Mr. Mozo Rising graciously has compiled
a list of PG DVD related materials, for
you hard-core movie buffs
Here at the nominees in no particular order:
In New York Stories directed by Martin Scorsese, PG plays himself for a brief cameo. The scene goes something like this:
A bad performance artist wraps up another show and Rosanna Arquette's character, Paulette, goes to talk to the artist whom she had been dating but broke up. Awkwardly, Paulette says hi to Mr. Artist, but before he can say anything (more on Say Anything later) he sees someone more interesting to talk to. That someone more interesting? Peter Gabriel!
Mr. Artist sees PG and his face lights up. "Peter!" he exclaims. PG then walks into the shot mumbling that he was sorry he was late and missed the performance and you know how musicians are about time and whatnot. PG then introduces his friend Hank to Mr. Artist. At this point, Paulette is so crushed that her former interest blew her off to talk to some lowly *musician* that she runs off crying. (Raise your hand if you'd ignore Arquette to talk to PG. Raise your hand if you'd blow off anyone except God to talk to Peter Gabriel. Yeah, we thought so.)
The inside story is that PG and Rosanna Arquette were dating at the time this was filmed. Another connection is that Scorsese and PG are pals due from working on The Last Tempatation of Christ with each other. Of course, if PG and Scorsese were *really* good friends, Martin would have let PG have a cameo in Goodfellas instead. Pete would make a great Italian gangster, no?
Lorca and the Outlaws was brought to our attention via the very first Tina's Test: the question asked which futuristic film did PG appear in a holographic jukebox and what song was he singing in it. Absolutely *no one* got the question correct, with the answer being Lorca and the Outlaws (and "San Jacinto" as the song).
Say Anything should be required viewing for any high school senior. "In Your Eyes" makes two appearances in this film: first when the leads Lloyd and Diane are...erm...you know...in the backseat of a car [Get a motel room next time you cheap bastard!] Diane pauses the heated action to say, "Shh...listen to the words..."
The song's reprise comes at the famous scene where Lloyd stands outside her bedroom window with a boombox raised over his head and blares "In Your Eyes" in the hopes of getting his lost love back.
Oh, and here's some interesting trivia taken from The Unofficial Say Anything Fan site...
Director Cameron Crowe could not find the love song that he wanted for Say Anything until he heard Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes". Before Peter Gabriel would let them use the song, he asked to see part of the movie. Cameron Crowe had the production company send him an unfinished cut of the movie. In response, Gabriel said that he liked the film and would let them use his song, but he was wary about the part where the lead character overdosed at the end. At that point, Cameron Crowe realized that Gabriel had accidentally been sent a copy of the movie Wired instead.
Yeah, we can see John Belushi getting wasted to the tune"In Your Eyes"...
Gremlins used Gabriel's song Out Out to capture the scene where hundreds of Gremlins are trashing a bar.
Until the End of The World uses a great alternate version (actually, an earlier version) of "Blood of Eden." The scene is where the leading man and woman are flying in a small airplane, when the propeller stops working...as does all of the computers and machines in the whole wide world (Don't ask. This story has plot holes you could drive trucks through.) Blood of Eden starts to play as the characters realise they (as well as civilization) are now screwed. The leading man makes the profound statement, "Hold on...we're going down." (as opposed to "The propeller has stopped...now we're going to float upwards.") Miraculously, he manages to land the plane anyway, and the music continues as they trek across the dessert.
Interesting possible hidden PG reference...right after "Blood of Eden" play, the male lead gets out of a car and calls out to an unseen driver, "Thanks...hope everything goes well for you Gabriel!" A few minutes after that scene, the next character we meet the male lead introduces as "Peter...my aboriginal father, my blood brother..." Someone who once met the producer, Wim Wenders, supposedly asked if this was an intentional inside reference, and the answer was supposedly yes, but we'll let the reader judge the evidence on this one.
The Prophecy: in this film, the angels in heaven wage war on the humans below. The big kahuna angel, who's name is...you guessed it, Gabriel, says in reference to humans, "We need to shock those monkeys." A few moments later, another angel says, "We do what we're told." (Contributed by Angel Langenberg.)
Philedelphia: "Lovetown" is played during the costume party scene. You can hear the music when the lawyer says, "I'm a lawsuit."
Strange Days: "While the Earth Sleeps" is played during the ending credits.
Virtuosity: "Partyman" is played during a few disturbing "flashback" scenes.
Project X: In an opening montage where a monkey is captured in the jungle and is shipped to the US, "Shock the Monkey" is played.
Phenomenon: a new version of "I Have The Touch" is played, showing a montage of John Travolta having fun and having new experiences as a result of his new mind power...including putting solar panels on his roof, slopping the hogs, and the best: doing a tango with his old bloodhound.
Natural Born Killers: "Taboo", a song that mostly features Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan but has Gabriel on backup, is played during a car scene. And Gabriel is thanked in the ending credits for Dead Man Walking, probably having to do with the Nusrat/Eddie Vedder collaboration on that film's soundtrack. (Thanks to Nancy for reminding us of these refs.)
City of Angels: In one mournful scene when a character dies, "I Grieve" is played.
Babe 2: Pig in the City: "That'll Do", a song written by Randy Newman and performed by Peter Gabriel was played during the ending credits and is nominated for a Oscar for Best Song.
The Bone Collector:
Lee Ann wrote to tell us this connection...
Recon: as reported as blurb in Entertainment Weekly and on Real World Notes, Peter Gabriel starred in a student film written and directed by Breck Eisner, son of Disney boss Michael Eisner. Here's what we know...The film lasts about 11 minutes, PG plays a cop named John Grant who pursues villians via technology, it was filmed in the LA Subway system in 1994. It was never released to the public. It was shown at some film festivals, and supposedly Breck got an "A" on this project.
There was extremely little information about the quality/content/plot of the finished movie online...until someone was able to track down, view, and write a detailed description of the film. Here's the report... and here's the review!
"Animal Nation" and "Shaking the Tree" is used in The Wild Thornberrys Movie.
Babe 2: Pig in the City contains an original by PG called "That'll Do". Sweet song, horrid movie.
Vanilla Sky: Uses "Solsbury Hill" in many key points in this surreal film
More Movies to Come...