Best movie in your city? (home, taxi driver, gangs)

[Katarina Witt]

Pittsburgh: Striking Distance. Lame, but neat footage of the rivers.
Night of the Living Dead, filmed in the Pittsburgh suburbs.

Boulder, CO: Catch and Release. I haven't seen it, but my DD said it was lame but had lots of "Boulderisms" in it.

[radraja]

Probably the Oceans movies.

Those are my favorite, anyway.

[south-to-west]

LA--"Heat"

Twin Cities--"Fargo"

Chicago--"Blues Brothers", "High Fidelity"

New Orleans--"The Big Easy"

Charleston, SC--"Glory"

Philadelphia--"Rocky"

San Francisco--"48 Hours", "Dirty Harry"

Seattle--"Singles"

New York--"Wall Street"

Boston--"The Departed"

Las Vegas--"Casino"

Atlanta--"School Daze"

Carolinas--"Cape Fear"

Phoenix--"Raising Arizona"

[Galounger]

ATL-ATL

Not the best but obviously first to come to mind.

Atlanta is a major character in most of Tyler Perrys movies.

[Billiam]

um, wel from my (old) town, Frederick,MD is really close to where The Blair Witch Project takes place in Burketsville, and that's the only film that takes place in my area so its obvisously the best

[bluepencil]

Originally Posted by bklynchapin

Austin- Dazed & Confused
Many probably didn't know this movie took place in Austin, but to Austinites it makes utter sense.

Linklater's ability to capture the vibe of Austin is uncanny. As good a job as Dazed & Confused does, I think Slacker is a true cinematic embodiment of the town. Watching that movie makes we miss Austin so much (and I live in Madison, which is endlessly compared to Austin if you ignore the overbearing winter).

[bklynchapin]

Originally Posted by bluepencil

Linklater's ability to capture the vibe of Austin is uncanny. As good a job as Dazed & Confused does, I think Slacker is a true cinematic embodiment of the town. Watching that movie makes we miss Austin so much (and I live in Madison, which is endlessly compared to Austin if you ignore the overbearing winter).

I liked Slacker too, but I felt it was a little too stylized. I found Dazed & Confused more accessible.

[jonjj]

For Baltimore:
Tin Men---by Barry Levinson
Cry Baby and Hairspray---by John Waters
Bedroom Window---about the Mt. Vernon neighborhood
Accidental Tourist--very good film

[Billiam]

^ Pecker is really good too!

[Do a Barrel Roll]

Here's a new one:

Aspen, CO - Dumb and Dumber