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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"

 

"Next girl that takes me on is going to light up like a pinball machine and
pay off in silver dollars........!"
Jack Nicholson, "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest." (thanks Derek Moore)

*indicates new entry

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.

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

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)

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)

  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)

Heavy Traffic

?

In an arcade, a pin gets destroyed near the end of the flick. (thanks Tiedyemo)

  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

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).

Williams Short Stop Deluxe visible in train station scene, diner area (thanks Derek Moore)

  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)

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.)

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)

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 Alone

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

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).

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.
*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)
  Money Train

The Games, Gottlieb/Mylstar, 1984

Meteor, Stern, 1979 and ?

bar scenes
*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)

Natural Born Killers

Whirlwind, Williams, 1990

opening diner scene (thanks Tiedyemo)

Navy Seals

Arena, Gottlieb, 1987

Devils Dare, Gottlieb, 1982

Fireball, Bally, 1972

bar scene (thanks Tiedyemo)

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)

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

?

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!

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)

  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" (see screenshot here. (thanks Bman for the link and Tim Ferrante at Gameroom Magazine for the ID)

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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