movies featuring a great big wall of tv's

lester1/2jr · January 31, 2009, 04:57:37 PM

I was just thinking of the notion of a great big wall of tv's either as a dance club sort of thing or as a surveillance tool. There's something insane about that many tv's. I know I've seen a wall of tv's somewhere but I can't recall exactly where. anyone?

Psycho Circus · January 31, 2009, 05:18:41 PM

Sliver

Doc Daneeka · January 31, 2009, 05:24:45 PM

I'm not sure about a whole wall of 'em, but surveillance through a "secret TV room" was a big plot element in the (Sadly, disappointing) 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, Fritz Lang's last film before he, ironically, went blind.

In all honesty the surveillance thing underwhelmed me, here I was hoping Mabuse would be some pervading force, monitoring every room in this big hotel, ready to blackmail or kill at a moments notice (As he had before, taking on multiple schemes at once in the two previous films), and yet the entire movie focused on some heir plot... :P

TheDope · January 31, 2009, 05:25:41 PM

Oh, I can think of a couple of examples:

Frank Cross (Bill Murray) had a wall of TVs in his office in Scrooged

There was a wall of TVs for surveillance purposes and entertainment purposes at the Clamp Building in Gremlins 2

I seem to recall a wall of TVs in Less Than Zero, as well....

And I seem to remember a wall of TVs during a song-and-dance number in hell (fronted by Salt-n-Pepa, IIRC) in the John Ritter flick Stay Tuned

And that's all I can think of right now.

lester1/2jr · January 31, 2009, 05:36:55 PM

great respones so far. what is it abou a wall of tvs? omnipotence?

Kroogur · January 31, 2009, 05:56:49 PM

If i remember didn't Leslie Nielson have a big wall of cctv's in his Creepshow segment?

TheDope · January 31, 2009, 06:05:47 PM

Quote from: Kroogur on January 31, 2009, 05:56:49 PM
If i remember didn't Leslie Nielson have a big wall of cctv's in his Creepshow segment?

No, but E.G. Marshall did.

Doggett · January 31, 2009, 08:25:49 PM

Johnathan Price in "Tomorrow Never Dies" has a wall of telly's when he is talking to his international henchmen.

Rev. Powell · January 31, 2009, 10:13:02 PM

I believe there was a setup like this in the awful BASIC INSTINCT ripoff SLIVER (1993).

Also in OLDBOY (2003), if I remember correctly.

C.B. · February 01, 2009, 11:36:10 AM

Not a bad movie, but David Bowie has a wall of TVs in "The Man Who Fell to Earth."

ghouck · February 01, 2009, 11:45:36 AM

The Matrix trilogy had one, I believe it was Reloaded. a whole room full of them.. .

Knarf Black XIV · February 01, 2009, 12:30:41 PM

Don't forget about Watchmen; giant TV walls play an important roll in the comic, and I doubt they'd leave 'em out in the movie.

Also, The Man who Fell to Earth was awesome.

Fausto · February 02, 2009, 05:57:28 PM

The Witches of Eastwick, there was a wall of TVs in the Lennox mansion.

AndyC · February 02, 2009, 10:49:26 PM

What about the OCP boardroom in Robocop? I vaguely recall a wall of TVs, or at least a respectable array of them.

meQal · February 02, 2009, 11:00:40 PM

Also add Stay Tuned with the late John Ritter to that list. Nothing like satellite television from Hell. The board room in it had a wall of televisions where Jeffery Jones and his minions watched as those he sucked into the television had to try to survive 24 hours of evil parodies of various television shows.

movies featuring a great big wall of tv's

C.B.