Fountain Pens In The Movies

[farmersmums]

Since I've been interested in fountain pens I've been keeping an eye out for them in movies. Lately I've noticed a few, and wondered if anyone can identify them, just because I'm curious:

 

1) The first scene in Inglourious Basterds, where Hans Landa and the farmer LaPadite have that incredibly tense conversation over milk (and a pipe). Landa whips out his trusty FP and a bottle of ink to write down the names of the Dreyfus family members...it appears to be a vacuum or button filler of some sort from the way he fills it in one smooth motion. Anyone figured out what that pen is yet? I think this has shown up on FPN before but I can't find it.

 

2) One of the last scenes in The Book of Eli, where Eli is dictating the Bible (from memory!) to the white haired scholar. The latter is shown putting down pages and pages of ink with a gold-nibbed FP but it went by too quickly for me to ID.

 

3) In Shutter Island, Leo DiCaprio appears to be using a Parker Jotter ballpoint to make notes in his notebook. It seems funny now, but the ballpoint would've been pretty cutting edge for that time since the movie was set in the 1950's...correct?

[Bill Wolfe]

Towards the end of The Paper Chase (1973), Professor Kingsfield (John Houseman) grades exams with a full-size Big Red Parker Duofold.

 

In an early scene in Stailngrad (1993), Lt. von Witzman (Thomas Kretschmann), on the train to the eastern front, writes a letter to his girl Clara using a fountain pen--probably a Pelikan 100, Soennecken, or similar PF.

[dgturner]

Let us not forget Duplicity (2009) and the line "Who writes with a fountain pen? How friggin' pretentious is that?"

[goodguy]

3 FP's in the new Nanny Mcphee movie

[Ernst Bitterman]

Let us also not forget the ever-growing Penspotting thread in Chatter.

 

No, I'm not a moderator, but I do like to help keep things tidy.

[trurl]

In A dangerous method, by David Cronenberg, dr. Jung (Michael Fassbender), dr. Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) they all use fountain pens. Unfortunately I could't recognize any of them, except for a possible Waterman with silver overlay.

[Freddy]

Let us also not forget the ever-growing Penspotting thread in Chatter.

 

 

 

I concur with you....Of the same opinion..

 

Fred

cold hands...warm heart...dirty neck.

October 02, 2011 {17:48}

[Bruno Taut]

In A dangerous method, by David Cronenberg, dr. Jung (Michael Fassbender), dr. Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) they all use fountain pens. Unfortunately I could't recognize any of them, except for a possible Waterman with silver overlay.

 

Freud (Viggo Mortensen) uses dip pens. Sabina Spielren (Keira Knightley) uses a silver overlay. Jung (Michael Fassbender) seems to use a black ebonite pen.

 

Neither could I recognize any of those.

 

Great movie, by the way.

 

Cheers,

 

Iosepus

[agentdaffy007]

Book of Eli is a MontBlanc 149, i am almost 100% sure of it.

[johnlmiller620]

Not a fountain pen, but in The Matrix Reloaded, the character of the Architect (bearded white man in the white suit) gestures with and controls a bank of screens using a Lamy Swift.

[Pendoodle]

Recently watched Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. There is a scene in the beginning, were Bellini pulls a pen out of a glass and begins writing. Looks like a fountain pen. Not sure what kind.

[TonicLime]

I also saw one in the movie For Lovers Only. Staring Stana Katic and Mark Polish. There are a few scenes were she is using a fountain pen and I can't seem to identify them! Anyone have any idea?

[LedZepGirl]

In the film Chaplin, I'm pretty sure there is a black English Duofold. It is used by Chaplin's biographer when writing his biography.

[jonwat]

I just saw "Salmon Fishing In The Yemen"

 

"Can I borrow your pen?"

"No, it's my special one. Italic nib"

 

I didn't have time to see the pen.

[diensthunds]

Dead presidents, man is in Vietnam writing a letter home to a friend, don't know the pen as all they showed was the nib and feed.