And the Oscar Goes to New York City!

For the location (outside of Los Angeles) with largest number of shooting days, tonight, the Oscar

It’s about time that New York is recognized as a major player in the movie making business. After all, we New Yorkers have to put up with actors and celebrities who call New York home and movie trailers that clog our streets so we can’t park our cars on about 30,000 location days every year.

New York City has acted as the backdrop for movies such as The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Eat Pray Love (2010), Sex and the City (2008), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Inside Man (2006), The Interpreter (2005) and scores more.

And according to the Mayor’s Office of Film and Television, the following films are currently in production in the city:

Another Night
Black Parables
Don Peyote
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Goat
I Don’t Know How She Does It
A Late Quartet
Men in Black 3
Paradox
Shame
Untitled David Chase Project
Welcome to Harlem

Yes, it’s definitely time for Oscar to recognize New York City for all she does to make his movies real.

Let me know if you agree.

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5 comments on “And the Oscar Goes to New York City!”

Good call on that one Marcia, with London a close second maybe?

Thanks, Tony. Yes, London definitely.
I guess I’ll have to tell you about King’s Speech later. Still didn’t get a chance to see it today.

The King’s Speech!!!

So true. Last Friday after leaving my office I walked right into a movie crew with trucks and lights. This is become a regular fixture in NYC. Can’t remember the name of the movie being shot though.