The Mechanic


If anyone has seen this movie, you will notice gorgeous views of a Clearaudio turntable, with an SME V, and a ZYX cartridge. Unfortunately, the system is blown up at the end of the movie.....opps.....Forget that if you are going to see the flick.
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Marakanetz,
As Mofimadness clarified in his post above, the cart was not an ZYX, but an Ortofon Red (or possibly Bronze).

One thing I noticed was that he allowed for absolutely no warm-up time for the tubed amplifier, which no good audiophile would ever be caught doing...Otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed this part of the script.

Another movie that comes to mind is "Indecent Proposal" in which Robert Redford's character had some high-end turntable at his house, but it's been years since I saw the film and do not remember what it was.

An episode of "Sex and the City" had the main character dating a jazz club owner who tried to explain jazz to her while playing some sweet jazz tunes on his 'table, but it was definitely not super fancy; looked like a Music Hall, or perhaps Well-Tempered, but it wasn't shown long enough to really tell.

In "Dinner for Schmucks" with Paul Rudd and Steve Carell Paul Rudd's character has Meridian speakers and gear in his apartment.

I also recall seeing a trailer for a film with Robert De Niro a few years back where you could see Avantgarde horns and Classe electronics, but I do not recall the title.