Used for two of the film’s most memorable scenes, 12 Farnsworth Street is home to one of the most iconic buildings in Massachusetts. Martin Scorsese movies are famous for mob bosses, crime lords and taking gambles. A detailed guide about online gambling in Massachusetts can be found on online-gambling.com.
If you are a movie lover and a traveler you would love to visit the places that many famous movies were shot in. Here is a list of real places where movies where shot and you can visit.
The Firehouse from Ghostbuster
Although the Ghostbuster movie was shown to be shot in New York but the actual interiors where taken from a firehouse in Los Angeles. It is located in 225 E. 5th Street. Fire Station #24. In 1960s the place was declared a Historic Cultural Monument.
Nakatomi Plaza from Die Hard
Die Hard Fans know this place well in the movie but his place was actually shot at a Fox Plaza. Despite the building was under-construction at that point it is done and ready now. You can also see this place in movies like speed, airheads, fight clubs.
The house form A Christmas Story
The film was based in Indiana but the exterior of the house was shot in Cleveland Ohio. This home is located in the neighbourhood of Tremount 3159 W. 11th street. This place is open to the public and although the interior may have a very different look from the film.
OCP Headquarters from Robocop
The movie Robocop was set in Detroit but the headquarters was actually situated in Dallas City Hall where they used matte painting to make the building look taller.
The Hotel from The Grand Budapest
The hotel in the Grand Budapest was inspired by a departmental store Gorlitzer Warenhaus. The shot took place in the replica of as the producer made everything from scratch for the destruction part of the movie.
Yavin IV from Star Wars
A star wars fan? You can actually visit the Massassi Outpost rebel base on the fourth moon of Yavin in the Original Star wars. It is actually the remains of a Mayan temple in Guatemala. The director actually chose the place while he saw a poster of the place.
The Tribute Training Center from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The shooting for the tribute training center was actually done The Marriott Marquis Hotel at the 265 Peachtree Center Avenue NE, Atlanta This is one of the largest atrium and has beautiful glass elevators on the 10th floor and the set was built on the roof of the hotel.
Subterranean pool from 127 Hours
In the movie you see Aron Ralston who meets two other hikers and they jump into a Subterranean pool. In reality the pool is actually a natural hot spring location in Midway, Utah. You can enjoy your time at the pool just like the actors except for jumping inside the pool for safety reasons of course.
Due to the unseasonal rain we’ve been getting, Adam Sandler’s Grown Ups had to move filming to Woodman’s of Essex all this week — two months ahead of schedule. Those of you familiar with Woodman’s will know that it’s the best place on earth to get fried clams, and they are also the inventors of the seafood treat.
Woodman’s website reveals that this is the first time in 95 years that they have ever closed their doors. A message on the site explains, “The torrential rain predicted for the next few days has caused many people, including Hollywood, to do some last minute rescheduling. Woodman’s of Essex was contacted early this morning and asked by producers if they could start setting the stage tonight. Originally the restaurant had planned to close their doors in early August.
“They needed a spot to do some indoor shooting in order to stay on schedule. It was short notice for sure and we’ve been scrambling all morning,” Maureen Woodman explained. “But we figure it is better to close on three rainy days in June than three nice days in August even if we don’t have much lead time.”
Hollywood has hit the Hub. Here is what is filming in Boston.
Shooting in 2008
Ashecliffe: Based on the book Shutter Island by local author Dennis Lehane (Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone), Ashecliffe follows the story of two United States Marshals who investigate a mental patient’s disappearance on a Boston area island. They uncover that nothing is quite what it seems on this mysterious island.
– Starring: Directed by Martin Scorcese: Mark Ruffalo, Sir Ben Kingsley and Leonardo DiCaprio
– Filming: East Boston, Taunton, Medfield, Nahant Beach, Hyde Park and Boston Harbor Islands (Peddocks Island), North End
– Status: Filming completed (March-July 08); for release in 2009
Bride Wars: Best friends become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day.
– Starring: Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway
– Filming: South Station, Public Gardens, Suite nightclub and Back Bay
– Status: In Post Production as of July 2008; for release in 2009
Edge of Darkness: A police officer investigates the death of his activist daughter.
-Starring: Mel Gibson
-Filming: South Boston
-Status: Filming as of 09/09/08
The Fallen: A true-life story of a Boston Fire Fighter whose life is turned upside down after a devastating injury leaves him with a severe drug addiction.
– Starring: TBD
– Filming: TBD
– Status: Filming soon
Ghosts of Girlfriend’s Past: The romantic comedy is about a bachelor who attends his younger brother’s wedding and is haunted by the ghosts of his past girlfriends.
– Starring: Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner
– Filming: South Street, Wellesley, Ipswitch, Chelsea, and Hingham
– Status: Post production as of July 2008; for release in 2009
– Tidbit: Ben Affleck was originally slated to play in McConaughey’s role
Moviegoers have Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) to thank for all those wonderful images and scenes they see in films. Some of these images are not even real. We can see actors interacting in three-dimensional space in places and even with creatures that do not exist. Many films use a mix of models and CGI to create faux realities. The first “Jurassic Park” film used CGI and animated dinosaur models. The ill triceratops that Laura Dern and Sam Neil’s characters interacted with was a life-size animatronic model. In fact, “Jurassic Park” utilized CGI, stop-motion animation, animatronic models and even actors inside velociraptor puppets to pull off the realistic scenes that make the film a landmark event in recreating things on film that no longer exist in our world.
Though there have been projects that preceded it, the 1973 film “Westworld,” starring Yul Brynner, is likely the first commercially successful film to use computer graphics to create something not there. Yul Brynner played a robot gunslinger in a futuristic theme park world that goes haywire when humanoid robots begin killing guests. The first-person view of Brynner’s robot character was done using computer graphics. TRON , was the first film to actually create characters made by computer that both look and move like human beings. It is expected that a later generation of CGI technology combined with the ability to computer generate voices will be able to entirely replace some human characters in movies of the future.You thought this was good?
Ethan Hawke’s new movie rolled into South Boston this week. Filming started this past Monday on Real Men Cry in the M Street area in Southie. The gritty crime flick, written and directed by Southie native Brian Goodman, also stars Mark Ruffalo, and Amanda Peet.
Murphy’s Law, Boston’s latest filming hotspot (Gone Baby Gone) almost got involved in the flick serving as a place for the cast and crew to eat between takes. But apparently Murphy’s was just under the size requirements.
Yesterday, 21 with Kevin Spacey and Lawrence Fishburne took a little trip down to the Longwood Ave area to do some filming. According to the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe, Sony offical named the movie 21 this past Monday. The movie is loosely based on the true story of how bunch of MIT students beat the system in Vegas.
We got the call from movie buff Ken in the morning and headed down to the area in the afternoon. According to one of the crew members, The Massachusetts College of Art served as the “Holding Area.” That is basically where the extras and crew gather for lunch and where they hang out awaiting filming to start.
The actual filming took place in front of Harvard Medical School on Longwood Ave. Or at least that is where all the cameras were set up.