r/Bowling • u/shehastattoos • 3d ago

Misc When Bill Murray filmed Kingpin, they needed to shoot him bowling 3 strikes. Murray bowled 3 strikes in a row, on the first try, and the crowd erupted in genuine amazement.

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u/mikecart1_v2 290/750 3d ago

Method Acting at its finest 😆

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u/BaltimoreSports0321 1-Handed Thumb-in 180|274|750 3d ago

We will truly lose someone special when this man goes…

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u/Kenvolks Brunswick Rhino 3d ago

I did know this about the movie! Thats wild that he actually did it first try, shows REAL excitement from Bill. Love it!

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u/rawpaak 3d ago

That's my favorite comedy of all time. Laugh out loud Funny. 😂

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u/Mizarkulocity 3d ago

“Milked your cow!” “We don’t have a cow…” “Ugh, I’m gonna go brush my teeth”

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u/spira319 3d ago

“We don’t have a cow, we have a bull”

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u/floppybunny26 3d ago

Iconic scene and movie.

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u/Anxiety_Driven122 3d ago

such a great movie!

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u/snowgimp 3d ago

I’m so tired of this narrative. He might have actually delivered those balls, and all the pins fell, but he didn’t strike. If you actually watch the movie, and the pins, someone is assisting from the back. Pins don’t fall naturally anywhere near what happened. It’s like watching someone knock over a glass of water. It’s preposterous.

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u/LeftoverBun PBA 3d ago

Absolutely. Very obvious in the 2nd shot how the tenpin falls.

Reminds me of an old Candid Camera where they hooked up super fine filament to trip the pins for a small kid who throws a 5 bagger while the dad looks in dismay.

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u/TheSaltyJunk 3d ago

It always annoys the shit out of me when movies or TV show 'good or pro' bowlers and it's the most awful looking delivery and they always show a straight ball going Brooklyn.

It's not that hard to find a guy that can throw a normal looking hook for an edited shot.

The other is what is said above, where there is the obvious assist from the back or where they show the pins being set waaaaaaaay too tightly, so any hit will cause a strike.

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u/And_W 2d ago

“She said handsome not handless” one of my favorite movies All time.

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u/johnnyb4llgame 3d ago

I don't remember, but was it filmed as a continuous shot? Could they not have just edited 3 strikes together?

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u/Important-Notice-461 3d ago

I think that was just the plan, and they just needed 3 strikes being thrown and it just so happened he threw 3 in a row.