Pinball In the Movies

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Movie	Starring	Year	Manufacturer / Game	Remarks	Thanks to
Abbys, The	Ed Harris	1989	DTE- Playboy ? or Secret Service ??	The game is in the subaquatic base	G.Wackermann Grunt
Accused, The	Kelly McGillis Jodie Foster Bernie Coulson Leo Rossi	1988	WMS - Slam Dunk	The rape scene on the Pinball Machine	VL Juke
All Coppers are....		1971	WMS ?	In the bowling alley	Marco Rossignoli
A Christmas Story	Peter Billingsley Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin	1983	???	Christmas morning, camera pans from boy sleeping over to parents. You can see a bagatelle game lying on the floor amid wrapping paper	Pinhead
All I Want For Christmas	Harley Jane Kozak Jamey Sheridan Lauren Bacall Leslie Nielsen	1991	WMS- Cyclone?	There are a couple of scenes with the pin. The first one was when the parents were talking in the upstairs apartment. Then later on, the kids were actually playing it.	Billy Muth
American Graffity	Richard Dreyfus Ron Howard Cindy Williams Mackenzie Phillips	1973	GTB- Wild wild west GTB- Royal Guard BLY- Sky Rocket BLY- Vampire GTB- Buckaroo WMS- Base Hit WMS- P&B Baseball	In the scene where the Pharoahs go to an amusementpark, and enter an arcade where there are several pinball machines. HOWEVER: None of these machines are older than 1965 (Buckaroo), and the newest one is Vampire (1971). How do you explain this when the movie was supposedly set in 1962?	Robert
Andre Hazes The Movie (Dutch)	Andre Hazes	1999	WMS- Terminator II	On one of the performances with a choir	J.H. Arts
Arthur	Dudley Moore, Liza Minelli, John Girlgud	1981	BLY- 8 Ball DeLuxe And more	Early in the film in the bathroom, over John Girlgud's shoulder. Later in the film Dudley & Liza visit an Arcade with many games, With the 8 Ball DeLuxe prominent at the end of a bank of pins.	Cody
Bad News Bears	Tatum O'Neil	1975	WMS- Funfest GTB- High hand	Tatum O'Neil playing air hockey a row of pinballs is behind her an high hand is being played	Neutron
Before Sunrise	Julie Delpy Ethan Hawke	1995	Atari- Spaceriders	About 2 minutes in on side B of the Laserdisc... the two main characters play this pin for about 5 minutes!	Matte Loennborg
Behind Enemey Lines	Gene Hackman	2001	WMS- Terminator 2	Somewhere in the middle of the movie	Ales Duin
Big	Tom Hanks	1988	WMS- Pinbot	??	Boag1
Big Daddy	Adam Sandler	1999	WMS- SpaceStation	A lot of scene's in Adam's home	Ron
Blues Brothers, The	John Belushi Dan Akroyd	1980	GTB - 4 Square BLY - Monte Carlo	When Jake en Elwood enter Bob's Country Bunker	Edwin de Graaf Martin Rossignoli
Boogie Nights	Burt Reynolds	1975	BLY- Alladins Castle	?	Marco Rossignoli
Bottle Rocket	Luke Wilson Owen C. Wilson Robert Musgrave	1996	??	Pinball machine is played in a convenience store	Matt Mitchem
California Kid, The	Martin Sheen Michelle Phillips	??	WMS- Doodle Bug GTB- Scuba One unknown	Scene in the restaurant, scene with Martin Sheen and Michelle Phillips.	Pinballnutz
Chi la vista morire	George Lazenby	1970	GTB- Harmony	In the coffee bar in Venice	Marco Rossignoli
Cop Land	Sylvester. Stallone Harvey Keitel Ray Liotta Robert De Niro	1997	DTE- Lethal Weapon 3	Opening scene in the bar Sylvester playing the pinball game	Tom vd Mast Martin Schaaf
Cry Babie	Johnny Depp Tracie Lords Amy locane Polly Bergan Ricki Lake Iggy Pop Patty Hearst	1990	?	In the basement of Cry Babies house when he gets his bike.	Cygnus-A
Dazed and Confused	Ben Affleck Matthew McConaughey	1993	BLY-Fireball and more	Various scenes when they're in the "Emporium"	Scott
Deep Red (aka Profondo Rosso)	David Hemmings	1975	GTB- Jungle Life	In the Coffee Bar	Marco Rossignoli
Desperately Seeking Susan	Maddona, Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn, Robert Joy	1985	?	Near the end of the movie in the MAgic Club, Susan and Jimmy start making out on an old pin.	Dan-O
Detroit Rock City	Edward Furlong Shannon Tweed.	1999	BLY- Kiss BLY-Strikes n Spares STN-Ted Nugent	In the Convenience store	Andy Steve Keeler
Donnie Brasco	Jonny Depp - All Pacino	1994	?	Near the end where Pachino is breaking apart the parking meters, there is a pin in the background of the bar.	Jeff Feineis
Don't look behind you (tv)	Patrick Duffy, Pam Dawber	?	?	After about one hour in the movie several pinballs in diner cafe/bar	f-double-you
Fargo	William H.Macey Steve Buscemi	1996	WMS- Spacestation	Bar Scene at the beginning of the movie	Ed Klamp
Feeling Minesota	Keanu Reeves Vincent D'Onofrio Cameron Diaz Delroy Lindo	1996	?	Beginning of movie, go to pinball parlour	Panel & Pins
First Born	Teri Garr Peter Weller Christopher Collet Robert Downey	1984	?	?	?
Frequency	Dennis Quaid, Andre Braugher, James Caviezel, Shawn Doyle, Elizabeth Mitchell	2000	WMS- Fishtales And one unknown	After 1:20 in the movie, when John meets Jack (the nightingale murderer) in the bar	Arkadia
Friday 13th II	?	?	BLY - Kiss	After about 1 hour in the movie, in a pub.	Cody
Girl In Lover's Lane, The	Brett Halsey Joyce Meadows Jack Elam	1960	?	Pool Hall discussion between five men around machine	Beester
Goat, The	Gerard Depardieu	1981	BLY- Rolling Stones	In the Coffee shop	Marco Rossignoli
Good Fellas	Ray Liotta, Robbert de Niro, Joe Pesci	1990	BLY - Capt.Fantastic BLY - Nitro Ground Shaker and more	1- After about 1.5 hours in the movie in a bar. 2-3 After 1.45 hours, when de Niro sends Liotta's wife to a shop, the pins are standing on the street.	Arkadia
Gregorio	?	1984	BLY- Xenon	In the arcade	Marco Rossignoli
Gunn (Peter Gunn)	Lola Albright, Herschel Bernardi, Craig Stevens	1967	???	In the arcade scene you can see many pinball machines	Shak
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man	Mickey Rourke and John Donsonn	1991	?	It's located in the bar that's about to be closed down	Roy Wolters
Home Alone	McCaulie Cilkin	?	?	?	Rusty
Honeymooners	Jackie Gleason	?	??	Ralph & Norton at a shop or something. They're playing a pre-flipper game and are wagering on who has the best body english. Then each take a turn and dance and twist in front of the machine, but never try to hit a flipper button.	Cody
Karate Kid, The-	Elisabeth Shue, Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita	1994	BLY- Rolling Stones STN - Flight 2000 1 more	In arcade scene.	RB in Oz
Marathon Man	Dustin Hoffman	1976	GTB- Polo	In the Coffee shop	Marco Rossignoli
Maximum Overdrive	Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Christopher Murvey	1986	WMS - Pokerino BLY - Night Rider	Near the beginning, in a corner of the Dixie Boy dining room, two Pins. the Night Rider playfield glass smashes itself, and very late in the movie, for a split second, you can see the games being plowed into by a semi truck	Cody Arkadia
Money Train	?	?	??	?	??
Natural Born Killers	Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis	1994	WMS- Whirlwind	About 6.20 minutes into the movie there is a Bar-scene were a Whirlwind is featured in the background, (fighting scene with the two main characters.)	Matte Loennborg
Navy Seals	Charlie Sheen	?	GTB - Devils Dare GTB- Arena BLY_ Fireball II ?	About one hour in the movie in a bar, when a friend has been killed.	Tom - Clive Pedersen
Next of Kin	Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Ben Stiller	1989	WMS- Gorgar BLY- Kiss GTB Blackhole and more	Guy gets angy and shoots some pins with a shotgun :( When something gets shot (maybe the Gorgar itself), the cabinet art on Gorgar is reversed(!) probably to avoid copyright/trademark problems. Shows pin being played through smashed backglass on the playfield glass,	Steven Piozet Dan-O
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette	1987	BLY- Eightball DeLuxe	In a bar scene about 1 hour into movie	Thomas R Bos
No Holds Barred	Hulk Hogan	1983	Simpsons	?	Big ZR
Les Comperes (France)	Gerard Depardieu	1983	WMS-Black Knight BLY - Paragon BLY-Playboy BLY-Space-invaders BLY-Mata Hari BLY-Xenon GTB-Black Hole GTB-Force II two unidetified	the games appear in separate scenes throughout the movie - but most appear in a bar at a roller skating ring scene	Marco Rossignoli
Odds and Evens	Bud Spencer, Terrence Hill	1978	CHC- Soundstage	In a Coffee bar	Marco Rossignoli
Oesters van NamKee (NL)	Katja Schuurman	2002	WMS- Startrek TNG	In the cafe about 60 minutes in the movie.	KOV
Opportunity Knocks	Dana Carvey	?	WMS- Highspeed	Located in rich guys basement.	Mike F.
Over the Top	Sylvester Stalone	1987	Unknow EM possible a GTB-High Hand	Armwresteling on a Pinball Machine	Martijn v. Amsterdam Andrew
Payback	Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, Deborah Kara Unger	1999	Unknown	Very dusty mechanic one the moment Porter meets Stegmann	Matt Mitchem
Pinball Summer (aka Pick-up Summer)	Karen Stephen, Joey McNamara	1979	Lots of machines	All through the movie in many scenes (especially Pete's Arcade)	RB in Oz
Police Academy 1	?	?	WMS- Bowl a Strike	During a Riot the game rolls over the street	Edwin de Graaf
Puberty Blues	?	1981	???	?	Kendrick Reed
Quadrophenia	Sting	?	GTB - Buckaroo	?	?
Reindeer Games	Ben Afflek, Gary Sinese	2000	GTB-Bighouse GTB-Streetfighter 2	The dart scene	Mike F.
Replacement Killers, The	Chow Yun Fat Mira Sorvino Michael Rooker Jurgen Prochnow	1997	WMS- No Fear WMS- Jack*Bot (exploding) WMS- Cyclone BLY- Safecracker WMS- Taxi BLY - Theatre of Magic BLY - Worldcup Soccer And some unknown	After 45 minutes in the movie, scene takes about 5 minutes, location, is a arcade. It starts with a close-up of the no fear logo on the playfield, please listen to the nice sound of a mechanic pinball machine. Then there are several shots, a jack*bot is hit by some bullets and explodes. A hitman jumps on two pins, breaking their windows. John and Meg are hiding beind a safecracker, when they start to run to the outside, you see the same? safecracker left of the door.	Morpheusc Ron KOV
Richie Rich	Mc Cauly Kulkin		DTE- Richie Rich	During the movie you can see the game several times. what makes it so damn special? it was made exclusivly for the movie, that's why it's the only one!	Hi-Q
Roadie	Meatloaf, Alice Cooper, Art Carney	1982	GTB- Royal Flush BLY- Freedom	They are both in a LaundryMat. Meatloaf is talking to a groupie(who is washing cloths) and the camera hits both machines quite a few times.	Greeg Gabborini
Rocky II	Silvester Stalone	?	?	Pauly gets drunk and walks into an arcade and troughs a bottle of whisky at a pin called Rocky	Kiddx
Romper Stomper	Russel Crow	1993?	BLY- Playboy	In the pub.	Marco Rossignoli
Rookie, The	Clint Eastwood,	?	WMS- Rollergames	In the bar ?	Rudy
Rumble in the Bronx	Jackie Chan	1996?	GTB- Flying Chariots GTB- Dragon ??	Halfway in the gangs club - they smash a few pins	JCC Colin
So Fine	Ryan O'Neil	1981	BLY_ Space Invaders	In the Bar	Marco Rossignoli
Splitting Heirs	Eric Idle, Catherine Zeta Jones	?	WMS- Huricane	?	Allan Boyd
Stand, The	Gary Sinise	1996?	BLY- Black Rose	It's in the recreation room with all the dead bodies during the opening titles.	Mark Entwistle
State of Grace	Sean Penn, Gary Olman	1983	Several unknown	In an arcade	Stork's nest pinball
Strange Brew	Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis	1983	1-GTB- Black Hole 2-Unknown	In the Elsinore Brewery cafeteria	kaisersoze
Stone	?	1974	WMS- Travel Time WMS- Nags	In the Bar	Marco Rossignoli
Superman 2	Chistopher Reeves	?	GTB- Buckaroo	Superman pushes tough guy down diner counter who then falls into a pinball machine	Paul Haupt - Colin - Headsup
They drive by night	George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart	1940	Unknown	?	?
Thing	Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysart, Richard Masur	1982	WMS- Heat Wave	You see it in several scene's in the cantina.	Mark Entwistle
Three Men And A Little Lady	Ted Danson, Tom Selek, Steve Guttenburg	1980?	BLY-Harlem Globetrotters	In apartment near kitchen(many scenes)	Bob - Simon Holman
Tilt	Brooke Shields, Ken Marshall, Charles Durning, John Crawford	1978	?	?	?
Tommy	Ann Margret, Oliver Reed, Roger daltrey, Elton John.	1975	GTB- Buckaroo GTB- Kings & Queens and many more.	It hurts to see them get destroyed.	Edwin de Graaf Headsup
Tootsie	Dustin Hoffman, Charles Durning, Jessica Lange	1982	BLY - Space Invaders	Near the end of the film Charles Durning enters a bar. As he goes in, there's a Space Invaders by the door.	Cody
Toy, The	Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Scott Schwartz, Wilfrid Hyde-White	1982	GTB- Haunted House	You can find it in the spoiled kids gameroom.	JT
Trucks	?	?	WMS - RoadKings	Near the beginning, in a corner of the dining room	Cody
Vogliamo I Colonnelli	Ugo Tongnazzi	1973	GTB- Grande Domino		Marco Rossignoli
Verdict, The	Paul Newman	?	BLY- Capt.Fantastic ?	Paul Newman plays the machine in a bar.	?
Wall, The	?	?	STN- ?	Just after the groupie give guard a BJ, a pan shot past a guy playing the pinball machine	Kirb
What's eating Gilbert Grape	Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio	1993	WMS- Fire	When gilbert sits in the diner talking, some Leonardo plays Fire! in the background and he keeps shouting FIRE! all the time. Looks pretty mad :)	Morten Nordheim - Dave Palmen
What Time is it	Marcello Mastroiani	1989	DTE- Back to the Future	In the Coffe Shop	Marco Rossignoli
What Woman Want	Mell Gibson, Helen Hunt	2000	GTB- Silver Slugger STN- Striker X-treme	When the new formed crew goes brainstorming in the office, in the beginning of the movie, behind Mel Gibson.	Jasper van Eeden- Aeneas Verhe
White Lies	?	1997	WMS- Medieval Madness	In bar scene about 10min. into movie	JMR
White Lightening	Burt Reynolds	?	GTB- Rack-A-Ball	It's standing on a hillbilly's front porch.	GH313pin
Zij gelooft in mij (Dutch)	Andre Hazes	2000	WMS- Terminator 2	In the bar	Michael v Oudenaarde

Number of listed movies	89
Most indentified pins in one movie	8
Oldest listed movie	1940
Newest listed movie	2002