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Liza · 10-30-2003, 08:06 PM

Anyone have any movies made near where you live? I know of a few:

- Dead Poet's Society was filmed at Cranbrook - 10 minutes away from my old house. It was before I lived there though.

- Somewhere in Time was filmed on Mackinac Island - it's pretty far from where I'm from, but all of Michigan goes there on vacation

- Tape (w/ Uma Thurman) was filmed in Lansing, right down the road from where I'm now sitting. Course, we didn't know about it until after they'd left

- 8 Mile was filmed in Detroit. 8 Mile Road actually runs across several cities. My house was right by it (in a very different neighborhood!)

- A League of Their Own was partly filmed in Evansville, Indiana where I used to live. My parents remember it - apparently Madonna hated being in such a small town in the middle of nowhere. I was too little to remember it though.

- Ordinary People was filmed right by my parents' first home in Illinois. Mary Tyler Moore and Judd Hirsch got picked up for drunk driving from the wrap party

Penny Lane · 10-30-2003, 08:32 PM

Michael Moore's "Roger and Me" was filmed in Flint Mich. Which is only 10 miles from where I live.

crazy411chic · 10-30-2003, 08:52 PM

Joe Somebody was taped here in Saint Paul,MN
Disclosure,Singles, Hand that Rocks the cradle,Life or something like it, Fear, and Sleepless in Seattle(ofcourse) were taped in Seattle.
An Officer adn A gentleman was taped in Port Townsend,WA

JDS84 · 10-30-2003, 09:09 PM

Seabiscuit-Some of it was filmed in Lexington, KY

Lee · 10-30-2003, 09:31 PM

Originally posted by JDS84:
Seabiscuit-Some of it was filmed in Lexington, KY

JDS84:
Where in Kentucky are you from?

Brian · 10-30-2003, 10:50 PM

Less than half of The Lost World: Jurassic Park II was filmed here in San Diego.

PashminaDietrich · 10-30-2003, 10:58 PM

Oh, the Dallas area's had quite a few...

* Bottle Rocket (the Wilson brothers are natives; they went to St. Mark's, a few streets away from my old HS)

*RoboCop (Downtown Dallas as neo-punk ... and it worked, too)

*Dr. T and the Women (Ah, yes, garden parties at the Arboreteum, those damn tornadoes -- and the Northpark fountain never had it so good as when Farrah Fawcett took a splash...)

*Serving Sara (wonder how long it'll take the Studios at Las Colinas to live that one down...)

*State Fair (the 1960 version with Pat Boone; there are some who will say Fair Park is the best part of the movie ...)

Oliver Stone seems to have a jumbo jones for the Big D, since quite a few of his movies have been shot around here:

*Talk Radio -- Set in Dallas; our first glimpse of shock jock Barry Champlain is at an SMU basketball game. Stone even hired a beloved local TV anchor to emcee that "game".

*Born on the Fourth of July -- Scenes were shot in the Elmwood area of Oak Cliff and the Dallas Convention Center was used for the Democratic National Convention scenes.

*JFK -- Of course.

*Any Given Sunday -- Texas Stadium became the home of the Dallas Knights -- and an infamous Barry Switzer cameo.

As for my immediate hometown, as far as a know, nobody's shot a big movie in Garland. Personally, I think our downtown square would make a great setting for either a nostalgia movie or a nice musical.

Brian · 10-30-2003, 11:19 PM

Almost Famous
Apollo 13
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Banacek (A TV movie but I thought I'd add it anyway)
Bring It On
Bruce Almighty
Bugsy
Cannery Row
Citizen Kane
Deep Blue Sea
Demolition Man
Fatal Instinct
Freaky Friday (1976)
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Hardcore
Hot Shots!
The Hunt for Red October
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
K-9
Killer Tomatoes Eat France!
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!
Last Action Hero
Lethal Weapon 4
Like Father Like Son
MacArthur
Naked Gun: From the File of Police Squad!
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Return of the Killer Tomatoes
The Scorpion King
Some Like It Hot
Spaceballs
The Sum of All Fears
Top Gun
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Traffic
True Lies
Wayne's World 2

dandelion wine · 10-30-2003, 11:22 PM

Same goes for Houston, so I'll only post a few of them:

Urban Cowboy: In Houston, and inside Gilley's nightclub which is located in Pasadena. I drove by there many times before it burned down.

The Chase: (With Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson) Along The Hardy Toll Road and Sam Houston Tollway

Selena: The Astrodome

Robocop 2: In a small town I grew up in. Been around the streets they used for filming lots of times.

The Swarm: The Astrodome

Hellfighters: Filmed very close to where I lived as a kid.

Terms of Endearment: Same neighborhood my grandparents lived in up until a couple of years ago.

The Bad News Bears In Breaking Training: The Astrodome

Crimson and Clover · 10-31-2003, 12:29 AM

Hannibal
Last of the Mohicans
Forrest Gump
Bull Durham
Dirty Dancing
Nell
Patch Adams
Ruchie Rich
The Fugitive
The Green Mile
The Hunt for Red October
Thunder Road
28 Days
The Conquest of Canaan
Where The Lillies Bloom
Weekend At Bernie’s
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Crow
The Color Purple

Not a movie but the Andy Griffith Show was too.

sara · 10-31-2003, 12:54 AM

The Tom Hanks movie Road to Perdition had some scenes filmed in Holland MI, about 25 minutes away.

Liza · 10-31-2003, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PashminaDietrich
Oh, the Dallas area's had quite a few...

*RoboCop (Downtown Dallas as neo-punk ... and it worked, too)

*State Fair (the 1960 version with Pat Boone; there are some who will say Fair Park is the best part of the movie ...)

Didn't RoboCop take place in Detroit? Well, I can't blame them for not shooting there

I love that version of State Fair! (Glad to see some people still remembr it

)

DianeChambers87 · 10-31-2003, 01:52 PM

Fast and The furious 2 filmed most of the car racing scenes on the highway that goes parallel to my development...for like 3 months it was so annoying trying to get through there

Janice · 10-31-2003, 01:56 PM

Good Will Hunting

Mystic River

webuster · 10-31-2003, 06:22 PM

My last Art Teacher (who tells many stories) said he was accross the street when they filmed scenes outside the church for the omen.

10-30-2003, 08:06 PM	#1
Liza BestYearsofOurLives Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 24, 2001 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 6,537	Filmed near you? Anyone have any movies made near where you live? I know of a few: - Dead Poet's Society was filmed at Cranbrook - 10 minutes away from my old house. It was before I lived there though. - Somewhere in Time was filmed on Mackinac Island - it's pretty far from where I'm from, but all of Michigan goes there on vacation - Tape (w/ Uma Thurman) was filmed in Lansing, right down the road from where I'm now sitting. Course, we didn't know about it until after they'd left - 8 Mile was filmed in Detroit. 8 Mile Road actually runs across several cities. My house was right by it (in a very different neighborhood!) - A League of Their Own was partly filmed in Evansville, Indiana where I used to live. My parents remember it - apparently Madonna hated being in such a small town in the middle of nowhere. I was too little to remember it though. - Ordinary People was filmed right by my parents' first home in Illinois. Mary Tyler Moore and Judd Hirsch got picked up for drunk driving from the wrap party

10-30-2003, 08:32 PM	#2
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10-30-2003, 09:09 PM	#4
JDS84 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 11, 2001 Location: My Old Kentucky Home Posts: 3,377	Seabiscuit-Some of it was filmed in Lexington, KY
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10-30-2003, 11:19 PM	#8
Brian Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: Jun 23, 2001 Posts: 20,451	More movies filmed at least in part in San Diego Almost Famous Apollo 13 Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Banacek (A TV movie but I thought I'd add it anyway) Bring It On Bruce Almighty Bugsy Cannery Row Citizen Kane Deep Blue Sea Demolition Man Fatal Instinct Freaky Friday (1976) Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home Hardcore Hot Shots! The Hunt for Red October It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World K-9 Killer Tomatoes Eat France! Killer Tomatoes Strike Back! Last Action Hero Lethal Weapon 4 Like Father Like Son MacArthur Naked Gun: From the File of Police Squad! Pearl Harbor Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl Return of the Killer Tomatoes The Scorpion King Some Like It Hot Spaceballs The Sum of All Fears Top Gun Tora! Tora! Tora! Traffic True Lies Wayne's World 2

10-30-2003, 11:22 PM	#9
dandelion wine ~ Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 20, 2003 Location: Behind the Couch Posts: 34,967	Same goes for Houston, so I'll only post a few of them: Urban Cowboy: In Houston, and inside Gilley's nightclub which is located in Pasadena. I drove by there many times before it burned down. The Chase: (With Charlie Sheen and Kristy Swanson) Along The Hardy Toll Road and Sam Houston Tollway Selena: The Astrodome Robocop 2: In a small town I grew up in. Been around the streets they used for filming lots of times. The Swarm: The Astrodome Hellfighters: Filmed very close to where I lived as a kid. Terms of Endearment: Same neighborhood my grandparents lived in up until a couple of years ago. The Bad News Bears In Breaking Training: The Astrodome
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10-30-2003, 08:52 PM	#3
crazy411chic Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 24, 2003 Location: usa Posts: 36	Joe Somebody was taped here in Saint Paul,MN Disclosure,Singles, Hand that Rocks the cradle,Life or something like it, Fear, and Sleepless in Seattle(ofcourse) were taped in Seattle. An Officer adn A gentleman was taped in Port Townsend,WA

10-30-2003, 09:31 PM	#5
Lee veteran member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 23, 2001 Location: Pulaski, Tennessee Posts: 4,768	Originally posted by JDS84: Seabiscuit-Some of it was filmed in Lexington, KY JDS84: Where in Kentucky are you from?

10-30-2003, 10:50 PM	#6
Brian Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: Jun 23, 2001 Posts: 20,451	Less than half of The Lost World: Jurassic Park II was filmed here in San Diego.

10-30-2003, 10:58 PM	#7
PashminaDietrich Oh no, she's baaack Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2003 Location: north of Arlen, south of Southfork, and stuck in the middle with you... Posts: 1,733	Oh, the Dallas area's had quite a few... * Bottle Rocket (the Wilson brothers are natives; they went to St. Mark's, a few streets away from my old HS) RoboCop (Downtown Dallas as neo-punk ... and it worked, too) Dr. T and the Women (Ah, yes, garden parties at the Arboreteum, those damn tornadoes -- and the Northpark fountain never had it so good as when Farrah Fawcett took a splash...) Serving Sara (wonder how long it'll take the Studios at Las Colinas to live that* one down...) State Fair (the 1960 version with Pat Boone; there are some who will say Fair Park is the best part of the movie ...) Oliver Stone seems to have a jumbo jones for the Big D, since quite a few of his movies have been shot around here: Talk Radio -- Set in Dallas; our first glimpse of shock jock Barry Champlain is at an SMU basketball game. Stone even hired a beloved local TV anchor to emcee that "game". Born on the Fourth of July -- Scenes were shot in the Elmwood area of Oak Cliff and the Dallas Convention Center was used for the Democratic National Convention scenes. JFK -- Of course. *Any Given Sunday -- Texas Stadium became the home of the Dallas Knights -- and an infamous Barry Switzer cameo. As for my immediate hometown, as far as a know, nobody's shot a big movie in Garland. Personally, I think our downtown square would make a great setting for either a nostalgia movie or a nice musical.

10-31-2003, 12:29 AM	#10
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10-31-2003, 12:54 AM	#11
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10-31-2003, 01:52 PM	#13
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10-31-2003, 06:22 PM	#15
webuster Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 26, 2002 Posts: 2,150	My last Art Teacher (who tells many stories) said he was accross the street when they filmed scenes outside the church for the omen.