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1. Mitzi July 18th, 2008 at 9:49 pm

   They are filming this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226232/

2. Okula67 July 18th, 2008 at 10:26 pm

   What kind of weapon was she shooting! Or was she doing some “China White”?

3. Scot July 19th, 2008 at 2:21 am

   We got confirmation tonight at Northeast Kingdom…some of the doctors were having dinner and confirmed that she was shooting there earlier today. Bushwick the new Hollywood? Hmmm.

4. Tony July 19th, 2008 at 6:59 pm

   Scot, Bushwick has long been a popular shooting location for Hollywood fils. Below I paste the text for a thread on this topic I started last year. This is just a short list of movies. There were many more:

   - The French Connection: When Popeye Dole and his partner are following some gangster and his girlfriend, you can see them drive down Hart Street and turn right on Wyckoff ave. The gangster owns a coffee shop on Wyckoff between Hart and Suydam (notice the old Hart Lanes Bowling alley. I think it’s a supermarket now, not sure). Popeye set up surveillance across the street from a hospital window, but the building was actually a factory loft and I think now it has been turned into expensive condo’s.

   - Dreams don’t die: Cheesey 80′s TV movie about graffiti artist trying to do right. Filmed all over the hood including Myrtle and Wyckoff and right inside my grandmother’s apartment building on Wilson ave.

   - Brighton Beach memoirs: Not really Bushwick (Ridgewood) but just a few blocks over the St. Nicolas border. I was staying with my cousin who lived nearby. On my way to ;work, I was shocked to see two whole blocks transformed into Brooklyn circa 1936. Everything was authentic! Cars, even the newspapers at the stand.

   - Kojack: The old 83rd precinct on Dekalb and Wilson was a favorite of the Kojack set. I spotted Telly’s bald head one day. cool. Loved that show.

   - A good cop: Michael Keaton movie circa 1991. Also shot at the old 83rd precinct. Check out the shot of Wilson ave when Keaton walks out of the precinct.

   - “The Believers” had an early scene in the then abandoned RKO Bushwick on Bdway and Gates.

   - Fresh was filmed in the neighborhood

   - American Gangster (the new Denzel Washington/Russell Crowe flick) on Broadway just west of Myrtle

   - Ghost filmed on the Myrtle-Broadway platform.

   -Malcolm X, was filmed at the intersection of Myrtle and Wyckoff in the early 90
   ‘s
   -Coming to America” had a few scenes filmed near the Marcy Ave station on the el

   - Spike of Bensonhusrt – Technically filmed in Ridgewood. At a small pizzaria on Myrtle ave facing the Ridgewood diner. I saw a few scenes being shot.

   - I recall a movie that featured a single mom living with HIV. I thought it might have been Amy Irving but I can’t located it on her IMDB profile. There is a scene in the film where she is supposed to be at a hospital in the Bronx. It was shot at Woodhull Hospital and there is a clear view of the Hospital entrance as the actress exits the Flushing Avenue el. If anyone remembers this film, please shout.

5. linda samet July 20th, 2008 at 9:54 am

   am a fan of susan sarandon.
   i write musicals.
   live not far from wyckoff heights hospital where
   a movie ms. sarandon is in is being shot.
   she makes movies she is in sparkle with her great
   acting.

6. Man July 20th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

   I saw this film shoot live and got the worst pictures of Pierce Brosnan ever. He is a striking man.

   If you visit my blog you’ll see some of the pictures but I warn you I’m no pro-photographer.

   http://myboxiswarm.blogspot.com/2008/07/exclusive-on-set-with-pierce-brosnan.html

7. Scot July 21st, 2008 at 12:39 am

   Wow Tony! Thanks for all that info…I had no idea!

8. Rich July 21st, 2008 at 7:17 am

   Coincidence?Many years ago Susan Sarandon starred as Janet in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Today she reminds us of another JANET by posing as HEP OF BOOB!

9. JR July 23rd, 2008 at 5:10 pm

   I would motorboat the hell out of those puppies.