History Trivia / SalvadorDali

** Came pretty close to making a film with the Creator/MarxBrothers; some stills from the storyboard include Harpo playing a harp on fire on the top of a cliff while Chico negotiates a maze of bicyclists a la VideoGame/Frogger.

** Came pretty close to making a film with the Creator/MarxBrothers; some stills from the storyboard include Harpo playing a harp on fire on the top of a cliff while Chico negotiates a maze of bicyclists a la Frogger.

** He was supposed to be cast as the evil Emperor by Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky in a proposed film adaptation of ''[[Film/JodorowskysDune Dune]]''. Dalí only agreed to appear in the film if he was paid a fee of $100,000 per hour of screentime, to which Jodorwsky responded by giving him ''exactly'' that much screentime in the planned film, the rest being filled in by an animatronic fascimile. Even if the film was made, Dalí wouldn't have ended up in it anyway; partway through production he was kicked off due to statements he made supporting Spanish quasi-fascist dictator UsefulNotes/FranciscoFranco.

* HeAlsoDid: Of all things, designed the label for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupa_Chups Chupa Chups lollipops]].

** He also collaborated with Italian couturier Elsa Schiaparelli in her designs like the shoe hats and lobster details in her dresses.

** He was supposed to be cast as the evil Emperor by Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky in a proposed film adaptation of ''Film/{{Dune}}''. Dalí only agreed to appear in the film if he was paid a fee of $100,000 per hour of screentime, to which Jodorwsky responded by giving him ''exactly'' that much screentime in the planned film, the rest being filled in by an animatronic fascimile. Even if the film was made, Dalí wouldn't have ended up in it anyway; partway through production he was kicked off due to statements he made supporting Spanish quasi-fascist dictator UsefulNotes/FranciscoFranco.

* He claimed to remember before birth as an adult, [[http://www.fred.bogusz.me/index.php/blog/30-salvadore-dali-and-his-intra-uterine-experience]] and made it into a painting.

** Dalí actually did a collaboration project with Creator/WaltDisney, of all people, on a short subject that was meant for ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'', but was ultimately scrapped. ''Destino'' was eventually completed in 2003 and was finally released on DVD as an extra on the 2010 holiday release of ''Disney/{{Fantasia 2000}}''. When Destino originally fell through, Walt and Dali would briefly collaborate again for a possible Literature/DonQuixote film, only for the project to never get that far.

** He was supposed to be cast as the evil Emperor by Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky in a proposed film adaptation of ''Film/{{Dune}}''.