Pinball In The Movies, page 2

MOVIE	PINBALL MACHINE	SCENE
Friday The 13^th, part 2	KISS, Bally, 1978 Pokerino, Williams, 1978	About 26 minutes into movie, bar scene, behind drunk teen camp counselors, There is also a Galaxian vid across from the pins in the background.
*The Game Plan	Kingman (originally Monday Night Football, Data East, 1989)	Apt. scenes starting 2 minutes into the movie. This is a Monday Night Football pin with the artwork altered. See screen shots HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
The General	Whitewater, Williams, 1993 The Addams Family, Bally, 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation, Williams, 1993 Bram Stoker's Dracula, Williams, 1993 Twilight Zone, Bally, 1993	robs an arcade about 20 mins. into the movie. There are 5-6 pins on both left and right sides of the screen. Also some video and reel games. (thanks Sampo and the Finnish pinball forum). See the screen shots here and here.
Ghostbusters	Star Gazer, Stern, 1980	29 minutes into movie, fire house, just as the Ghostbusters are about to slide down the pole at the station, you can barely see the pin in the far right of the room, with two videogames beside it. (thanks Matt Valentine, Svensson and Zaphod). See the screen shot HERE.
Ghost Rider	Evil Knievel, Bally, 1977	Johnny Blaze's apartment, fight scene (filmed in Melbourne, Australia) (thanks Scott Fitz)
The Girl From Outer Space 2	Bad Cats, Williams, 1989 Funhouse, Williams, 1990	Jungle house scene (thanks Svensson)
Godspell	Dragonette, Gottlieb, 1954	Junk yard scenes, DVD scene 4, 14 min. into movie and scene 13, 1 hr. 20 min. into movie.
The Golden Apples Of Hesperides	Eight Ball, Bally, 1977	In a bar very early in the film. (thanks Marco Rossignoli, author of "The Complete Pinball Book."
Goodfellas	Capt. Fantastic, Bally, 1975 Astro, Gottlieb, 1971 Nitro Ground Shaker, Bally, 1978	CF pin in bar scene, about 1.5 hrs into movie. Deniro and vending machine operation. The pins are on the sidewalk, about last half hour of movie. (thanks Steve)
Grease 2	??	Bowling alley scene, a couple pinball machines the T-Birds are playing. (thanks Wolf)
The Great American 4th of July and Other Disasters	Jamboree, Exhibit, 1948	16 minutes, 32 seconds into movie. (thanks David B.)
Hard Times	?	DVD, scene 14, 37 min. into movie, bar scene. Bronson shoots jukebox, but does not shoot the pin. (thanks Kschnoll)
Harold And Maude	?	Near the end of the movie there is a fairground arcade scene with several woodrail pins. (thanks Warren McCulloch, Vancouver Regional Pinball Association)
Hajyt (The Baddies)	Corvette, Bally, 1994	cult movie made in Finland. Local pub "Puukkohovi" (the Jackknife House) scene. (Thanks Sampo S.)
Happy, Texas	High Speed, Williams, 1986	DVD, scene 17, 47 minutes into movie, bar scene, burglar and sheriff walk into bar. Pin can be seen in the corner behind them.(Thanks Svensson)
The Hard Way	Secret Service, Data East, 1988	beginning of movie,fox beach front home has 4 pins-1 might be Data East Secret Service,rest look like Premier/Gottleibs. (thanks Tiedyemo)
Havana	Coquette, Gottlieb, 1962	film is set in 1958, but Coquette was made in 1962. (thanks Bill Cunningham)
Heavy Traffic	?	In an arcade, a pin gets destroyed near the end of the flick. (thanks Tiedyemo)
*He Was A Quiet Man	Future Spa, Bally, 1979	Pin seen about an hour into movie.
Hooper	Time 2000, Atari, 1977 Space Riders, Atari, 1978	Outdoor bar scene, behind Burt Renyolds off in a corner, near end of movie before Hooper tests flying stunt car.
House Of Games	Rollergames, Williams, 1990	scenes in two different bars, both with pins. The first bar scene is about 14 minutes into the movie, with an unidentified pin, the second is about 40 minutes in, with the Rollergames and another pin. (thanks Mark O.)
The Hunter	Strange World, Gottlieb, 1978	Ralph "Papa" Thorson enters a bar to capture a bail jumper. Two pins are visible, one ?, the other a Gottlieb 4 player. Bail jumper is seen in backroom fixing a "Strange World" pin. (thanks Sampo S.)
The Hustler	Short Stop Deluxe, Williams, 1958 and Ten Strike, Williams, 1958	All you could really see clearly is the right side of the machine and it had bowling pins painted on the side in a single row all leaning towards the back of the machine at about a 45 degree angle. (thanks Steve G. for jotting my memory on that one). Williams Short Stop Deluxe visible in train station scene, diner area (thanks Derek Moore and Bruce "Musicwow")
I Ragazzi Del Massacro (Naked Violence)	Moulin Rouge?, 1965, Williams and ?	bar scene about 47 minutes into movie and about 73 minutes into movie, possibly Moulin Rouge in another bar scene (thanks Sampo S.)
Jengi (The Gang)	Fashion Show, Gottlieb, 1962	40 mins into the movie in a bar scene. Also a jukebox, most likely a Seeburg KD-200. (thanks Sampo S.)
Jurassic Park 3	Pinbot, Williams, 1986 ?Fireball Classic, Bally, 1985	DVD, scene 3, 13 min. into movie, scientist is in the country-style restraurant together with the man who hires him for expedition. (thanks Bijarne B.)
Kingpin	Wizard, Bally, 1975 Eight Ball Deluxe Ltd. Ed., '82, Bally F-14 Tomcat, Williams, 1987	At the begining,when Roy is showing off doing the disco dancing while bowling, Wizard is in the background. (thanks Tiedyemo) DVD, scene 12, "Claudia/Three Strikes", about 47 minutes into movie, rich guy's home, hustle after the part with the 8-ball deluxe,they are bowling in an alley with a f-14 tomcat in the background. (thanks Tiedyemo)
The Klansman	?	? (thanks Marco Rossignoli, author of "The Complete Pinball Book)
Knocked Up	Capt. Fantastic, Bally, 1976	Apt. scene, 40 minutes into movie. See the screen shot HERE. (thanks Blubboman)
La Balance	?	arcade scene w/ at least 10 pins
Late Night Shopping (British)	KISS, Bally, 1979 The Machine: Bride Of Pin*bot, Williams, 1991	They are in the background many times in the night cafe the characters spend their time in with the best shot about 20 mins into the movie. Also vid game Invaders and a couple of Barcrest reel games and a pool table. (thanks Sampo)
*The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Zissou (custom pin, originally an EM?)	Pin in a few scenes on the ship. (thanks Scylla)
Lonely Are The Brave	The Thing, Chicago Coin, 1951	bar scene. see promo picture showing pin in background HERE. (thanks Beester!!)
The Last Dragon	Tri-Zone, Williams, 1979	DVD, scene 17, 48 min. into movie, Shogun and friends bust up Daddy Green's Pizza. (thanks Ron D.)
Le Placard (The Closet)	Attack From Mars, Bally, 1995	bar scene, about 10 minutes into movie. (thanks Sampo).
Les Clan des Siciliens (Sicilian Clan)	Gaucho, Gottlieb, 1964 World Fair, Gottlieb, 1964 Happy Clown, Gottlieb, 1964	Throughout the movie, many scenes inside an operator's warehouse. All pins appear Gottliebs with their very distinctive early type GTB coin door. Also a few puck games and other stuff. A GTB Gaucho is in the very center of the final scene. Also a World Fair and Happy Clown in the background of some shots. Probably Flying Chariots and Swing Along, too, with many others not positively identified.(thanks Sampo)
Lilja 4 Ever	Taxi, Williams, 1988 and ????	Arcade scene in a Moscow amusement park, has a few pins. (thanks Jørund)
Little Monsters	?	?
Live And Let Die	Dixieland, Bally, 1967	21 minutes, 47 seconds into movie, restaurant/bar ‘Fillet-of-Soul’ where James gets kidnapped (twice) there are two pinball machines in a corner. (thanks Peter Pope)
The Lost Boys	Phoenix, Williams, 1978	Comic book shop, about 52 min. into movie.
Love Actually	?	bar scene, pin next to a jukebox(thanks Jørund)
The Mack	Honey, Williams, 1972 and ?Fireball?, Bally, 1972	DVD, bar scene, chapter 13, 53 minutes into movie.
Ma femme est une actrice ("My Wife Is an Actress")	Attack From Mars, Bally, 1995	They are in a cafe and you can see the backglass for Attack from Mars behind them.(thanks David Nedde)
Major League II	Judge Dredd, Williams, 1993	Charlie Sheen's condo (thanks John Trudeau)
Malone	Showboat, Gottlieb, 1961	Corner drugstore(thanks tiedyemo)
A Man Apart	Pinbot, Williams, 1986 and ?Future Spa, Bally, 1979(distant shot, just a guess on Future Spa)	DVD, scene 20, bar raid, 1 hr, 18 min. into movie
Man Bites Dog	Taxi, Williams, 1988 Whirlwind, Williams, 1990	there is an interview in a tavern....behind the person, there is the side of a Taxi and someone is playing a Whirlwind (with topper). (thanks Chris Benn)
The Man from Tokyo" (Tôkyô nagaremono)	?	It's about 15 mins into the movie, a man and a woman at a shooting game, 4-5 pins in the background seen through the shooting games glass cabinet. (thanks Sampo)
Marathon Man	Polo, Gottlieb, 1970 and Bow and Arrow, Bally, 1974(There was a clear shot of Polo's backglass and cabinet, showing the spy playing Polo, but the playfield shot was of Bow and Arrow's upper playfield)	DVD, scene 12, 23 min. into movie, bar scene. Oriental spy playing pinball while spying on Roy Scheider, another spy. (thanks Dave M. for identifying Bow and Arrow).
*Margin For Error	Twin Six, Keeney, 1941	early in the film, drugstore scene. There may be additional pinball content, as the Twin Six was next to another game. (thanks Dave Marston)
Mars Attacks	Harlem Globetrotters On Tour, Bally, 1979	DVD, 15 min. into move, Pam Greer grabs her kids from arcade. Pin seen in the back of the arcade.
Mauvaises Fréquentations	Attack From Mars, Bally, 1995	bar scene about 10mins into the movie, Olive (Lou Doillon, daughter of Jane Birkin) is playing the pin. Only some beeping sounds like an early SS pin are heard. (thanks Sampo)
Maximum Overdrive	Night Rider, Bally, 1976 (solid state) Pokerino, Williams, 1978	DVD, scene 4, about 8 min. into movie, Night Rider plays itself in multiball, which is odd, because this is not a multiball pin. It plays itself then playfield glass shatters. Star Castle and some other vids are featured too.
Mchale's Navy	Meteor, Stern, 1979	About half an hour from the end of film. Very quick glimpse of game as characters walk through a door into a hall where a stage show is about to begin. (thanks Marco Rossignoli)
A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere	Hi-Lo, Gottlieb, 1969	coffee bar half way through the film. (thanks Marco Rossignoli, author of several pinball related books )
Minä ja Morrison(Me And Morrison)	Dirty Harry, Williams, 1995	about 10 minutes into the movie, scene where Milla wakes up in Aki's bed and gets up to look for the kitchen, the pin is in the room between the bedroom and the kitchen with Aki's boxing gloves hanging in the Magnum 44 handle, also seen briefly sideways once or twice later in the movie.(thanks Sampo)
Meteor (1979)	Sky Lab, Williams, 1974 Space Odyssey,Williams,1976	DVD, scene 21, "Making Human Contact", Sean Connery and Natalie Wood in military base's breakroom
Midnight Madness	Fireball, Bally, 1971, Mata Hari, Bally, 1977, Power Play, Bally, 1977, Eight Ball, Bally, 1977 wizard,flash,joker poker,supersonic and middle earth. Some of the vids are space invaders,indy 500,f-1,x and o's,tank battle?,jet rocket,speed king and exidy's infamous death race which is shown alot.	DVD, scene 15, Fight scene in Pinball City arcade. (thanks Tiedyemo)
Mister Scarface	Bank Shot?, 1976, Gottieb	DVD, 36 min. 10 seconds into film, gangsters enter pool hall and walk by this pin. 59 min. 9 seconds into film, gangster enters pool hall, a few pins and misc games are seen. This film by the way is definately a candidate for the le bad cinema category, one of Jack Palance's worst films, circa 1976, produced in Italy, overdubbed to English, and now available at any Dollar Tree location, this would have been a sure thing for Mystery Science Theater. See the still shots of the pin sightings HERE and HERE. If you can help ID these pins, please email Pingeek.
Money Train	The Games, Gottlieb/Mylstar, 1984 Meteor, Stern, 1979 and ?	bar scenes
Moon Of The Wolf	3 Coins, Williams, 1962 and ????	Restaurant/bar scene about halfway through the film. There are a total of five pins, but only this one could be identified. (thanks Thomas Farkas)
Muriel	Coquette, Williams, 1962	very start of the film the pin can be seen in a coffee bar. (thanks Marco Rossignoli, author of "The Complete Pinball Book")
My Bodyguard	Night Rider (EM), Bally, 1976	Chris Makepeace walks into restaurant and right past pin in background. (about 45 min. into movie)
Mystery, Alaska	Cyclone, Williams, 1988	DVD, scene 5, 19 min. into movie, diner scene, pin way in back. (thanks Svensson)
Naked Gun 33 1/3	High Speed, Williams, 1986	opening credits (thanks Sampo)
Natural Born Killers	Whirlwind, Williams, 1990	opening diner scene, 6 min. 29 seconds into movie. (thanks Tiedyemo)
Navy Seals	Arena, Gottlieb, 1987 Devils Dare, Gottlieb, 1982 Fireball, Bally, 1972	bar scene (thanks Tiedyemo)
Next	Rocket, Gottlieb, ?1955?	garage scene, about 15 minutes into movie. Peter Falk and Nicholas Cage are talking, and the pin is in the background. Looks like a woodrail. I thought it said "Rocket" on the backglass but could find no record of this pin at The Internet Pinball Database. The artwork on the backglass is that of a giant plane with small circles around it I think.
Next of Kin	KISS, Bally, 1979 Gorgar, Williams, 1979 Black Hole, Gottlieb, 1981	10 or more pins. In the gang's HQ's a bunch of other (pretty new, at the time) Bally/Wms SS's. I think that Pat Swayzee blows away a couple of the pins, to intimidate the gang. He played a cop, & the gang killed his brother (eventually 2 bros). (thanks Rich W and Ed Burton.)
Nightmare On Elm Street 3	Eight Ball Deluxe, Bally, 1981	Bar where Nancy meets dad
Night Shift (Henry Winkler)	Sinbad, Gottlieb, 1978	DVD, scene 36, "The ground broke my fall," 1 hr 37 minutes into the movie, Henry Winkler in night club, walks past Atari Sprint 2 and Space Invaders vids, and the Sinbad pin.
None But The Lonely Heart	Odd Ball, Daval, 1938 Ten Spot, Genco, 1941	? (thanks Marco Rossignoli)
Odds and Evens	Sound Stage, Chicago Coin, 1976	Terence Hill is playing this pin about 12 minutes into the movie. (thanks Simon Beauchamp)
Olsenbanden & Dynamitt-Harry	Seven Up, Williams, 1969	(thanks Jørund)
On The Right Track	Big Game, Stern, 1980	starring Gary Coleman as Lester, a shoe-shining kid who can predict the outcome of horse races. There is a scene, on a pier possibly, near the end of the movie, where Coleman is arguing with a lady who is taking care of him and a man who wants to have race results. This argument lasts about 5 minutes and a Stern ‘’Big Game’’ is right behind Coleman, very clear. (thanks Ian F.)
Opportunity Knocks	High Speed, Williams, 1986	?
The Outfit	Fun-Fest, Williams, 1972	(thanks Blubboman)
Out For Justice	Eight Ball Deluxe, Bally, 1980, and ?	bar scenes (thanks John Hoge)
Over The Top	High Hand, Gottleib, 1973 Night Rider, Bally, 1976	?
The Paper Brigade	Bugs Bunny Birthday Ball, Bally, 91	The Paper Brigade which features a bowling alley scene. In the scene, the main character is having his face shoved into the playfield glass of this pin (thanks Frank)
Payback	Top Hand, Williams, 1966	about a half hour into the movie where Mel Gibson's in a small warehouse, and two cops are gambling. There is a pin behind them in a blurry shot.
Pecker	Fish Tales, Williams, 1992	2nd gay bar scene, DVD, scene 16, 1 hr 2 minutes into movie. (thanks Sampo)
Persons Unknown	Hit And Run, Williams, 1970	about 15 mins into the movie, the scene with the wash-out cop turned locksmith Jim Holland breaking in to search the heist gang's hideout. Also seen a second time about 20 mins into the movie with Naomi Watts in a wheelchair beside the game. (thanks Sampo)
Pickup Summer (aka Pinball Summer)	Arthur (talking, custom SS, clown on bg, Gottlieb pf), Blue Chip, Buccaneer, Card Whiz, Cinema, Countdown, Disco, Dragon, Eight Ball, Grand Prix, Nugent, Jacks Open, KISS, Mata Hari, Paragon, Pinball Summer (Bally SS pin with movie art), Playboy, Power Play, Space Odyssey, Surf Champ, and 2 EM shooter games	DVD, pins seen in Pete's Arcade scenes, back store room/repair shop. Talking Arthur pin at OJ's Drive In.
Police Academy	Triple Strike, Williams, 1975 (possibly Bowl-A-Strike?)?	DVD, scene 24, Trouble downtown, pin on wheels rolls into traffic, across the street, and falls over. Ouch!
*Poltergeist II	Disco Fever, Williams, 1978	Forty minutes into the movie, the family runs away from the spirits to a motel/diner. (thanks Cody Chunn)
Porky's	Buccaneer, Gottlieb, 1976 and ? Nip-It, Bally, 1973	DVD, 35 min. 18 sec., Porky comes down steps to deal with the high school kids about getting some women for the night. Buccaneer and a 2 player pin seen way in back. 1 hr. 27 min. 27 sec., As Porky's bar is pulled down, Nip-It falls into the water. (thanks Derek Moore) (note: look closely and you will see, it was a gutted pin, no backglass.)
Porky's Revenge	Flip Flop, Bally, 1974	wedding scene about 10 mins before the end of the movie on Porky's boat, the game is in the background behind the bridesmaids, there is one shot where you can distinctively see the horseshoe decals on the side of the backbox. (thanks Sampo)
Prime	Grand Prix, Williams, 1976 Strikes and Spares, Bally, 1977	apt. party scene (thanks Jody Cleveland. this scene was actually filmed in his apt. showing his pins. The movie will be released Halloween, 2005).
Problem Child 2	Gottlieb's Black Hole or possibly Spirit	kid's playroom
Project Alf	?unknown?	scene unknown(thanks for the title though, Aeneas V.) Anybody got the other info?
Profondo Rosso (Deep Red)	Jungle Life, Gottlieb, 1972	Coffee bar scene. (thanks Marco Rossignoli)
Psycho III	? and KISS, Bally, 1978	20 min. into movie, bar scene, unidentifiable pin and 25 min. into movie, KISS pin is seen in a bar scene.
The Punisher	Stellar Wars, Williams, 1979	fight scene, 42 minutes into movie. 3 pins total in this scene. (thanks Ron D.)
Purple Rain	Jungle Lord, Williams, 1981	first 56 seconds of movie, club scene, "Let's Go Crazy" (thanks Tim Ferrante)
Quadrophenia	Buckaroo, Gottlieb, 1965 (or possibly a Cowpoke, Gottlieb, 1965)	soda fountain scene (thanks Dave G, Michael H, and Rob.)
Quicksand	unknown woodrail with giant WWII bomber across backglass Ballerina, Bally, 1948 Kontest Poker, Gillispie Games Co., 1946, Big Hit, Chicago Coin, 1952	Gus' Place (a coffee shop) Santa Monica Pier, "Joyland Arcade" (thanks Russ Jensen)
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