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The Eiffel Tower has appeared frequently in works of fiction because of its iconic nature. Movie critic Roger Ebert has noted in his online column that no matter where in Paris a film scene is set the Eiffel Tower will be visible in the background.〔(40 Things That Only Happen in the Movies ) Ebert's comment was meant in jest, but scenes in movies such as ''The Longest Day'' with gratuitous use of the Tower in the background lend credence to the joke.〕 ==Major plot element== In some cases the tower is the key plot element or a significant plot element. * 1949 In ''The Man on the Eiffel Tower'', the tower plays a central role, and the climax involves a climbing chase that predates the Mount Rushmore scene in ''North by Northwest''. * 1951 In ''The Lavender Hill Mob'', models of the tower are central to the plot, and the climax takes place on the real tower. * 1960 In ''Zazie dans le Métro'' a chase scene takes place on the stairs and crossbars of the tower. * 1980 John Denis' novel ''The Hostage Tower'' (based on an idea by Alistair Maclean) features an audacious scheme to capture the tower and use the threat of its destruction to extort millions from the French government. The story was adapted into a telemovie of the same name. * 1985 The James Bond film ''A View to a Kill'' contains a scene in the tower, including scenes in the ''Jules Verne'' restaurant there (filmed elsewhere), a fight on the stairway, and a BASE jump off the top of the tower as Bond (played for the last time by Roger Moore) chased a masked assassin who had just killed the French detective that Bond was meeting with (the killer was later revealed as May Day, played by Grace Jones). The video for the title song feature the members of Duran Duran as assassins and spies in or around the tower. () * 1987 An episode of ''The Real Ghostbusters'' entitled "The Ghostbusters in Paris" had the tower become haunted, causing a French government official to go to New York and enlist the help of the Ghostbusters. They later realize that Eiffel developed the tower to trap ghosts, making the Eiffel Tower the world's largest "ghost containment unit". By story's end, the ghosts were transmitted to the Ghostbuster's Primary Containment Unit back in New York, essentially de-haunting the Tower. * 1995 In the third season finale of ''Highlander: The Series'', "Finale part 2", Duncan MacLeod defeats the Immortal Kalas atop the tower. * 2003 In ''Le Divorce'' the tower's elevators, stairways and various levels are seen extensively as one character pursues another near the end of the film. The tower is featured on the movie promo poster and is also mentioned in a purported tour guide for the tower audible in the soundtrack. * 2007 Featured in ''Rush Hour 3'' as the climax battle. Portions of the fight was actual footage of the famous landmark, whilst other sequences were replicated built sets. * 2007 The plot of the mystery ''Murder on the Eiffel Tower: A Victor Legris Mystery'' by Claude Izner involves a murder on the tower, during the Paris Exposition of 1889. * 2013 The Eiffel Tower is featured and parodied in the Kickstarter-funded low-budget animated feature film, ''Dick Figures: The Movie'', based on and apart of the animated web series, ''Dick Figures''. The very top of the tower is where the second piece of the ancient sword the main characters set out to retrieve is. * 2013 Bioshock Infinite Elizabeth's, dream was to go to Paris. many shots of the tower where used in the game. And its sequel Burial at Sea Episode Two 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eiffel Tower in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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