Hopper was an acknowledged influence on the film musical "Pennies from Heaven" (1981), for which production designer Ken Adam recreated "Nighthawks" as a set. Director Wim Wenders recreated "Nighthawks" as the set for a film-within-a-film in "The End of Violence" (1997). Wenders suggested that Hopper's paintings appeal to filmmakers because "You can always tell where the camera is." In "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992), two characters visit a café resembling the diner in a scene that illustrates their solitude and despair. The painting was also briefly used as a background for a scene in the animated film "Heavy Traffic" (1973) by director Ralph Bakshi.