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The Apple ][ in movies and popular culture

Submitted by arukum17 on July 17, 2008 - 10:15am. Apple II

The other evening while watching The Thing (1978) I noticed an Apple ][ in one of the scenes (the main hero is playing chess on the computer in an Antartica lab)

I am curious: what other movies has the Apple ][ appeared in?

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Submitted by mutant_pie on July 17, 2008 - 1:48pm.

Movie: 2010, with Roy Schneider on the beach, the"portable" Apple //c

TV series Lost, Desmond enters the five special numbers on an Apple ][+. I posted pictures on this site/discussion group. Do a search to see them.

Movie Tron, Flynn uses an Apple ]I[ to hack into the MCP.

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Apple ]['s in the flicks

Submitted by steveh on July 18, 2008 - 1:35am.

I actually thought the LOST television series had a an apple III of all things?! - maybe its my eyes...

Steve

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Oblig.

Submitted by coius on July 18, 2008 - 9:37am.

Pirates of Silicon Valley

Surprisingly, it wasn't until about 2 weeks ago that I actually saw that movie for the first time. My friend bought it for me as a gift and when I got it, i couldn't believe it. Cost him $3 with free shipping off of eBay. Anyways, I love the Movie and was bewildered at how inhumane Steve J. was at that time. Downright psychotic, drugs or not, that's a good way to make enemies (and enemies he did make. Scully anyone?)

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Pirates

Submitted by mutant_pie on July 18, 2008 - 1:13pm.

BTW I had a minor hand in Pirates of Silicon Valley.

I leased the only Apple ][ to appear in the film to the property master (yes I still own it), the others shown were Apple ][+'s with the "+" covered in brown crayon. He asked me over to tour the sets a few times too.

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One of the Batman movies had

Submitted by thrax on July 22, 2008 - 11:58pm.

One of the Batman movies had an apple II lab in it.

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Re: The Apple ][ in movies and popular culture

Submitted by Lancaster on July 24, 2008 - 1:52am.

Here are some off the top of my head:

In The Dead Zone (Cronenberg's version), Anthony Zerbe's character walks in on his son using an Apple II+.

In an episode of Simon & Simon, a kid is shown in the introduction using an Apple II+ to dial into a bank's system and conduct illegal transfers.

In Parts: The Clonus Horror, an Apple II or II+ was used for the displays in the command center.

In WarGames, An Apple II or II+ was used with a special interface card to generate the little "GAME TIME REMAINING" display on the WOPR. This is revealed in a letter near the bottom of this page.

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