Question 1

What real device was used in the 'music room' scene, and how much did it cost?

Accepted Answer

The Stepp DG-1 Guitar Synthesizer, which cost $7000 when released, as stated in the film, though the audio came from a live electric guitar.

Question 2

How did Judge Reinhold describe the impact of this film on his career?

Accepted Answer

He attributed it as being the decline of his career, saying 'That's when the phone stopped ringing,' and he moved to New Mexico to regroup.

Question 3

What is the central magical event in the plot of Vice Versa?

Accepted Answer

A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.

Question 4

Which other films were part of the late 1980s age-swap mini-cycle alongside Vice Versa?

Accepted Answer

Big (1988), 18 Again! (1988), Dream a Little Dream (1989), and Like Father Like Son (1987).

Question 5

What did director Brian Gilbert say about the source of comedy in Vice Versa?

Accepted Answer

He said it comes from 'the comedy of inappropriateness,' with humor from things in wrong places and perspectives turned upside down.

Question 6

What real device was featured in the music room scene and how much did it cost?

Accepted Answer

The Stepp DG-1 Guitar Synthesizer, which cost $7000 when released, though the audio heard was from a live electric guitar.

Question 7

How did Judge Reinhold describe the impact of this film on his career?

Accepted Answer

He attributed it as being the decline of his career, saying "That's when the phone stopped ringing," and moved to New Mexico to regroup.

Question 8

What was the source novel for this film and how old was it when the movie was released?

Accepted Answer

The source novel was "Vice Versa: A Lesson to Fathers" by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, first published in 1882, about 106 years before the film.

Question 9

What did director Brian Gilbert say was the source of the film's comedy?

Accepted Answer

He said the comedy comes from "the comedy of inappropriateness" and "things being in their wrong places," with perspectives turned upside down.

Question 10

What other films were part of the late 1980s age-swap/body-swap mini-cycle alongside this one?

Accepted Answer

Big (1988), 18 Again! (1988), Dream a Little Dream (1989), and Like Father Like Son (1987).

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