# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/41 "2006-05-15T04:19:38Z")
[Major League](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097815/) used some of the Mansions in Whitefish Bay (a suburb of Milwaukee) [Mr 3000](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339412/) used Miller Stadium I have no idea where [A League of Thier Own](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104694/) was filmed, but the actual Racine Belles practiced at a park on my way to school when I lived in Racine…that didn’t come out right. I passed the park they used to practice in…that’s better, I’m not that old. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/42 "2006-05-15T04:45:34Z")
Parts of _Silence of the Lambs_ were filmed here in Pittsburgh. And the original _Night of the Living Dead_ was a local production, with most of the extras and minor characters being locals. You can so tell with the sheriff at the end, with his Pittsburgh accent. It’s fun to watch when they’re watching the news showing the different safety shelters-“Hey, I know where that is!” ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/43 "2006-05-15T05:39:42Z")
Off the top of my head **The Firm** , **21 Grams** , **Great Balls of Fire** , parts of the bookend scenes in **Cast Away** , and most recently **Hustle and Flow** were all filmed here in Memphis ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/44 "2006-05-15T05:44:19Z")
Part of the little known Billy-Bob Thornton movie _Levity_ was shot around the corner from my house, so when Robert Ebert characterized the neighborhood as a “slum”, it really stung. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/45 "2006-05-15T06:08:57Z")
I’m from southwestern Wisconsin. Nothing much happens here and it’s not glamorous enough or rural enough to attract, oh, anything. There’s really no reason to film anything in Wisconsin unless it’s set in Wisconsin. That said, I can think of a couple movies that were filmed close enough to where I live that I can claim it as home. [The Straight Story](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166896/) is the story of a man from Iowa who drove his lawnmower from Laurens, Iowa, to Mount Zion, Wisconsin. Filmed entirely on location. It was too weird to watch it and be able to say, “Hey, that’s that stupid little road Dad got us lost on two summers ago!” [Red Betsy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284426/) is set in and around Boscobel, but was filmed on the other side of the state: Delafield/Milwaukee. This sentence in the user comment at IMDB made me laugh: “The music was excellent and captured the sparse living in the hinterlands of Wisconsin.” Sorry, sweetheart, neither Boscobel nor Delafield are the hinterlands. You’d have to head quite a ways north to find those. [I Love Trouble](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110093/) was filmed in Madison and Baraboo. [Back to School](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0090685/), y’know, that Rodney Dangerfield movie, was filmed at UW-Madison. _The Prince and Me_ should have taken their lead and actually filmed there, instead of Toronto. Sorry, but Toronto looks nothing like Madison. This one has dropped off the face of the earth and is really bad to boot. The only reason I know about it is because my dad told me about it. [Take This Job and Shove It](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0083163/) was filmed partially in Dickeyville. Dickeyville! The only other thing that town has going for it is [the grotto](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/WIDICgrotto.html). And [del]that’s tacky[/del] sometimes makes you question its taste. Last but not least, [F.I.S.T.](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0077531/) was filmed in Dubuque, Iowa, and . . . Dodgeville, Wisconsin! That’s the closest one yet, folks. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/46 "2006-05-15T11:39:17Z")
Well, according to [this site](http://listing-index.ebay.com/movies/Harrisburg_in_film_and_television.html) I was wrong. Major League II had parts filmed in Harrisburg, not Marjor League. Also, it does not mention the Van Damme movie. However, it does mention several others that I was not aware of. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/47 "2006-05-15T12:11:55Z")
Some of **You Can Count On Me** was shot in Margaretville and Phonecia, NY near (sort of) my cabin. Nicole Kidman’s scooter scene where she goes by the garbage truck in **The Interpreter** was shot a block away from my apartment. The scene in the park where she meets Phillipe was shot in Carl Schurz Park, also a block away. There’s also a scene in **The Hot Rock** that was shot in Carl Schurz. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/48 "2006-05-15T12:21:31Z")
Ooh! I have a good one! **A League of Their Own** was largely filmed right here in Evansville IN. All of the baseball scenes (I think) were filmed right at Bosse Field, which is _maybe_ a mile and a half from my house. > **[I Recommend WPX Hosting](http://www.digitalballparks.com/Southern/Bosse_640_1.html)** > > Two thumbs up - I recently switched to WPX Hosting and recommend their speed, service and security - they do know what they are > talking about when it comes to WordPress hosting. Remember the black gal that tossed the ball back to one of them ? I went to grade school and high school with her. Madonna had _nothing_ nice to say about Evansville, and compared it to living in Prague. :rolleyes: ---
**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, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/49 "2006-05-15T12:28:27Z")
[QUOTE=PapSett] Madonna had _nothing_ nice to say about Evansville, and compared it to living in Prague. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Why, she oughtta be defenestrated! ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/50 "2006-05-15T12:29:53Z")
The only one I thought offhand was ‘X-men’, the first one in the recent trilogy, which had filming locations all over the Toronto area, including, IIRC, an abandoned Hamilton train station for a memorable series of scenes. 🙂 I heard a lot about this because one of my brother’s friends is a huge Marvel comics fan, and he and my brother always claimed to have come up with the idea that ‘Jean-luc Picard’ would make the best Professor X ever, long before he was officially attached to the project. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/51 "2006-05-15T12:49:15Z")
Inevitably, quite a few films about the Troubles have been made in and around Belfast. In no particular order; [Odd Man Out](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039677/), [La Vida secreta de las palabras](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430576/) (on a docked oil rig!), [Divorcing Jack](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127516/), are all I can think of at the moment, but they are bound to be others. I’ve seen camera crews all over the city the past few years. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/52 "2006-05-15T12:54:20Z")
The beautiful and historic [Soreno Hotel](http://www.stpete.org/images/042902.jpg) in downtown St. Petersburg, FL was imploded for Lethal Weapon 3 ☹ (I’m still bitter about that one!) And the dog track in Ocean’s 11 where Bradd Pitt approaches Carl Reiner is directly across the street from my office. When they were filming they held a public casting call for extras. A few ladies I worked with got picked (never saw them on screen though) and said that Carl Reiner was very nice and that they were shocked how puny Brad Pitt is. According to one, they had to fasten Mr. Pitt’s trousers with a safety pin. What’s up with that? I grew up on So. Cal., so no need to list all the stuff that was filmed in my neighborhood there. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/53 "2006-05-15T13:04:44Z")
Lessee…in the “close to me” category, _North Country_ was filmed up north in MN’s iron range, but I’m not familiar with that area so probably wouldn’t recognize anything. Parts of the _Grumpy Old Men_ series were filmed in Wabasha, Minnesota, 15 miles from where I grew up. I’ve been in one of the bars that’s in the movie. The upcoming \*Prairie Home Companion \*was filmed in St. Paul. If I see it, I’ll look for places I recognize - I used to live in downtown St. Paul. \*Mallrats \*was filmed at Eden Prairie Center, a mall in one of Minneapolis’ suburbs. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/54 "2006-05-15T13:49:29Z")
SOME CAME RUNNING with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Shirley MacLaine a little further from here the TV film A GIRL NAMED SOONER (only star name I recall off the top of my head was Cloris Leachman) and of course, the long-delayed, finally-released MADISON with pre-PASSION Jim Kaviezel and post-MENACE Jake Lloyd Then there was the romantic melodrama I helped produce a decade ago, with limited video release- THE LIVING YEARS (“It was great when it was called LOVE STORY… or SHADOWLANDS!”~ Me) ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/55 "2006-05-15T14:04:54Z")
[QUOTE=critter42] Off the top of my head **The Firm** , **21 Grams** , **Great Balls of Fire** , parts of the bookend scenes in **Cast Away** , and most recently **Hustle and Flow** were all filmed here in Memphis [/QUOTE] Some of the shots in **Cast Away** were shot near here. On shot in particular, lasting all of about 5 seconds, had the highway closed down one Saturday when I was heading to the lake. Had to pull my boat down about 10 miles of dirt roads to make the detour, only later did I learn why the road was closed. So if you watch it, near the end, Tom Hanks is driving along taking the box to Butterfly Girl (he’s actually about 40 miles from her “house”, going in the wrong direction). He takes a drink from a bottle of water. That scene, the drink, is what shut the road down on a Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Jenny\_Haniver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Jenny\_Haniver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenny_Haniver)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/56 "2006-05-15T15:56:32Z")
[Edward Sissorhands](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099487/) has already been mentioned, but I’ll add on because there’s a story attached. I used to live near the subdivision used for the wide exteriors of the houses - it was a housing development called Carpenter’s Run. At the time of filming, the film crew got permission from the residents to paint all the houses and install topiary for these scenes (you may remember that in addition to being all based on the same architetural template, the houses in the movie are all in different crazy pastel colors), with the understanding that the crew would repaint the houses and stuff when they left. Of course they didn’t, and the residents weren’t all that keen on re-painting their houses again at their own expense. The upshot is that at the time I lived there, half the houses in Carpenter’s Run were _still_ painted ridiculous colors, seven years later! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/57 "2006-05-15T15:58:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Now, movies that show Toronto and call it Toronto, on the other hand, are too damn rare. [/QUOTE] I went and saw _The Sentinel_ a little while ago; the end part’s about the President coming to Toronto for some sort of trade meeting. So they show that stereotypical shot–you know it, the one of the shoreline and the CN Tower–and _everyone_ in the theatre starts snickering and doesn’t stop. Good times. 😃 (Incidentally, I’ve been in New City Hall’s basement. It’s cramped and badly lit and really not that exciting.) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/58 "2006-05-15T16:45:51Z")
Well currently I’m in Paris sooooo .. quite a few films here, The Bourne Identity’s car chase being a great panorama of the city. Near where I grew up is The Peak District which featured as a backdrop to The Princess Bride, I can’t find photos at the right angles online but [Dovedale](http://www.rural-roads.co.uk/peak/peak4.shtml) and the moor above [Hathersage](http://www.richd.co.uk/peaks/peaks07.jpg) . Some scenes were also shot in [Haddon Hall](http://www.haddonhall.co.uk/home.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/59 "2006-05-15T17:58:10Z")
Surprisingly (because this area is so remote), two have done some shooting around here. [McQ](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071824/) starring John Wayne shot a few scenes in this area, particularly a car chase down the beach. I got to meet The Duke while he was here. [Somewhere In Time](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081534/), starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour was filmed at [The Lake Quinault Lodge](http://image.pegs.com/images/VE/SJQ007/sjq007_b1a.jpg), which is about an hour’s drive from here. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745/60 "2006-05-15T18:10:46Z")
When I was living in Grand Forks, ND, some of the movie, **Fargo** , was shot there. My mother was a reporter for the local paper there and interviewed the Coen brothers. She was on set when they filmed the scene where Steve Buscemi buries the money in the snow alongside an endless, featureless fence on a road through nothing but endless, featureless wheat fields. The scene was shot just north of town and she talked about how they had to truck in extra snow because there had been an early thaw that year and there wasn’t enough snow along the fence (a real fence…North Dakota really looks like that) to make the scene work. She also got to see them put the fake blood on Steve Buscemi. Buscemi hung out in GF for a night and went barhopping with some local college kids. They were psyched to be drinking with Mr. Pink. I was told he was a pretty cool, down to earth guy. Not much ego. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-been-made-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/356745.md?page=4)