I grew up in Gwelo, now Gweru and there is a scene in CRY FREEDOM where Dame Penelope Wilton drops Kevin Kline off in what is supposed to be East London (SA) but is actually the Gweru main street with the Midlands Hotel in the background and the imposing Boggie's Clock tower too 😆
They shot a couple scenes in front of this old villa in our town for the movie The Flying Classroom (1973)
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I'm from the Philadelphia area. The Rocky series has a bunch of areas from around here.
Silver Linings Playbook shot scenes near my job, and the high school my mom went to.
Invincible, the Mark Whalburg movie about Vince Papale from the Philadelphia Eagles, shot a bunch locally. Vince is from Delaware County, outside Philly by like 20 minutes, taught at a local school here and bartended.
The opening scenes in THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS were shot in Pretoria. I was also shot at in Pretoria but they missed 😳😉
the only 'movie' I'm aware my hometown featuring in, is the one me and some mates made (using the local college's camcorder), about a guy who wanders aimlessly around the town centre before getting so depressed at the state of the place that he throws himself off the bridge into the water.
(obviously none of us actually wanted to jump into the water, so we stood on the bridge and did some zoom / close up of the water 'approaching', then it faded out)
ah, the nostalgia... happier times.
I grew up in Paramus, New Jersey, where the Coneheads settled in the 1993 "Coneheads" movie. I don't think any of the film was actually shot there, however.
I remember watching it with several college friends and pointing out that Paramus High School did not have a pool, therefore, there was no swimming team for Connie Conehead to join, as seen in the movie. :D
NYC so...yeah, so...I'll narrow it down the the Bronx.
Parts of the EXORCIST (1973) were shot in the Bronx.
.ESCAPE FROM THE BRONX (1983)
.A NIGHT TO DISMEMEBR (1983)
.BLONDE ON A BUM TRIP (1968)
.SINS OF THE FLESHAPOIDS (1965)
.BRONX BIGFOOT (2016)
I reckon hundreds more...but these are some interesting ones.
Quote from: RCMerchant on January 09, 2025, 07:18:45 AMNYC so...yeah, so...I'll narrow it down the the Bronx.
Parts of the EXORCIST (1973) were shot in the Bronx.
.ESCAPE FROM THE BRONX (1983)
.A NIGHT TO DISMEMEBR (1983)
.BLONDE ON A BUM TRIP (1968)
.SINS OF THE FLESHAPOIDS (1965)
.BRONX BIGFOOT (2016)
I reckon hundreds more...but these are some interesting ones.
I want to watch BLONDE ON A BUM TRIP 😃
RCM, I was gonna' suyggest RUMBLE IN THE BRONX but wasn't that shot in Vancouver? :bouncegiggle:
Like ZNO, my hometown (a suburb of Buffalo, NY) has only been featured in the bad no-budget films of teenagers. But Buffalo has become a hot destination for big budget features looking to cut costs since the 80s and particularly recently. Some of them include:
THE NATURAL (a big deal, people still talk about it 40 years later)
HENRY'S CRIME (I met Keanu Reeves when he came to my theater to scout it as a location. He didn't want to shoot there but he was pleasant when he visited.)
NIGHTMARE ALLEY (the recent remake)
THE FIRST PURGE (which was actually part 4)
THE second QUIET PLACE (part 2 or whatever)
POULTRYGEIST: NIGHT OF THE CHICKEN DEAD (this is the one I'm most proud of yet I'm still disgruntled that I thought I had better things to do than go volunteer to help w/ production or be an actor)
Those last three cast some local actors in small roles. I know some of the bit players.
And of course Niagara Falls is 20 minutes from Buffalo and crews shoot stuff there routinely. One of the PIRATES OF THE CARRIBBEAN shot some scenes there.
Most of the movies that are produced in Buffalo are low-budget though and one or two are occasionally mentioned on this website, which is entirely appropriate and correct.