LesterQuirk
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What Movies\TV series have seen been filmed in your New York Neighborhood?

Hello New Yorkers,

Someone posted about seeing the movie Cloverfield being filmed near them in NYC, so I thought I would see what others have seen being filmed nead them? I remember waaaaay back when I saw Ghostbusters being filmed around town...that was pretty cool.

What have you seen?
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nyboy666
nyboy666 2yrs+
What hasn't been filmed around here - I don't have a photo but I am Legend was the most recent, Washington Square. We're in West Village.

Found this photo on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewied/284536269/
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Gossip Girl is always filming near me, as I live on the UES. And I've seen Law and Order a couple of times. It's always so exciting when people film on your block!
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
I've seen Law & Order. That's just about it.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
I think several scenes from the Sex and the City movie were filmed on the Upper East Side for example at the Lumi Restaurant on 70th street and Lexington Avenue.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
I wonder how many TV sitcoms are actually filmed on location and not in the studio.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
They just filmed a scene from 30 Rock in my neighborhood last week.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@JenMac: Is 30 Rock one of those shows like Law & Order that film in various locations?
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Lucky, @JenMac. I've never seen them taping, although I have run into Alec Baldwin at a concert outdoors in Central Park...
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
30 Rock is the comedy created by Tina Fey. It wins Emmys every year. They mostly film at Silvercup but they do location shoots often.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
I always find sitcoms that are meant to be set in NYC but don't do lots of location shooting (eg Castle, which I love in many other regards) very distracting. They just look...wrong
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
It's funny to me how many "NY based sitcoms" are actually shot in LA. And no one seems to be any the wiser . . .
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
As long as they have the cliche, repeated "opening"/establishing shot...c.f. Friends, Will & Grace...
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@JenMac: You are right. Many sitcoms are filmed in LA. They create backdrops that look like NYC to fool people. I remember reading somewhere that some scenes are filmed in NYC, but the majority are filmed in LA.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
NYC is such a vibrant, fantastic setting - I really do think it adds to a movie or show to shoot on location in any case, but NYC in particular. It's just so...specific that a soundstage won't do.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Ajadedidealist; If a movie is made with NYC as the backdrop, I'll bet the Empire State Building may be given a look at, another with other landmarks. The Empire State Building is the number one attraction for people around the world.
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