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<blockquote data-quote="Baintz" data-source="post: 32753" data-attributes="member: 532"><p>Funny you should start this thread as just a couple of days ago I was wondering if the Rocky pin from Rocky III was a real table. A quick look on ipdb and it was indeed real, produced by Gottlieb. This isn't just a machine in the background, but takes centre stage near the start of the movie when a bitter, resentful, drunk Paulie hurls a whiskey bottle through the backglass.</p><p></p><p>Interestingly though, the table didn't exist yet at the time of the movie, they used a custom backglass over another table. From ipdb:</p><p></p><p><em>When seen in the movie "Rocky III", this machine had a prop backglass used only for the movie. Only three of the prop backglasses were made, and one was destroyed in the film when Paulie, Rocky's brother-in-law, threw a bottle of Scotch through it. The remaining two are in possession of collectors.</em></p><p></p><p>And the table designer John Trudeau on why the production backglass was not used in the movie:</p><p></p><p>'<em>The coordination with the Rocky III movie was already in process when I started at Gottlieb in '81. Ed Krynski had a whitewood in development for the license tie-in. I guess it didn't play very well, because it never made it to production. The backglasses that were made for the movie were made to fit an existing game - not Rocky (I was told that it was a Force II, but the displays would have to have been moved). The produced game didn't even exist at that time, nor did any artwork. I believe we were pretty close to NOT using the Rocky license at all. I came up with the design that was produced pretty much at the last minute.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Later, Stallone was in Chicago promoting the movie's opening. We were told that he might stop by to see the game, but he never showed. I still have my Rocky backglass. The only one I have left that's survived the years.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Stallone also did have final approval over the painting for the backglass. Dave Moore had to repaint the facial area twice before it was approved. Sly didn't want the beat-up face for the glass (who can blame him?).</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Dave Moore did manage to paint himself and me into the crowd. At the foreground right ring post there is a fella with glasses that has his arms crossed (Dave) and another guy next to him with a black moustache and graying temple hair (Me).</em>'</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Baintz, post: 32753, member: 532"] Funny you should start this thread as just a couple of days ago I was wondering if the Rocky pin from Rocky III was a real table. A quick look on ipdb and it was indeed real, produced by Gottlieb. This isn't just a machine in the background, but takes centre stage near the start of the movie when a bitter, resentful, drunk Paulie hurls a whiskey bottle through the backglass. Interestingly though, the table didn't exist yet at the time of the movie, they used a custom backglass over another table. From ipdb: [I]When seen in the movie "Rocky III", this machine had a prop backglass used only for the movie. Only three of the prop backglasses were made, and one was destroyed in the film when Paulie, Rocky's brother-in-law, threw a bottle of Scotch through it. The remaining two are in possession of collectors.[/I] And the table designer John Trudeau on why the production backglass was not used in the movie: '[I]The coordination with the Rocky III movie was already in process when I started at Gottlieb in '81. Ed Krynski had a whitewood in development for the license tie-in. I guess it didn't play very well, because it never made it to production. The backglasses that were made for the movie were made to fit an existing game - not Rocky (I was told that it was a Force II, but the displays would have to have been moved). The produced game didn't even exist at that time, nor did any artwork. I believe we were pretty close to NOT using the Rocky license at all. I came up with the design that was produced pretty much at the last minute. Later, Stallone was in Chicago promoting the movie's opening. We were told that he might stop by to see the game, but he never showed. I still have my Rocky backglass. The only one I have left that's survived the years. Stallone also did have final approval over the painting for the backglass. Dave Moore had to repaint the facial area twice before it was approved. Sly didn't want the beat-up face for the glass (who can blame him?). Dave Moore did manage to paint himself and me into the crowd. At the foreground right ring post there is a fella with glasses that has his arms crossed (Dave) and another guy next to him with a black moustache and graying temple hair (Me).[/I]' [/QUOTE]
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