Sc locations the old grace memorial bridge over the cooper river was used as the set for the scene where mcclane and zeus jump onto the container ship. Filming locations 28 filming dates 1 filming locations. The film was directed by renny harlin, written by steven e. Here are some of the key locations where the dark knight rises was filmed. The grant county airport was definitely a filming location, but i dont know for which scenes. The book serves as sequel to the detective which was made into a movie in 1968 starring ol blue. Deny this controversial take if you like, but theres no denying it. In the beginning of the movie when john is sitting at a table in the airport smoking a cigarette, you see him notice the table with the 3 2 white and 1 black guys that are acting suspicious.
Its sad the series became a joke after this, catering to the new generation with terribly soapy scripts and weak acting. He set it there on purpose so he could just watch the filming from his kitchen. Villains with a vengeance 0 hours and 04 minutes movie the villains profile focused on jeremy irons simon, but it also branched into coverage of sam phillips katya as the movies baddies. It feels fast paced, more realistic and more action movie to me. Lucrurile nu merg deloc bine pentru john mcclane bruce willis. But he cant stop the whole movie from being shamelessly hijacked by alan rickman as histrionic, teutonic villain hans gruber the nakatomi tower is the 34story fox plaza, 2121 avenue of the stars, part of the century city complex. Below is a list of locations and landmarks in new york city.
Though the street sign clearly says w 7st, which would be in harlem, the film makers actually changed the sign as the actual address. It was directed by john mctiernan and written by jonathan hensleigh. Roosevelt east river drive harlem new york city water tunnel no. Lloyd levin, james herbert, michael levy, joel silver, lawrence gordon, steve perry, suzanne todd, charles gordon.
It was probably either bruce willis waving the torches, part of the snowmobile chase, or the takeoff of the 747 airplane. Then you fill up the 3 and use this to fill up the 5. This leaves you with one in the 3 and five in the 5. Jackson as mcclanes reluctant partner zeus carver, and jeremy irons as simon gruber, brother of. The subway station crash scene was shot on a stage built at the former general dynamics plant in bushy. Tomkins square park, east village, new york also built just for the movie was the elephant fountain, where the pair have to solve the problem involving two jugs of water. Grrrltraveler christine kaaloa recommended for you. On christmas eve in 1990, offduty police detective john mcclane was in the airport waiting to pick up his wife holly when he sees some suspicious men in the airport lounge.
Broadway at 72nd street, west side, new york in an increasingly bizarre game of simon says, simon gruber sends mcclane and carver on a wild goose chase to the subway station at 72nd street and broadway to a public phone to await his next call. John mcclane and a harlem store owner are targeted by german terrorist simon gruber in new york city, where he plans to rob the federal reserve building. While zeus does make it to wall street and mcclane does find the bomb on the train hidden behind the oh so obvious. Consequently, the new hampshire state film office received several phone calls asking where in the state the movie was filmed.
The oneill building, 655 6th avenue btw west 20th and 21st streets manhattan. However the franchise has gone on to produce several other movies in the series, some of which have been filmed much more recently. The film stars bruce willis as nypd lieutenant john mcclane, samuel l. The film was released on july 4, 1990 in the united states. In the film, the bridge was supposed to be near bridgeport, connecticut, on long island sound. Fox home entertainment au access all areas 192,222 views. Then you empty the 5 and tip the one from the 3 over, then fill up the 3. Winter 1989 was warmer than usual, so the crew had to chase snow across several states. The filmmakers decided to shoot the entire film in new york city rather than opting for toronto purely on the basis that they thought toronto, which often stands in for new york to keep costs down, didnt quite work because the people seemed wrong and. You fill up the 3 and tip these three gallons into the 5. Filming locations 26 filming dates 1 filming locations.
The best or second best in the series depending on how you look at it. Based on roderick thorps 1979 novel nothing lasts forever, it was produced by the gordon company and silver pictures, and distributed by 20th century fox. Surprisingly, some of the film was shot in south carolina. In 1995, this airport was forced to close down for the newly completed denver international aiport dia which has been considered a disastrous failure. The main plot finds mcclane travelling to russia to get his estranged son, jack, an undercover cia agent, out of. The film was directed by john moore and written by skip woods, and stars bruce willis as john mcclane. The old grace memorial bridge over the cooper river was used as the set for the scene where mcclane and zeus. When the black guy gets up to leave, he leans down and you see a hand grab a package.
Fill the 5 gallon jug and decant the water into the 3 gallon jug. A sad, scared lucy being interviewed by richard thornburg. This 1995 sequel finds john mcclane bruce willis having to collaborate with a reluctant store owner samuel l. All five films revolve around the character of john mcclane portrayed by bruce willis, a new york citylos angeles police detective who continually finds himself in the middle of violent crises and intrigues where he is the only hope against disaster. Its an unquestionable classic that has only gained in esteem in the 30.
The subway station crash scenes were shot on a stage built at the former general dynamics plant in the bushy park area of north charleston. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Mcclane has to parade around harlem wearing a racist sign. Dec 01, 2014 the holiday season has rolled around again, so its time for us all to rewatch our favorite christmas movie. The geyser scene took place off i26 near summerville. Though the street sign clearly says w 7st, which would be in harlem, the filmmakers actually changed the sign as the actual address. The crew built a lifesize new york subway station with a quartermile of tracks and bought actual subway cars from the new york city transit authority. Filming locations 6 filming dates 1 filming locations. It is an actual airport and the primary international airport for the washington d. To celebrate, film is exploring the film from every angle with a series of articles. Jackson as they are forced to race through manhattan completing specific tasks or else a terrorist named simon gruber jeremy irons will detonate bombs planted throughout the city.