No Audiophiles in Hollywood


A thought just came to me that a lot of movies show us the lives of fictional people doing the everyday things that real people do. However, we never see anyone sitting down and listening to a high end system.

The only thing that I can remember is when the billionaire played by Robert Redford put on an LP on what appeared to be a high end turntable in the movie "Indecent Proposal".

I have never seen exposed tubes on-screen, or an amp of any type for that matter. Big speakers, fuggedaboudit...it seems hifi does not fit the decor scheme of movie sets, or more realistically, audiophiles are rarer on earth than Klingons and Romulans and hollywood does not know of their existence.

It would seem that some of the well heeled actors, directors and producers would own a killer 2 channel system and periodically include one in a scene when the character has discretionary income.

We've all seen scenes with the wife complaining about the husband always watching sports, but never complaining about him pampering his hi-fi rig.

We've all seen characters with automobiles and other toys that we've envied, but never a stereo system to make you salivate.

Anyone ever see a hi-fi system onscreen worth mentioning?

Just a thought.
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I remember Angelina Jolie playing some classical from a Clearaudio Master Reference in the first Tomb Raider.
I watched the movie the departed today and there is a couple of Mcintosh pieces in a rack, they listen to a cd with headphones, (couldn't make out what brand of headphones).
not quite Hollywood but a nice 'vintage' audiophile setting

Malena - an Italian movie set in WWII
the soon to be widow plays a record on a victrola
seductively listening
the young peeping tom protagonist goes out and hums the record then buys the 78
he then obsesses to the record

very nice foriegn film if you haven't seen it
another vinyl sighting -

Before Sunrise - starring Evan Hawke

couple meet on a train, both get off in vienna
they go to a record shop and she briefly listens to some folk in a listening room on a turntable

nice dialog movie