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"Watching this mamoth slapstick World War II farce is like being stuck in a pinball machine for two hours." "World War II, Animal House Style," (12/14/79) "Michael Srigow, L.A. Herald Examiner, reviews the movie, "1941" |
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MOVIE |
PINBALL MACHINE |
SCENE |
Friday The 13th, 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. |
Ghostbusters | Flash Gordon, Bally, 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 a Flash Gordon pin in the far right of the room, with two videogames beside it. (thanks Svensson and Zaphod) |
*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) |
Hayjt (The Baddies) |
Corvette, Bally, 1994 |
cult movie made in Finland. Local pub "Puukkohovi" (the Jackknife House) scene. (Thanks Sampo S.) |
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 Hustler |
??? |
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. Theremay be another machine or two in the rest of the movie. (thanks Steve G. for jotting my memory on that one). |
*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 |
Eight Ball Deluxe Ltd. Edition, 1982, Bally |
DVD, scene 12, "Claudia/Three Strikes", about 47 minutes into movie, rich guy's home, hustle |
La Balance | ? |
arcade scene w/ at least 10 pins |
Lonely Are The Brave | The Thing, Chicago Coin, 1951 |
bar scene. view still shot 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.) |
The Lost Boys | Phoenix, Williams, 1978 |
Comic book shop, about 52 min. into movie. |
Maximum Overdrive |
Night Rider, Bally, 1976 and ? |
Arcade scense around beginning of movie, when machines start going crazy. Pin plays itself then playfield glass shatters. Star Castle and some other vids featured too. |
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 |
Money Train | The Games, Gottlieb/Mylstar, 1984 | ? |
My Bodyguard | Night Rider (EM), Bally, 1976 | Chris Makepeace walks into restaurant and right past pin in background. (about 45 min. into movie) |
Next of Kin | Gorgar, Williams, 1979 Black Hole, Gottlieb, 1981 |
10 or more pins. Unsure of what scene. (thanks Rich W.) |
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) |
Opportunity Knocks |
High Speed, Williams, 1986 | ? |
Over The Top |
High Hand, Gottleib, 1973 Night Rider, Bally, 1976 |
? |
Payback | ?50's or 60's pin? | 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 which unfortunately is too dusty and far back to see very well. |
*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! |
*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? |
*Purple Rain |
Jungle Lord, Williams, 1981 |
first 56 seconds of movie, club scene, "Let's Go Crazy" (see screenshot here. (thanks Bman for the link and Tim Ferrante at Gameroom Magazine for the ID) |
*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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