"on its property, but permitted limited filming by the project after intervention by Harvard alumnus John Lithgow. Likewise, only the exterior shots of Bunker Hill Community College were filmed in Boston; however, Sean's office was built in Toronto as an exact replica of one at the college. The interior bar scenes set in ""Southie"" were shot on location at Woody's L St. Tavern. Meanwhile, the homes of Will (190 West 6th Street) and Sean (259 E Street), while some distance apart in the movie, actually back up to each other on Bowen Street, the narrow street Chuckie drives down to"
"The protagonist of the 1997 film ""Good Will Hunting"", played by Matt Damon, was a working class genius from South Boston. The 2006 film ""The Departed"", directed by Martin Scorsese, was inspired by the events that took place in Boston during Whitey Bulger's reign as the kingpin of the Irish Mob. in the 2007 class-based multiplayer shooter video game Team Fortress 2, the Scout is listed as a native of South Boston. ""What Doesn't Kill You"" is a 2008 American crime drama based on the true life story of the film's director Brian Goodman, detailing his own exploits involved with"
"series, including ""Die Another Day"", the Harry Potter films and the BBC TV series ""Butterflies"". The film ""Hot Fuzz"" was set in Gloucestershire where Simon Pegg, who co-wrote and starred in the film, grew up. ""A Girl's Best Friend"", the pilot for the proposed ""Doctor Who"" spin-off ""K-9 and Company"", was filmed in Gloucestershire. The setting is the fictional town of Moreton Harwood. The fictional town of Leadworth in ""Doctor Who"" is in Gloucestershire. It is the home of companions Amy Pond, Rory Williams and River Song in their childhoods and young adulthoods. A fictional Brimpsfield was the village, home"
"New England English and by German. The 2010 Japanese movie ""Hanamizuki"" was partly set and filmed in Lunenburg and the science fiction television show ""Haven"" was partly filmed there though it is set in the United States. The fairhaven town is featured prominently in a 2010 series of Cisco Systems network product ads featuring Ellen Page. The 2012 film ""The Disappeared"" was shot in Lunenburg during September 2011. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Lunenburg is a port town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Situated on the province's South Shore, Lunenburg is located on the Fairhaven Peninsula at the western side of"
"and New Hampshire native John Irving, and New England is a major setting of their works. George V. Higgins wrote about life in the New England criminal underworld, while H.P. Lovecraft set many of his works of horror in his native Rhode Island. New England has a rich history in filmmaking dating back to the dawn of the motion picture era at the turn of the 20th century, sometimes dubbed Hollywood East by film critics. A theater at 547 Washington Street in Boston was the second location to debut a picture projected by the Vitascope, and shortly thereafter several novels"
"2007 letter to ""The New York Times"", Levin said that he based the town of Stepford on Wilton, Connecticut, where he lived in the 1960s. Wilton is a ""step"" from Stamford, a major city lying 15 miles away. The premise involves the married men of the fictional Fairfield County town of Stepford, Connecticut and their fawning, submissive, impossibly beautiful wives. The protagonist is Joanna Eberhart, a talented photographer newly arrived from New York City with her husband and children, eager to start a new life. As time goes on, she becomes increasingly disturbed by the zombie-like, submissive wives of Stepford,"
"of the film ""Good Will Hunting"", in which Will is seen driving on the highway, was filmed on the section of the Mass Pike in Stockbridge. (Citation: at the end of the credits, an overpass is labeled ""Route 102 Stockbridge"") The town was the setting for the 1994-95 NBC sitcom ""Something Wilder"" starring Gene Wilder. Stockbridge, Massachusetts Stockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in western Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,947 at the 2010 census. A year-round resort area, Stockbridge is home to the Norman Rockwell Museum, the"
"story ""Eisenheim the Illusionist"" was adapted into the 2006 film ""The Illusionist"", was born in New York City and raised in Connecticut. More recently, Stephen King, born in Portland, Maine, has used the small towns of his home state as the setting for much of his horror fiction, with several of his stories taking place in or near the fictional town of Castle Rock. Just to the south, Exeter, New Hampshire was the birthplace of best-selling novelist John Irving and Dan Brown, author of ""The Da Vinci Code"". Rick Moody has set many of his works in southern New England,"
"watch, including Tom Cruise's character. The machine then murders several people and obliterates almost everything in sight with its Heat Ray before moving on. Five Corners, Newark Five Corners is an unincorporated community and neighborhood within the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It is the local name of an intersection of five streets in the Ironbound section of Newark, including Wilson Avenue, Merchant Street, Ferry Street (the Ironbound's best-known street) and East Ferry Street, the latter two being part of the route of the former Lincoln Highway. In Steven Spielberg's ""War of the Worlds"", this"
"begin traveling the country, eventually murdering at least 12 women who responded to their ads. Detective Robinson (John Travolta) and Detective Hildebrandt (James Gandolfini) are the homicide detectives who bring the couple to justice. Filming began on March 21, 2005, with the majority of shooting taking place on location in and around historic venues in Jacksonville, Florida. Portions were filmed in the historic Riverside district west of Downtown, while additional shooting occurred in nearby Fernandina and Amelia Island. Several scenes were shot in the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington. Shots of the famous fireplace and Peacock Lounge can be seen"
"""The Aviator"", a film about Howard Hughes, featured several mentions of Culver City in connection with Hughes. Scenes from ""Bewitched"" (2005) with Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell were also filmed in the Culver City streets. The film ""Fun with Dick and Jane"" (2005) starring Jim Carrey was filmed there. The closing aerial sequence of ""Get Shorty"" (1995) starring John Travolta and Danny DeVito is also filmed in Culver City, at Sony Pictures Studios. Additionally, scenes of ""Superbad"" (2007) starring Jonah Hill and Michael Cera were filmed in areas surrounding Culver City High School. In 2010, the films ""Killers"" and ""Dinner"
"element that's threatening - throwing bottles and that sort of thing - and I machine gun them. That to me is excessive violence and is unnecessary."" Filming started on April 19, 1985 in a ""crime-infested"" area of Brooklyn. Other New York locations used for the film included the Queensboro Bridge, the bus terminal of Manhattan's Port Authority, and Long Island. In early May, the production team moved to London. Winner found it useful that both cities had a lot of Victorian buildings. The police station scenes were filmed at the old Lambeth Hospital in Lambeth, which has since been demolished."
"been filmed in White Plains, including The Departed, Across The Universe, Eighth Grade (film), Alex Strangelove and The Americans. White Plains was also selected as the original filming destination for Larry Charles' Borat, but Sacha Baron Cohen insisted the film be shot in New York City instead. The White Plains Performing Arts Center, which can seat up to 410 people, serves as a venue for a variety of events, such as Broadway theatre and concerts. White Plains is home to the Westchester Philharmonic, the sole professional symphony orchestra in Westchester County. The Philharmonic performs at SUNY Purchase's Performing Arts Center."
"William Monahan (fresh from winning an Academy Award for King's ""The Departed"") to re-write the screenplay. Michael Wearing and BBC Films also co-produced the film. Filming began on 18 August 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts. A scene where Craven scatters his daughter's ashes at a beach was filmed at Rockport on 25 and 26 September. They shot some scenes in Merrimac, Massachusetts from 15 September 2008 to 18 September 2008. Additional scenes were shot in Malden, Massachusetts in the old Malden hospital. Some of the final scenes were shot at a home in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. Additionally, Gibson and his crew set"
"to Newport's 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the principal employers in the city are: Newport was a filming location for ""The Great Gatsby"" (1974), ""Mr. North"" (1988), ""High Society"" (1956) and ""Moonrise Kingdom"" (2012). Newport, Rhode Island Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, located approximately southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, south of Fall River, Massachusetts, south of Boston, and northeast of New York City. It is known as a New England summer resort and is famous for its historic mansions and its rich sailing history. It is also the home of Salve Regina"
"focusing on wealthy families of suburban Connecticut's Gold Coast and their battles with addiction and anomie. Derek Walcott, a playwright and poet who won the 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature, taught poetry at Boston University. Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy, whose novel ""No Country for Old Men"" was made into the Academy Award for Best Picture winning film in 2007, was born in Providence, although he moved to Tennessee when he was a boy. New York Times Bestselling author Dennis Lehane, another native of the Boston area, who was born in Dorchester, wrote the novels that were adapted into the"
"get away with their crimes; the victims are freed from their control programming, and their spouses are forced to wait on them hand and foot as a form of reparations. Both versions were filmed in various towns in Fairfield County, Connecticut, including Redding, Westport, Darien, New Canaan, Wilton and Norwalk. The 1975 version had several locations in the Greenfield Hill section of Fairfield, including the Eberharts' house and the Greenfield Hill Congregational Church. Additional scenes from the 2004 movie were filmed in Bedminster, New Jersey, with extras from surrounding communities. The term ""Stepford wife"" entered common use in the English"
"The Departed The Departed is a 2006 American crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. It is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film ""Infernal Affairs"". The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Mark Wahlberg, with Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson and Alec Baldwin in supporting roles. The film takes place in Boston. Irish Mob boss Francis ""Frank"" Costello (Nicholson) plants Colin Sullivan (Damon) as a mole within the Massachusetts State Police; the two characters are loosely based on famous gangster Whitey Bulger and corrupt FBI agent John"
"letter 'R'."" Being conspicuous and easily identifiable as regional, Boston accents are routinely featured by actors in films set in Boston, particularly for working-class white characters, such as in ""Good Will Hunting"", ""Mystic River"", ""The Departed"", ""Manchester by the Sea"", ""The Town"", ""Ted"", ""The Fighter"", and ""Black Mass"". Television series based within a Boston setting such as ""Boston Public"" and ""Cheers"" have featured the accent. ""Simpsons"" character Mayor Quimby talks with an exaggerated Boston accent as reference to the former US Senator Ted Kennedy. Television comedy sketches have featured the accent, including ""The Boston Teens"" and ""Dunkin Donuts"" on ""Saturday"
"along with the other ""wives"", all inappropriately glamorously dressed, politely saying little more than hello to each other. In the background, a black couple (new residents of Stepford) argue, and it is likely the wife is poised to become the conspiracy's next victim. Still images show a cheerful Walter along with his children in the back of the station wagon, picking up his wife from the supermarket. The film was shot in a variety of towns in suburban Fairfield County in southwest Connecticut, primarily in Darien (Goodwives Shopping Center), Westport, and Fairfield. The climax of the story was filmed at"
"include composer journalist and newspaper editor William Henry Wills, Ron Goodwin, and journalist Angela Rippon and comedian Dawn French. Canadian politician and legal scholar Chris Axworthy hails from Plymouth. America based actor Donald Moffat, whose roles include American Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in the film ""The Right Stuff"", and fictional President Bennett in ""Clear and Present Danger"", was born in Plymouth. Cambridge spy Guy Burgess was born at 2 Albemarle Villas, Stoke whilst his father was a serving Royal Navy officer. Plymouth Plymouth () is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter"
"Kilmer and Christopher Walken, HBO's series ""Hung"" was filmed, and is set in, Detroit, and the Discovery Channel's ""Motor City Motors"" (2009), formerly ""Monster Garage"" (2002-2006). Originally slated for Minneapolis, Minnesota, Clint Eastwood's film ""Gran Torino"" (2008) was filmed in the Detroit area. Changes to the dynamics of the automotive industry left the State of Michigan with vacant factories and commercial buildings, these buildings were well suited to be repurposed as sound stages and film production facilities. In 2008, Michigan offered nationally competitive film incentives that coincided with the automotive industry crisis. The Michigan Film Incentive effort was successful in"
"Pennsylvania, eventually moved to Ipswich, Massachusetts, which served as the model for the fictional New England town of Tarbox in his 1968 novel ""Couples"". Robert Frost was born in California, but moved to Massachusetts during his teen years and published his first poem in Lawrence; his frequent use of New England settings and themes ensured that he would be associated with the region. Arthur Miller, a New York City native, used New England as the setting for some of his works, most notably ""The Crucible"". Herman Melville, originally from New York City, bought the house now known as Arrowhead in"
"mostly as extras. Filming began in late August 2009 in Boston. The former MASSBank branch located in Melrose, Massachusetts, was used as the location for the first robbery of the film, taking on the name Cambridge Merchants Bank (the exterior shots, however, are of Cambridge Savings Bank in Harvard Square). Filming also took place at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, for casino scenes, Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Cedar Junction in Walpole, Massachusetts, for use of their visiting room, and at Anderson Regional Transportation Center in Woburn, Massachusetts, for the ending Amtrak scenes. ""The Town"" was shown at the Venice Film"
"to join. Soon after, The Weinstein Company closed a deal to distribute ""All Good Things"", and the film's budget was set at US$20 million. Filming began in April in New York City and various locations in Connecticut, which were chosen for ""the tax incentive, scenic and period locations"" provided by the state. Shooting on Lillinonah Drive at a lakefront house in Brookfield, Connecticut began in early May. Five locations at the Fairfield University campus were used for several scenes over a week of filming. The set moved to Carl Schurz Park, New York City, briefly before switching back to Connecticut."
"Nobel Prize for Literature, taught poetry at Boston University. Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy, whose novel ""No Country for Old Men"" was made into the Academy Award for Best Picture winning film in 2007, was born in Providence, although he moved to Tennessee when he was a boy. New York Times Bestselling author Dennis Lehane, another native of the Boston area, who was born in Dorchester, wrote the novels that were adapted into the films ""Mystic River"", ""Gone Baby Gone"" and ""Shutter Island"". Largely on the strength of its local writers, Boston was for some years the center of the"
"learned their craft. It is the birthplace of Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld series of fantasy novels. Several scenes in ""Brief Encounter,"" a classic film about a woman in a dull middle class marriage who almost undertakes an affair, were filmed in the town: Station Parade served as Milford High Street and Boots on Burke's Parade was where Alec runs into Laura. The exterior of the Royal Saracens Head Inn can be seen in the James Bond film ""Thunderball,"" and the interior shots for the pub in ""Hot Fuzz"" were filmed in the Royal Standard pub. The New Town"
"up shop for filming in western Massachusetts, with 180 staff staying in Northampton hotels. They shot in various locations in the Pioneer Valley, including Tully O'Reilly's Pub, the Northampton Athletic Club, and an older part of the Hampshire County Courthouse, all in Northampton. Also, Sugarloaf Mountain was shut down for a few days while they rented it out. They also filmed at the Notch Visitor Center, Rt. 116, Amherst. The film takes place in America, unlike the television series, which was based in England. ""The idea was to transfer the story to a different time and place rather than just"
"film adaptation. Beverly was home to author John Updike until his death. The region also prominently figures in the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and H. P. Lovecraft, notably the latter's ""The Shadow over Innsmouth"", as well as those of many New England poets, from T.S. Eliot to Robert Lowell. Martin Scorsese's 2010 feature film ""Shutter Island"", set on a fictional Boston Harbor island, was partly shot on location on the North Shore. Kenneth Lonergan's acclaimed 2016 film ""Manchester by the Sea"" is set in the eponymous seaside town, and major portions of it were filmed in Gloucester, Beverly and other"
"of their respective enterprises. The opening sequence was shot in Ancoats, Manchester, an area transformed by the Industrial Revolution which helped give the city its nickname Cottonopolis. The sequence features shots of Brunswick Mill, Murrays' Mills and McConnel & Kennedy mills - all three are Manchester's most famous cotton mills in production at the time of the Industrial Revolution and keeps in line with the programme's warehouse theme. The location at which the pitches are filmed has varied over the years. It was originally filmed inside a furniture depository in Stoke Newington. The production were forced to move after the"
"local musicians of Irish, Scottish, and other Celtic traditions, and many Boston pubs, such as the Black Rose on State Street, regularly feature live Irish music. Boston hosted the 43rd World Irish Dancing Championships in 2013. Edwin O'Connor's best-selling 1956 novel, ""The Last Hurrah"", is set in an unnamed city, widely assumed to be Boston; its main character, Frank Skeffington, is likely based on James Michael Curley. A film adaptation, directed by John Ford and starring Spencer Tracy, was released in 1958. Films with a Boston Irish focus include ""Good Will Hunting"" (1997), ""The Boondock Saints"" (1999), ""Mystic River"" (2003),"
"exist in real life – Metro-North Railroad (at the time New Haven Railroad) stops in Fairfield County, Connecticut, include Stamford, Connecticut, and the Westport station serves the town of Westport, Connecticut, where series creator Rod Serling once lived. Gart Williams' home phone number of Capital 7-9899 is also a legitimate telephone exchange in Westport. Willoughby, Ohio, is the only town with that name in all of the United States, but it can also be noted that in Los Angeles, California, there is a street called 'Willoughby Avenue' within the greater Hollywood area, only a few miles from the Sony Pictures"
"""Better Call Saul"", a spinoff of ""Breaking Bad"", is also set and shot in Albuquerque. Ethel Mertz, a character on the 1950s sitcom ""I Love Lucy"", refers to Albuquerque as her hometown. Vivian Vance, the actress who played Ethel, actually was from Albuquerque. ""Hungry, Hungry Homer"", the 15th episode of the twelfth season of ""The Simpsons"", features Albuquerque as the location where the owners of the Springfield Isotopes baseball team wish to relocate. The real Albuquerque Isotopes Minor League team's name was inspired by the episode. Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque ( ; ; ; ; Zuni: Alo:ke:k'ya; ) is the"