Questions tagged [props]
Inanimate objects used in film or tv productions to propel the storyline or that help to define a character by association.
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Were the porno videos in the VideoDome real videos?
In Parks and Recreation's S5E16, "Bail-out", the Pawnee VideoDome temporarily becomes a XXX Adult DVD Emporium with porn videos lining the sets for most of the episode.
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Is the red light hypnosis device in The Penguin based on real technology?
In episode 7 of The Penguin "Top Hat," Sofia Falcone captures Francis Cobb (played by Deirdre O'Connell), who is Oz's mother. Sofia has the psychiatrist, Dr. Julian Rush, use a device on ...
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Why at the headquarters of assassins, they are using out of date communication equipments in the John Wick Universe? [duplicate]
In the John Wick universe, when an assassination bounty request is being distributed and tracked, we see a group of clerks
writing names and their bounties in chalk on a blackboard
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What do these two symmetrical hooks on this captain's helmet do?
In the movie 1917, in the final dashing scene, there is a captain who is crying and cannot say a word.
The crying captain wears a helmet that is not like any other in the British army, it looks like ...
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What are the pins worn by the two detectives in the TV show, The Undoing?
In the TV show, The Undoing (2020), episode 1, two police detectives interview parents after one mother is found murdered.
They both wear an unique pin on their suits, looking like this:
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Were any of the penises shown in "The Deuce" real?
In The Deuce (2017 TV series), penises were sometimes shown. Were any of them real, or were they all props?
(Some articles state that at least some of the penises were not real, but I'm asking whether ...
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Are there canonical definitions for the maps symbols used in "The Adjustment Bureau"?
In the movie "The Adjustment Bureau" we see the adjusters watching the progress of "The Plan" in notebooks with dynamic maps.
Like any well-done movie prop or concept, the ...
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Has technology regressed in the Alien universe?
From Alien: Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), we have seen human technology have become very advanced.
A few examples are ship deck interiors, computers, interfaces such as monitors and ...
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What is Lee holding in her hands in Longlegs?
In the movie, Longlegs, FBI agent Lee goes back to her mom and cooks for her.
When she is in the kitchen, she notices a box of items wrapped in plastic bags next to a few synringes, as we can see in ...
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Spirit of the Beehive: painting in the father's study
In The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), the father has a painting behind the desk in his study. It's of an old, bearded man in either a red toga or perhaps priestly vestments, sitting at a desk, writing ...
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What is this weapon used in The Peacemaker?
In The Peacemaker (1997, starring George Clooney), at the 1 hr, 8 min mark, there is a scene where the truck with nukes stops at a checkpoint, and in the end, the bad guys kill the checkpoint soldiers....
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What is this tool shown to us?
The Boys, season 4, ep 3, during the make-out scene between Sage and the Deep, we are shown a sharp tool with its tip stained with blood.
What does this scene suggest?
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What math object is the wire star on Will Hunting's prof's desk?
Just after Will Hunting has dumped his girlfriend, the professor enters his office to meet Will which ends with Will offending him too, setting his own research solution on fire and calling it a waste ...
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What medal was Olson awarded in the Mexican-American War?
In The Dead Don't Hurt, Holger Olson is a veteran of the Mexican-American War, citing his time as a soldier as the main reason he feels obligated to enlist in the American Civil War. Before he leaves ...
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What do these horizontal stripes signify in the movie Men of Honor
In the famous scene, 12 steps from Men of Honor, we see Master Chief Leslie Sunday wears two groups chevrons on his left arm.
The first group represents his military rank as a Master Chief,
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What does Margo Dunne wear on her upper arm?
At around 1:50:49 you can see Margo Dunne wearing something on her upper arm that she does not have in the shots before or after which makes me think it's a movie-making equipment (a mic, perhaps). ...
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What was that glowing green thing that soldiers threw in the corridor of the White House in the final battle scene of “Civil War?”
In Alex Garland’s film, Civil War (2024), during the final battle scene at one point a soldier throws a glowing green thing in the corridor of the White House. This wasn’t a grenade or a flash-bang, ...
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Was the bird machine in The Prestige real?
In The Prestige (2006) we see a bird trick in which the cage collapses, killing the bird.
Later in the movie, John Cutter gives Angier a suit with a spring loaded mechanism that collapses the cage ...
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Is there any information on who did the RPOP prop/effect for Space Cowboys?
Midway through the movie Space Cowboys (2000), while they're rendezvousing with a satellite, the computer prop / program effects in the following screenshot show up.
This is a surprisingly accurate ...
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Does anyone know more about the relief painting in the bedroom in "Pandora's Box" (1929)?
In Pandora's Box (1929) by G. W. Pabst, there is a relief image of a person in the bedroom, around 0:50; see right upper corner:
Another screencap of the relief image:
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Does the breathing apparatus worn by Adam Clay at the ending scene of Beekeeper exist in the real world?
I’m wondering what the breathing apparatus / scuba gear worn by character Adam Clay at the end of Beekeeper is.
It looks like a backpack worn on the belly, and has large tubes to breath through. Is ...
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What is Brad Pitt wearing in this scene?
In this movie, Babylon (2022), Brad Pitt is wearing a pair of black metal strappings above his socks, what are they?
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Are the CEO's pink drumsticks a reference?
In Barbie (2023), the CEO of Mattel (played by Will Ferrell) brandishes a pair of pink drumsticks:
As far as I remember, the CEO doesn't actually use these drumsticks for drumming or anything else in ...
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Why is a cash store named as such?
In the movie, Ballad of Buster Scruggs, there is a store in the town called Cash Store. (To the right of the mirror in the screenshot)
It is often to see Cash only as a way of accepting payment in ...
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What game is being played in the movie Hatari?
Dallas and Luis are playing a game. It appears to be a four-tier play field, each tier having approximately 8x8 (64) squares. They're playing with colored discs.
What is this game?
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Identify this tea set (service) used in No Time To Die (2021)
In the final act, inside the secret base, Madeleine sits alone at a table in a room, only guarded by Primo and is expected to drink a cup of possibly poisonous tea. The cup is in front of her, with ...
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In Ahsoka what type of the communication hologram was that?
I just saw Ahsoka S1E2 and was wondering what kind of holographic communication was being used in the end?
It was very different to the normal, mechanical versions of holograms often seen in Star Wars....
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Why does Colonel Landa wear a chevron on his right arm?
In the movie Inglourious Basterds, Colonel Landa, wears a chevron on his right arm.
I thought only NCOs would wear chevrons on their uniforms. Does anyone know why ...
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What is the make and model of the watch worn by The Florist's henchman in The Town
In Ben Affleck's crime drama The Town, towards the end, Doug MacRae kills Rusty the henchman before killing the Florist.
Since the scene of Rusty hitting floor displays the watch so prominently:
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What is this computer and what software it is running on?
In the movie, Stand by me, at the end, Gordon is finishing his book on a computer and using some kind of text editor.
The text editor is extremely basic and has no ...
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What is Mrs. Ferrars putting into her mouth?
In Sense and Sensibility (2008), there is a scene where Mrs. Ferrars is biting into what looks like gold rocks. As you can see from the picture, the object is hard and not very easy to bite into:
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What are the dimensions of a Continental coin?
I've been looking online for authentic reproductions of the currency used in the John Wick universe.
Everywhere I look, the diameter offered is either 34 or 40 mm. That seems too small. The coins in ...
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Wood installation artist from The Break-Up
Towards the end of the film, Jennifer Aniston's character lets a prospective art collector, played by Ivan Sergei, into the apartment to look at a large art installation.
It is a massive wood block ...
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Are Moira Rose's Wigs Actually Made of Real Hair?
In 'Schitt's Creek', I'm fairly sure that Moira says that her wigs are made of real human hair.
Is this in fact true, i.e. are the props also made of real human hair? Is there any proof of this?
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What devices are this Japanese director(?) and his coworker looking through? If they are small format cameras, then why four right next to each other?
I saw Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) (IMDB) in the theatre circa 1983 and did not at the time appreciate any of the context related to Yukio Mishima until I just watched the Cinema Nippon YouTube ...
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what is this pistol John Wick and Caine use during their epic duel?
In the latest movie, John Wick 4, John and Caine use these pistols during their epic duel.
What I found interesting is:
They are loaded from the rear which suggest their barrels are rifled.
But the ...
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What photograph can be seen in Gideon's living room in All That Jazz?
In the film All That Jazz, the actor Roy Scheider plays a character named Joseph Gideon. We see Gideon's apartment repeatedly throughout the film. Downstairs there’s a living room with two couches. ...
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Why does the police officer manually pull back the charging handle to release a spent shell?
From this movie clip, from 3:04 ~ 3:07, a police officer shoots a single round that kills a robber.
We can see the weapon this police officer uses is a fully automatical assault rifle, so why would he ...
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What is the title of the book Sonya drops at the train station?
I couldn't make out the title of the book while watching A Man Called Otto, but the cover had a cat on it. The screenplay doesn't mention it either. The movie probably won't be available on streaming ...
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What is this bottle shown in "An American Tail"?
In An American Tail, one scene (at about 28:20) prominently features a bottle with Yiddish lettering on it:
and ten seconds later (mysteriously with a different font):
(My original guesses (תבצב״ת ...
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Does anything like this toy vinyl record topper featured in Season 3 of Evil exist in the real world?
During multiple episodes of the third season of the TV series, Evil, Leland Townsend gifts Dr. Kurt Boggs with a vinyl record of the French children's song, Aloutte.
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Are the computers in Severance real?
Is this computer, as in hardware, fictional? It has a very strange keyboard layout.
Everything with the computers is wrong, given the high-tech background of Lumon Industries.
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In "No Country for Old Men," how did the electronic tracker help finding the cash?
In No Country for Old Men (2007), Llewelyn has a satchel containing money, and a lot of people are looking for it. Helpfully, from their point of view, the satchel also contains an electronic device ...
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Portrait of FDR in Sicilian hotel in What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
In What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966), which takes place in Sicily during World War II, there is a portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt who was President of the United States throughout the war ...
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Did James Bond only wear Omega watches?
I am in a rabbit hole of what James Bond's watch preference was. I have read that Ian Fleming wanted James Bond to go with Rolex; however have seen Omega watches being worn by Pierce Brosnan and ...
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What is this item called on the table?
During a council meeting, each sitting minister brings a large jewel ball with them and slots them into a cradle to indicate presence and authority.
What is the proper name for them?
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What happens to the iron throne between the House of Dragon timeline and the Games of Thrones timeline?
As we can see from the House of the Dragon, the iron throne looks different from the one we see in the Games of Thrones. In addition to all the melted swords that form the chair, there are lots more ...
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Is the inscription on this known dagger completely new mythology for the TV series House of the Dragon?
In the Game of Thrones spin-off TV series, House of the Dragon it has been revealed in the first four episodes that King Viserys Targaryen has knowledge, both through dreams and by an inscribed family ...
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Why use a slide rule and not an electronic calculator?
In Season 2 Episode 2 of The Wire at around 31:30, we see a guy (forensic medical examiner?) use a slide rule. Why not use a normal electronic calculator? I'm not really familiar with the show - is ...
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What is a feather pulled from an angel?
In the TV show, the sandman, there is a ritual that is supposed to summon and trap the Death.
During the ritual, a feather pulled from an angel is offered among other objects.
What is a feather pulled ...
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