waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) (02/13/85)
A few years ago (1979) there was a movie that came out called
"How to Beat the High Cost of Living." Not a great movie, but it did have
Jane Curtain, Susan St. James, Richard Benjamin, Garrett Morris, Dabney
Coleman, Jessica Lange and a few others in it. My mom-in-law was
an extra in it, which was kind of fun (they cut out that part when
shown on TV, though).
Anyway, it was filmed in Eugene, Oregon. I'll have to admit, it
represented the area rather well. They didn't change any of the names
(Eugene was still Eugene, Medford was Medford, the Valley River Center
was the same, the Willamette River was named the same, etc.) as I've
seen done in other movies. As a matter of fact, the only real slip that
misrepresented the area was when they drove down to Medford one evening
to rip off a Safeway. Medford is about 150 miles from Eugene, and kind
of a long drive to do in one evening. Even though not a great movie,
being made locally made it worth watching when run on on TV (we don't
get many movies made up here in the boonies).
BTW, "Animal House" was also filmed at Eugene, mostly at the U of O campus.
I used to drive by Delta house all the time when I would go visit friends
down there.
-- Walt Tucker
Tektronix, Inc.recko@holst.DEC (Tim Recko LTN1-2/B17, 617/486-6220 DTN 229) (02/16/85)
Cleveland may not seem like the "garden spot" to make films, but three of my personal favourites were shot in and around the northeastern Ohio area. The wedding and street scenes from "The Deer Hunter," set in Pittsburgh, were actually filmed at St. Theodosis (probably misspelled) Russian Orthodox church in Cleveland. My parents grew up going to that church, and of course after seeing the film we rushed over to that neighborhood to look around a bit. "The Gathering," a made-for-TV Christmas film starring Ed Asner, was set in New England, but filmed in Hudson, Cuyahoga Falls (I think), and *sigh* Chagrin Falls, Ohio. (The latter is my favourite city in the whole world.) I always get a kick out of the scene where Ed Asner is supposedly in his office looking out of a window out onto the street below. The factory building exterior is in Cuyahoga Falls, but the street is definitely in Chagrin, and from an angle that I cannot really imagine *any* building being! Lastly, "Those Lips, Those Eyes," which I posted a note asking if anyone else had even seen a few weeks ago, stars Frank Langella and concerns the goings on at a summer stock theatre in the early 1950's. This is the only one of the three films that was actually set in Cleveland (which of course is fair game for abuse during the film), and is really about the theatre at which it was filmed. This one is very special to me for several reasons. First, that I remember going to see shows there when I was very young; second, that I had the opportunity to work there playing in the pit orchestra a few years ago; and third, that I had the chance to play there *because* of the film being made. (Cain Park Amphitheatre went dark in 1972 after being one of THE summer stock theatres during the 1950's. When the decision was made to make the film in 1980, the producers sunk about $100,000 [I'm told] into new wiring, new lighting, etc., etc. which had decayed over the years of inactivity. The theatre was then able to reopen the following season, benefiting the whole area as a community theatre.) God, I love happy endings! Thanks for the chance to reminisce for awhile (and hello to the plum from Taxachusetts). tr (tim recko, DEC, Littleton)
wong@rtech.ARPA (J. Wong) (02/17/85)
Any Reedies out there who remember the films shot on Reed's campus in 1978? I believe they were "First Love", starring Susan Dey, and some possession piece starring Joan Collins and James Farentino (Franciscus? :-)). I never saw eitherof them (and I don't seem to feel I missed anything), but perhaps if you did, your observations might be relevant to this discussion. (I'm interested, anyway) BTW, when I saw "The Deer Hunter" I noticed an inconsistency in that the characters, who were supposedly from the coal mining country in Pennsylvania, left one night to go hunting and showed up the next day in the Rockies (seems a long drive to me, longer than 12 hours), which were actually the north Cascades (much wetter climate). I found it detracted from the film for me. -- J. Wong ucbvax!mtxinu!rtech!wong **************************************************************** You start a conversation, you can't even finish it. You're talking alot, but you're not saying anything. When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed. Say something once, why say it again. - David Byrne ****************************************************************
ellen@reed.UUCP (Ellen Eades) (02/20/85)
> > Any Reedies out there who remember the films shot on Reed's campus in 1978? I > believe they were "First Love", starring Susan Dey, and some possession piece > starring Joan Collins and James Farentino (Franciscus? :-)). I never saw eitherof them (and I don't seem to feel I missed anything), but perhaps if you did, > your observations might be relevant to this discussion. (I'm interested, anyway) *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MOVIE *** Oh, God, yes. Reed's Orientation crew likes to show "First Love" as part of O-Week every year to entertain the freshmen and convulse the upper classes. There is also a spoof done by the Paideia film group called "Worst Love," and the classic "Gidget Goes to Reed." I particularly enjoyed the scene in "First Love" where Susan Dey *drives* from her dormitory (Prexy Music Hall) to campus (actually about a 2 minute stroll to the main building). It takes her about 4 minutes car-time. They also have fun with camera angles and musical buildings. I have no idea what the "possession piece" is, but if you tell me, I'll tell the Movie Board so they can show it!!!!! Ellen
donn@utah-gr.UUCP (Donn Seeley) (02/20/85)
Any Reedies out there who remember the films shot on Reed's
campus in 1978? I believe they were "First Love", starring
Susan Dey, and some possession piece starring Joan Collins and
James Farentino (Franciscus? :-)). ...
(It's curious how many Reedoids are on the net... Is the IBM 1130
still there?)
The guys in the dorm where I was staying thought it was amazingly funny
that they would choose to shoot a movie named 'First Love' at Reed.
They would have been forced to rename it 'First One-Night Stand' or
'First Orgy' if they had based the movie on actual practices at Reed.
We had a lot of fun pretending to rewrite the script to make it more
accurate -- for example they apparently decided to shoot a love scene
using as an exterior the old toolshed in the field on the north side of
campus, which would have been a bit disgusting in real life...
('Honey, where are you?' 'Over here with the lawn mowers.' 'Ow!
Stepped on a rake. Shit, it's dark in here.' 'You haven't seen any
spiders, have you?' etc.)
We decided that the hero would get so depressed when he got sticky
sheets back from the linen service that he would attempt to commit
suicide by diving off the bridge into the pond... Of course he would
survive the fall, but (as the theme from 'Jaws' rises in the
background) the ducks would get him before he could escape.
Never saw the actual movie,
Donn Seeley University of Utah CS Dept donn@utah-cs.arpa
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