World Series of Film

[Guest AG/DC]

Pick a Major League city and try and come up with films set there:

Obviously, since every other movie is set in New York, we have an advantage there. But there is some interesting competitition among some others.

I'll start with Pittsburgh:

The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh
Flashdance
Heart of Steel
Rockstar
Striking Distance
Sudden Death
Wonder Boys

[Willets Point]

St. Petersburg, FL

Cocoon

On edit: The Rookie, a movie about a Tampa Bay Devil Ray seems to be an obvious choice but according to IMDB was filmed almost entirely in Texas, with scenes at the Ballpark at Arlington.

Edited January 7, 2008 by Guest

[metirish]

Not an easy task.

San Francisco.

Two starring Sean Connery.

The Presidio

The Rock

Vertigo.

[Guest AG/DC]

San Francisco has Bullitt and all or most of the Dirty Harry films. The Bond film with the Christopher Walken villian is also set there in part.

St. Pete also has Loren Cass and, um, Cocoon: The Return, I guess.

[Willets Point]

Kansas City

In Cold Blood
The Day After
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
Article 99
Kansas City

[metirish]

AG/DC wrote: San Francisco has Bullitt and all or most of the Dirty Harry films. The Bond film with the Christopher Walken villian is also set there in part. St. Pete also has Loren Cass and, um, Cocoon: The Return, I guess.

No excuse for forgetting Dirty Harry.

[Willets Point]

San Francisco has Bullitt and all or most of the Dirty Harry films. The Bond film with the Christopher Walken villian is also set there in part. St. Pete also has Loren Cass and, um, Cocoon: The Return, I guess. No excuse for forgetting Dirty Harry.

Tales of the City is also iconic San Francisco. Electric Dreams is a lesser-known favorite of mine.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Sleepless in Seattle (Seattle also has had some hit TV shows set there, like Frasier, Grey's Anatomy and Dark Angel.)

[Guest AG/DC]

San Francisco has Bullitt and all or most of the Dirty Harry films. The Bond film with the Christopher Walken villian is also set there in part. St. Pete also has Loren Cass and, um, Cocoon: The Return, I guess. No excuse for forgetting Dirty Harry. Tales of the City is also iconic San Francisco. Electric Dreams is a lesser-known favorite of mine.

Maltese Falcon.

Surely you can do better than that for Seattle. How about It Happened at the World's Fair? How about Singles? Take your city and run with it.

[metirish]

San Francisco.

48HRS.

The awful 40 Days and 40 Nights was also set in SF.

[Frayed Knot]

Barry Levinson is the starting pitcher for Baltimore, coming at batters with his 3-pitch repetoire of 'Diner', 'Tin Men' & 'Avalon'

[Guest AG/DC]

When he grows tired, John Waters brings Hairspray and a whole lot of junk.

[Willets Point]

San Diego

Almost Famous
Anchorman
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes & sequels
Bring it On
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Little Nikita
The Lost World
Top Gun & pretty much any other movie that involves the Navy
Traffic

[Guest sharpie]

Los Angeles. Hmm. Tough one. Gotta go with Barfly.

[Vic Sage]

here are the cities with baseball-related movies (or, at least some tenuous connection to baseball or sports)

EAST
New York - BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY / PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
Philadelphia - THE WINNING TEAM
Atlanta - THE SLUGGER'S WIFE
Washington D.C. - DAMN YANKEES
Miami - ANY GIVEN SUNDAY (football)
Baltimore - DINER (Colts fan)
Boston - FEVER PITCH
Tampa Bay - THE ROOKIE
Toronto - OWNING MAHONEY (gambler's addiction)

CENTRAL
Chicago - [on edit] EIGHT MEN OUT / ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Cincinnati - THE CINCINNATI KID (poker)
Cleveland - MAJOR LEAGUE
Detroit - COBB
Houston - BAD NEWS BEARS II (1977)
Kansas City - KANSAS CITY BOMBER (roller derby)
Milwaukee - MR. 3000
Minneapolis - LITTLE BIG LEAGUE
Pittsburgh -ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD (1951)
St.Louis - PRIDE OF ST. LOUIS

WEST
Anaheim - ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD (1995)
Arizona - JERRY MAGUIRE (Arizona cardinals)
Colorado - CITY SLICKERS (Crystal's Mets hat)
Los Angeles - BAD NEWS BEARS (1976) / THE SANDLOT
Oakland - NORTH DALLAS 40 (Matuzak)
San Diego - [on edit] THE KID FROM LEFT FIELD
San Francisco - THE FAN
Seattle - LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT (baseball player boyfriend)
Texas - THE ROOKIE

Edited January 7, 2008 by Guest

[Guest AG/DC]

Dont' forget Lost World: Jurassic Park.

Detroit coming up

1. The Crow, cf


2. Eight Mile, 2b


3. RoboCop, 1b


4. The Man, rf


5. Action Jackson, lf


6. Detroit Rock City, 3b


7. Hoiffa, c


8. Evil Dead, ss


9. Grosse Pointe Blank, p

[Benjamin Grimm]

I was expecting to see Eight Men Out for Chicago.

[Guest AG/DC]

Cheerleaders, shmearleaders, San Diego had The Kid from Left Field.

Edited January 7, 2008 by Guest

[Willets Point]

AG/DC wrote: Dont' forget Lost World: Jurassic Park.

I didn't.


I think an added challenge for New York should be one list exclusively for Queens and one list exclusively for the Bronx. That should keep us from having to scroll down a long list at least.

[Guest AG/DC]

Sorry. Looked under L.

[Vic Sage]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I was expecting to see Eight Men Out for Chicago.

DOH!

Cheerleaders, shmearleaders, San Diego had The Kid from Left Field.

DOH DOH!

[RealityChuck]

San Francisco should also have AFTER THE THIRD MAN, favorite of mine since it's one of the few New Year's Eve films (and for the identity of the murderer).

Boston
The Departed
Fever Pitch
The Last Hurrah

[Benjamin Grimm]

RealityChuck wrote: San Francisco should also have AFTER THE THIRD MAN, favorite of mine since it's one of the few New Year's Eve films

After the Third Man?

I know about "The Third Man" and "After the Thin Man."

Are you referring to the William Powell/Myrna Loy sequel to The Thin Man?

[Guest AG/DC]

The Third Man would definitely bat third forSan Francisco. Bullitt would lead off.

The cleanup hitter, of course, would be So I Married an Axe Murderer.

[Benjamin Grimm]

AG/DC wrote: The Third Man would definitely bat third forSan Francisco. Bullitt would lead off. The cleanup hitter, of course, would be So I Married an Axe Murderer.

I'd say The Third Man should be credited to Vienna, if that city ever gets an expansion franchise.

[Guest AG/DC]

Well, I don't know the movie. I guess he's conflating.

RealityChuck, always conflating.

[RealityChuck]

Yes, After the Thin Man. My fingers got ahead of me.

[Willets Point]

RealityChuck wrote: Boston The Departed Fever Pitch The Last Hurrah

Next Stop, Wonderland
Good Will Hunting
Love Story
Still We Believe
Blown Away
The Boondock Saints
Mystic River
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Celtic Pride
The Bostonians
Gone Baby Gone
Love Story
The Boston Strangler
Johnny Tremain
Legally Blonde
Little Women
Mona Lisa Smile
The Scarlett Letter
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Verdict
Monument Ave

[Frayed Knot]

Cubs & White Sox fans fight over the entire John Hughes catalog of films.
Winner gets the first draft choice from the quartet of actors (Moore, Perkins, Lowe & Belushi) in 'About Last Night'

[Guest AG/DC]

I think Wrigley is in Hughes' psychological zip code.

Sox fans get The Christmas Story (the old man was a Sox fanatic, even if the film didn't say so, Eight Men Out (natch), and I don't know what else.