Double Bass Basses seen on-screen

[Clark Dark]

Meteor Man

(shivers)..yeah but somebody stole Meteor Mans bass :scowl:

 

[Jesse Rosenburg]

I just put this in my netflix queue. Cleese and bass? Too cool!

Romance with a Double Bass (1974)

Director: Robert Young
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From Time Out Film Guide
An adaptation of a Chekhov short story, set in Russia, with Cleese as a doleful double-bass player booked to perform for the forced engagement of Princess Constanza (Booth). To pass time before rehearsals, he strips off for a quick dip in a nearby river, whereupon someone steals his clothes. Meanwhile, downstream, the same fate has befallen the Princess. This leads to a very funny, innocent and tastefully filmed nudist romp in which the two of them (without peeking) try to work their way back to the huge mansion, the Princess squeezed into his double-bass case. One classic moment has Cleese running back and forth across the picturesque countryside, dropping the case and having to sprint back to pick up his double-bass.

 

[South_Bass]

Cassandra in Wayne's World. I think she played a red Fender P. I use the term "playing" loosely.

Ha Yeah definately!

Sorry if its been said BUT

White upright in the Back to the future Dance Scene

 

[scott reed]

The Firm (1993).

At the Lambert party on the roof of the Peabody Hotel in Memphis.
I'm positive it's a 7/8 German plywood.

 

[Paul New]

Lonnie Plaxico may be (very) briefly seen playing with Cassandra Wilson in "the Score".

 

[bejoyous]

I recently saw this with my daughter. There's a seen about 2/3rds in where a country tune breaks out. The camera is moving around but you can tell the bass has violin corners and the strings are wobbling all over the place.

Fun movie, BTW

 

[forester]

aviator:
several shots at the coconut grove

 

[CPike]

Bonfire of the Vanities: opening sequence as Bruce Willis' drunk character is scurried this way and that - he pours himself a drink on a moving cart, picks a piece of ice out of his glass and tosses it off frame. A few seconds later we see that he had thrown the ice at "the band", who were not happy about it - and one of the band members was holding a DB.

Chris

 

[Don Higdon]

Sex and the City. One of the four, I can't remember which, had a brief fling with a bassist. The guy had to wear some kind of dopey hat to prove to the audience he was a jazz musician.

 

[MT Spaces]

All Of The Above HollyWood Crap Not-Withstanding ....

I think the best stuff is from "The OP" .... Alan Bartram.

Fine Bassist ... The Del McCoury Band ... BlueGrass.

I guess I never personally-saw Alan's panties (boxers?) blown-up on-stage as he played his UpRight. He has class. Not Like Marilyn Monroe with Her Stuff hanging-out over the NY Steam-Grate ....

An Aside ...Did Y'All know that Marilyn was Bill Monroe's favorite daughter? That's another story.

BUT ..... When I see The Del McCoury Band Again .... I will be wary. I will also check-out the available McCoury Band Vids from U-Tube .... With The Most Intent ....

I Will Report Back to Rush Limpbucket and Sarah Palin if I think someone is out-of-line .... AND .... If SHE (I mean maybe HE) needs to move back to Alaska to keep a-front-porch-eye on The Roooskys ... That will be my recommedation.

 

[Greg Clinkingbeard]

Now I have another place to go for a political fix. Another oasis gone.

 

[bejoyous]

In reference to the Sex in the City show that Don mentions above. I saw that with my wife (jeez, I wouldn't watch it alone!) and I thought it was pretty clever of the producers to have the bassist to wear a pork-pie hat. When they were breaking up the background music was "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" by Mingus.

 

[COOL AND DEADLY]

Forgive me if anyone else said it, but didn't Jack Lemmon play lefty in some scenes and righty in others in "Some Like it Hot"?

 

[Don Higdon]

All Of The Above HollyWood Crap Not-Withstanding ....

I think the best stuff is from "The OP" .... Alan Bartram.

Fine Bassist ... The Del McCoury Band ... BlueGrass.

I guess I never personally-saw Alan's panties (boxers?) blown-up on-stage as he played his UpRight. He has class. Not Like Marilyn Monroe with Her Stuff hanging-out over the NY Steam-Grate ....

An Aside ...Did Y'All know that Marilyn was Bill Monroe's favorite daughter? That's another story.

BUT ..... When I see The Del McCoury Band Again .... I will be wary. I will also check-out the available McCoury Band Vids from U-Tube .... With The Most Intent ....

I Will Report Back to Rush Limpbucket and Sarah Palin if I think someone is out-of-line .... AND .... If SHE (I mean maybe HE) needs to move back to Alaska to keep a-front-porch-eye on The Roooskys ... That will be my recommedation.

A master of the non-sequitur.

 

[Don Higdon]

Hitchcock's cameo with a double bass was actually in Strangers on a Train....
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"Stangers On a Train" just started. I'll be waiting.

 

[Don Higdon]

"Stangers On a Train" just started. I'll be waiting.

Got it, about 10 minutes in. It's one great movie.

 

[YL_Bass]

When Scott Pilgrim vs. the World comes out it will feature Michael Cera having a bass battle with another character, in comic fashion.

In the comic Cera's character plays a Rick, the opponent plays a Mustang.

 

[Ike Harris]

aviator:
several shots at the coconut grove

That was Vince Giordano's orchestra I think, probably with him playing bass. He does a lot of stuff for Woody Allen. Speaking of which, he appears in a Woody Allen film, "Sweet and Low Down", playing bass, along with another guy doing bass duties. Hilarious movie with Sean Penn playing a jazz guitarist in the 30s who claims to be only 2nd to Django in ability, and passes out in fear if he even thinks Django is nearby. Also, my friend, Paul Langosch is playing with Tony Bennett at the end of "Analyze This". Great guy and bass player.

Ike

 

[thedrones]

"The Buddy Holly Story", with Gary Busey as Buddy Holly

 

[Don Higdon]

When Scott Pilgrim vs. the World comes out it will feature Michael Cera having a bass battle with another character, in comic fashion.

In the comic Cera's character plays a Rick, the opponent plays a Mustang.

We're talking about DB's here.