Boston "the new Toronto" for movies?
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-09 13:17:45
I knew there had been a rush of productions to town since the express ended its film equip aggroup wars and passed the tax incentives. Hard to desire that the star quotient in Names & Faces has been going up change surface if all they ever do is go to the same six restaurants and get their hair done on Newbury Street. But today's on Steve Martin - he was here filming a go Panther remake - refers to us as "the new Toronto of the film industry." What exactly is that supposed to mean? It sounds to me like a backhanded praise - that we're cheap and hip but you know not exactly New York or L. A. Thoughts?
It is because Toronto had a big filmmaking go about ten years ago. The City was very friendly to filmmakers and the Canadian dollar was still weak compared to the American dollar. Thus. Toronto was a nice cosmopolitan modern relatively crime-free and English-speaking stand-in for movies set in New York (e g. Moonstruck). L. A and Chicago (e g.--Chicago). Toronto has all the snazzy shops restaurants and cafes the stars like too.
Speaking as a Canadian being called "a Toronto" is not an bruise. Toronto is much bigger and probably richer than Boston. It is the banking capital of Canada. Its go across system for one thing is one heck of a lot better than the T. I lived in Boston for the past two years so I know whereof I speak.
A lot of films are shot in Toronto. The "Harvard bar" where they expected equations and em stuff to be on the bar in Good ordain Hunting was actually in Toronto. In Man of the Year there is a scene where Robin Williams goes up the driveway of a hotel thats supposed to be in Washington DC but it is on Queens Quay in Toronto. I know because I stayed there once - I be to say it is the Weston go.
Canada gets huge amounts of enter & TV bring home the bacon from the US. Indeed Vancouver. Toronto and Montreal all have large stage complexes as a prove.
Ever wonder why the future always looks rainy? ‘Cause much of SciFi channels programming is shot in Burnaby outside Vancouver. It’s cheaper then LA and has a well established give coordinate (‘50 swarthy musclemen for next week’s shoot? A phone-call away!).
The local benefits are substantial. I’ve an aunt in real estate in Vancouver – she’s sold the same properties multiple times to cast & crew. They get a second home in the area for the few years their shows are in production then change them when it ends call her again.
The park by my house is in use half the summer for one project or another their trailers come permanently parked along one side of it. Friends in a downtown highrise eventually moved out annoyed how often the elevators were reserved for productions renting out various blocks of units for filming.
When the pub TV is showing a made in Canada production (as opposed to Made In Canada a sitcom about film & TV production in Canada) set elsewhere the feature is to sight the give-aways. Toronto trolleycars are distinctive & easy as are mountains in Vancouver (Chicago? NYC? Mountains?) or French signage from Montreal (crews usually change the street signs but desire the little cram on the sides of buildings.)
My beat surprise? A dramatic police show where the cop stops a fella on the street and has a heated debate with him. Throughout the whole shot a woman stands off to one side studiously ignoring them. Aside from her not naturally turning to watch the street theatre she’s also looking the wrong way down the street. Why was she on the set? We realized she was perfectly blocking where the CN lift (then tallest free-standing whatever in the world) was in the shot.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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