OT: PSU In Movies

[Nittanyplayer#12]

Watched Multiplicity last night and noticed Michael Keaton rocking an old school Penn State hat. Then I started to think of other movies that PSU was referenced or shown in. We all know "Rudy" was one but only others that came to mind were, "Friday Night Lights" and "Necessary Roughness"

Anyone know of anymore?

 

[simons96]

Watched Multiplicity last night and noticed Michael Keaton rocking an old school Penn State hat. Then I started to think of other movies that PSU was referenced or shown in. We all know "Rudy" was one but only others that came to mind were, "Friday Night Lights" and "Necessary Roughness"

Anyone know of any more?

Groundhog Day

 

[bhill29]

Watched Multiplicity last night and noticed Michael Keaton rocking an old school Penn State hat. Then I started to think of other movies that PSU was references or shown in them. We all know "Rudy" was one but only others that came to mind were, "Friday Night Lights" and "Necessary Roughness"

Anyone know of any more?

There is a bar scene in "Jumper" in which the TV in the background appears to be playing a PSU vs Michigan game.

 

[cvilleelkscoach]

Groundhog Day, stripes, all the right moves among others

 

[bhill29]

BTW, shortly after this whole thing started there were reports (rumor?) on this board that a movie about Paterno and the JS saga starring Al Pacino was in the works. What became of this?

 

[BBrown]

Watched Multiplicity last night and noticed Michael Keaton rocking an old school Penn State hat. Then I started to think of other movies that PSU was referenced or shown in. We all know "Rudy" was one but only others that came to mind were, "Friday Night Lights" and "Necessary Roughness"

Anyone know of any more?

IIRC, in the first Lethal Weapon it looked like us playing Pitt.

 

[ram2020]

Friday night lights clearly used the chipmunk logo as the team mascot.

 

[wex18]

There's a Robert Redford movie where he is held hostage in the woods. His character is a Penn State graduate from Altoona.

Tina Fey trashes the car of her ex-boyfriend in Baby Mama. The car has PSU stickers on it.

Then there's the obnoxious recruiters from Penn State and Alabama in Johnny B Good.

 

[kgilbert78]

"Something for Joey" is another, obvious one....

 

[kgilbert78]

And here's a link from PSU.

You have to have approval to show a PSU logo (no surprise--it's gotten to be big business).


I also never knew that the Hulk's alter ego, Bruce Banner was supposed to be a PSU grad.

 

[scooter10]

All the Right Moves with Tom Cruise. His bedroom had PSU banners and posters.

 

[kgilbert78]

BTW, shortly after this whole thing started there were reports (rumor?) on this board that a movie about Paterno and the JS saga starring Al Pacino was in the works. What became of this?

Suspended production in 2014, according to Deadline Hollywood.

Link

 

[BBrown]

And here's a link from PSU.

You have to have approval to show a PSU logo (no surprise--it's gotten to be big business).


I also never knew that the Hulk's alter ego, Bruce Banner was supposed to be a PSU grad.

could you repost the link. I dont see it.
Thanks.
Had no idea about Bruce Banner.

 

[kgilbert78]

could you repost the link. I dont see it.
Thanks.
Had no idea about Bruce Banner.

Click on the word link in the original post....

 

[BBrown]

Click on the word link in the original post....

Duh. I was expecting to see an actual link.
Is this another "improvement"?
Thanks.

 

[BobPSU92]

There was a movie years ago called The Paper in which two kids are at first accused of murder. One of the kids is said to have a football scholarship offer to Penn State. In the end, evidence shows they didn't do it and the newspaper is released with the proper headline. A somewhat ironic turn of events given the Penn State Football connection. For even more irony, a character in the film is named Sandusky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paper_(film)

 

[kgilbert78]

Duh. I was expecting to see an actual link.
Is this another "improvement"?
Thanks.

Well, it would be better if TPTB would make the link a different color, but....

 

[Thus Spake Mainer]

Peyton Place in 1957 had the main male character mention in his job interview that he went to PS. As an aside, I think that this may have been the first movie to use the word *abortion*

 

[fortheglory94]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It's pretty much laced with Penn State references throughout the entire movie.

 

[doctornick]

Semi-related, but the Comcast commercials for X1 they are playing during the Olympics show what appears to be a PSU-Notre Dame game with their scoring widget on the right side of the screen showing ND leading (as well as other games). Is that a real game or just made up for the commercial?

 

[NitNE73]

In The World According to Garp, John Lithgow played Roberta Muldoon, a former tight end at PS who later turned tranny.

 

[PSU Michigan]

The Crush, with Alicia Silverstone and Cary Elwes......Elwes, looking for an apartment as character Nick Eliot, shows up sporting a Penn State t-shirt.

 

[hlstone]

In Zoolander, PSU is playing the the bar scene.

 

[kgilbert78]

Of course, the original Rambo was actually set by the writer in the Seven Mountains area near State College (but called North Carolina)

 

[joeparules]

In The World According to Garp, John Lithgow played Roberta Muldoon, a former tight end at PS who later turned tranny.

Is that the movie that Vicky Triponey was Lithgow's stunt double?

 

[sluggo72]

In The World According to Garp, John Lithgow played Roberta Muldoon, a former tight end at PS who later turned tranny.

I thought he played TE for the Eagles, but didn't mention PSU. I am most likely wrong.

 

[joeparules]

Is that the movie that Vicky Triponey was Lithgow's stunt double?

 

[joeparules]

There was a movie years ago called The Paper in which two kids are at first accused of murder. One of the kids is said to have a football scholarship offer to Penn State. In the end, evidence shows they didn't do it and the newspaper is released with the proper headline. A somewhat ironic turn of events given the Penn State Football connection. For even more irony, a character in the film is named Sandusky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paper_(film)

Another Michael Keaton movie!

 

[psu ironman]

Gotta look close for this one...

In Forrest Gump, when Forrest is visiting the White House with the All-American Team, there is a short black&white segment with the real JFK at the beginning. JFK is holding a signed football embossed with the words PENN STATE and is also holding a small replica of the Nittany Lion. It's real fast and you have to be looking for it, but its there.

 

[Phil's Rug]

PSU gets a mention or two in Necessary Roughness

 

[jjsocrates]

In The World According to Garp, John Lithgow played Roberta Muldoon, a former tight end at PS who later turned tranny.

You just can't make that reference without the obligatory Vicky Triponey joke!!!!

 

[AWS1022]

Of course, the original Rambo was actually set by the writer in the Seven Mountains area near State College (but called North Carolina)

The book First Blood was written by David Morrell who got his masters from Penn State. He was living in Bellefonte and used that as the town the book was set in (although in the book he called it Madison, KY). I read the book in high school then re-read it while living in Bellefonte once I learned that was the setting for the book.

 

[NitNE73]

I thought he played TE for the Eagles, but didn't mention PSU. I am most likely wrong.

Sluggo...now that you've said that, I think you're right. She played for the Eagles. Don't know why I conflated that with Penn State. My bad.

 

[kgilbert78]

The book First Blood was written by David Morrell who got his masters from Penn State. He was living in Bellefonte and used that as the town the book was set in (although in the book he called it Madison, KY). I read the book in high school then re-read it while living in Bellefonte once I learned that was the setting for the book.

He learned to write under a chap named Philip Klass--aka SF writer William Tenn

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

In Zoolander, PSU is playing the the bar scene.

Thanks...was going to post this.

 

[Jakey_John]

When the WwE was at its height in the late 90s Mankind (Mick Foley,Cactus Jack, Dude Love) did an interview from Beaver Stadium. I used to buy coins from a guy broadcasting from Tenneesse and he frequently wore PSU stuff.

 

[dtrainers]

Watched Multiplicity last night and noticed Michael Keaton rocking an old school Penn State hat. Then I started to think of other movies that PSU was referenced or shown in. We all know "Rudy" was one but only others that came to mind were, "Friday Night Lights" and "Necessary Roughness"

Anyone know of anymore?

Woodlawn

 

[21Guns]

IIRC, in the first Lethal Weapon it looked like us playing Pitt.

It was. The kitchen scene in the background is a tiny tv, and the 1977 Penn State vs Pitt game is being shown.

Of course, Lethal Weapon came out in 1987, so, obviously, it was a replay.

 

[21Guns]

Cameos by Kerry Collins and Ki-Jana, in Jerry McGuire

 

[LionJim]

I thought he played TE for the Eagles, but didn't mention PSU. I am most likely wrong.

He definitely played for the Eagles. I would have remembered if there had been a Penn State reference.