Christmas would bring, the more the Grinch thought...
The Grinch: I must stop this whole thing!
The Grinch: Why, for year after year I`ve put up with it now. I must stop this Christmas from coming... but how? I MEAN... in what way? Mayor Augustus Maywho: The anger.
Whobris: The fury.
[cut to Martha May Whovier]
Martha May Whovier: The muscles! The Grinch: I tell you Max, I don`t know why I ever leave this place. I`ve got all the company I need right here.
[indicates himself]
The Grinch: [shouts] Hello?
Echo: Hello, hello, hello...?
The Grinch: How are you?
Echo: How are you... how are you... how are you...?
The Grinch: I asked you first.
Echo: I asked you first... first... first...
The Grinch: Oh right, that`s REALLY mature, saying exactly what I say.
Echo: ...Saying exactly what I say... what I say... what I say...
The Grinch: I`m an idiot!
Echo: *You`re* an idiot... an idiot... in idiot...!
The Grinch: [whispering] Alright fine! I`m not talking to you anymore! In fact, I`m going to whisper! So that by the time my voice reverbarates off the walls, and gets back to me, I won`t be able to hear it.
[pause]
Echo: You`re an idiot... an idiot... an idiot! The Grinch: Oh. Bleeding hearts of the world UNITE. Lou Lou Who: Let`s see, we`ve got a munkle for your uncle, a fant for your aunt and a fandpa for your Cousin Leon. Cindy Lou Who: Everybody seems to kerbabbled. Isn`t this just a little superfluous? The Grinch: [Takes back his mask and barks at Cindy Lou] Give me that! Don`t you know you`re not suppose to take things that don`t belong to you? What`s the matter with you, you some kind of wild animal? Huh? The Grinch: Who wants the gizzard?
Drew Lou Who: I do.
The Grinch: Too late. That`ll be mine. Lou Lou Who: Hello? Is my Subzero Chillibrator running? I suppose.
The Grinch: Well then you better go catch it. Martha May Whovier: Did I have a crush on the Grinch? Of COURSE not.
Cindy Lou Who: Uh... I didn`t ask you that. Mayor Augustus Maywho: And if you marry me, you get this new car, which has been generously paid for by the taxpayers of Whoville. The Grinch: It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes, or bags.
Narrator: The the Grinch thought of something he hadn`t before.
The Grinch: Maybe Christmas doesn`t come from a store. Maybe Christmas...
Narrator: He thought
The Grinch: ...means a little bit more. Mayor Augustus Maywho: He had hair. Not pleasant. He shed. Not right. The Grinch: All right, you`re a reindeer. Here`s your motivation: Your name is Rudolph, you`re a freak with a red nose, and no one likes you. Then, one day, Santa picks you and you save Christmas. No, forget that part. We`ll improvise... just keep it kind of loosey-goosey. You HATE Christmas! You`re gonna steal it. Saving Christmas is a lousy ending, way too commercial. ACTION!
[Max knocks the red nose off]
The Grinch: BRILLIANT! You reject your own nose because it represents the glitter of commercialism. Why didn`t I think of that? Cut, print, check the gate, moving on. Lou Lou Who: [after sons have said they had seen the Grinch] I`m sure they were just up on Mount Crumpit... playing with matches... defacing public property or something or other.
Mayor Augustus Maywho: Oh, well that`s a relief. The Grinch: Well, pucker up and kiss it, Whoville.
[puts mistletoe up to his butt and makes a taunting noise as he shakes it around]
Cindy Lou Who: [kisses the Grinch on the cheek] Your cheek`s so...
The Grinch: I know. Hairy.
Cindy Lou Who: No.
The Grinch: Greasy? Stinky? Do I have a zit?
Cindy Lou Who: No. Warm. The Grinch: Am I just eating because I`m bored? Narrator: ...He slunk to the fridge...
[the Grinch tackles the refrigerator]
The Grinch: SLUNK! Cindy Lou Who: We`re gonna crash!
The Grinch: Now you listen to me, young lady! Even if we`re *horribly mangled*, there`ll be no sad faces on Christmas. Narrator: Inside a snowflake like the one on your sleeve, there happened a story you must see to believe. Cindy Lou Who: *startled to see The Grinch collapse on his sleigh* AHHH! Are you alright?
The Grinch: Are you kiddin`? The sun is bright and the powder`s bitchin`! The Grinch: [singing] Be it ever so heinous, there`s no place like home. 8-Year-Old Augustus Maywho: You don`t have a chance with her. You`re eight years old and you have a BEARD! Narrator: So whatever the reason, his heart or his shoes, he stood outside his cave, hating the Whos.
The Grinch: [opens phone book] Alphabetically! The Grinch: I`m all toasty inside. And I`m leaking. Cindy Lou Who: Santa, what`s the meaning of Christmas?
The Grinch: [bursts through the Christmas tree] VENGEANCE!
The Grinch: [calmly] Er, I mean... presents, I suppose. Cindy Lou Who: Santa?
The Grinch: WHAT?
Cindy Lou Who: Don`t forget the Grinch. I know he`s mean and hairy and smelly. His hands might be cold and clammy, but I think he`s actually kinda... sweet.
The Grinch: SWEET? You think he`s sweet?
Cindy Lou Who: [nods] Merry Christmas, Santa.
[goes upstairs]
The Grinch: Nice kid... baaad judge of character.Trivia Author Theodore Seuss Geisel and (after his death) his widow had been approached previously to authorize a live-action version of the story. After the success of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, Mrs. Geisel saw the potential of a live-action interpretation. Anthony Hopkins recorded all the narration for the movie in one day. #
# Everything in the film revolves around a swirl, the same as in the original drawings of the book. This includes the clouds. If you look closely at in several scenes, several times the initials "C.H.", "J.C.," and "R.H." briefly form as the clouds move. This stands for actor Clint Howard (Whobris), actor Jim Carrey (The Grinch), and director Ron Howard.
The scene where The Grinch is directing his dog, Max, before stealing Christmas, is Jim Carrey doing a parody of director Ron Howard.
Some statistics: - Make-up appliances used during production: approximately 8,000 - Props created for the film: over 300 - Number of ornaments: 8,200 - Number of candy canes: 1,938 - Crushed marble used for snow on Who suburbs exterior sets: 152,000 lbs - Outfits created by wardrobe: 443 - Number of sound stages used: 11 - Make-up artists used on busiest days: 45 - Styrofoam used to build sets: 2 million linear feet (or 6 miles, if it was cut into standard board length) The sound stage for the Whoville set measured around 30,000 square feet. The prosthetic make-up Jim Carrey wore took 3 hours to apply. Carrey felt so horribly confined and uncomfortable in the latex skin he needed counseling from a Navy SEAL who taught him torture-resistance techniques. One morning, director Ron Howard came in at 3:30 to put on the Grinch suit with full make-up and directed the entire day with the suit on. #
# Suss Cousins, an L.A. based sweater designer (whose first name is pronounced just like Dr. "Seuss"), along with two other knitters, produced 250 pieces of original knitwear for this movie (including 8 identical red-striped sweaters for Jim Carrey) in four months. That works out to 83.3 sweaters a person in just 120 days which is quite amazing as all were hand-knit.
Jim Carrey`s yellow contact lenses proved to be so uncomfortable that he was unable to wear them at times during filming. This required that some shots of his eyes be colored in post-production.
Jim Carrey also used the football play call "Blue 42! Blue 42! Hutt hutt!" in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). The photo of The Grinch in the Whoville newspaper has The Grinch in the same pose as an infamous alleged photo taken of the "Yeti" or "Sasquatch."
The inscription on the coins in the store is "E Pluribus Whonum." The Navy cap the Grinch wears when pretending to be a director with Max reads "WSS Whoville WVN-70." Director Cameo: [Ron Howard] One of the startled Whos while the Grinch rants in the city square. When the Grinch is pretending to be a director, he is imitating Ron Howard. Jim Carrey said that when he first saw Ron Howard in full Grinch outfit, he was angered, mistaking the director for a stunt double who looked nothing like him. Top-selling movie ticket of 2000 - 50 million sold.
Eddie Murphy was at one time considered to play The Grinch. Jack Nicholson was at one time considered to play The Grinch. #
# Ron Howard`s family shows up in several spots in the movie: his father is the elder Who that shouts "Put him in the Chair of Cheer!"; his daughter shows up as the red-head Who in the quick shot after the Grinch turns the lights in Whoville back on; his wife can be seen holding hands with the Elder Who when all the Whos gather around the tree. The song the Whos sing at the end is the same song used in the animated version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) (TV). For a while, Tim Burton was considering to direct, but could not due to a conflict with another movie CASTLE THUNDER: Heard when the rocket-sleigh turns on for the first time. Audrey Geisel came to the set of "Man on the Moon" to see if Carrey was right to play the Grinch. He was so deep into the character of `Andy Kaufman`, however he had to essentially do an impression of himself doing an impression of The Grinch, and that was what got him the gig.
The line "6:30 p.m. "Dinner with me" I can`t cancel that again." was improvised by Jim Carrey. Jim Carrey accepted the role of The Grinch when he heard a tape of a kid`s choir singing the song "You`re A Mean One Mr. Grinch" The Whoville set was built mostly on the backlot of Universal Studios behind the still-standing Bates Motel. During a break in filming Jim Carrey surprised and scared tourists on the Universal Backlot Tour by running out of the hotel wearing a dress and brandishing a knife. Nobody recognized him, and the tour guide at Universal Studios will tell you the story when you pass by the hotel on the Backlot Tour. #
# Many Cirque du Soleil performers were used for the more acrobatic tricks and stunts in the movie. They can be spotted in the beginning as some of the Whos in the parade.
Final Film of Josh Ryan Evans.
Jeremy Howard shaved off his eyebrows for the duration of production to help cut makeup time in half.
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