Fun Challenge: Movies/TV shows about NYC

Was the French Connection under the El car chase filmed on the west side of Manhattan, or in Bensonhurst? I always thought it was the former, but there's reference to it in today's NYT (as part of a pizza tour...) being in Bklyn.

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3.
Escape from New York!

ev965 wrote: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3.
Escape from New York!

Nice! I love the TOP123!

Carnivore wrote: [quote=ev965]The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3.
Escape from New York!

Nice! I love the TOP123!

ooo, excellent
more subway movies!

I was on the train one evening about a month ago and the lights went out, from 34th St to just after Canal. It used to happen all the time (in the 80s) - sooooo cinematic . . .

after seeing scenes from the bourne ultimatum again last night, I'll have to declare it the ultimate TANGIERS movie. jesus christ is that scene good. the nyc scenes that everyone was hyping: not teh bueno.

Predator 2 has an awesome scene in the subway. Otherwise, it's not such a good movie though.

No one seems to have mentioned Escape From New York...

A little old, but I like the "villageness" of Barefoot in the Park.

How about Blue Smoke?

Where's the love for You've Got Mail?!

Here's a little-known fact: the book that The Warriors was based on was itself based on an ancient Greek military text, the Anabasis. From the Wikipedia article:

"Anabasis is the most famous work of the Greek writer Xenophon. Xenophon accompanied the Ten Thousand, a large army of Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus the Younger, who intended to seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II. Though Cyrus' army was victorious at Cunaxa in Babylon (401 BCE), Cyrus himself was killed in the battle, rendering the victory irrelevant and the expedition a failure. Stranded deep in enemy territory, the Spartan general Clearchus and most of the other Greek generals were subsequently killed or captured by treachery on the part of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes. Now abandoned in the middle of the hostile Anatolian plateau, without communications and supplies other than what they could obtain by force as they went, the 10,000 had to fight their way northward, making ad hoc decisions as to their destiny. Ultimately this "marching republic" managed to reach the shores of the Black Sea, where they were at last able to communicate their position and buy board on the merchant ships that would bring them back to Greece, and safety."

Anyway, as you were...

You've Got Mail, most commonly attributed to Dante (2nd circle of hell) is actually the least famous work of the Greek writer Xenophon . . . :-'

queencallipygos wrote: Here's a little-known fact: the book that The Warriors was based on was itself based on an ancient Greek military text, the Anabasis. From the Wikipedia article:

"Anabasis is the most famous work of the Greek writer Xenophon. Xenophon accompanied the Ten Thousand, a large army of Greek mercenaries hired by Cyrus the Younger, who intended to seize the throne of Persia from his brother, Artaxerxes II. Though Cyrus' army was victorious at Cunaxa in Babylon (401 BCE), Cyrus himself was killed in the battle, rendering the victory irrelevant and the expedition a failure. Stranded deep in enemy territory, the Spartan general Clearchus and most of the other Greek generals were subsequently killed or captured by treachery on the part of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes. Now abandoned in the middle of the hostile Anatolian plateau, without communications and supplies other than what they could obtain by force as they went, the 10,000 had to fight their way northward, making ad hoc decisions as to their destiny. Ultimately this "marching republic" managed to reach the shores of the Black Sea, where they were at last able to communicate their position and buy board on the merchant ships that would bring them back to Greece, and safety."

Anyway, as you were...

I'm very disappointed that pensodyssey was not the one to point this out.

WhyFi wrote: Where's the love for You've Got Mail?!

I love that movie!

Tom Hanks

AOL :thumbdown:

doctorj wrote: No one seems to have mentioned Escape From New York...

oh snap! 80s Classic!
Snake Plissken ( Kirk Russel) and the Duke ( Isaac Hayes)

Em26 wrote: [quote=WhyFi]Where's the love for You've Got Mail?!

I love that movie!

Tom Hanks

AOL :thumbdown:

Love Tom Hanks!
What about BIG!!!

"I get to be on top!"

and his first paycheck:

"$167"!!!!

and of course, the "mini corn" at the pary!!

So many jewels in that movie!!

Coming to America! Goes to Queens to find his Queen. Good times.

I thought of "Big" last night too.

Also....

Wall Street (Greed is good!)
When Harry Met Sally

American Psycho

Carlito's Way.

Awesome. Especially Sean Penn as the sleazy lawyer.

State of Grace

Gary Oldman is so damn thin!

What about Rosemary's Baby? Um, A Vampire in Brooklyn, Midnight Cowboy (a fucked up gem!), and Jacob's Ladder! Those are my contributions.

Pi.
Mostly shot in Brooklyn!

Did anyone see "I am Legend"?

I actually enjoyed Smiths' performance and the scenes of a devastated and abandoned New York (Amazing how they did that in this city!!). I know the story isn't true to the original book, but I found the ideas in the story intriguing.

As usual Hollywood threw in the whole "religious struggle" in, but it didn't ruin the movie as much as the CGI monsters might have. I liked the first 75% of the movie better ( involving the main character's struggle to survive in day to day life) than the last 25% which turned to formula.

Overall, Will Smith is the man and I will see him in anything he does. He always gives a good performance and has great screen presence even when alone for most of the movie ( reminded me of Tom Hanks in Cast Away a little with the main character being alone for most of the movie)

Now this movie seems interesting in the previews and viral marketing campaign. It's a monster movie shot entirely 'Blair Witch" style from the perspective of a digital recorder; It starts at a party:

"Cloverfield"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvNkGm8mxiM

Little Murders...... [1971]
A very dark comedy about New York at it's worst, but not too distant past.

Bad Lieutenant.

Drano wrote: Bad Lieutenant.

Nice one. But unfortunately, it comes with Harvey Keitel full frontal nudity.

Smoke

grafixguy wrote: Smoke

Blue in the Face.

Squid and the Whale

Carnivore wrote: [quote=grafixguy]Smoke

Blue in the Face.

both shot where the post office used to be across from Farrell's in WT
in fact, isn't one of these extra bits shot for the other?

FurryGreyBOy wrote: Squid and the Whale

Anyone else find Squid/Whale annoying?

"Across The Universe" (mix equal parts Rent and Hair, score with the Beatles catalog, bleech) has a ton of NYC. And one awesome shot of the statue of Liberty being carried through the killing fields of *Vietnam*. And one other awesome shot cheerleader strolling towards her dreamgirl, back by slo mo football guys flipping around.
Don't ask me how I know. I was dragged.

Jim Sheridan's "In America" is kinda great . . . Irish couple and their little kids in Hells Kitchen in the 80s