Opera, the Movie Star

January 29, 2010 · by Espen André Øverdahl

In case you haven't seen the excellent performance of Opera in a movie called XIII, here's the YouTube clip:

Video on YouTube

Do you know any other movies or TV-series Opera has made an appearance in? Let us know as a comment below.

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TamilFriday, January 29, 2010 3:47:42 PM
CoyoteeFriday, January 29, 2010 4:14:16 PM
Cool!
The Ol' Commodore can't even remember his own name, but finds his way around the world with OPERA!
coolmyllFriday, January 29, 2010 4:22:27 PM
So talented!!!
zoqueteFriday, January 29, 2010 4:40:07 PM
I want a movie with 10.1 or even better 10.5 :'(

In the movie is it 9.x?
MeanEYEFriday, January 29, 2010 5:36:25 PM
Originally posted by zoquete:

I want a movie with 10.1 or even better 10.5 :'(

In the movie is it 9.x?

Looks like even older version to me
thobiFriday, January 29, 2010 6:02:25 PM
nice one
Timothy ConnerFriday, January 29, 2010 6:39:57 PM
I tried to start a group for this after seeing Opera in a movie:
http://my.opera.com/OperaSightings/forums/topic.dml?id=249164

The Recruit (2003)
After the parking lot make out scene, they go back to the female agents house. After they "sleep" with each other, the male agent uses her computer. Afterwards the female checks to see what he was doing on her computer, and Opera 5 opens up.

No time or screen shot, but I will work on it.
DaneFriday, January 29, 2010 6:50:09 PM
Originally posted by meaneye-rcf:

Looks like even older version to me

It looks like 7.5...

But it's actually a correct usage since, the old man says the computer is old.
seriousFriday, January 29, 2010 7:40:22 PM
that looks like a way-old version of opera there ... even for '08 (and even older than the version my father's using which is ... 8.5?)
L2D2Friday, January 29, 2010 8:21:58 PM
International acting fame. Woot! for Opera star.
Al GarciaFriday, January 29, 2010 8:31:08 PM
That's an Opera Fan!
techlawsamFriday, January 29, 2010 9:40:42 PM
wow at first when it set "no connection to remote server" it looked similar to firefox but played it back and saw the "old opera icon" and said man there making opera look bad, but then i saw he took off the hardware block and then use cmd to "refresh" the IP settings (same thing I would do ). Now lets hope 10.5 gets used in future releases like mabye if they make another James Bond movie the pc's and phones at MI6 use Opera 10.5 and opera mobile 10 (or Mini)
d4rkn1ghtFriday, January 29, 2010 11:27:31 PM
AsiresSaturday, January 30, 2010 1:38:41 AM
That's cool. I also want beeping when Opera is start
This customisable feature was in Opera 7
vipin kumarSaturday, January 30, 2010 4:21:38 AM
Thats sooo coool!!
Em InSaturday, January 30, 2010 4:52:40 AM
I made a point of using opera in a tween show I worked on two years ago (not sure if I should say the name). This was back when the slick 9.0 black skin came out.
Charles SchlossSaturday, January 30, 2010 4:57:16 AM
Yeni SetiawanSaturday, January 30, 2010 1:09:04 PM
Lol at this and "modem hacking". That guy knows specific MAC address just by looking at hardware.

I think he knew the MAC address by typing ipconfig, before he typed /release
Barraco Mármol JerónimoSaturday, January 30, 2010 4:02:53 PM
i think the biggest error in that movie is that it misses the 'S' between Hot and Hit in the logo.

yep...

that's a nice opera i remember that version
random414Saturday, January 30, 2010 10:52:58 PM
Awesome!
Томица КораћSunday, January 31, 2010 7:34:16 AM
Great!
Elbert van WijkSunday, January 31, 2010 7:13:52 PM
Hehe, its the first screen that counts ;P
Joseph D. LienSunday, January 31, 2010 8:12:14 PM
I don't think the version of Opera in that movie is actually as old as it looks - and neither is the Operating System. I believe it's Windows Vista, and Opera 9 series, but it's all been heavily customized soas to be nearly unrecognizable and unbranded.
Charles SchlossSunday, January 31, 2010 8:20:52 PM
Yep looks like vista and Opera version 9.2x or 9.6x
selurusMonday, February 1, 2010 8:59:55 PM
That really cool. Has Opera Mini been spotted on the big screen?
OttoMonday, February 1, 2010 11:14:48 PM
H82typTuesday, February 2, 2010 5:57:23 PM
I, personally find it incomprehensible that a youtube video is embedded in a post meant for the community as a whole.
Opera Mini users have to ask for a link. Why?

Edit: Never mind. I can watch it using Bolt. @
GerwazTuesday, February 2, 2010 9:50:49 PM
hehe nice hacking by Opera
Andre VladesThursday, February 11, 2010 10:02:42 AM
JaredTuesday, March 23, 2010 10:24:15 AM
Dan AlexandruSunday, July 11, 2010 4:29:56 PM
@VJgamer Yeah, The Recruit features “Opera 5”
http://files.myopera.com/dantesoft/blog/misc/the-recruit-opera.jpg -
Ruben GarciaSaturday, February 8, 2014 2:28:17 AM
Lacy Clayton, didn't even bother to register his browser.

http://files.myopera.com/eztigma/blog/opera5.jpg -