Mac in the Movies

[rman]

Apple works hards to get thier product in front of the public. I believe they (Apple) has a special department that works oin getting there problem in the movies and television, it is a part of product placement. The cost of this I think come out of Apple's advertising budget.

If you look at the colors of Apple product, it is easy to spot them in the movies or on television. Even if the Apple logo is covered.

 

[noirluispher]

I noticed that Nick Lashe was using a Powerbook G4 on his MTV show. So Apple is indeed getting mainstream advertisment.

 

[newMACdude]

In Smallville, the Highschool paper is made on several differently colored iMacs

newMACdude

 

[msSwitch]

Ben Stiller gets his Mac run over by a truck <shudder>, while Drew Barrymore sports a sleek Powerbook and Studio display at the office, in "Duplex". Oh, and there's a kid in "School of Rock" who uses his TiBook to program lighting for their rock concert. More recently, I saw a commercial for American Express with David Collins, the guy who created "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"... he's sitting at his Powerbook during the commercial.

 

[Murlyn]

Watching Runaway Jury and John Cusack's computer is a Mac Oh and he also has an iPod.

 

[TylerMoney]

Lost in Translation show's a lot of Japanese people using macs. (good movie with Bill Murray. A little slow, but extremely well shot).

 

[noirluispher]

Mel Gibson uses a mac laptop in "What Woman Want"

 

[TylerMoney]

In Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, there are several macs....look like g4's with cinema displays.

 

[witeshark]

I have seen a few Macs in Curb your Enthusiasm on HBO to

 

[Kathie]

Doesn't anyone watch CSI? I see iMacs on CSI all the time.

 

[Dstreelm]

Traffic

i cant believe nobody mentioned Traffic. Topher Grace (the guy from that 70s show) uses a G3 powerbook in the whole movie

 

[witeshark]

Well I'm glad you mentioned it - i have never seen it but now I'm gonna look around for it!

 

[TylerMoney]

The 1995 movie "Hackers" uses quite a few macs. I think maybe all of the computers could be macs...well...aside from a few...but you get to see the rainbow apple quite a few times on the laptops being used to hack in the movie....

they also use alot of unix lingo...like kernel etc.

they also talk about risk architecture.

Now the rest of the movie is really far fetched, and god only knows where they got there ideas for the way hacking looks..but it's a pretty fun movie...in a joke sort of a way...but I own it.....

 

[Beatles4Life]

There is a video on homestarrunner.com called "Everybody to the Limit", and at the end The Cheat (one of the characters) is on an orange iMac.

It's a really funny video, and everyone should check it out. Here is the link.

 

[TylerMoney]

What I'm finding out more and more is that mac is almost in every freaking movie. I watch kill bill vol. 2 last night....and three of the six preview...I think there werre six...had people using powerbooks.....also, in the movie Spartan, staring Val Kilmer...a terrible film...the computers they use are macs.....Pixar is helping apple out quite a bit...the connections allow for so much....and people really like using the mac, it's os, and it's programs to write, create, and edit films.

 

[ApplejustWorks]

Movies

One very obvious movie(old Apples) - Pirates of the Silicon Valley



One not so obvious - (watched it in school )
The Lizzy Mcguire"(sp?) movie. Lizzys Bro. uses an iBook....

 

[Carolyn]

The showtime series "The L Word".. Lots of Mac's flying around there..

It is amazing how fun it is to see a Mac on a show or movie after getting a Mac!

 

[Osiris22x]

The movie that somebody else was referring to was "40 days and 40 nights". The guy uses a Mac laptop in the coffee shop. Also, his company (some internet company) uses all Macs in the office.

 

[TylerMoney]

I watched "School of Rock" last night..and it's got several macs. A few iMacs, and a few powerbooks....an elementary kid is just playing around on his Ti Powerbook in the middle of class...rediculous..but awesome..

sorry if this movie was already posted..can't remember....

btw...school of rock is alright...not amazing by any means, but it has it's moments.

 

[noirluispher]

Another Apple Product... Eminem is using an iPod Mini at the beginning of D12's new video: My Band.