# What movies have been made in your neck of the woods? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745 "2006-05-14T18:21:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/21 "2006-05-14T22:22:45Z")
[QUOTE=Carm6773] Two episodes of _SeaQuest:DSV_ were filmed on the Florida Southern College campus in Lakeland. One was filmed the summer in between my Junior and Senior year (I graduated on 95), the other was filmed Fall semester of my Senior year–that really messed up some class schedules. [/QUOTE] That’s _SeaQuest: DSV_ for those of us that are Smilie challenged. Parts of _Ocean’s Eleven_ and _The Punisher_ were filmed in Tampa, about 20 miles East of me. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/22 "2006-05-14T22:35:40Z")
The new-agey flick about “Indigo children” (_coughcoughCRAPcoughBScoughcough_), [Indigo](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379322/), was filmed around Ashland, with a cast mostly composed of Oregon Shakespeare Festival regulars working to pay their off-season bills. I think it’s hilarious, but even hilariouser is how everyone in town tries to pretend that this movie was never made. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/23 "2006-05-14T22:39:03Z")
Anything stereotypically English. Amongst them Harry Potter, An Engishman Abroad, Young Sherlock Holmes, Alice in Wonderland, A Yank at Oxford, Shadowlands, plus a host of TV movies, bla bla bla. Also, Lord of the Rings was written here. I live in a beautiful place. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/24 "2006-05-14T22:45:50Z")
[Idaho Transfer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071647/) was filmed in Arco Idaho and at The Craters of The Moon National Monument. My older brother was a park ranger and helped find locations for the movie. They filmed some of it in the auto bady shop across the street and I helped make lava rocks, direct traffic, and baby sat for crew members. I was 13 and got to spend the summer hanging out with Peter Fonda and Keith Carradine. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/25 "2006-05-14T23:02:33Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] I may be wrong, but I seem to remember that both [Major Leaque](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097815/) and [Sudden Death](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114576/) filmed parts of their movies in Harrisburg PA. [/QUOTE] Neighbor! 🙂 Several scenes from [The Distinguished Gentleman](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104114/) were filmed there too. As for me, two films come to mind. Of course, being from Amishland, I have to say [Witness](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090329/). A couple of relatives of mine actually were extras in that one. But also several scenes from [Girl Interrupted](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172493/) were filmed right down the block from my buddy Dave’s house. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/26 "2006-05-14T23:40:02Z")
I live in _Toronto_. Do you want me to list some movies that _aren’t_ made up here? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/27 "2006-05-14T23:45:14Z")
Robert Redford’s \*\*The Natural \*\* and Goldie Hawn and Burt Renold’s (I think) \*\*Best Friends \*\* were both shot in Buffalo. My math teacher at the time was a minor league ex-bball player and helped out on The Natural. \*\*Monkey Shines \*\* was filmed in the building I went to for grad school, but before I got there. Their lasting legacy? Cockroaches. Bleh. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/28 "2006-05-14T23:46:53Z")
I know a few Christian-focused movies were shot in my hometown. Mercy Streets is the only title I remember. Oh, and the barn scenes in Son-in-Law with Pauly Shore? Those were shot in my cousin-in-law’s (is there such a thing? its my cousin’s husband) family’s barn just on the outskirts of town. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/29 "2006-05-15T00:01:17Z")
[QUOTE=RikWriter] Parts of Edward Scissorhands, Full Moon Junction and For Love of the Game were filmed in my town, Lakeland, FL. [/QUOTE] My mother-in-law lives just down the road from where they go to the shopping plaza for Edward’s sharpening. Prado Place is the name of her street. When we were down at Christmas, we saw that they had torn down the distinctive sign there. ---
**Author:** ![Khadro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Khadro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadro)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/30 "2006-05-15T00:11:58Z")
One of the big plot scenes from the Heath Ledger (amongst others) movie [Two Hands](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145547/) was shot in Bankstown, where I am currently situated. Unfortunately, the Court House they run past in said scene is just about replaced with a new one now. And, adding to the wonderful Matrix and new Superman movies that were filmed here, the inversely equally wonderful Power Rangers movie was filmed in and around the Sydney CBD. The giant Robot uses [Sydney Tower](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Tower) as a sword! ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/31 "2006-05-15T00:12:45Z")
“Beautiful Girls” was partially made on my block… back when I lived in Minneapolis. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/32 "2006-05-15T00:23:03Z")
**Elizabethtown** and **Seabiscuit** were both filmed at least partially here in Lexington. **Treasure of Matecumbe** (sp?) and **Raintree County** were filmed near here, in Danvilly KY where I went to high school. Opening scenes from **The Gathering** were filmed in my hometown, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. And they filmed **Breaking Away** in Bloomington, Indiana, while I was going to college there. Amazingly in retrospect, they couldn’t get enough students to work as extras in the crown scenes. We all thought that they were making some pro-Greek movie so we boycotted it. Little did we know… :smack: [QUOTE=jjimm] Anything stereotypically English. Amongst them Harry Potter, An Engishman Abroad, Young Sherlock Holmes, Alice in Wonderland, A Yank at Oxford, Shadowlands, plus a host of TV movies, bla bla bla. Also, Lord of the Rings was written here. I live in a beautiful place. [/QUOTE] [hijack]you do indeed, plus you’re really near the Cotswolds. I wish more of [my grandmother’s family](http://members.iglou.com/tpayne/morrell_Index.htm) had stuck around there.[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/33 "2006-05-15T00:34:24Z")
Since the Farelly Brothers are from Rhode Island, pretty much all of their movies are at least partially filmed in RI. Also, the upcoming live-action version of “Underdog” is currently doing location filming in Providence. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/34 "2006-05-15T01:13:55Z")
Ooh, I’ve got a good one. I stumbled upon the shooting of exactly one shot of a major motion picture, [The First Kid](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116311/) which is a kid’s movie with Sinbad. It has several scenes at the Galleria, Tyson’s II mall in Virginia. There were signs throughout the mall and a lot of lights. In one shot several Secret Service agents run up from an entrance and shoot the bad guy. That’s the shot I saw. When they show the bad guy, you can see a fountain and a gumball machine (I didn’t see that shot in person). I am behind the camera on the second floor, above the fountain, with my dad and brother, just for that one shot. The gumball machine had already exploded when we were there. After shooting they opened things up for the time being. We went down the escalator and my brother took 2 gumballs off of the big pile. He actually chewed one of them and I hold that this ingestion of explosives residue explains much of his behavior in the decade since. What else have they done in DC or Northern Virginia? I haven’t recognized much besides the major landmarks and government buildings. I’ve seen a few shots of the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. I don’t know if they’ve shown the little elevator to the right that comes before the security checkpoint. I’ve been in that elevator once, but if I say why I’ll have to kill everyone on this board. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/35 "2006-05-15T02:12:50Z")
[QUOTE=Carm6773] Two episodes of _SeaQuest:DSV_ were filmed on the Florida Southern College campus in Lakeland. One was filmed the summer in between my Junior and Senior year (I graduated on 95), the other was filmed Fall semester of my Senior year–that really messed up some class schedules. [/QUOTE] Really? Wow, I didn’t know that and I graduated from there in 90! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/36 "2006-05-15T02:39:04Z")
We have recently become a bit of a hub for movies, especially as a stand-in for Chicago. Here’s the list of Hollywood films (not including independent and Canadian) Blue State (2007) The Good Life (2007) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2006) The Constant Gardener (film) (2005) Capote (2005) Shall We Dance (2004) One Last Dance (2003) K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) Woman Wanted (2000) Black Ice (1992) For Keeps? (1988) Silence of the North (1981) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/37 "2006-05-15T02:51:29Z")
I lived in Minneapolis when they were filming the Arnold Schwarzenegger/Sinbad tour de force _Jingle All The Way_. Yeah, I don’t bring it up that much… ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/38 "2006-05-15T03:09:52Z")
They just recently filmed the movie We Are Marshall in my hometown of Huntington, WV. It comes out later this year (I just heard they moved it up to the end of October!). My dad, baby, and I went to a large crowd shot, so maybe you’ll see us! I’m very excited to see a movie with a place that I know well. I’ve seen a few with places I’ve been once or twice, but never anywhere I’ve actually lived! ---
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[This](http://imdb.com/title/tt0416921/) is all I can find for Raleigh, N.C. My parents lived in Hazzard, KY, which is where they filmed part of [Next of Kin](http://imdb.com/title/tt0097967/). ---
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[QUOTE=Kythereia] I live in _Toronto_. Do you want me to list some movies that _aren’t_ made up here? 😉 [/QUOTE] Curses! You beat me to it! 🙂 There have been at least three movie shoots _on my street_, let alone in the neighbourhood. One day not long after I moved to Toronto, I came out of my apartment and walked into a SWAT team takedown in the plaza across the street, cops in riot gear, a helicopter overhead and everything. After panicking, I noticed that the cops were all New York cops, there was a US mailbox on the sidewalk, the cars all had those generic identityless license-plates, the ones that don’t actually tell you where they’re from, and I realised it was a movie shoot. So I just played it cool and walked over to the bus stop like usual and ignored the whole thing. While sneaking glances to see what was going on. 🙂 Then there was the time Arnold Schwarzenegger shut down University Avenue in front of the US Consulate… Occaisionally I will see a movie that has an especially-recognisable bit of Toronto in it. One such was _Short Circuit_. I kept recognising buildings and streets, but they were all hooked up wrong. As in, "okay, I recongnise that building, but that back door is in another building at least five kilometres away. And those two streets are parallel! They never meet! You can’t have just made that turn! Now, movies that show Toronto and call it Toronto, on the other hand, are too damn rare. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745.md?page=3)