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Diamonds are Forever: Weary of changing steel needles, a British spy bonds with his Edison disc phonograph.

Six Cylinder Love: A young man meticulously restores a Regina Hexaphone.

YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN: eBay novice tries to palm off a Magnavox as an Opera horn.
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA: Collector struggles to fix the reproducer lift linkage.
BRAVEHEART: Podcast host launches a 24 hour Harry Lauder marathon.

Bill

NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS - A record collector is being tortured having to listen to hours and hours of Bing Crosby's White Christmas
THE LORD OF THE RINGS - eBay seller makes a fortune selling o-rings from Home Depot as phonograph belts
10,000 BC - the hunt for a Columbia phonograph with a very special serial number
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE - collector wastes all his vacation time waiting for the delivery of his phonograph deliveries
TOY STORY - a lonely collector on the hunt for a Kämmer & Reinhardt Berliner toy phonograph
DJANGO - a man driven to produce the best replica 78s
DJANGO STRIKES AGAIN - a man and his mission to re-create an Edison Re-Creation record
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS - flea market hunter buys a Victrola IV and gets infected by the collectors virus
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE - collector drifts into bankruptcy by buying ever more expensive phonographs

It's been a while since this topic has seen some traffic, an after all this time, I think it deserves a revival.

Here are a few of mine:

The Last Air-bender: Being the last Orthophonic serviceman, Wyatt Markus struggles to repair piles of pot metal garbage

The Wicker Man: A long-time hoarder of Haywood-Wakefield phonographs is forced to return his cabinets to nature

Texas Chains Massacre: Follows the journeys of many families in the '40s. Involves legs, hacksaws, and valuable machines

Far Cry: A collector watching a youtube video can't seem to figure out what the phonograph in the background is...

The Dead Zone - The trail-off groove takes Christopher Walken to an apocalyptic future.

House of Wax - Vincent Price melts brown wax in 3-D!

Fahrenheit 451 - Montag becomes one of the "record people" and memorizes the lyrics to Disco Inferno.


James.

Blade Runner: A post-apocalyptic collector hunts down criminals shaving old brown waxes.

The Little Mermaid: A Puck 'Sirène' escapes oblivion when a handsome restorer takes it in.

The Magnificent Amberols: A turn of the century family becomes obsessed with the new Edison cylinders. (Pardon the liberty with the title; but I was desperate).

Bill

Gone in 60 seconds - When you find an Edison Standard for £20

[/i]Deadpool:[/i] Documentary picture about how the local Craigslist hasn't moved a machine in months.

Ocean's Eleven: Faced with an upcoming move, a small U-Haul truck, and an apathetic collector's community a family jettisons their Victrola XI.

Safety Last. How to change springs in the Edison Triton motor.

Anyone else bored enough to come up with something?