For a little fun this summer, check out the Philadelphia Movie Scene. You can take a Philadelphia Movie Sites Tour which is a fun, fact-filled trip (including actual movie clips) around the city to over 50 filming locations of more than 30 movies and TV shows filmed right here in the greater Philadelphia area.
Philadelphia and the surrounding areas have been the backdrop for many major motion pictures. A favorite of Hollywood director M. Night Shyamalan (he was born in India but raised in suburban Philadelphia), his first movie set in Philadelphia was Wide Awake in 1998. He went on to film The Sixth Sense, The Village, Signs and Unbreakable all in the area. His affinity to greater Philadelphia region was shown recently when he and his wife donated $20,000 to the Lansdale Center for the Performing Arts in early March 2010.
Here are a few other well-known movies filmed in and around Philadelphia. How many of these have you seen?
Everything You've Got starring Reese Witherspoon, Jack Nicholson, Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd - Tentative release date of Dec. 2010 (Downtown Philly)
Dark Fields starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro - 2010-2011 (Downtown Philly)
Law Abiding Citizen - 2009 (Downtown Philadelphia)
The Lovely Bones - 2009 (Norristown, Hatfield)
Transformers 2 - 2009 (Downtown Philadelphia, Bethlehem)
Baby Mama - 2008 (LOVE Park, Downtown Philadelphia)
Marley & Me - 2007 (Downtown Philadelphia, Chester County)
Invincible - 2006 (South Philly)
Jersey Girl - 2004 (Philadelphia)
National Treasure - 2004 (Historic Philadelphia, Society Hill)
Fallen - 1998 (Philadelphia)
12 Monkeys - 1996 (Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia)
Philadelphia - 1993 (Philadelphia)
Mannequin - 1987 (Macy's in Philadelphia)
Witness - 1985 (30th Street Station, Philadelphia, Lancaster County)
Trading Places - 1983 (Philadelphia)
Taps - 1981 (Valley Forge Military Academy)
Rocky - 1976 (Most famously the Philadelphia Art Museum steps, South Philly)
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