Ceiling fan in the movie "Gremlins"

[Adam D.]

The Casablanca Zephyr in the 1984 movie Gremlins.. Appears to be in matte black finish.. Looks to be pre slumber quite.. The Kingston falls part of the movie was filmed at back lot of Universal Studios. The ceiling fan looks to be a few years old at that time.. Perhaps they did the bar scene somewhere in an actual bar somewhere near Universal Studios.. If you look closely, it looks like they taped a pull chain to it, making it look like she pulled the actual ceiling fans pull switch.. I see the variable speed control, and looks like the original pull switch was pulled out of the fan.. I miss when movies were fun to watch..

[andy]

Also notice how it goes from reverse to forwards. If you look up the goofs of this movie on IMDB, it mentions it, saying it was first spinning counterclockwise, then spinning clockwise(judging from above fan), and all of us fan collectors would say the exact opposite.

[Adam D.]

I just noticed that.. It's going in reverse at the beginning of the bar scene, and also just noticed the fake pull chain is not in that scene.. When she pulls the fake chain it's going forward, then when she is running after she pulls the chain the fan is going slower again in reverse, notice the gremlin and the direction it's going when she is running..

[Jordan U]

Looks like its forward at around 3:46, then when the camera cuts to the other angle its back to reverse, then forwards again when its next seen at 3:52..

[Jean Lemieux]

I was suspicious about this pull chain too because normally she should not have been able to change the speeds with a Zephyr by pulling a chain, she would have had to turn the knob.

[Adam D.]

Ah this is how the scene works.. Put the gremlin doll on the ceiling fan as if it's having fun while the fan is going a medium/slow speed in reverse (And Cut).. They probably did that running scene right after that, so they tape chain to it, then she pretends to pull the chain for the fan to go faster, then she runs (And cut)... Scene three someone is controlling the fan with an external switch somewhere when the scene is shot directly at the fan, it's going faster and gaining speed, oh and the sound effects and fire effects added (And Cut).. Cant forget the last scene.. Someone throws the gremlin doll into something that appears to be some kind of fixture on the wall (And Cut)..

If anyone watched the full movie, the ceiling fan is also in a beginning part of the movie in the bar scene going a very slow speed..

That was one of my big childhood movies, and love it so much just the fact the fan was in it.. My parents even got me the story book along with a cassette tape, and even the ceiling fan was mentioned on the audio cassette..

Here's an audio book with a fan picture.. Drawn out spinner fan with a lower canopy.. I don't remember a fan being in the book..


This is the one I had.. The story is slightly different..