How much was did the potion cost? How much was that check for?
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zyggums — 14 years ago(March 21, 2012 08:14 PM)
in some interview, one of them posed the question, would you buy a magic potion for 1 million dollars? She could have just thrown that figure out randomly during the interview or it could have been the amount they were thinking of while acting. Since its the number she throws out in the interview.
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don-cotton-1 — 13 years ago(April 29, 2012 08:41 AM)
I found and bought the actual cheque prop a few years ago and Meryl wrote 1.000.000 $ on it.
Remember this was a lot of money back in the very early 90's.
Here's a picture of it:
http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s409/S74RG42ER/props12-07006.jpg -
the_la_baker — 9 years ago(July 15, 2016 05:22 PM)
That's clearly one million dollars, not one thousand. One thousand would've been chump change to her character in that movie, regardless of the early 90's.
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noldjuh — 12 years ago(May 17, 2013 04:47 AM)
As you might remember Lisle clearly said that the cost of the potion was different for everybody.
As Madeline finds out Helen also used the potion, she asks how much Helen paid, to which Helen replies with: "Everything I had and that was CHEAP!" Considering that answer, the cost of the potion is really how much you can afford, e.g. your entire fortune. -
JimBonig — 12 years ago(May 28, 2013 07:51 AM)
I imagine they charged as much as they could get, but regarding Helen's "and that was CHEAP!" I always took that to mean she thought it was priceless or invaluable to get her youth/looks back, not that she necessarily got it for a low amount. But yes, fat, insane Helen might have been charged $50k which could have broke her, and Madeline was charged $1m, which might have been their remaining fortune. But I imagine Helen wrote a few books and made some money before she managed to even hear about the potion, so she was probably charged a lot, or maybe owed them part of her future income. I can't see letting the potion go for a really cheap price.
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cmhwsu — 6 years ago(December 11, 2019 05:03 AM)
I don't want to burst any bubbles here. It may be an unused prop of the movie but clearly not the one that was used in the film. The film check is marked 5931 and the next check is 5932. This photo is of a check that is listed as 5937.
I love the movie always been a huge fan of films and props used in movies.
