Movies shot and set in or around your area?

[jmt225]

Which movie(s) are you proudest of to be shot and set in your home city? If you live in a small town where a film has never been shot before, then you can use your state, or the biggest city near you that you're most familiar with, to answer the question.

Being born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, it's an easy answer for me: Sex, Lies, and Videotape.

The film was made by Baton Rouge's own Steven Soderbergh. He would of course go on to make much more popular and crictically acclaim films like Traffic and the Ocean's 11 movies, but Sex, Lies, and Videotape will forever be his masterpiece in my mind.

I fucking LOVE this movie. James Spader is absolutely spectacular in it. Everyone is spectacular in it, but Spader specifically... no one, and I mean no one, could have perfected his role like he did.

Anyway, outside of the acting, the dialogue in this film couldn't have been better. There's not a single dull moment in the entire movie, which is rare since it's nothing but talking basically, much like Clerks and other movies of that caliber. What makes Sex, Lies, and Videotape special though is that unlike Clerks, it's a drama, not a comedy. It's hard to keep someone's interest for two hours straight with nothing but dialogue and very limited comedy, but this film more than accomplished that.

The movie being shot and set in Baton Rouge, a place I'm of course so familiar with, makes it that much more intriguing for me. I recognize certain little things here and there, such as The Bayou bar where Andie MacDowell's character sister works. It unfortunately got torn down a little after I graduated high school, but it lives forever because of this film, as stupid as that sounds. Plus the little driving around the movie has, the overview from Peter Gallagher's office, the dialogue about certain streets... it's stuff only people who have lived in my hometown would recognize, which is why I think we all have favorite movies set and shot in our home city or state. What's yours?

 

[LitasRevenge79]

I grew up here in Topeka, KS. There wasn't much things to do here. But, there has been some uses for the scenery. The Expocenter was used for the Hulk Hogan classic, No Holds Barred movie where he did have the fight scene set up. I do remember that fondly because my father and I got to go watch it being filmed, and if I recall, wasn't Roddy Piper in that too?

Another movie done in Kansas, was a movie called "Kansas" with Andrew McCarty and Matt Dillon. My dad used to work for Goodyear, and there were some scenes with a small town for a parade, and they used many of the workers from Goodyear for the extras. My dad got to be one of the reporters along with his boss, and I remember spending about a week or so for them filming those scenes outdoors, I was about 6 or 7 or so. The premise was a drifter (McCarthy) meets up with another drifter (Dillon) and McCarthy saves the life of the Governor/Mayor's little girl and they have to avoid being caught or whatever. I don't remember the exact details. It was fun to see how a movie worked. I remember at the time I used to have the BIGGEST crush on McCarthy...lol. At one point some PA lady took my umbrella to use it for shade for him, and I felt like the most special kid. Anywhoo, it was cool to see the production, the only other stars I met was the little girl who played the Gov. daughter, she was a little older than me and I got to hang out during down time, and she seemed cool. Wish I could remember her name. But I know there's been other movies and 'beauty shots' that have been done in and around Topeka or other parts of KS. Its a pretty commonly used place.

 

[#hamler]

Elizabethtown

Now while this movie is not one of my favorite movies, I do like the fact that they made a movie based around my hometown seeing how it is small in comparision to other larger cities in Kentucky such as Louisville and Lexington. Especially when class A actors play the leading role; Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, and Alec Baldwin. Tom Cruise produced this movie.

Orlando Bloom plays Drew, who attempts suicide after losing his girlfriend. His sister phones him to tell him his father has died and he needs to go to Elizabethtown or something of that nature. He mets a flight attendent named Clair, long story short, they spend time together and they meet up again in Elizabthtown. To be honest, I believe there were two scenes actually shot here. They spent like two days here and had a mini premier at our theater. It was cool to have a movie based up on our town. the movie does give a sense of small town to Etown when in reality its actually pretty normal sized.

It wasn't the best movie but still pretty decent.

 

[red ass skull muhfukkah]

Moby Dick (movies and the book) reference New Bedford as it was once the Whaling Capitol of the World. I think they filmed some scenes for the 1956 version in New Bedford but could be mistaken.

Other than that the film Knight and Day with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz shot a car chase scene on a small highway in the city. Haven't seen the movie and don't really know much about it. Seems decent and it as two high profile actors in it so that's a plus I guess. The highway is one of the most used parts of the city and people were a little pissed that it was shut down for a day though. It's my main route to work too but I just went around. I did see it the highway in the trailer though and it was pretty exciting to see it. I might have to watch it just to see the scene now.

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

I have two separate answers for this. I once lived in Sheffield, England for awhile and the Oscar nominated Full Monty was set and filmed there. At one, my Primary School can be seen in a scene where two of the main characters are talking at a bus stop. The scene isn't very long but it's still quite cool to have seen that.

My other answer is that I currently live in Egham, a small town on the outskirts of London, but more interesting is the fact that it's located right next to Staines, which was/is the home town of Sash Baron Cohen's Ali G. This means that a lot of the references that Ali G makes are about the local area (Cohen himself lived in Staines for awhile) and his films were filmed on location in Staines.

 

[Dean Winchester]

I live in Philadelphia so you had the Rocky films, Law Abiding Citizen, Transformers 1 and 2 and Jason Statham movie Safe.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

Mine is more of a documentary but I will have to go with A Prom Night In Mississippi. It was filmed in Charleston, Mississippi, which is the hometown of Morgan Freeman and it talks about the high school having their first integrated prom. Some of my closest friends went to Charleston High School and it amazed me watching the documentary that racism still occurs to this day and it is still in my state. I loved it from start to finish and it made me think about people's beliefs and how some will never change.

 

[JGlass]

I live about 10 minutes away from the house where the Sopranos lived. I drive down the street they show in the opening credits every time I want to get a haircut.

Also, the exterior of the bar they show in the beginning of the Social Network is only a few blocks away from where I live in Boston. I go to Northeastern, and when I saw the movie with my friends I kept on pointing out places I've been that you see briefly in the film. I'm sure I was super annoying, but I was very excited.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

What an insensitive thread for people like myself. I've from Stoke-on-Trent, nothing significant is filmed round here. Dead man's Shoes was shot just a bit up the road, but I wouldn't classify it as my area. Same with most Shane Meadows films. Soulboy was filmed at Stoke. Not heard of it? Its alright, nowt special. I do believe it was released on DVD in the UK the other week. It'll be in a pound shop within the year.

 

[Raven]

the theme park in zombieland is in my hometown thats is the only one, pretty good zombie flick if your bored google it its pretty good.

 

[justinsayne]

I was born in SD, my family moved to WI when I was in second grade, and I moved back after HS, so as for SD, I had no idea what movies where shot here, according to my google search apparently there is a whole list

-North By Northwest
-Dances With Wolves
-Starship Troopers
-Armageddon
-Head of State
-Wyatt Earp
-North
-National Treasure: Book Of Secrets

I'm assuming most of those were shot on the other side of the state, closer to Mt. Rushmore and all the other National Parks, but I'd have to say out of the list I'd have to say the two I'd be most proud of would be North by Northwest, & Dances With Wolves, both are great movies that were extremely successful

As for WI, the 4 I remember being filmed close to where I lived were I Love Trouble, The Pelican Brief, Chain Reaction, & Public Enemies

Public Enemies is easily the one I'm most proud of off that list, Pelican Brief was decent, the other two movies were pretty shit, especially Chain Reaction which was a Keanu Reeves disasterpiece, Public Enemies was however not only shot in WI near where I used to live, the resort the film crew and cast stayed at when filming out there was the one my sister worked at she was actually working the front counter when Depp checked in, she said he was wearing a disguise, and signed in under a fake name that she says was just an odd name, Christian Bale, had his people take care of his check in, so she never got to see him when she was working, but Public Enemies was a great movie that I loved and when I heard it was being shot near where I use to live in WI I was pretty excited

 

[willywonka8822]

I live in Lockhart, TX
a lot of movies have been made around here

Most notebly:
Whats Eating Gilbert Grape
Secondhand Lions
And the Spy Kids movies

The scene on whats eating gilbert grape when gilberts mother goes to get arnie from the police station thats the courthouse that is in my town on the main square of lockhart.

 

[SorgFamily]

The only movie that was filmed anywhere close was "Hoosiers" in New Richmond, Indiana and that's about 3 hours from where I live so that's as good as it gets. Great movie though it helps to be a fan of basketball, which if you live in Indiana chances are you are, were or are going to be one in the future.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

I've lived in South Florida all of my life, and there are a few films I'm truly proud of:

Scarface(1983)

This is truly a must see movie, and Scarface has managed to gain a cult following over the years. Tony Montana is one of the most compelling villains in the history of cinema. He came to America to live the American Dream. He was a shinning example of your typical "from rags to riches" story, and he was one of those underdog characters who you could root for. But at the same time, Tony had a viscous dark side. He would strike his sister, constantly insult his wife in a very rude way, and he didn't want to trust his best friend/partner, Manny. Tony also had his moments of compassion. Alejandro Sosa offered Tony a way out of a prison sentence, but he would have been responsible for the deaths of two children. Tony killed Sosa's right hand man, but he spared the kids. Although, his decision to do the right thing would cost him in the end. Al Pacino did an outstanding job with the Tony Montana Character, and this could be considered his most memorable performance of all time.

Scarface was amazing. The writing, the directing, and the acting was just superb. Also, this film did a great job of capturing the 80's culture and lifestyle.

Bully

This film was based on a true story......

The acting in this film is pretty solid, but the real life story this film is based on is so disturbing. These group of privileged teens have a friend who can be a real jerk at times. They get tired of his constant abuse, so they decided to come up with a plan to kill him. His death is brutal and violent. It can be hard to watch. Bully is a gut wrenching film, and it always leaves me emotionally drained at the end.

Bad Boys

I thought Bad Boys II was a horrendous piece of shit, but I actually enjoyed the first film. Martin Lawrence and Will Smith were hilarious as a duo. The action/fight scenes were pretty cool, and this was a very entertaining popcorn movie to watch.

 

[nightmare]

i lived in austin for a long ass time & am proud of 2 films

deathproof: alot of scenes filmed like the ones at gueros & the texas chili parlor were great. also i spent alot of time at 7-11 featured in the opening of the second part where the girls pulled in. my buddies worked there & they changed the hell out of the place right before filming.\

the new guy: filmed at the lakeline mall where alot of us worked. i worked at suncoast\sam goody & they filmed a kickass scene with vanilla ice dropping the elbow on this dude. he is a pretty damn cool guy, alot more chill than you think. & dj qualls is a pimp. met gene simmons & zooey deschanel. freaking awesome two days.

 

[Daniel]

I live in Hollywood, California. So as you can imagine, quite a few films have been shot arou - OK, I that's a lie.

I was actually born, raised and still reside in Sheffield, England. A couple of notable films have been filmed around my area.Firstly, as FunKay said, The Full Monty. I haven't seen since I reached the age where I was old enough to understand it but I understand it is very a good portrayal of northern, working class culture. There isn't much else to say apart from that I need to see it soon.

Another film is my personal "film of 2010": Four Lions. A fantastic black comedy about British Muslim terrorism. It is very funny, both verbally and physically. It is quite dark in the sense that it makes light of death. However, I love it. I guess I've got a dark sense of humour.

One of the main characters works at the Meadowhall shopping centre which I know all too well. So well, in fact, that I know the interior is actually Crystal Peaks shopping centre. I know, crazy! Watching it with my friends was a lot of fun. There was a lot of "oh, there's the magistrates court", "is that Gleadless?" and "I think that is down my road". The end of the film is set in London but some of it is still shot in Sheffield. In fact, I still remember the day it was shot. My bus was diverted.