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World Trade Center not shown?

posted 13 years ago by waters-9
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I just watched the DVD after seeing this in theaters as a child.

It's hard to believe the Twin Towers were never show in a movie set in Manhattan. Were they edited out after 9/11?

It's such a shame that movie studios think we have to pretend these buildings never existed.

[–] MikeGrossman34 13 years ago

I just saw this movie yesterday, and the same thought crossed my mind. No twin towers. They seemed to focus on the Empire State Bldg as more emblematic of NYC

[–] almighty_cinder 12 years ago

The DVD I have is from 2001 and it's not in there. Unless it was released in the last two months of 2001 with a VERY quick editing job, it was released before it happened.

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[–] PhrenicGermal 11 years ago

Before the catastrophe, I barely knew that they existed.

[–] jmarkoff2 10 years ago

Among some nostalgists, the Empire State Building was seen as a romantic fixture, and the WTC was seen as a usurper.