Pipe Sighting at the Movies
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"Lexx" season 4 episode 7, some clay pipes in a tavern in "Transylvania".
Not exactly a pipe sighting, but here's a still from 1960's "Peeping Tom," at the newsagent/corner shop.
LAWS OF MEN (2024) He calls the pipe "wood" and it obviously has never been smoked. Come on! 
Tom Hardy with a clay in "Taboo" season 1 episode 3 on Amazon Video.
I liked Taboo. They reallly stayed faithful to the period. I wanted another season.
I like most everything Tom is in, although I think he could work his trademark "grunt" into a nursery rhyme. 
@InWithBothFeet Reminds me of Jason the blacksmith lighting my clay pipe with an ember from his forge!
That has to be high on my list of best employment one could ever dream of. I will watch the movie again and pay special attention to the pipes used. Great to hear the pipes were researched.I worked on the upcoming Oppenheimer movie (or did it come out) spent a lot of time identifying his pipes, locating vintage models, getting multiples of those and staining, stressing them to be alike. Findin triplicates of each, etc.
Unfortunately, I had to back out due to family health issues at the time but I’ll say the prop department and prop master I dealt with only was very serious about pipe accuracy and there are plenty in this movie. I’m bummed I didn’t get to complete it and not sure who is now but it’ll be a great pipe spotting movie to watch.
Ever watch a movie that shows a man holding an empty pipe LOLI just saw the new Wes Anderson movie Asteroid City last weekend. Six word review: It's okay, but not his best. Anyway, one of the characters played by Jason Schwartzman smokes a pipe for a lot of the movie. Thankfully none of the other characters even mentions it. It's just there as a fact, which is probably about the most positive pipe portrayal that could be hoped for in the current age.
I can't identify the pipe, but it looks like a Peterson style full bent. His lighter is definitely a Nimrod Commander (the flip-top zippo-esque one). We never see him load the pipe, so who can say what's in it, but since nobody ever complains about the smell, I dunno... Captain Black? If I remember right, I think he uses the ubiquitous Czech style pipe tool.
One thing I can say is I don't think he received much coaching on how to do it properly because he tamped down, with excessive force, quite often. Like every six seconds every time they showed him puffing. And yet despite all that careful maintenance, his pipe kept going out. I wonder why...
Oh well, at least it wasn't a negative portrayal.
; and the guy just walks around holding an empty pipe and acting like he is smoking only he is not.
CGI is so good these days that it might be empty and they can add an ember and smoke if they wanted to.
Snapped a quick pic last week meaning to post it, not sure which flick or which actor (wasn’t really watching).
That's definitely a classic Western character actor on the right. One of John Ford's stable I think. Chill Wills maybe?
Growing up, I always saw men smoke with their pipe in clench, but never any smoke coming from it. You just let it smolder. So, you really shouldn't see much smoke coming from a real pipe smoker. It is the neophytes whom tend to like big billowy clouds.Ever watch a movie that shows a man holding an empty pipe LOL
Scrolled through all the pages in this thread hoping to see someone post this. Great two season four mini movie series, wish they had done more.
Also the 1992 Maigret bbc series with Michael Gambon and the 1950s British Maigret series with Rupert Davies had a lot of pipe smoking in them.
Being a fan of Maigret and Georges Simenon's work and knowing he was prolific pipe smoker, collector and writer it was nice to see they didn't ever leave out this aspect of his work and character.
I am definitely not a real pipe smoker. If there's no smoke coming from my pipe or my face, that's my clue that my pipe went out..... again..