In Popular Culture
- In the film Mission: Impossible 2, the tower is seen in several stunning shots. It is usually shown whenever the CBD of Sydney appears.
- In the 2005 Hallmark Channel film Supernova the tower is destroyed by meteors flying from a supernova.
- The tower is featured in the 1995 film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie where a CGI simulation is used as a weapon by one of the Megazords in the climatic battle before it's rebuilt.
- In the last Japanese Godzilla film, Godzilla: Final Wars, the tower is destroyed when the alien antagonists teleport Zilla (the monster from the late 90s American remake starring Matthew Broderick) into the city. Zilla is later defeated by the real Godzilla, destroying the Sydney Opera House in the process.
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