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Pinball in movies or TV shows? Name a game you have seen in the background?

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#1444 5 years ago

Watched a movie called "overdrive" last night on hulu...lo and behold...a gottlieb cue ball wizard was in the background of the guys bachelor pad

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#1454 5 years ago
Quoted from dirkdiggler:

Couple movies I've seen recently. Not sure if they've been mentioned already?
The Toy with Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason. The kid has a Volcano, Haunted House and a Mars God of War in his bedroom
The Rose with Bette Midler. Towards the end of the movie she stops at a honky tonk bar and there's a unidentified pin in the background.

Ok...im going back to watch "the Toy"
Lol. I never noticed. Of course, i probably havent watched it in 30 years.

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#1521 4 years ago

I was hanging out with my nine year old son today, and his show (Gravity Falls), features the characters playing pinball and eventually shrinking and getting trapped in it.

The pinball was fictitious (Ballway games-Tumbleweed Terror)

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#1617 4 years ago

I am sure this has been shared before, but I am not going through 1600+ posts.

At any rate, I just bought a Pin*Bot, so I am sharing...

Tom Hanks in the 1988 movie "Big" playing a Williams system 11 Pin*bot

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#1659 4 years ago

This may likely be in here already, but I just flicked the tube on and started watching naked gun 33 1/3, and guess what I saw in the credits??

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#1825 4 years ago

I'm watching Good Burger and noticed a lot of pinballs. I can see rescue 911and what looks to be a T2, but I can't tell the rest. Does anyone know?
(Some of you guys are GREAT at that)

#1837 4 years ago
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:

Hadn’t heard of Uncut Gems, have to look that one up.

Uncut Gems is a 2019 American crime thriller film directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronald Bronstein. The film stars Adam Sandler as Howard Ratner, a Jewish jeweler and gambling addict in New York City's Diamond District, who must retrieve an expensive gem he purchased to pay off his debts. The film also stars Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, and Eric Bogosian. Filming took place from September to November 2018. The original score was composed by Daniel Lopatin. Distribution by Netflix.

Apparently, it is Sandler's role of his lifetime.

It has VERY high ratings.

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#1864 4 years ago

I was watching "Sky High" with my kids and saw a pinball. It looks like they took a real pin (no clue what it is), and made their own back glass.

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#1875 4 years ago

My kids were watching "Big Fat Liar" today, and what did I spy? They were playing a Pinbot!

#1879 4 years ago
Quoted from dirkdiggler:

I've watched the Bourne identity probably 20x over the years and never noticed this before. Looks like a pin or two in the diner Jason and Marie stop at?[quoted image]

Yes, but what pins are they?

#1886 4 years ago
Quoted from SkyKing2301:

Sounds like it's time for a Sticky post with a full list, or a Google Spreadsheet, or something!

Agreed

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#1966 4 years ago

My son's game:
1995 super Nintendo's Earthbound

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#2089 3 years ago

Major League II
Judge Dredd

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#2107 3 years ago

1992 The Getaway: High Speed II
National Lampoon's Van Wilder

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#2113 3 years ago
Quoted from Electronmagic:

The Walking Dead season 1 episode 6. World Poker Tour and NBA Fast Break[quoted image][quoted image]

Sooooo...no TWD???

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#2237 3 years ago

The Karate Kid knows where it's at!
Stern Flight 2000

Bonus: there is a chexx bubble hockey game and arcades as well. Check out that face he is making in the freeze frame! Lol!!

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#2301 3 years ago

"What women want" - 2000 film

Stern striker xtreme
Gottlieb silver Slugger

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#2306 3 years ago

The Pelican Brief
1993

2 pins, but I can't tell what they are.

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#2324 3 years ago

Saw this posted somewhere:

Seinfeld
Season 9
Episode 3

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#2335 3 years ago

1968 Gottlieb Funland
Found in the 2006 James Bond movie, Casino Royale
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#2392 3 years ago

The 2005 film "Waiting..."

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#2421 3 years ago

The Purge
2013 film
Williams High speed 2 and Stern Galaxy
The backglasses were altered for the movie, however.
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#2429 3 years ago
Quoted from pinwiztom:

I am thinking the pin against the wall might be GTB Street Fighter II.
what do you guys think?
Notice the placement of the Gottlieb Logos and the white leg kick on the center left and arm of the female fighter on the right
[quoted image]

Yes, I believe you are correct.

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#2445 3 years ago

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Viper Night Drivin' and Hyperball

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#2447 3 years ago

Lol! Yea...i don't go back and double-check...i just post them.

My pic is better than yours though.

#2462 3 years ago

Team Fortress 2

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#2486 3 years ago
Quoted from PinMonk:

Why would you have Shrek AND Family Guy when it's literally the same game just reskinned...?

Why would you bite the head off a bat?

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#2489 3 years ago

I found this at random on the ol' interweb:

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#2510 3 years ago

1979 Bally Dolly Parton in the 2015 film "Scouts guide to the zombie apocalypse"

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#2519 3 years ago

(Pinball in pop culture)

Sugar Ray
Floored on vinyl

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#2537 3 years ago

Little Monsters - 1989
Vector is very clearly shown. There are some other pins in the background too.
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#2556 3 years ago

From the movie Home Alone, a 1966 Williams Full House (great tie-in with the movie, by the way).

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#2594 3 years ago

1987 Williams Fire! In "What's eating Gilbert Grape"

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#2682 3 years ago
Quoted from MacroMegas:

Pam Grier’s sons are playing Harlem Globetrotters when she finds them skipping school in Mars Attacks!

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#2719 3 years ago

Tron -1982 film from Walt Disney
Pins left to right:
1979 Williams Tri Zone, 1978 Gottlieb Close encounters of the third kind, 1978 Bally Bobby Orr's Powerplay, 1979 Stern Meteor, 1980 Stern Ali.

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#2722 3 years ago
Quoted from FlipperMagician:

Holy Crap! can't believe TRON is just now coming up in this thread.

Me either!!

I was watching it the other night, and I paused it to identify all the pins (we all do that...right?). Then i looked in here to see if they were all listed...and it wasnt on here at all! I couldnt believe it.
The REALLY crazy thing is that if you "google it" there are actually fan pages that list all of the video games in the movies, but there is NO mention of the pinballs!

#2741 3 years ago
Quoted from Daditude:

I'm watching Good Burger and noticed a lot of pinballs. I can see rescue 911and what looks to be a T2, but I can't tell the rest. Does anyone know?
(Some of you guys are GREAT at that)

Quoted from russdx:

Seen a few pins on 'Good Burger' on mini golf scene (kids fav movie) And kids started watching 'Malcolm in the middle' and there is a few pins in a couple episodes when they are at the arcade.

I took a few pics on Good Burger. I can see a rescue 911, Judge Dredd, and a Tommy...there are more, however.

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#2762 3 years ago
Quoted from mbeardsley:

The latest episode of FBI: Most Wanted had an old Baseball EM, a Jackbot (with the name taped over), and (I think) a WWE with an altered backglass.

Any pics?

2 months later
#2923 2 years ago
Quoted from girloveswaffles:

You forgot to mention the Haunted House next to it.

I feel like your avatar should be a bottle of maple syrup.

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#3022 2 years ago
Quoted from dirkdiggler:

The Black Hole in Strange Brew has been mentioned before but what game is beside it?
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It is an Atari Superman

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#3034 2 years ago
Quoted from Hayfarmer:

At 1.43, the band walks thru the pinball museum in Vegas, I think that's where they are anyways

That is definitely the PHOF. I just went there a week ago. The robo-war and Qbert are in the same exact place as in the video.

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#3085 2 years ago
Quoted from Fezmid:

Session 2, episode 9 (season finale) of Doom Patrol has a bunch of pins and arcade games when a main character is sitting in an arcade at a country fair. There's a Funhouse... a Time Crusaders which doesn't seem to be real? I cant make out the other three.
[quoted image]

I see cyclone, black knight 2000, fun house, and time crusaders, but I'm not sure about the one on the far right.

#3101 2 years ago
Quoted from Manhattan:

Jason Sudeikis is a pinhead. I even saw or read an interview he did where its revealed that he grinded over Ted Lasso concepts/writing over pinball and beer at his house with the Asst. Coach on the show who is a writer/co-creator as well I believe.

I can vouch for this. I have personally seen him at arcades multiple times.

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#3273 2 years ago

New Ford Maverick commercial:

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#3320 2 years ago

Brokeback mountain (2005)
It is set in the 1970s

3 pins:
Big Ben, Gottlieb Top card, and Student Prince

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#3321 2 years ago

Movie:
Licorice pizza

This is the soundtrack, which features the inside of a pin.

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#3324 2 years ago
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:

<blockquote

I wish I knew how to quit this thread.

Lolololololol

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#3344 2 years ago
Quoted from gdonovan:

I wonder how many of these pins are repeat offenders from the same prop house? There was a Bow and Arrow in Book of Eli.

Pics?

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#3374 2 years ago
Quoted from Donnyman:

On HULU Pam & Tommy, Episode 3. 18 min into it you can see a out of focused pin behind Pamela. My guess It's Phantom of the Opera, but I'm a little blurry too. Time for bed

Come on!!

Lol

#3378 2 years ago
Quoted from Donnyman:

On HULU Pam & Tommy, Episode 3. 18 min into it you can see a out of focused pin behind Pamela. My guess It's Phantom of the Opera, but I'm a little blurry too. Time for bed

Hulu's Pam and Tommy
It looks like a Stern Galaxy.

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#3600 1 year ago
Quoted from screaminr:

Stranger things season 4 episode 2
Paragon
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A couple more pics:

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#3681 1 year ago

Minions: The rise of Gru

Gru plays a pinball machine.

No pictures as I just saw it at the theatre.

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#3979 1 year ago
Quoted from Daditude:

From the movie Home Alone, a 1966 Williams Full House (great tie-in with the movie, by the way).[quoted image]

It seems that just about every year someone mentions the pinball in Home Alone.

Tis the season

#3984 1 year ago
Quoted from Fezmid:

In The Christmas Chronicles, there are a couple of machines in the background of the thugs' hideout. I don't recommend the movie (it went from sappy Lifetime movie to "am I high?" halfway through).
I can't tell what machines they are though.
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I see a black knight, road kings, and I'm not sure what the third one is

Edit: The third one is Moon flight. Not one you see everyday...or even in a lifetime.

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#4079 1 year ago
Quoted from northerndude:

S2E8 newest Ted Lasso (btw, pretty much the best the show running these days)
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Quoted from Manhattan:

Jason Sudeikis is a pinhead. I even saw or read an interview he did where its revealed that he grinded over Ted Lasso concepts/writing over pinball and beer at his house with the Asst. Coach on the show who is a writer/co-creator as well I believe.

I was just watching this episode. I had to check if it was showcased on here.

I met Jason Sudeikas at an arcade playing pinball. He is a cool guy.

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#4288 8 months ago

Pinball in Antique Archaeology, as seen on the American Pickers TV show:

1935 Bally Golden Harvest
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#4365 6 months ago

American Pickers Season 23 episode 1

1976 Bally Slap Stick

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#4366 6 months ago
Quoted from PinMonk:

Do you know what episode this was? The name of the episode or the season?

It appears they have had multiple pinballs through the years. I was looking and found the one above...and then several others.
I will try to find it.

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#4382 6 months ago

Not a TV show, but I had to share this. I came across it on Reddit.

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#4388 5 months ago

You asked for it, you got it:
Brand new movie....Five nights at Freddy's

1976 Gottlieb Card Whiz, 1977 Gottlieb Jacks Open, 1973 Gottlieb Jumping Jack

1976 Gottlieb Royal Flush, 1972 Gottlieb King Kool, 1979 Gottlieb Genie

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#4389 5 months ago

1976 Gottlieb Card Whiz, 1977 Gottlieb Jacks Open, 1973 Gottlieb Jumping Jack

1976 Gottlieb Royal Flush, 1972 Gottlieb King Kool, 1979 Gottlieb Genie

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#4391 5 months ago

I will still have nightmares about the machines they broke.

The scariest part of the movie for me was the smashing of the Pinballs

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#4428 5 months ago

Bye Bye Barry
Amazon original documentary film about Barry Sanders.
The end credits have someone playing a 2001 Stern NFL game with the Detroit Lions (Barry Sanders team) translite.

Pardon, but my TV has a reflective glare.

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#4435 4 months ago
Quoted from pinsanity:

Bowling for Columbine
CV during interview in local arcade.

[quoted image]

Quoted from Thegamerskunk:

Hi, just found this forum and here's one i found. No idea if this has been mentioned before here, but there is a CV and a WCS in the 2002 movie Bowling for Columbine.
(Sadly dont have a pic of it but its in there)

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#4673 57 days ago

The Fall of the House of Usher
Netflix

1993 Gottlieb Wipe Out

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