The Phoney Chinese Box in Film

L found one in New York!

Walk into any Chinatown in the world and you will struggle to find these. You can buy them online but they are not cheap.  Yet they seem to show up, unbilled, in every other film and television show.  Our list is below, suggested additions are welcome:

Affliction
AGL gas advertisement

Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy
The Bank
Bewitched
Big Bang Theory
Bobby

Borgen (Danish TV)

Bugsy
The Caretaker
Catch Me if you Can
Columbo
Curb Your Enthusiasm

Decoding Annie Parker
Deconstructing Harry
Dexter
Election
End of Days
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Family Guy
A Few Good Men
The Firm
Forget Paris
Forty Days and Forty Nights

Frasier
The Front Page
The Game
Ghostbusters & Ghostbusters II
The Godfather

 

 

 

Goodfellas
In the Line of Fire
Irresistible
The Jackal
Kath & Kim
K-Pax
The Larry Sanders Show
Le Placard
Little Fockers
Magnum Force
Manhattan
Maid in Manhattan
The Man from Elysian Fields
Margot at the Wedding

The Martian

Me and You and Everyone We Know
Most Wanted
Mrs Doubtfire
My Favourite Year
The Naked Gun
Number Wang
Payback

Primary Colors
Prince of the City
Quiz Show
The Rainmaker
Ransom
Reign Over Me
Reversal of Fortune
RFK
Roseanne
Rove Live
Rush Hour
The Simpsons
Sleepless in Seattle
Spy Game
The Still of the Night

The Switch
Touched by an Angel
The Verdict
White Noise