# Movies with gongs. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782 "2020-04-01T02:53:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/41 "2020-04-02T08:51:52Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > Clue. It’s rung for dinnertime. Rocky Horror Picture Show has a dinner gong, too. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/42 "2020-04-02T09:18:33Z")
_Revenge of the Nerds_ - at the big show at the end, the Asian guy is dressed up like a Native American, for some reason, and [banging a gong](https://youtu.be/1mRG2oAQhso). ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/43 "2020-04-02T15:48:18Z")
Star Wars, Episode One. Jabba the Hutt bites the head off a small creature and [spits it at a gong to start the pod race](https://youtu.be/Dqus0aXiAVE?t=162). ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/44 "2020-04-02T16:54:38Z")
And now I’ve got **T. Rex** stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/45 "2020-04-02T18:13:28Z")
Johnny English Reborn, at the beginning and middle of the [trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mT8El4mBVw) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/46 "2020-04-02T18:34:35Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The 1932 film **Mask of Fun Manchu** , starring Boris Karloff as the evil mastermind, naturally has a gong… I was going to say “every Fu Manchu movie ever made,” before I realized the only Fu Manchu movie I’ve seen is **Mask.**. Because Boris. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/47 "2020-04-02T19:18:17Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I was going to say “every Fu Manchu movie ever made,” before I realized the only Fu Manchu movie I’ve seen is **Mask.**. Because Boris. It’s certainly possible, even likely that others do, as well. But the only other Fu Manchu movie I’ve seen besides _Mask_ is the so-awful-they-did-it-on-MST3K _Castle of Fu Manchu_, and I don’t recall a gong in that one. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/48 "2020-04-02T19:35:10Z")
**Enter The Dragon** had a scene with a gong when Han makes his grand entrance to the feast. Sorry, couldn’t find a link. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/49 "2020-04-02T23:15:46Z")
Didn’t the obnoxious sports guy from _ **Fraiser** _ have a gong? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/50 "2020-04-02T23:38:18Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Didn’t the obnoxious sports guy from _ **Fraiser** _ have a gong? Bob “Bulldog” Briscoe. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/51 "2020-04-03T01:33:03Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > As mentioned in the OP. how did I miss it?:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/52 "2020-04-03T02:40:31Z")
My contribution to the thread will be _Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind_. Said gong is, of course, The Gong Show gong. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/53 "2020-04-05T03:18:00Z")
**Robot Arm** , you know that if you make a video, we all want to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/54 "2020-04-05T03:49:35Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > **Robot Arm** , you know that if you make a video, we all want to see it. I wasn’t planning to, but if I go stir crazy in the next few months, who knows. I work for a software/robotics company. Last summer, someone bought a gong for the office, and whenever one of the squads approved a new software release, they would ring the gong. As the QA person on my team, I often had the pleasure. Well, we’re all working from home now. I almost brought the gong home with me, but didn’t. However, I do want to keep the tradition alive, so I thought that I would share links to gong-ringing scenes in movies whenever a new release is ready. My thanks to everyone for their contributions. I’m good for a few months, at least. It’s a good company to work for. They’re doing a lot to support everyone working from home, and to keep us all engaged. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/55 "2020-04-05T04:00:02Z")
I just finished watching the David Lynch version of **Dune** (1984). At one point Jack Nance, as the Harkonnen named Nefud, bangs an odd rectangular gong: > **[Dune (1984)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087182/mediaviewer/rm1536204033)** > > Jack Nance in Dune (1984) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/56 "2020-04-06T19:25:59Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I wasn’t planning to, but if I go stir crazy in the next few months, who knows. > > I work for a software/robotics company. Last summer, someone bought a gong for the office, and whenever one of the squads approved a new software release, they would ring the gong. As the QA person on my team, I often had the pleasure. > > Well, we’re all working from home now. I almost brought the gong home with me, but didn’t. However, I do want to keep the tradition alive, so I thought that I would share links to gong-ringing scenes in movies whenever a new release is ready. My thanks to everyone for their contributions. I’m good for a few months, at least. > > It’s a good company to work for. They’re doing a lot to support everyone working from home, and to keep us all engaged. That is sweet. Thanks for the explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/57 "2020-04-06T21:16:23Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > [**Carry On Up The Khyber**.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNk4SMN6t3A) Also _Carry On Columbus_, much to the annoyance of the sultan. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTPgVn-uiCU) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/58 "2020-04-08T02:20:59Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The _Star Trek_ (TOS) episode _Amok Time_ has a Vulkan gong . . . Someone tell me if I’m remembering correctly … Wasn’t there also a gong in the Star Trek movie _The Voyage Home_ ? The usual gang of suspects is stuck on Vulcan with the Klingon ship they hijacked, and they visit a Vulcan mystic guru to have Spock’s mind re-implanted in his zombie body. Didn’t their audience with the guru begin with a gong? ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/59 "2020-04-08T02:28:54Z")
They used a gong at the end of this, of course. Video of someone whacking it, though…? [The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGzywStUTW0) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782/60 "2020-04-08T02:40:06Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Someone tell me if I’m remembering correctly … Wasn’t there also a gong in the Star Trek movie _The Voyage Home_ ? > > The usual gang of suspects is stuck on Vulcan with the Klingon ship they hijacked, and they visit a Vulcan mystic guru to have Spock’s mind re-implanted in his zombie body. Didn’t their audience with the guru begin with a gong? Permit me to stand self-corrected. Having just reviewed the movie synopses on Wikipedia, it seems this scene was not in _The Voyage Home_ but rather in _ST III: The Search For Spock_, toward the end. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-gongs/850782.md?page=4)