Vintage computers in movies

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Wed Dec 13 08:22:00 2000

At 12:15 AM 12/13/00 -0800, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
>> > What was the computer they used in Weird Science? Didn't they use something
>> > unusual in Ferris Buhler's Day Off(did I spell his last name correctly?)
>>
>> I'm nearly certain Ferris had an IBM PC of some sort, and that the
>> computer in Weird Science was a Commodore, of the VIC-20 or C=64 variety.
>
>Yeah, Ferris had a PC.

The script at http://members.tripod.com/~MrHyde/ferris.txt claims:

52 INT. FERRIS' ROOM : Ferris is at his Macintosh computer. He
has his record up on the screen.

                              FERRIS
               I wanted a car. I got a computer. How's
               that for being born under a bad sign?

- John
Received on Wed Dec 13 2000 - 08:22:00 GMT

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