Me, Myself and Irene took place somewhere in Rhode Island.
Actually, Meg Ryan’s character was from the US, but was living in Canada because her fiancee was Canadian. It was actually a plot point, as she was in the process of applying for Canadian citizenship and wasn’t supposed to leave the country.
Yeah, I’ve heard that.
To be perfectly honest, the Jim Williams thing was grossly overrated and overhyped.
Well, I thought the movie was too gay.
“Sharky’s Machine” a Burt Reynold’s P.I. film, was set in and filmed in Atlanta.
The town of Northfield, Minn., as portrayed in the movie “The Long Riders” was portrayed by the little town of Parrott, Georgia. South Georgia, to be exact. You wonder how they kept the palmetto bushes out of the scenes.
Ain’t no such thing.
That reminds me, I grew up about a mile from the barn in Days of Thunder. It was still there the last time I was back home, but it’s surrounded by housing developments now and so old and decrepit it looks like a bad thunderstorm could flatten it. I doubt it will be there much longer.
Most of Stephen King’s books (and by extension, most of the movies based on his books) are set in Maine. If Steve is to be believed, Maine must be the creepiest, most haunted-ass state in the union.
Blair Witch Project set about 10 miles from our old place in the Blue Ridge.
And, most unusually, some horror film who’s name I haven’t been able to track down…set in my new home town of Marietta, Ohio…and filmed in my house. The house was empty at the time so the owners (having no luck selling) allowed the film crew to rent it for a month or two for filming.
If anyone can help me track down the name of the film I’d be much appreciative. No one in town remembers.
I can think of three movies with at least a scene or two in NJ:
*Garden State (that one’s sort of a gimme, though)
*12 Monkeys, though their geography is horribly, horribly off. (Thirty seconds off of the B. Franklin bridge does not get you into open farmland or the Pine Barrens…)
*Being John Malkovich. Featuring the ditch on the side of the Turnpike!
And National Treasure had some nice scenes of Philadelphia, including Reading Terminal Market, which rocked.
What year was it? Or what year did you move into your house if you’re not sure.
You might check the library for copies of the local paper in that year. There must have been a mention.
Phone number of the Marietta, Ohio Tourism and Visitor’s board: 1-800-288-2577
Google is yer friend, indeed.
The original version of The Blob was filmed in my hometown of Downingtown, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia.
Also, Casablanca is atypical.
Burkittesville, is a bit further then 10 miles, but not a whole lot. I grew up in the area. I believe they filmed it in the Black Hills park right near where I live now.
Frederick, MD has been in a couple of movies because of Fort Detrick. Though I’m pretty sure they’ve never filmed there and the movies look nothing like the place.
And WA state I think has every type of land/geography aside from Tundra in a tighets package (milage wise).
Oceans with various beach types, the sound, mountains (both barren and wooded), deasers, forests, plains, rainforest, rivers and lakes
Well, whaddya expect? She was played by Roseanna Arquette. The accent of the local actress cast as her mother was bang-on, though.
Super Troopers was set in upstate Vermont. Actually, it’s the only movie I can think of that’s set in any part of Vermont. Lynda “Wonder Woman” Carter played the governor, whch was pretty cool in itself.
Seems nobody mentioned these 2 movies at least set in Boston:
The Friends of Eddie Coyle and
The Thomas Crown Affair
And since someone mentioned this city, the Marx Brothers did “A Night In Casablanca”.
For an extremely atypical location how about “Monster That Challenged The World” ? I believe that is only 1 of 2 movies that is set around the Salton Sea.
I’ll let some clever Doper post the other movie set in that location.
Maybe Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea?? If documentaries count, that is.
Revenge of the Nerds was filmed on the UA (Arizona) campus, which was cool. They even used UA hats and logos, and changed the school name to Adams College (the logo being a stylized A, it works out well).
San Diego has more of a movie history than you’d think. The most recent example I can think of is Traffic, which was filmed in both La Jolla, a rich haven of lawyers, academians, doctors and cocaine dealers; and the San Diego [County]-Baja California border. More movies film there than are set there, although the Union-Tribune did a story on it a few years ago. Can’t find it, although I did find that “That '80s Show” was set in San Diego but filmed in LA. “Law & Order: Crime and Punishment” is apparently set in San Diego, as well, or was at some point.
That recent movie from the Grisham book about a gun tort case was set in New Orleans. Can’t remember the name.
French[wo]men masquerading as French-Canadians seems to be a common theme here. Is it really that difficult to find Quebecois folk in theatre? I can certainly see that it would be easy to find Francs, I guess.
Garden State (which I just saw today; great movie) was, of course, based in New Jersey.
Wasn’t part of Dogma based in New Jersey, as well?
Canadian Bacon. (Well, depending on how loosely you define the word ‘movie’.)
I was thinking the same thing–California is more geographically diverse, I’m sure. But I believe that New York is up there, because I remember Maryland being pretty diverse. I only lived there until age 11, so I can’t really elaborate.
Is it that tough to remember Shyamalan? Shee-uh-mall-un. It’s not that difficult.
Oh yeah? I’ve heard a couple of those movies are set somewhere in the United States.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy was released last year and set in San Diego.
Tapioca Dextrin
Wow, that makes a third Salton Sea movie (if we wish to include documentaries).
Anyway, the movie I was thinking of is
The Salton Sea
A film from 2002 starring Val Kilmer.