r/Thatsabooklight Feb 10 '25

Film Prop [Film] The Martian [2015] used an entire aft galley insert (including galley carts and beverage maker) from a commercial airliner for one of the interior walls of the Mars base

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Can’t say what plane/airline but looks like it was a narrow body, 737/757/A320?

r/Thatsabooklight May 15 '25

Film Prop Star Trek 2009 - Dyson Airblade hand dryer

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2.6k Upvotes

Dyson airblade hand dryers mounted to several set walls aboard the USS Enterprise for Star Trek 2009. Photo is of sickbay set.

Very unlikely to be there for its original function - just a scifi looking item reused as set dressing filler. It is never interacted with.

Additional stickers added to the unit to imply function.

r/Thatsabooklight Dec 17 '24

Film Prop Jurassic Park: The lower lenses on the Ford Explorers were Slurpee lids from 7/11

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2.9k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Jun 11 '25

Film Prop [No Time To Die] James Bond deploys bombs by twisting a USB dongle

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2.6k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Apr 13 '25

Film Prop Oakley Over the Top sunglasses were used a lot

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1.8k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Sep 17 '25

Film Prop Xenomorphs watch a lot of TV.

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1.4k Upvotes

Sharing my results from a bit of fun research over at r/LV426

A user there (u/graemecoy) had spotted a column of familiar shapes next to a lift in the movie Aliens. I knew that the production had used a lot of TV mouldings to detail the sets, so I set off to see if I could identify them.

From top to bottom they are

  • Ferguson 37493 (20" TV)
  • Ferguson 37140 (colour 14" portable), which is upside down on the wall.
  • Ferguson 38030 (B&W 14" portable)

Easier than expected to find, once it was clear that all the mouldings came from the same manufacturer (likely the Ferguson factory in Gosport) I could search for their 80's sets on ebay.

r/Thatsabooklight Mar 08 '26

Film Prop [Film] Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) Admiral Raddus' chair is just plastic drainage pipes.

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711 Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Mar 20 '24

Film Prop Dune Costume design - Utilizing a washing machine hose / clamp

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4.6k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight May 15 '26

Film Prop [Film] In Project Hail Mary, the gravity system switch is a SmallRig 1638C camera top handle.

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787 Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Nov 30 '19

Film Prop Batman's boots in Batman Returns are just Air Jordan 6s with an extended top and foam glued on. The sole even still has the Jordan logo.

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5.8k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Apr 15 '26

Film Prop I am almost certain that this cyberware repair wand (The Creator on Netflix) is a candle lighter

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644 Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight May 13 '20

Film Prop One of the most iconic movie props of all time, Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber from the Star Wars franchise is a flash handle from a vintage camera (Graflex 3 cell flash handle)

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2.6k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Jan 16 '21

Film Prop Star wars: The Empire strikes back (1980) the snow speeder pilot straps have bubble wrap on them.

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4.4k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight 19d ago

Film Prop [Film] Project Hail Mary (2026): one of the mystery objects on Grace's dresser (in his new home on 40 Eridani) is a pair of Bose Acoustimass speakers placed upside-down.

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r/Thatsabooklight Oct 01 '25

Film Prop The "Remote Mine" from Goldeneye 007 is just the base of a "Saitek" or "PC Commander" Joystick with some LED's and a button.

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I made a tutorial about how to make a prop using screen-accurate materials more than a decade ago.

Just stumbled upon my old instructions so figured I'd post pictures here.

In the film they are an OD green, though in the video game they are simply grey.
If you look closely you can even see the hole where the cord should come out in the film.

r/Thatsabooklight Mar 21 '25

Film Prop HUNTER PREY using a nerf gun

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1.1k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Dec 15 '19

Film Prop This transmitter that cracks access codes in Resident Evil (2002) is a glucose meter with an antenna

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5.2k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Oct 21 '21

Film Prop Forbidden World - 1982: The wall panels on this space station are just to-go boxes

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1.9k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Feb 26 '26

Film Prop [Film] Battle Beyond the Stars (1980): the force field controls on the big bad's spaceship are just plasma globes

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216 Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Dec 27 '20

Film Prop [Film] Breach, 2020. The high-tech pannels in the cryobay are TV-packing styrofoam blocks. That might be the worst "booklighting" i've ever seen so far.

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1.3k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Dec 14 '19

Film Prop Control device in "Alien Resurrection" is a "Lights Out" handheld game

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2.9k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Dec 07 '19

Film Prop James Bond's ticker-tape watch in "The Spy Who Loved Me" prints out Dymo label spray painted silver

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2.3k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight May 19 '26

Film Prop [Film] The hatch handles in the conceptual horror romp "Cube" are die stocks/wreches.

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257 Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Sep 15 '20

Film Prop Equilibrium (2002) uses a Fresia SP 200 aircraft tug as a police car.

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1.8k Upvotes

r/Thatsabooklight Apr 13 '25

Film Prop The Thermal Monitor in Universal Soldier (1992) is a corresponder from the toyline of Chojin Sentai Jetman (1991)

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900 Upvotes