Best plumber in film?

[krtek a houby]

It's a toss up between Bob Hoskins' Luigi taking on fascist Koopa



Or Bob De Niro's Harry Buttle taking on the state



What memorable plumbers do you admire in film?

 

[DaveCinzano]

John Diehl as G Gordon Liddy in Nixon

 

[DaveCinzano]

Then there's Gina Gershon in Bound

 

[Epona]

Or Bob De Niro's Harry Buttle taking on the state



What memorable plumbers do you admire in film?

Brazil is one of my favourite films of all time, I thought he was allegedly fixing the heating though (so more like a Corgi certified gas person and saboteur).

 

[krtek a houby]

Brazil is one of my favourite films of all time, I thought he was allegedly fixing the heating though (so more like a Corgi certified gas person and saboteur).

Dammit, having seen the film a zillion times, I should know better.

 

[Epona]

Dammit, having seen the film a zillion times, I should know better.

It's a brilliant film.
And getting to the right time of year for it too

 

[Epona]

I feel like there must have been a plumber in City of Ember.

 

[Nivag]

Does a plumber's mate count?

 

[Spandex]

Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins worked as an actual plumber before his acting career took off, as did Michael Caine and Gabriel Byrne. That's a solid triumvirate of plumbers in film.

 

[A380]

No one has yet mentioned the popular trope of plumbers in pornographic films.

There is a significant problem, in my opinion, with the unrealistic world view these films present , that could be very damaging for young people watching their unrealistic portrayal of human interactions.

I mean, there is no way you are going to get someone round to fix your washing machine within 20 minutes of phoning them…

 

[danny la rouge]

Christopher.

 

[Silas Loom]

Nicolas Cage, who has plumbed new depths at every stage of his career.

 

[Spandex]

The 3 Stooges


Wimpy in the 1938 Popeye short Plumbing Is a 'Pipe'

 

[Elpenor]

Including tv, Frank Spencer had a go when moving house. It didn’t end well

 

[Humberto]

He's a daft apeth him.

 

[stavros]

It's a toss up between Bob Hoskins' Luigi taking on fascist Koopa

Bob Hoskins plays Mario, whereas John Leguizamo is Luigi.

 

[krtek a houby]

Bob Hoskins plays Mario, whereas John Leguizamo is Luigi.

Guilty as charged, sir

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Dammit, having seen the film a zillion times, I should know better.

I watched it so many times as a kid I find it hard to watch anymore, but keep meaning to give it a go again. It was the first Vhs I bought (or maybe second after infected). I watched it daily and even taped my favourite bits to audio cassette to listen to on my Walkman (which I then also badly spliced into songs).
I only recently found out that my local ikea is next to the central services building entrance (the rest has been knocked down).

But yeah, Tuttle is a renegade heating engineer. . . . he does later mess with the plumbing too, but that is all in Sam's head.

 

[stavros]

Guilty as charged, sir

No mushrooms for you.

 

[krtek a houby]

No mushrooms for you.

Probably for the best

 

[stavros]

Does Renton ever get his toilet fixed in Trainspotting?

 

[PTK]

I saw this film on the telly a few decades ago. I liked it.
The plumber in it composes and sings Dylanesque songs.

The Plumber (1979 film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Humberto]

Tony Curtis pretends to be one in The Boston Strangler.

 

[Orang Utan]

The one trying to free Marilyn Monroe’s big toe from a bathtub faucet in The Seven Year Itch

 

[Orang Utan]

Tony Curtis pretends to be one in The Boston Strangler.

He also pretends to be the Boston Strangler

 

[Humberto]

He also pretends to be the Boston Strangler

In the film, the part he plays isn't a plumber but pretends to be one.

 

[Orang Utan]

In the film, the part he plays isn't a plumber but pretends to be one.

Yes. Confusing isn’t it.

 

[Humberto]

A bit.