# Props from movies you instantly recognize **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410 "2011-12-16T14:27:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/141 "2011-12-17T15:17:47Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > 1. Four fried chickens and a coke _The Blues Brothers_. “They look like Hasidic diamond merchants or somethin’!” Man, do I love that scene. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/142 "2011-12-17T15:20:52Z")
[Here’s a good one](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4386731119_2a80a3b214_z.jpg). (Or a close replica anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/143 "2011-12-17T15:35:57Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > [Here’s a good one](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4386731119_2a80a3b214_z.jpg). (Or a close replica anyway.) Wild guess: _E.T._? Could it be _Wizard of Oz_? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/144 "2011-12-17T15:37:26Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > _The Blues Brothers_. > > “They look like Hasidic diamond merchants or somethin’!” Man, do I love that scene. You’re real close. We watched it last night on On Demand. Funnier even now with all those wrecked cars and shopping mall. Does anybody have a dollar figure for all that? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/145 "2011-12-17T15:44:12Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > [Here’s a good one](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4386731119_2a80a3b214_z.jpg). (Or a close replica anyway.) > [@Zeldar](#): > > Wild guess: _E.T._? > > Could it be _Wizard of Oz_? _Pee Wee’s Big Adventure_. Woulda loved to have seen Miss Gulch riding that, though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/146 "2011-12-17T16:29:24Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Does anybody have a dollar figure for all that? IMDb Trivia says the film wrecked 103 cars (a record at the time), but does not give a dollar value for the various destructions. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/147 "2011-12-17T16:35:56Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > IMDb Trivia says the film wrecked 103 cars (a record at the time), but does not give a dollar value for the various destructions. It’s amazed me all along about how the producers raised the money for all that mayhem and carnage, not to mention the crowds. The credits alone suggest a budget in the millions if not more. And I think I remember that the movie didn’t even take off until it had been out a few years. All the more amazing. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/148 "2011-12-17T16:38:44Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > It’s amazed me all along about how the producers raised the money for all that mayhem and carnage, not to mention the crowds. The credits alone suggest a budget in the millions if not more. And I think I remember that the movie didn’t even take off until it had been out a few years. All the more amazing. Budget: $27,000,000 US Gross: $57,229,890 > **[The Blues Brothers (1980) ⭐ 7.9 | Adventure, Comedy, Crime](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/)** > > 2h 13m | R ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/149 "2011-12-17T17:08:42Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Budget: $27,000,000 > US Gross: $57,229,890 > > [The Blues Brothers (1980) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/business) Thank you! That’s astounding, and I guess I was in error about the “starting off slowly” I had thought I had heard about. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/150 "2011-12-17T17:21:35Z")
I didn’t think this was gonna be another “guess what I’m talking about?” game thread. Why not simply post what it is and do a separate game thread for all the guessing? Also, I think vehicles should count as props. Batmobile, NCC-1701, The Time Machine, the modified Delorean, the last of the V8 interceptors, the mothership at Devil’s Tower, a Tie fighter, etc… all fit the thread, imho. Cool pics, btw. I’m really enjoying it. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/151 "2011-12-17T17:59:49Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Thank you! That’s astounding, and I guess I was in error about the “starting off slowly” I had thought I had heard about. Yeah, it was [the 10th biggest film of 1980](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_in_film), so I’d say that probably wasn’t the case. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/152 "2011-12-17T18:09:39Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Yeah, it was [the 10th biggest film of 1980](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_in_film), so I’d say that probably wasn’t the case. Amazing site! Thanks for passing that along. Now I have to wonder where I read those bogus “facts” about _Blues Brothers_ that had me so wrong. Maybe it was some other terrific film of the era that didn’t do so well. Maybe I’m just plain wrong! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/153 "2011-12-17T18:28:17Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > [One more](http://img.costumecraze.com/images/vendors/rubies/552-large.jpg) The snitch from the Harry Potter films, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby\_Slippers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/154 "2011-12-17T19:13:04Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Dorothy’s ruby slippers. You stole my answer! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/155 "2011-12-17T21:12:31Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Another iconic TV car is Jim Rockford’s gold Trans Am. I just found [this](http://www.amazon.com/2011-Matchbox-Pontiac-Firebird-Formula/dp/B005TCI1SC) in a store the other day. It’s not exactly right, but it’s close. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/156 "2011-12-17T22:01:10Z")
Did we ever get an answer for the snake bracelet? It’s driving me crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/157 "2011-12-17T22:13:27Z")
> [@Sally\_Mander](#): > > Did we ever get an answer for the snake bracelet? It’s driving me crazy. **[Shakespeare in Love](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/)**. In an effort to find his muse and defeat writer’s block, Shakespeare (following the advice of a…conjurer, I guess) wrote his name on a slip of paper, placed it inside the bracelet, and gave it to his sometime-lover Rosaline. It later broke while she was _in flagrante delicto_ with Burbage, revealing Shakespeare’s name and sending Burbage into a rage. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/158 "2011-12-17T22:52:41Z")
Missed that. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/159 "2011-12-18T15:16:18Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > 1. hand-held mini-gun Prominently used in two Ah-nold flicks: _Terminator 2_ and _Predator_ which was supposed to be the instantly recognizable one ? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410/160 "2011-12-18T15:21:03Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Prominently used in two Ah-nold flicks: > > _Terminator 2_ > > and > > _Predator_ > > which was supposed to be the instantly recognizable one ? I associate it more with _Predator_ but YMMV. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/props-from-movies-you-instantly-recognize/606410.md?page=9)