I found a lute in a rather unlikely flick: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, with Michael Caine and Steve Martin. It was just a brief sighting, no playing, a lute in a glass cabinet with other early instruments. The movie is certainly worth watching, however. Quite amusing!
Regards, Leonard Williams To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html