This wasn't even filmed in iowa! - Cedar Rapids (2011) Discussion

[–] cragmore 14 years ago

The movie "The Crazies" was supposed to be in Iowa, and they came to CR at the end. Well, it was obvious at the end that they were not going to CR. The movie was filmed in GA.
Also, *then
It should be "then they should film it in the actual city!" Not 'than'. 'Then'.
At least in the trailer for this movie, it looked like they took footage of a flyover of CR to put in the film.

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[–] cragmore 14 years ago

Iowa is not know for being 'Hollywood friendly'. I still remember an episode of '24' when a truck they were tracking was driving through Iowa on I-80. There was an explosion, and they said something along the lines of "The mountains will shield the blast..."
Uh, what? I have been along I-80 from one end to another in Iowa. How did I miss a mountain?

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[–] thealbinowatermelons 14 years ago

The Crazies was filmed in Iowa. I know this for a fact because my mom worked on that movie. Some of it was filmed in Georgia (I think it was that place where they were keeping all the people prisoner), but a lot of it was filmed in Iowa.

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[–] ttone2003 14 years ago

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455407/locations

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[–] gamedragon 14 years ago

Actually the flyover shot is quite clearly of Philadelphia. It is older footage though, as the Comcast Center (Philly's tallest high-rise) is noticeably absent from the shot.

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[–] Watz465 14 years ago

The flyover shot is 100% of Cedar Rapids. It is most definitely not Phili.

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[–] villageboy13 14 years ago

they couldn't film in Iowa because of the film-tax scandal.

they production was originally planned for CR, but was forced to move to Michigan.

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[–] garnsr 14 years ago

I recently went through the CR airport for the first time in a decade, and it's really nice now. It used to look like a bus station. I'll be disappointed to see a Michigan airport claiming to be CR after my pleasant visit last year.

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[–] Major_Movie_Star 14 years ago

Interesting! Here's something about the scandal...

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/19/business/la-fi-ct-onlocation-20110119

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[–] Rawrockwillkillu 14 years ago

Alot of the Social Network was actually filmed at Johns Hopkins and NOT Harvard... Your point? They do it all the time in the movie industry.

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[–] jdubs15 14 years ago

I assume you're joking. You do realize that 99% of movies are filmed in a place other than where the movie is set, right?

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[–] iamamovieaholic 14 years ago

But most of them don't have a city as their title...

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[–] robert225 14 years ago

Fargo wasn't filmed in Fargo and they changed the locations of some of Minnesota's landmarks.

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[–] jjpete7 13 years ago

The majority of Fargo takes place in Brainerd not Fargo.

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[–] jjpete7 13 years ago

This movie is not about the town Cedar Rapids, it's about an insurance convention in a hotel. Who cares where it was filmed.

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[–] ZiggyFloydZeppelin 14 years ago

"If that's what you think maybe you shouldn't be able to drive a car"

MaC0987, what have my doubts about homeland security have anything to do with me driving a car? If you would just scratch the surface a little bit more you might find that home depo has been running around for years trying to come up with solutions you couldn't even dream of.

Next time, before you blame names you should look in the mirror.

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[–] stopsign9999 14 years ago

Tax incentives...it's all about the $$$$$$$$. It's the reason why an all-American superhero movie like the Superman reboot went to Australia.

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[–] jackrabbit20 14 years ago

The external shots actually were largely of the real Cedar Rapids, even if the actors weren't there. There's a shot of the city from the air flying in and then a pivotal scene where they are walking along the real Cedar Rapids riverfront (which was probably CGI, but it was nice of them to go to the effort since 99% of US viewers prob have no idea what the real Cedar Rapids skyline looks like).

And beyond those external shots, practically the whole movie took place inside the hotel, so what did it matter what city the hotel was really in?

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[–] Blues_Traveler0063 14 years ago

I'm curious if you apply this criteria to other movies and TV shows that you watch. It's fairly common for logistic, aesthetic and financial reasons to set a story in one place but do the actual production/filming another.

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[–] gomi2 14 years ago

Yeah! The original Poster is right! This is just freaking stupid.

I mean, they filmed Total Recall on Mars, right?

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[–] jordandenoce 14 years ago

Shut the *beep* up, ya whiner!

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