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Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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New Jack City for NYC
That NYC of the late 80's to early 90's doesn't exist anymore. And actually, the guys the movie were loosely based off of lived in Detroit (yep, New Jack City was based off a true story, with a lot of liberties taken)
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, formerly NoVA and Phila
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I always felt Trading Places was the quintessential Philly movie. The topics covered in the movie are just as relevant today as they were nearly 40 years ago.
Me too! Not to mention it is an all-around awesome movie! My favorite line is when Dan Aykroyd is trying to sell his very expensive watch in a pawn shop in Philly, "...it tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome, and Gstaad."
And the man behind the counter replies, "In Philadelphia it's worth 50 bucks."
Yeah, I can see why people always list Rocky because it's arguably the biggest sports movie of all time but it's from 43 years ago. Philadelphia to me is mostly defined by the Sixth Sense and Philadelphia as well, and lesser extent Signs.
Huh? It’s been about 15-20 years since I’ve seen “Signs”, but doesn’t it take place mostly on a farm with cornfields? I don’t know how this could be associated with Philadelphia to any extent? I guess maybe the small town they’re in is near Philly, but I don’t know how anyone outside the area would know that while watching it, maybe I’m wrong?
As for Rocky, yeah the original is 43 years old, but they’ve literally released at least one new one in every decade since.
The river catching fire in Cleveland happened in 1969. That song was making fun of the city. There's nothing poignant about fire being magical. Tell me what poignant lines about Cleveland that are in the song. I bet if he did a song about the Chicago Fire, folks from Chicago would've read Randy Newman The Riot Act. If it was a lament then Cleveland didn't need his sympathy as if were a charity case.
Bull. I was born and raised in Chicago. Chicagoans have a sense of humor about the Chicago Fire. They would laugh at a song about it.
Randy Newman does satire. Some people like him, some don't. Being offended by his Cleveland song would be like those of below average height being offended by "Short People."
I think Cleveland has a good sense of humor about itself too.
And Office Space, while filmed in Dallas and Austin (and feeling totally like Dallas in the 1990s to me) also feels like every big city in a way.
One of my best friend's dad worked in the building where they filmed the exterior in Dallas back in the '90s.
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