Useless Movie Trivia For
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Memorable Quotes
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: 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?
he Grinch: [after getting bit on the butt by Max] That is not a chew toy. You have no idea where it's been.
Trivia
Anthony Hopkins recorded all the narration for the movie in one day.
The scene where The Grinch is directing his dog, Max, before stealing Christmas, is Jim Carrey doing a parody of director Ron Howard.
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.
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 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.
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.
For a while, Tim Burton was considering to direct, but could not due to a conflict with another movie
The line "6:30 p.m. "Dinner with me" I can't cancel that again." was improvised by Jim Carrey.
No movie has featured so many characters in heavy makeup since The Wizard of Oz.
Goofs
When the Grinch is distributing letters to the people of Who-ville, he clearly only has two letters in his hand but he throws about 10 others into people's mail box.
Box Office Info In USA
Budget: $123,000,000
Opening Weekend $55,082,330
Gross $260,031,035
Filming Dates: September 7, 1999, to February 18, 2000
Filming Locations
Stage 12, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
(studio)
Stage 27, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Stage 28, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Stage 29, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Stage 31, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Utah, USA