Osborne computer spotted in Johnny English Strikes Back

[jhd]

Yesterday I went to see the new movie Johnny English Strikes Back; I quite enjoyed it, but then I am a fan of Rowan Atkinson's work more generally.

 

Anyway, one recurring theme in the film is English's distain for modern technology, e.g. he refuses to carry a cell phone or drive a hybrid car.

 

There is one brief scene that prominently features what looks very much like an Osborne computer (I do not know enough to identify the specific model). Since the movie is mostly set in the UK, it makes sense to use an old British computer.

 

One of the jokes involves the very long time that it takes to boot the computer from a floppy disk. There are several shots of what looks like valid C source code shown scrolling down the screen; I look forward to a screen capture of the video to see to what it actually does.

[BydoEmpire]

I'll keep an eye out - my wife and I *just* watched the first Johnny English a couple weeks ago and thought it was pretty funny.

[Flojomojo]

Please tell these guys.

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/

[BassGuitari]

Spotted an Osborne 1 and Aquarius Mini Expander (and some cartridge or other) in the Netflix series Maniac.

 

Also an Intellivision II in an episode of Adam Ruins Everything.