Posted by Angel Girl on September 7, 2004, at 3:35:12
In reply to Re: my apartment is in the movies, again » Ilene, posted by Larry Hoover on August 31, 2004, at 20:35:06
> > > They're shooting David Cronenberg's "History of Violence" where I live, and I get paid to have my apartment in the scenes. I had Molly Shannon waving out my window to Mathew Broderick (The Music Man), and maybe I'll get something like that again.
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> > That's cool! For some reason I think you live in Canada. Is that right?
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> Yes, correct. I live about one hour northeast of Toronto, also known as Hollywood North.
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> > I grew up in West LA, not far from MGM and 20th Century Fox. I used to drive by the MGM back lot all the time. My high school was the exterior for an early 60s show called "Mr. Novak". Every so often I'd be somewhere where something was being shot.
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> They virtually shut down my little town during shooting. This summer, they shot "Ice Princess" here, and they covered the streets with snow, despite it being over 90 in the shade.....people walking around in parkas, etc.
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> I think they like shooting here because we let them shut the town down. For money.
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> > I used to watch "Streets of San Francisco" and laugh over how the actors would exit one landmark and show up at another one all the way across town. Like leaving stepping off the Golden Gate Bridge and appearing in Golden Gate Park, about three miles away. It put the Star Trek transporter to shame.
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> Ya, I love that kind of stuff, when you KNOW what's really on the screen.
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> Lar
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What town are you in? I'm in Scarborough.Angel Girl
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