Just got home from the new movie "Chef". Not surprisingly it is about a chef. However, the main character drives a beautiful US spec w116. You never see the model designation, but it is a lovely metallic green long wheelbase in great shape with bunt wheels and perfect black interior. The movie is a complete chick-flick: divorced couple remarry to delight of cute 10 year old son etc. However the car makes several appearances and maintains a stoic silence the whole time. One (three pointed) star.
In the recent Richard Gere film, Arbitrage, his 'bit on the side' drives a W116. Unfortunately, it is destroyed in a crash.
i was watching Munich with Eric Bana (australian croat!) last night and one of the guys who gets blown up has his family chauffeured around in a black 116...rocky IV and condorman from memory also had good 116 roles.
I've seen that Arbitrage and was pleasantly surprised when the W116 showed up. Shame it was wrecked but at least it got a nice prominent role.
I'm surprised I don't remember seeing one in Munich. That was a good flick.
In the Dirty Harry movie 'The Dead Pool' a silver W116 is blown to pieces by one of the little remote control cars with a bomb attached. I think that might have been the worst Dirty Harry movie of them all... They show a mint 450SEL and then it cuts to a gutted 280SEL for the explosion.
There's also a nice silver-green W116 in that 'Bend It' movie about 'Beckham', briefly.
I'll give this Chef movie a go.
The Showtime series "The Americans" has had a 116 in just about every episode.
"Act of Valor" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1591479/) has a scene where a squad of Navy SEALs raid a factory in Mexico, loaded up on trucks, and some guy tries to stop them with a Milan Brown 116 (300SD I think).
There are two that stand out in my mind, firstly the car chase in the movie RONIN and the that over the top chase in LOST HIGHWAY
Here is a small list of W116's in the movies....26 pages!
Internet Movie Cars Database
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=mercedes+benz&model=w116
Quote from: ptashek on 01 June 2014, 05:17 PM
"Act of Valor" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1591479/) has a scene where a squad of Navy SEALs raid a factory in Mexico, loaded up on trucks, and some guy tries to stop them with a Milan Brown 116 (300SD I think).
And here it is, taking a knock :(
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_505061-Mercedes-Benz-300-SD-W116-1978.html
The neighbors in the new TV series 'The Goldbergs' have a 280S
Just watched "Chef", it has a anthracite gray 6.9 in immaculate condition. You can see the car several times in the movie.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2883512/
you can see it in this trailer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2883512/videoplayer/vi3075386649?ref_=tt_ov_vi
LOOK AT THIS BRIGHT SHINNY 300SD!!!!!!
Go to 1:49
Movie: THE HUNT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEGqwB6WIXo
Latest joker movie I think I saw a blue one for a second
saw one in a clip for the forthcoming BBC series 'Dublin murders' not in the official trailer but definitely a w116
The King of Comedy 1980. Robert De Niro kidnaps Jerry Lewis in a 450SEL