Also known as LCA
1989 · Gottlieb
Lights...Camera...Action!
Known for Gunfight saucer, Upper right saucer, Left ramp structure and TOWN targets. City skyline, red suspension bridge, dry hills, film studio set and hollywood-style movie shoot.
- Year
- 1989
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Alphanumeric
- Players
- 4
Known for
- saucer
Gunfight saucer
- saucer
Upper right saucer
- Ramp
Left ramp structure
- Target
TOWN targets
- Mode
Gunfight
- Multiball
Instant Multiball
On the playfield
Ramp 1
- Left ramp structure
Holes 2
- Gunfight saucer saucer
- Upper right saucer saucer
Drop targets 2
- Center 3-bank
- Right 6-bank
Targets 3
- TOWN targets
- Dead-end lane target
- Loop entrance target
Kickback 1
- Left outlane kickback
Lane 1
- Spinner lane
Flipper 1
- Upper left flipper extra flipper
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Dark-haired man in a red shirt and blue trousers at the left of the photo frame, holding a black rifle across his body, facing right
- man Crewman in a yellow shirt and blue trousers at centre facing the camera rig
- man Crewman in a blue shirt operating the large grey film camera on its tripod
- man Seated figures in yellow and blue at the right of the set, one partly hidden by the camera
- creature Large brown shaggy monster in profile at the left edge of the photo frame
- creature Large green lumpy reptilian monster head in profile at the right edge of the photo frame
Setting
- City skyline
- Red suspension bridge
- Dry hills
- Film studio set
- Hollywood-style movie shoot
Text on it
- LIGHTS...CAMERA...
- ACTION!
- Draw 5 "Faces" to complete Scene!
- ACE
- KING
- QUEEN
- JACK
- TEN
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- Ball in Play
- OSCAR WINNERS
- TM
How it plays
-
Modes 5
- Gunfight
- Jackpot Scene
- Stunt Scene
- Stair Scene
Hurry-ups
- Countdown Round
-
Multiballs 1
- Instant Multiball
-
Goals 3
- Scenes
- Blockbuster
- Loop Special
-
Awards 2
- Reveal Match Number
- Light Special
Made by
- Design
- Jon Norris
- Art
- Constantino Mitchell
- Art
- Brian R. Johnson
- Art
- Jeanine Mitchell
- Software
- John Buras
- Sound
- Dave Zabriskie
Reference
Linked terms
- Gunfight saucer also called Top saucer also called top-left hole
- Upper right saucer also called Top-right hole
- Center 3-bank also called Center drop bank also called Jackpot Scene drops
- Right 6-bank also called Right drop bank also called Stunt Scene drops
- Scenes also called Completing the movie
- Jackpot Scene also called Begin Jackpot Scene also called Enter Jackpot Scene
- Stunt Scene also called Begin Stunt Scene
- Countdown Round also called Countdown
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- blue
- orange
- black
Fingerprint: Enormous orange-red "ACTION!" slab-3D capitals dominating upper third, red bulb-studded "LIGHTS...CAMERA..." marquee above, tilted Polaroid photograph of film set with red suspension bridge and grey-blue skyline, brown beast and green reptile flanking frame edges, giant painted hand gripping border, "Draw 5 Faces" card with playing-card rows, black lower-right field with white chevrons and clapperboard
The single most memorable element is the enormous orange-red ACTION! title in slab 3D capitals, paired with the small LIGHTS...CAMERA... marquee strip above it. Second is the Polaroid snapshot of a film set, flanked by two monster puppets - a brown shaggy beast on the left and a green reptilian head on the right - with a giant painted hand gripping the frame. Third is the card-game instructions panel, Draw 5 "Faces" to complete Scene!, with A/N/Q/J/10 rows in coloured circles. Fourth is the black lower-right field of white chevrons with a clapperboard and blue OSCAR WINNERS displays.
Setting
- City skyline
- Red suspension bridge
- Dry hills
- Film studio set
- Hollywood-style movie shoot
Symbols
- Red suspension bridge
- Film camera on tripod
- Clapperboard
- Playing card values a n q j 10
- Row of marquee light bulbs
- White left-pointing chevrons
- Circular seal
Lettering
- Huge orange-red 3d slab capitals with black outline; small yellow italic display lettering on a red bulb-studded marquee strip; hand-lettered comic-style captions on the instruction card
Themes
- Film making
- Movie set
- Monsters
- Playing card faces
- Hollywood
Title on it
- Action!
Text on it
- LIGHTS...CAMERA...
- ACTION!
- Draw 5 "Faces" to complete Scene!
- ACE
- KING
- QUEEN
- JACK
- TEN
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- Ball in Play
- OSCAR WINNERS
- TM
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Dark-haired man in a red shirt and blue trousers at the left of the photo frame, holding a black rifle across his body, facing right |
| Man | Crewman in a yellow shirt and blue trousers at centre facing the camera rig |
| Man | Crewman in a blue shirt operating the large grey film camera on its tripod |
| Man | Seated figures in yellow and blue at the right of the set, one partly hidden by the camera |
| Creature | Large brown shaggy monster in profile at the left edge of the photo frame |
| Creature | Large green lumpy reptilian monster head in profile at the right edge of the photo frame |
| Other | Oversized painted hand at the right side gripping the edge of the photo frame |
A film-themed backglass with a huge orange-red 3D slab-capital title ACTION!, black-outlined, filling the upper third, and a red bulb-studded marquee strip above-left carrying yellow italic lettering LIGHTS...CAMERA... . The centre is a tilted Polaroid-style snapshot of a movie set: a red suspension bridge at right, a grey-blue city skyline at left, tan hills, and a film crew - a dark-haired man in a red shirt and blue trousers holding a black rifle at far left, crew in yellow and blue shirts around a large grey camera on a tripod, an open clapperboard below, seated figures at right. A brown shaggy beast and a green reptilian head loom as monster profiles at the frame edges, and a giant painted hand grips the frame. Bottom left, a cream card reads Draw 5 "Faces" to complete Scene! above rows ACE, KING, QUEEN, JACK, TEN with coloured circles marked A, N, Q, J, 10. Bottom right is black with white-grey left chevrons, a clapperboard, and blue alphanumeric displays reading 1st OSCAR WINNERS, Ball in Play, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.