Films made in Buffalo.....

[poltr1]

This month, another movie that appears to be filmed in my home town of Buffalo, NY will hit the screens. Bruce Almighty stars Jim Carrey as a TV news reporter who gets to play God.....literally. Jennifer Aniston plays his girlfriend.

You've seen the reviews, and maybe the trailer. I love the shot where's he's walking on water....in the middle of Lake Erie, and Buffalo City Hall is in the background. They also use the Snap! song "The Power" in the soundtrack. (How many movies has it been in now? I rememebr hearing it in "The Fisher King" back in 1990.)

I'll probably go see it by myself when it comes out. My wife will stay home; she can't stand Jim Carrey.

So....what other movies were partially filmed in the Buffalo/Niagara Falls area? If my memory serves me correctly......

• Hide In Plain Sight (1980) -- starred James Caan and was based on actual events
  
• Best Friends (1982?) -- starred Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn
  
• The Natural (1985) -- starred Robert Redford as a baseball player. It was filmed in the now-demolished War Memorial Stadium. (I just love the ending!)
  
• Canadian Bacon (1995) -- starred Alan Alda, John Candy, Rhea Perlman, and Dan Aykroyd. In an effort to boost sagging popularity polls, the President declares war on Canada. Directed by Michael Moore.
  

gleepy and dagonell are more than welcome to post follow-up messages.

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Never ask a programer for a list!

[dagonell.livejournal.com]

I did a fast search on the Internet Movies Database for "filming location -- Buffalo", got 115 hits, eliminated the historical footage of the Pan American Expo and McKinley's assassination and honed it down to the following:

Being Different (1981) 5.1/10 (12 votes)
Best Friends (1982) 5.1/10 (286 votes)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Buffalo '66 (1998) 7.2/10 (4231 votes)
Burning, The (1981) 4.3/10 (322 votes)
Canadian Bacon (1995) 5.3/10 (1802 votes)
Elvis On Tour (1972) 6.1/10 (145 votes)
Filthy McNasty (2002) (V) 9.3/10 (6 votes)
Hide in Plain Sight (1980) 6.2/10 (71 votes)
HouseSitter (1992) 5.8/10 (2011 votes)
Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt, The (1986) 6.8/10 (10 votes)
L7: The Beauty Process (1998) (V)
Last Prom, The (1988)
Manna From Heaven (2001) 5.8/10 (154 votes)
Natural, The (1984) 7.3/10 (5205 votes)
Night of the Dead (1993)
Savage Skies (1996) (TV)
Tuck Everlasting (1981) 7.0/10 (69 votes)

I left in the documentaries like "Being Different" but cut out the Wrestling extravaganzas. I did another search for "sound track -- Power" but the 145 hits included stuff like Back to the Future II which has "The Power of Love". I couldn't figure out how to hone it down quickly. I must say the list surprizes me. I never knew Tuck Everlasting was filmed entirely in WNY!

Re: Never ask a programer for a list!

[poltr1]

I knew I can count on you. :)

Here's an interesting statistic.....only one of the movies listed was filmed before 1980.

Now to do the IMDB search on "filming location -- Niagara Falls". Other than Canadian Bacon, the only other movie I could think of was "Niagara" featuring Marilyn Monroe.

IMDB -- Filmed in Niagara Falls

[dagonell.livejournal.com]

Here are the 75 matching titles:
"GWF Monday Night Attitude" (1997) TV Series
...aka "GWF Attitude" (1997) (USA: informal short title)
"Taking the Falls" (1995) TV Series
All American Fairytale, An (2001) 8.0/10 (6 votes)
...aka Original Fairytale (2001) (Canada: English title)
American Falls from Above, American Side (1896) 3.6/10 (8 votes)
American Falls from Bottom of Canadian Shore (1896)
American Falls, from Incline R.R. (1896)
American Falls, Goat Island (1896)
American Falls, Luna Island (1896)
Arrival at Falls View Station (1901)
Being Different (1981) 5.1/10 (12 votes)
Canadian Bacon (1995) 5.3/10 (1807 votes)
Canadian Falls, From American Side (1896)
Canadian Falls: Panoramic View From Michigan Central R.R. (1896)
Canadian Falls: Table Rock (1896/I)
Canadian Falls: Table Rock (1896/II)
Circular Panorama of Niagara Falls (1901)
Circular Panorama of Suspension Bridge and American Falls (1901)
Circular Panorama of the American Falls (1901)
Circular Panoramic View of Whirlpool Rapids (1901)
Coyote (1992) 3.8/10 (49 votes)
Desh Videsh (1978)
Door-desh (1983)
Falls, The (1991) 6.1/10 (12 votes)
First Time, The (1969) 4.8/10 (35 votes)
...aka Beginners Three, The (1969)
...aka Beginners, The (1969)
...aka Doin' It (1969)
...aka They Don't Wear Pajamas at Rosie's (1969)
...aka You Don't Need Pajamas at Rosie's (1969) (UK)
Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941) 7.5/10 (216 votes)
...aka 49th Parallel (1941)
...aka Invaders, The (1942) (USA)
Great Niagara, The (1974) (TV)
Have Figure Will Travel (1963)
Honeymoon, The (1917)
Horseshoe Falls from Table Rock, Canadian Side (1896)
...aka Horseshoe Falls, from Table Rock (1896) (USA: copyright title)
Horseshoe Falls, From Luna Isle (1896)
Last Embrace (1979) 6.2/10 (172 votes)
Long Kiss Goodnight, The (1996) 6.5/10 (8912 votes)
Love at First Sight (1977/I) 6.4/10 (21 votes)
...aka At First Sight (1977)
...aka Love Is Blind (1977)
Lower Rapids of Niagara Falls (1899)
Lower Rapids, Niagara Falls (1896)
Magic of David Copperfield XII: The Niagara Falls Challenge, The (1990) (TV) 6.5/10 (13 votes)
Man from Beyond, The (1922) 6.9/10 (5 votes)
Mangiati vivi (1980) 4.3/10 (157 votes)
...aka Doomed to Die (1980)
...aka Eaten Alive (1980)
...aka Eaten Alive by the Cannibals (1980)
...aka Emerald Jungle (1980)
...aka Mangiati vivi dai cannibali (1980)
Mighty Niagara (1943)
More Than One (1971)
Mr. Nude Universe (1998) (V)
...aka Playgirl Magazine Presents: Mr. Nude Universe (1998) (V) (USA: complete title)
Neon Palace, The (1971)
Niagara (1953) 7.0/10 (931 votes)
Niagara Falls Station (1899)
Niagara Gorge from Erie R.R. (1896)
Niagara: A History of the Falls (1999) (TV)
Niagaravation (1995) 3.0/10 (6 votes)
Nuit de noces (2001) 6.9/10 (103 votes)
...aka Wedding Night (2001) (Canada: English title)
Ontario: Land of Lakes (1949)
Over Niagra Falls (1914)
...aka Over Niagra (1914)
Panorama of American & Canadian Falls, Taken Opposite American Falls (1896)
Panorama of Gorge Railway (1900)
Panorama, Great Gorge Route Over Lewiston Bridge (1901)
Panoramic View of Niagara Falls in Winter (1899)
...aka Niagara Falls, Winter (1903) (USA: copyright title)
Partners (1976)
Pointing Down Gorge, Niagara Falls (1896)
Rapids at Cave of the Winds (1896)
...aka Rapids Above American Falls (1896) (USA: copyright title)
Recruit, The (2003) 6.3/10 (2691 votes)
Rev, The (2002)
Search and Destroy (1979) 3.9/10 (23 votes)
...aka Striking Back (1979)
Seven Wonders of the World (1956) 6.6/10 (12 votes)
Shooting Star (1993) (V)
...aka Let Me Hear It Out There (1993) (V)
Spree (2001)
Stompa til Sjøs! (1967) 2.8/10 (13 votes)
...aka Himmel og hav! (1967) (Norway)
Superman II (1980) 6.4/10 (6674 votes)
Taal (1999) 6.7/10 (100 votes)
Taken From Trolley in Gorge, Niagara Falls (1896)
Tere bina (1980)
...aka Without You (1980) (USA)
This Is Cinerama (1952) 7.9/10 (59 votes)
Upper Rapids, From Bridge (1896)
View from Gorge Railroad (1896)
Visions in Meditation #1 (1989)
Whirlpool Rapids (1899)
Whirlpool Rapids, from Bottom of Canadian Shore (1896)
...aka Whirlpool Rapids, from Canadian Shore (1896) (USA: copyright title)
Whole Nine Yards, The (2000) 6.6/10 (10862 votes)
...aka Nouveau voisin, Le (2000) (Canada: French title)

[allisona.livejournal.com]

Of the movies you've listed I've only seen "Canadian Bacon". Some of the Canadian in-jokes in that movie were great. Michael Moore seems to have a great fondness for Canada (he even referenced Canada in his infamous Oscar speech :)) and I have a fondness for Michael Moore.

Can't say the same about Jim Carrey, though, local boy or not. Will probably give "Bruce Almighty" a miss. The only movie I liked Jim Carrey in was "The Truman Show" and I really did like that movie a lot.

[poltr1]

Yep. I especially love the scene with Dan Aykroyd as an OPP officer who pulls over Candy because the anti-Canadian slogans on his truck were only in Engligh and didn't have the equivalent in French.