Philly_SWAT
18-Jun-2007, 12:41 PM
I, like many members of this board, have felt the strange desire to visit many of the shooting locations from GAR's dead movies. Many more wish to visit these locations in the future. This desire and/or completion of this act is seen as cool to some, weird or unusual by many. Dawn of the Dead is my favorite movie, and seeing those locations was the coolest of all for me.
Another of my personal favorite movies in the Bill Murray classic "Groundhog Day". While set in Punxsutawney, PA, the movie was filmed almost entirely in Woodstock, Illinois. Last week, I visited Woodstock, and was amazed and surprised at how little this small town has changed since the movie was shot. The "bed and breakfast" that Phil stays in is actual just a large, private residence. It is for sale. I wanted to buy it, but checking online and seeing the $600,000 price tag, I thought better of it. The town has plaques all over the place, denoting important scenes from the movie. As with my GAR obsession, I have pics of myself in most of these locations. Remember the scene in the bar, where Phil offers to buy Rita a drink? Well, I was there. Along with quite a few beers, what else do you think I ordered? A sweet vermouth, rocks, with a twist, of course! The bowling alley/bar where Phil ties one on with the two local drunks, well, I got pretty hammered there myself. The owner had a big screen TV that he could pull down from the ceiling in the center of the lanes, and he played the scenes from Groundhog Day that were shot in his place. To me, this was so cool!
What do you guys think, was this a really cool thing I got to do, or incredibly dumb? I am still trying to figure that out myself!
Another of my personal favorite movies in the Bill Murray classic "Groundhog Day". While set in Punxsutawney, PA, the movie was filmed almost entirely in Woodstock, Illinois. Last week, I visited Woodstock, and was amazed and surprised at how little this small town has changed since the movie was shot. The "bed and breakfast" that Phil stays in is actual just a large, private residence. It is for sale. I wanted to buy it, but checking online and seeing the $600,000 price tag, I thought better of it. The town has plaques all over the place, denoting important scenes from the movie. As with my GAR obsession, I have pics of myself in most of these locations. Remember the scene in the bar, where Phil offers to buy Rita a drink? Well, I was there. Along with quite a few beers, what else do you think I ordered? A sweet vermouth, rocks, with a twist, of course! The bowling alley/bar where Phil ties one on with the two local drunks, well, I got pretty hammered there myself. The owner had a big screen TV that he could pull down from the ceiling in the center of the lanes, and he played the scenes from Groundhog Day that were shot in his place. To me, this was so cool!
What do you guys think, was this a really cool thing I got to do, or incredibly dumb? I am still trying to figure that out myself!