The Movies
Boxart
Release Date:
November 8, 2005
Developer:
Lionhead Studios
Publisher:
Activision
Platforms:
PC
Genre:
Business Simulation
The Movies is a business simulation game developed by Lionhead Studios, where the player must build and maintain a Hollywood film studio from the 1920s to the present day.
The following weapons appear in the video game The Movies :
Overview
One of the features of The Movies is the ability to create custom films, featuring a large variety of scenes, sets, and props to choose from. The last does, of course, contain (fairly blocky) representations of most of Hollywood's staple firearms.
Handguns
Tokarev TT-33
A pistol strongly resembling a Tokarev TT-33 or Norinco Type 54 appears on one of the available title cards.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Model 54-1 export pistol - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A true classic.
M1911
An M1911 with slanted slide serrations appears as the "Colt Pistol".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Auto-Ordnance M1911A1 - .45 ACP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A "gangster" holds their M1911 to the head of a car driver.
Webley .455 Mk VI
The Webley .455 Mk VI appears as the "Webley Pistol".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Mk VI - .455 Webley
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of a Webley.
Submachine Guns
M1928 Thompson
The M1928 Thompson appears as the "Tommy Gun".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1928 with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A "gangster" fires his M1928 during a drive-by. Note that due to animation reuse he is holding it by the magazine rather than the foregrip.
Rifles
AKM
An AKM with a slab sided magazine appears as the "AK47".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKM - 7.62x39mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A "Vietnamese soldier" looks around with his AKM.
Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I
The Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I appears as the "World War II Rifle".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I - .303 British
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A "British soldier" takes aim with his Lee-Enfield.
Mauser Gewehr 1898
The Mauser Gewehr 1898 appears as the "Mauser Rifle".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "German soldiers" wait with their Gewehr 1898s, unaware that someone has left out the background.
M16A2
The M16A2 appears as the "M16 Machine Gun".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt M16A2 Rifle - 5.56x45mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "American soldiers" fire their M16s in "Vietnam".
Machine Guns
Bren Mk1 (M)
The Bren Mk1 (M) appears as the "British World War II Machine Gun".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bren Mk1 (M) - .303 British. Simplified version with no grip or butt strap on the stock and with dovetail mount on the left side of the receiver deleted, and a slightly different flash hider
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A "German soldier" fires his "captured" Bren, grumbling that the armorer couldn't get an actual German MG. Note that the barrel is too short, barely extending beyond the bipod, and that the carry handle and sight adjustment drum are missing.
Lewis Gun
The Lewis Gun appears as the "Lewis Machine Gun".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lewis Gun - .303 British
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A "British soldier" waits with his Lewis Gun.