Phoenix, AZ
Quoted from Jared:Saw a Sylvester Stallone movie where he was a cop playing a game of pinball at the beginning in a bar.
That was Copland. He was playing Lethal Weapon 3.
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Freddy Vs. Jason
No actual pin, but on the DVD, chapter 12, 1 hr. 5 min. into the movie, Freddy wills Jason to bounce around the walls of an abandoned steel mill, and Freddy makes motions with his fingers like he is hitting flippers on a pinball machine, with electromechanical sounds in the background. Jason falls and Freddy shouts, "Tilt!"
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Yeah, gets a lot heavier than that. And all the other dudes around her get involved.
Quoted from Wolfanoz:Yeah, gets a lot heavier than that. And all the other dudes around her get involved.
For some reason I think I saw this as a kid. I was only 5 or 7 years old.
Burleigh Waters
Quoted from dendoc:I bet this one won't be listed anywhere, and if you've seen it, shame on you: clear your history
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Debbie Does Pinburgh?
Just watched Paranoia the other day. A real good movie (I give it a solid 4 stars BTW) and worth watching on Netflix. 
Anyway, in the last scene of the movie in his new company office, Liam Hemsworth's character has a perfect EM pinball machine in the front of his secretary area. I didn't see which one it was, but it was nice to see an old gorgeous EM in such a new movie. I was stunned, but loved it!
I tried to find a clip of it, but couldn't. I did find this in my search for it though...
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pingeek.com%2Ffilm%2Ffilm.htm&ei=E_XDU4DUFYWlyAT094KAAQ&usg=AFQjCNFJkeKE336TUwsFELFcfsiKO3VUtQ
Quoted from n0s4atu:Anchorman 2 has three I believe in their bachelor pad.
I think it's 4! One behind each of the guys as they were talking. The pins were clearly intentionally framed as each guy spoke. One was globetrotters and I was trying to make a connection between the characters and the pin they were featured with but couldn't
I was watching the 80's flick Great
Outdoors and noticed 2 In the arcade scene ....baby PAC man and something else.,,
There is a Space Invaders, Paragon, Flash Gordon and Playboy in Rocky III. There are 2 others can't tell what they are.
I know there are a few websites on this topic, but there is no formal way to catalogue them centrally. How about a field in the Archive for each machine, where we can index film appearances? Robin?
I watched The Wraith (1986) last night on TV and noticed a pin in the gangs chop shop. The Wraith came in with a shotgun and blasted everything, including the pin! Sacrilege! The backglass shattered then the pin collapsed in a heap. 
I paused it and studied it. Not real clear but I thought it was a "guard" pin of some sort, so I checked IPDB and sure enough, it was either an "Elite Guard", "Royal Guard" or "Palace Guard" (1968 Gottlieb) that was destroyed.
Quoted from dendoc:I bet this one won't be listed anywhere, and if you've seen it, shame on you: clear your history
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I hope that's my Tri Zone! No wonder why I got it so cheap.
Continuing to watch Lost and several episodes later in the 4th season, they are back at that location. The Cyclone is still there, but the Revenge magically turned into a No Fear. The Dharma Initiative must have done a good job making sure they rotated their machines like good ops on the island!
Over the Top Stallone arm wrestling movie, his son arm wrestles another kid on a pinball machine. Don't know which one it was.
I was watching jeopordy last week. A guy that did not win claimed to be huge into pinball. Then proceeded to say they no longer make any new ones..... 
There is a 1940 Woodrail, "Follies" in the 1955 movie, "Bad Day at Black Rock." One of the all time great movies and certainly one of the all time great scenes from Bad Day At Black Rock. In this scene you can see Robert Ryan playing the game and hear the ball as it rolls down the Playfield. Several good shots of the game, as Spencer Tracy kicks Ernest Borgnine's ass in the movie. Even though the movie was filmed in 1955, it took place in 1945-1946 at the end of WWII. The movie makers remained faithful, showing flipperless wood rail games since flipper games did not exist in 1945. I did not see this game listed on the above listing..
Quoted from pinballlooking:Everybody Loves Raymond “Confronting the Attractor” has a Jack Bot in it.
It made EM sounds.
he he,thats funny and pathetic at the same time.
Just like in the T2 movie when the kids were riding the 4 stroke dirt bike with a 2 stoke note.
North Bay, ON
Paul Newman is playing pinball at the start of "The Verdict". He's drinking while playing during the day so extra points for that.
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Quoted from Ninefingers:Paul Newman is playing pinball at the start of "The Verdict". He's drinking while playing during the day so extra points for that.
lol!
My wife normally sees them in shows. It's funny, as I always miss them if they are not front and center, but she's like "there's a pinball", and we have to reverse it so I can see. In my defence though, I'm usually half watching whatever it is between that and my laptop
Bristol
Quoted from SpecialWhenLit:There's a great scene in Anchorman 2 where the camera is switching between each of the four main characters, and behind each one is a different pinball machine. Go check it out!!!
Hah cool. I rented the uncut DC version, my wife and I couldn't get passed 30 min before turning it off... Love the first one, but the DC had too many tangent one liners I think...
Never saw that.
Quoted from pinballlooking:Everybody Loves Raymond “Confronting the Attractor” has a Jack Bot in it.
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The machine is not even turned on 
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I was flicking through the channels on Sunday night and landed on "Over The Top" an old Stallone movie from '87. I happened to catch the scene where his kid arm-wrestled another kid on a pinball machine.
It was obviously 'High Hand' (1973 Gottlieb) but the back glass had been modified, as in painted a bit so you couldn't see the name. Strange
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