Revealing mistake: When the mayor has his head shaved by the Grinch, Clint Howard grabs the clippers and shaves his own head down the middle. His hair is yanked off his head before he even moves his hand. Even better in slow motion.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Plot summary
Directed by: Ron Howard
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor, Molly Shannon, Christine Baranski, Clint Howard, Bill Irwin, Taylor Momsen
The Whos loved Christmas a lot. The Grinch who lived just north of Whoville did not. He stole Christmas dressed as Santa. Meanwhile, little Cindy Lou Who tried to make the town of Whoville see that there's more to Christmas than just decorations and presents.
MissNiece
More mistakes in How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Grinch: Those Whos are hard to frazzle, Max. But, we did our worst, and that's all that matters.
Trivia: Jim Carrey's makeup took 2 hours to put on and 1 hour to take off, every day for 92 days of filming.
Question: Where exactly is Whoville located? And what year is the movie meant to take place?
Answer: According to the introduction, Whoville is located on a snowflake. Therefore they don't keep time like we do.
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Answer: Then why does it appear as a tiny speck in Horton Hears A Who?
In "Horton Hears a Who", both the book and the animated film, the speck of dust lands on a clover. In the 2000 Grinch film, the speck of dust has now landed on a snowflake because it's winter time. It should be noted that it's only the 2000 Grinch film that has Whoville as a speck similar to Whoville in "Horton Hears a Who." In the book and other adaptations, Whoville and the Whos are normal sized and probably located somewhere in Massachusetts.
Bishop73
Where are you getting Massachusetts from?
Brian Katcher
Dr. Suess was born in Springfield, MA and there are some that claim the drawings in the book are similar to Easthampton, MA and Mt. Tom (although others say it's La Jolla and Mt. Soledad in California). Residence of Easthampton put on an annual "Whobalation" to celebrate the legend Whoville is based on them.
Bishop73