America's Favorite Cities 2009 (downtown, states, Phoenix, Florida)

[wpmeads]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Actually its a movie in theaters now based in Austin....

Whip It is the movie.

[Hollywood Inquirer]

Originally Posted by wpmeads

YouTube - SXSW Promotional Video - South by Southwest 2010

YouTube - About SXSW: SXSW Film Festival Venues


This is probably a better link for info on SXSW:

YouTube - SXSW Promotional Video - South by Southwest 2010


I didn't say it was like Hollywood. I just said it has reputation for being a film town. but just to name a few filmed in Austin:

Slacker
Sin City and Sin City 2 (in production)
Grindhouse
Bottlerockets
Dazed and Confused
American Outlaw
Machete (in production)
Kill Bill: Vol 1
all of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre's
A Scanner Darkly
Idiocracy
Capote

and the list goes on and on and on....

Wes Anderson, Robert Rodriguez, and Richard Linklater all got there start in Austin. I'm not sure about Wes Anderson, but Robert Rodriguez and Richard Linklater have both moved back to Austin and opened a studios.

I'm not trying to say that Austin is better or even equal than New York or LA's music and film scene. I'm just saying that anyone who is in the entertainment knows that Austin is a great place to go for film scene.

If you say so.

[wpmeads]

Originally Posted by Hollywood Inquirer

If you say so.

What you don't believe me? You know, Hollywood does film in other places besides LA and NYC.

http://www.listal.com/list/movies-made-austin-texas

[AK123]

Originally Posted by muman

That is unless you enjoy a city with not much of an urban center, miles and miles of generic cookie-cutter subdivisions and freeways.

The urban center is fine, considering. You think Austin's is larger/more dense, or has cooler temperatures? LOL!
The rest sounds like a lot of suburbs around almost any major metro.

Oh, and here's some of that "cookie-cutter" for you.
Montrose named among 10 great neighborhoods in US - Houston Chronicle

Originally Posted by muman

I almost forgot the hurricanes and oppressive heat and humidity. Go Houston!

The hurricane that comes every 20+ years?
Spare me.
Oh, and right now it's 67 degrees outside.

Sad, how so many people have to bash other places instead of just being open-minded and accepting that they may not know everything.

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

A list of movies and tv series filmed in Austin. Not bad for the capital city, it leads Texas, I think. total 140
Movies filmed in Austin, Texas

San Antonio not to shabby had a total of 118 Movies and TV series filmed in the city. Once called the Hollywood of Texas.
San Antonio Filmography :: Official San Antonio Visitor Information: VisitSanAntonio.com


A well known flim producer is building a 500 acre movie studio in far south San Antonio.
http://www.ksat.com/entertainment/15986357/detail.html (broken link)

[muman]

Originally Posted by AK123

The urban center is fine, considering. You think Austin's is larger/more dense, or has cooler temperatures? LOL!
The rest sounds like a lot of suburbs around almost any major metro.

Oh, and here's some of that "cookie-cutter" for you.
Montrose named among 10 great neighborhoods in US - Houston Chronicle



The hurricane that comes every 20+ years?
Spare me.
Oh, and right now it's 67 degrees outside.

Sad, how so many people have to bash other places instead of just being open-minded and accepting that they may not know everything.

Funny you should say that, as I was trying to respond to the NYC bashers!

[wpmeads]

Originally Posted by SweethomeSanAntonio

A list of movies and tv series filmed in Austin. Not bad for the capital city, it leads Texas, I think. total 140
Movies filmed in Austin, Texas

San Antonio not to shabby had a total of 118 Movies and TV series filmed in the city. Once called the Hollywood of Texas.
San Antonio Filmography :: Official San Antonio Visitor Information: VisitSanAntonio.com


A well known flim producer is building a 500 acre movie studio in far south San Antonio.
Lights, Camera, Action Coming To San Antonio - Entertainment News Story - KSAT San Antonio (http://www.ksat.com/entertainment/15986357/detail.html - broken link)

Wow! congrats to San Antonio. The should give the city some great national publicity.

[Rachael84]

Originally Posted by wpmeads

Yes, which makes it even more surprising that your so completely ignorant of Austin's music, film, and art scene. I'm sure most of those European's you've partied with could tell something about Austin's fame. Even the European hipsters usually consider Austin to have one of the best music scene's in the world.

And there are several celebrities that have come from Austin's film scene, and even still live in Austin. The city has gained the reputation in Hollywood of being a great town for film, and it's becoming not all that uncommon to see high profile celebrities in Austin.

I'm not trying to say that Austin's night life is better than NYC's. Those are two completely different towns so I really don't think you can compare the two. I'm just saying that it's not the hick town you're trying to make it out to be.

lmao, the Europeans I spoke with only knew of NY, LA, and Chicago. Austin might as well be a small town to them.

[Infamous92]

Originally Posted by Rachael84

lmao, the Europeans I spoke with only knew of NY, LA, and Chicago. Austin might as well be a small town to them.

Since when are Europeans the moral compass for the World?

I wonder how many small cities in Europe the average American can name.

[Rachael84]

Originally Posted by Infamous92

Since when are Europeans the moral compass for the World?

I wonder how many small cities in Europe the average American can name.

I know, but so many people in Texas thinks the world knows all about their cities, when they don't.