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Title:Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1249
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718.0. "Local (New England) Filming Locations" by NETRIX::michaud (Freejack) Tue Dec 06 1994 12:12

	I couldn't find a more appropriate topic for this (if I missed
	it please move or let me know and I'll move) ....

	Just heard on the news that some NH town will be the shooting
	location for an upcoming Disney film staring Limon Neson (I
	know I mispelled both his last and first names).  Filming
	will be from Jan-April.  I didn't catch the name of the town
	however ....
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718.1no, uh uh, CSCMA::MARSHALLWed Dec 07 1994 09:043
    If I'm not mistaken, the movie stars Liam Neeson (sp?) and Meryl Streep
    and will NOT be filmed in NH, but rather a small town in the Berkshires
    in Massachusetts.
718.2how 'bout the Dead Zone?REFDV1::MURPHYSymbolic stack dump follows...Wed Dec 07 1994 11:0010
    and speaking of local filming locations...  my wife and I were watching 
    "Dead Zone" the other night (christopher walken, martin sheen, brooke
    Adams etc.)  I had heard that, although it was set in the fictictious 
    town of Castle Rock, NH, it was actually filmed in NH also.  We tried
    to figure out what that town was and we're guessing along the lines of
    Kingston or Exeter.  Anyone know for sure??
    
    thanks,
    Steve
    
718.3You guys are better than the TV station!NETRIX::michaudBarflyWed Dec 07 1994 12:1412
> If I'm not mistaken, the movie stars Liam Neeson (sp?) and Meryl Streep
> and will NOT be filmed in NH, but rather a small town in the Berkshires
> in Massachusetts.

	Hey, you know more than the local TV station (ie. Ch. 9)!
	I reported what I heard on the noon news yesterday in .0.
	The noon news today just reported what you did!  Ie. that
	Disney has changed their mind and will not be filming I
	believe it was Sanbourton.

	The reason given is that Streep wanted to be in closer commuting
	distance to her home in Conn.!
718.4I'm interested in local movie locationsTOOK::MORRISONBob M. LKG1-3/A11 226-7570Mon Feb 13 1995 11:5313
  Local (i.e. MA or NH) film locations fascinate me. Here are some examples:

On Golden Pond (1982):  Squam Lake, NH
A Separate Peace (ca. 1970)  Exeter, NH and vicinity
The Witches of Eastwick   Ipswich, Lenox, Cohasset, etc. MA
The Verdict   Boston  (I never got around to seeing this one)
The Brinks Job   Boston
Blown Away   Boston

  There also was one filmed in Keene, NH last summer; I forgot the title.
This one was a major disruption. Not only was most of Keene's business district
closed off to auto traffic for weeks, but they also closed part of it to FOOT
traffic for a while.
718.5a couple more local shootsPSDVAX::HABERJeff Haber..SBS IM&T Consultant..223-5535Mon Feb 13 1995 12:348
also local:  

   Housesitter (Steve Martin): Concord, MA with scenes in Acton, too
   School Ties: I don't remember where the exteriors were shot, but some 
      interior work was done in Acton (with some local high school students
      as extras I believe)

	/jeff
718.6Brookline and Newton, MAMPGS::FARRELLMon Feb 13 1995 14:396
    Also the last Karate Kid was shot in Brookline, MA and Newton, MA.
    I was living in Newton and watched them spend an ENTIRE day setting up
    to shoot for a few hours outside the Newton police station.
    
    Haven't seen the movie, and may only to see what it looked like when
    finished.
718.7School TiesSMURF::TOMGWed Feb 15 1995 15:0215
        Part of "School Ties" was filmed in downtown Lowell, on
        Gorham Street. It was sort of weird seeing how it looked in the
        movie (as it must have looked back in the '50s) and how it really
        looks.
        
        Still, it really is sort of neat when you recognize a place you
        are familiar with in a movie.
        

Tom
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718.8JumanjiQUARRY::reevesJon Reeves, UNIX compiler groupMon Mar 13 1995 19:293
>There also was one filmed in Keene, NH last summer; I forgot the title.

That would be Jumanji, starring Robin Williams and due out for Christmas.
718.9Gotta get that nickel!SHRCTR::SCHILTONPress any key..no,no,not that one!Fri Jun 30 1995 09:594
    I saw on Entertainment Tonight that American Buffalo with Dustin
    Hoffman is filming in Pawtucket, RI just now...
    
    Sue