Appearances in Other Media
Jack and Meg White appeared in Jim Jarmusch's film Coffee and Cigarettes in 2003, in a segment entitled "Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil". This particular segment contains extensions of White Stripes motifs such as childhood innocence and Nikola Tesla. In 2004, the band released its first music film Under Blackpool Lights, which was filmed entirely using 16 mm film and was directed by Dick Carruthers. That same year, Jack White appeared in a small role in Cold Mountain, and contributed five songs to its soundtrack. He also teamed up with Alicia Keys to write the theme song for the 2008 James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, entitled "Another Way to Die".
In 2004, a film titled Nobody Knows How to Talk to Children was produced. Its release was suppressed by the band's management after discovering that director George Roca had been showing it at the Sundance Film Festival without permission. The film chronicles The White Stripes' four-night stand at New York City's Bowery Ballroom in 2002, and contains live performances and behind-the-scenes footage. It was shot in high-contrast black, white and red, and has relatively poor sound quality. It remains a highly-prized bootleg. Jack White also appeared in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as Elvis Presley. The band also appeared as themselves in The Simpsons episode "Jazzy and the Pussycats" in 2006. Jack White is one of three guitarists featured in the 2009 documentary "It Might Get Loud", Meg White appears as well in segments that include The White Stripes.
Ball and Biscuit, a track from The White Stripes' 2003 album Elephant, can be heard at the beginning of the movie The Social Network (2010) as well as the Captain Morgan rum commercials. Icky Thump also appears in The Other Guys (2010) during the investment meeting gunfight between protagonists Allen Gamble and Terry Hoitz and David Ershon's investors. It is also on the film's soundtrack list.
The song "We're Going to Be Friends" was also featured in the opening credits of Napoleon Dynamite, but not on the soundtrack. The songs "Red Death at 6:14" and "Blue Orchid" are heard in the 2011 movie The Green Hornet. The song "Catch Hell Blues" is heard in the 2011 remake of Footloose. The song Little Ghost is featured in the closing credits of the 2012 animated film Paranorman.
Their songs also are featured in video games, the song "Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine" appears on the 2007 skateboarding game Skate. While the song "Blue Orchid" is a playable song in the 2009 music video game Guitar Hero 5 and in SingStar Rocks!. the song "Seven Nation Army" is on Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and also "The Hardest Button to Button" is a playable track in Rock Band 3. "Icky Thump" is a learnable track for the guitar based video game Rocksmith.
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