New York et le cinéma
Publié : 15 avr. 2005, 14:19
Ci-dessous un communiqué de l'office de tourisme de New York concernant les films tournés à New York. C'est en V.O. non sous-titré mais c'est une mine d'infos pour les cinéphiles ! 
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Lights, Camera, Action! Visit the set on the Streets of New York City
– With thousands of film and television productions, the Big Apple is Hollywood on the Hudson –
New York, NY (April 14, 2005) – From King Kong climbing the Empire State Building, to Carrie Bradshaw and the girls drinking cosmopolitans in Sex and the City, New York City’s icons are perpetually featured on the silver screen. Sweeping shots of the Manhattan skyline, scenes of the Brooklyn Bridge, and New York’s harbor as seen from the Staten Island Ferry are familiar sights in living rooms and movie theaters across the world. Shows like The Apprentice and Law & Order feature the city as an unspoken character, and films like Barefoot in the Park, Annie Hall, Big and Spider-Man pay homage to the vitality and legend of New York City. Even films that portray the city as a generic “Metropolis” convey the energy and excitement that make the Big Apple the greatest city in the world.
Live from New York!
In 2004 more than 90 television shows and hundreds of films shot on location in New York City. With its diverse neighborhoods, remarkable architecture, endless alleyways, and abundant resources, New York City is a real life set that has been home to thousands of television shows and films in the last century. From the early days of film, New York City has always been a top location for the film industry. The first projected motion pictures ever seen in the United States were shown in 1906 at Koster and Bial's vaudeville house, on the site of today's Macy's department store. Thomas Edison himself helped run the projector. America’s first movie studio opened in Brooklyn in 1903. Since then the studio has been owned by Warner Bros, NBC, was home to The Cosby Show and is still used as production center.
Over the past century, some of the world’s most popular television shows have been set in New York City, including Friends, Seinfeld, Will and Grace, The Cosby Show, Law & Order, Taxi, I Love Lucy, and the Jeffersons. The longest-running and highest-rated late night show in history is Saturday Night Live, which is broadcast live from NBC Studios in Rockefeller Center. One of the most memorable moments in silver screen history is from The Seven Year Itch when Marilyn Monroe fights to keep her skirt from blowing up as a subway car passes below. The scene was shot on the corner of 52nd Street and Lexington Avenue before a crowd of 1,500 onlookers. Other classic New York films include Miracle on 34th Street, An Affair to Remember, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, West Side Story, The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Ghostbusters, Working Girl, When Harry Met Sally, and numerous Woody Allen films including Manhattan, Annie Hall, New York Stories, Manhattan Murder Mystery and Bullets Over Broadway.
Today there are more than 40 studios and sound stages in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. The largest studio is Silvercup Studios located in Long Island City, Queens. The Sopranos and Johnny Zero are among the TV shows that shoot at Silvercup Studios; recent films that shot at the facilities include Gangs of New York, Analyze That, Mr. Deeds, Meet the Parents and Big Daddy.
The City of New York is actively encouraging film production in the Big Apple with the Made in NY Incentive Program. The program offers film and television productions a variety of opportunities that make it more attractive than ever to shoot in the five boroughs, featuring a combination of tax and marketing credits - along with expanded customer services for production. The program also includes a marketing component wherein film and television productions that complete 75% of their work in New York City can receive free advertisements valued at 1% of NYC production costs. The ads are co-branded with the “Made in NY” logo and appear bus shelters, NYC TV and 91.5 FM radio.
Sets in the City
Since many of the locations used in films and television are on the public streets of New York City, visitors have easy access to see famed locations like the apartment where the Friends lived, the diner where Jerry Seinfeld ate, and the brownstone where the Cosby family lived.
Fans of HBO’s series Sex and the City can follow in Carrie Bradshaw’s Manolo Blahniks with the Sex and the City Tour from On Location Tours (212-683-1961, www.sceneontv.com). This tour highlights locations and events from the series including eating cupcakes Magnolia Bakery, drinking cosmos at Tao, and shopping at Jimmy Choo. Also available through On Location Tours is the Central Park Movie Tour which guides visitors through the landscape of the park where they can visit backdrops used in When Harry Met Sally, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Serendipity, and others. For those who want to take a more “panoramic” view of New York City in the movies, the Manhattan TV and Movie Tour is also available. This tour showcases sites around the city which include the restaurant used in Spider-Man, the apartment building where everyone’s favorite Friends lived, the Shop Around the Corner from You’ve Got Mail, and stopsat everyone’s favorite stoop from The Cosby Show. Prices for tours range from $15 to $40.
Those looking for more of a reality check can experience Inside CNN (212-484-6804, www.insidecnn.com/insidecnn). Located in the Time Warner Center, this tour showcases the history of journalism and provides a backstage look into the world of CNN. Tour participants learn how green screen weather maps work and they can look onto the newsroom and broadcasting studios. If the tour occurs during one of CNN’s live broadcasts, visitors can see Wolf Blitzer, Lou Dobbs, Anderson Cooper or other CNN anchors in action.
Kenny Kramer, the inspiration for Michael Richards’ character Kramer on the sitcom Seinfeld, leads the Kramer’s Reality Tour (212-268-5525, www.kennykramer.com) tour of the New York City locations featured in the show. Highlights of the bus tour include a photo opportunity at Tom’s Restaurant (known as Monk’s in the show), viewing the storefront of the "Soup Nazi," seeing The Regency movie theater where Jerry was busted for making out, and snacking on Junior Mints while passing by Roosevelt Hospital.
Fans of NBC shows such as the Today Show, Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O’Brien can get up close with the NBC Studio Tour (212-664-3700, www.nbcexperiencestore.com). The hour-long tour takes fans to real NBC studios including Studio 3C, home of NBC Nightly News; Studio 3B, home of Dateline; Studio 3K, home of NBC Sports, Studio 6A, home of Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Studio 8H, home of Saturday Night Live. The tour also includes a stop at the NBC History Theatre, where visitors learn about NBC's early days in radio and the network’s transition into television.
TV fans can see the action in person by sitting in a live studio audience at a television show taping. Those in the mood for some wise-cracking news can attend a live taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which tapes every Monday through Thursday at 5:45pm (viewers must be 18 to attend). Famed sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live has been entertaining audiences for 30 years. Studio audience tickets to SNL are in high demand, and written requests are only taken in August; however, standby tickets for both the dress rehearsal and live show are given out at 9am on Saturday mornings to a lucky few early risers. Other late nights shows offering studio audience tickets include The Late Show with David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theater, or Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Last Call with Carson Daly at NBC Studios in Rockefeller Plaza. Live with Regis and Kelly, taped at the ABC Studios on 66th Street, has a 12-month wait for mail tickets, but a few same day tickets are available starting at 7am. ABC Studios is also home to The View. To obtain tickets for tapings of The View prospective audience members can request tickets online or send a written request. And for those who want to enjoy some open air while watching a taping of their favorite show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show and Total Request Live all have “street audiences.” For information about obtaining tickets to TV show tapings, visit www.nycvisit.com/tv.
Seeing Stars
New York City’s population density makes running into others a common experience, and since the Big Apple celebrity count is as high as the skyscrapers, its not unusual to see celebrities on the street, in a local coffee shop or dining out. Walking past a location shoot is also not uncommon in New York City as there are more than 19,000 shooting days a year from film and television productions. Popular filming locations in the city include Central Park, SoHo and Times Square.
A number of celebrities call the Big Apple home and are frequently spotted throughout the city. SoHo, the West Village and other downtown neighborhoods are home to many popular celebrity hangouts including restaurants like Balthazar (212-965-1414, www.balthazarny.com), Butter (212-253-2828, www.butterrestaurant.com), and Gramercy Tavern (212-477-0777, www.gramercytavern.com). Hotel bars at the Hotel Gansevoort (212-206-6700, www.hotelgansevoort), Mandarin Oriental (212-805-8800, www.manadrainoriental.com) and the Dream Hotel (212-247-2000, www.dreamny.com) serve pricey cocktails to celebrities, models and other influential types. New York nightlife is renowned for its glitz, glamour and celebrity presence. Nightclubs frequented by A-listers include Marquee, Cain, Bungalow 8 and SoHo House. In addition to hanging in New York’s nightspots, many celebrities own a share of a bar, club or restaurant. Rapper Jay-Z owns 40/40, an upscale sports bar; Denzel Washington and Lenny Kravitz co-own Kos, a swank art-deco lounge; Robert De Niro owns the Mediterranean-influenced Tribeca Grill (212-941-3900, www.myriadrestaurantgroup.com) and co-owns the famed sushi restaurant Nobu (212-219-0500, www.myriadrestaurantgroup.com); musician Moby owns Teany, a quirky lower east side teahouse; Rap mogul P. Diddy owns Justin’s, an upscale restaurant serving southern cuisine; and sports star Michael Jordan lends his name to Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse (212-608-7400, www.theglaziergroup.com) at Grand Central Terminal.
Film Festivals
New York City hosts nearly 40 film festivals each year, ranging from the well-known New York Film Festival, to the more obscure Dance on Camera Film Festival and the Bicycle Film Festival. The Tribeca Film Festival is a newcomer to New York’s film festival schedule, but has quickly become one of the premier festivals in the nation. Started in 2002 by New York native and oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro, the Tribeca Film Festival was founded to celebrate New York City as a major filmmaking center and to contribute to the long-term recovery of Lower Manhattan after September 11.
The diversity of film festivals in New York is incomparable. Ethnic groups and nationalities host film festivals to celebrate filmmakers showcasing their culture, including the New York Jewish Film Festival, the African American Women in Cinema Film Festival, the New York Asian Film Festival, the Asian American International Film Festival, the New York Brazilian Film Festival, the Red Shift Festival, the Swiss American Film Festival, and the International Film Festival Summit.
Cutting edge filmmakers gravitate toward New York’s unique artistic community and forums. Festivals celebrating films about politics, social movements, artists, music, and activism include the New York Underground Film Festival, the GenArt Film Festival, the Howl! Film Festival, and the Eureka Film Festival.
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Lights, Camera, Action! Visit the set on the Streets of New York City
– With thousands of film and television productions, the Big Apple is Hollywood on the Hudson –
New York, NY (April 14, 2005) – From King Kong climbing the Empire State Building, to Carrie Bradshaw and the girls drinking cosmopolitans in Sex and the City, New York City’s icons are perpetually featured on the silver screen. Sweeping shots of the Manhattan skyline, scenes of the Brooklyn Bridge, and New York’s harbor as seen from the Staten Island Ferry are familiar sights in living rooms and movie theaters across the world. Shows like The Apprentice and Law & Order feature the city as an unspoken character, and films like Barefoot in the Park, Annie Hall, Big and Spider-Man pay homage to the vitality and legend of New York City. Even films that portray the city as a generic “Metropolis” convey the energy and excitement that make the Big Apple the greatest city in the world.
Live from New York!
In 2004 more than 90 television shows and hundreds of films shot on location in New York City. With its diverse neighborhoods, remarkable architecture, endless alleyways, and abundant resources, New York City is a real life set that has been home to thousands of television shows and films in the last century. From the early days of film, New York City has always been a top location for the film industry. The first projected motion pictures ever seen in the United States were shown in 1906 at Koster and Bial's vaudeville house, on the site of today's Macy's department store. Thomas Edison himself helped run the projector. America’s first movie studio opened in Brooklyn in 1903. Since then the studio has been owned by Warner Bros, NBC, was home to The Cosby Show and is still used as production center.
Over the past century, some of the world’s most popular television shows have been set in New York City, including Friends, Seinfeld, Will and Grace, The Cosby Show, Law & Order, Taxi, I Love Lucy, and the Jeffersons. The longest-running and highest-rated late night show in history is Saturday Night Live, which is broadcast live from NBC Studios in Rockefeller Center. One of the most memorable moments in silver screen history is from The Seven Year Itch when Marilyn Monroe fights to keep her skirt from blowing up as a subway car passes below. The scene was shot on the corner of 52nd Street and Lexington Avenue before a crowd of 1,500 onlookers. Other classic New York films include Miracle on 34th Street, An Affair to Remember, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, West Side Story, The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Ghostbusters, Working Girl, When Harry Met Sally, and numerous Woody Allen films including Manhattan, Annie Hall, New York Stories, Manhattan Murder Mystery and Bullets Over Broadway.
Today there are more than 40 studios and sound stages in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. The largest studio is Silvercup Studios located in Long Island City, Queens. The Sopranos and Johnny Zero are among the TV shows that shoot at Silvercup Studios; recent films that shot at the facilities include Gangs of New York, Analyze That, Mr. Deeds, Meet the Parents and Big Daddy.
The City of New York is actively encouraging film production in the Big Apple with the Made in NY Incentive Program. The program offers film and television productions a variety of opportunities that make it more attractive than ever to shoot in the five boroughs, featuring a combination of tax and marketing credits - along with expanded customer services for production. The program also includes a marketing component wherein film and television productions that complete 75% of their work in New York City can receive free advertisements valued at 1% of NYC production costs. The ads are co-branded with the “Made in NY” logo and appear bus shelters, NYC TV and 91.5 FM radio.
Sets in the City
Since many of the locations used in films and television are on the public streets of New York City, visitors have easy access to see famed locations like the apartment where the Friends lived, the diner where Jerry Seinfeld ate, and the brownstone where the Cosby family lived.
Fans of HBO’s series Sex and the City can follow in Carrie Bradshaw’s Manolo Blahniks with the Sex and the City Tour from On Location Tours (212-683-1961, www.sceneontv.com). This tour highlights locations and events from the series including eating cupcakes Magnolia Bakery, drinking cosmos at Tao, and shopping at Jimmy Choo. Also available through On Location Tours is the Central Park Movie Tour which guides visitors through the landscape of the park where they can visit backdrops used in When Harry Met Sally, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Serendipity, and others. For those who want to take a more “panoramic” view of New York City in the movies, the Manhattan TV and Movie Tour is also available. This tour showcases sites around the city which include the restaurant used in Spider-Man, the apartment building where everyone’s favorite Friends lived, the Shop Around the Corner from You’ve Got Mail, and stopsat everyone’s favorite stoop from The Cosby Show. Prices for tours range from $15 to $40.
Those looking for more of a reality check can experience Inside CNN (212-484-6804, www.insidecnn.com/insidecnn). Located in the Time Warner Center, this tour showcases the history of journalism and provides a backstage look into the world of CNN. Tour participants learn how green screen weather maps work and they can look onto the newsroom and broadcasting studios. If the tour occurs during one of CNN’s live broadcasts, visitors can see Wolf Blitzer, Lou Dobbs, Anderson Cooper or other CNN anchors in action.
Kenny Kramer, the inspiration for Michael Richards’ character Kramer on the sitcom Seinfeld, leads the Kramer’s Reality Tour (212-268-5525, www.kennykramer.com) tour of the New York City locations featured in the show. Highlights of the bus tour include a photo opportunity at Tom’s Restaurant (known as Monk’s in the show), viewing the storefront of the "Soup Nazi," seeing The Regency movie theater where Jerry was busted for making out, and snacking on Junior Mints while passing by Roosevelt Hospital.
Fans of NBC shows such as the Today Show, Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O’Brien can get up close with the NBC Studio Tour (212-664-3700, www.nbcexperiencestore.com). The hour-long tour takes fans to real NBC studios including Studio 3C, home of NBC Nightly News; Studio 3B, home of Dateline; Studio 3K, home of NBC Sports, Studio 6A, home of Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Studio 8H, home of Saturday Night Live. The tour also includes a stop at the NBC History Theatre, where visitors learn about NBC's early days in radio and the network’s transition into television.
TV fans can see the action in person by sitting in a live studio audience at a television show taping. Those in the mood for some wise-cracking news can attend a live taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which tapes every Monday through Thursday at 5:45pm (viewers must be 18 to attend). Famed sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live has been entertaining audiences for 30 years. Studio audience tickets to SNL are in high demand, and written requests are only taken in August; however, standby tickets for both the dress rehearsal and live show are given out at 9am on Saturday mornings to a lucky few early risers. Other late nights shows offering studio audience tickets include The Late Show with David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theater, or Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Last Call with Carson Daly at NBC Studios in Rockefeller Plaza. Live with Regis and Kelly, taped at the ABC Studios on 66th Street, has a 12-month wait for mail tickets, but a few same day tickets are available starting at 7am. ABC Studios is also home to The View. To obtain tickets for tapings of The View prospective audience members can request tickets online or send a written request. And for those who want to enjoy some open air while watching a taping of their favorite show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show and Total Request Live all have “street audiences.” For information about obtaining tickets to TV show tapings, visit www.nycvisit.com/tv.
Seeing Stars
New York City’s population density makes running into others a common experience, and since the Big Apple celebrity count is as high as the skyscrapers, its not unusual to see celebrities on the street, in a local coffee shop or dining out. Walking past a location shoot is also not uncommon in New York City as there are more than 19,000 shooting days a year from film and television productions. Popular filming locations in the city include Central Park, SoHo and Times Square.
A number of celebrities call the Big Apple home and are frequently spotted throughout the city. SoHo, the West Village and other downtown neighborhoods are home to many popular celebrity hangouts including restaurants like Balthazar (212-965-1414, www.balthazarny.com), Butter (212-253-2828, www.butterrestaurant.com), and Gramercy Tavern (212-477-0777, www.gramercytavern.com). Hotel bars at the Hotel Gansevoort (212-206-6700, www.hotelgansevoort), Mandarin Oriental (212-805-8800, www.manadrainoriental.com) and the Dream Hotel (212-247-2000, www.dreamny.com) serve pricey cocktails to celebrities, models and other influential types. New York nightlife is renowned for its glitz, glamour and celebrity presence. Nightclubs frequented by A-listers include Marquee, Cain, Bungalow 8 and SoHo House. In addition to hanging in New York’s nightspots, many celebrities own a share of a bar, club or restaurant. Rapper Jay-Z owns 40/40, an upscale sports bar; Denzel Washington and Lenny Kravitz co-own Kos, a swank art-deco lounge; Robert De Niro owns the Mediterranean-influenced Tribeca Grill (212-941-3900, www.myriadrestaurantgroup.com) and co-owns the famed sushi restaurant Nobu (212-219-0500, www.myriadrestaurantgroup.com); musician Moby owns Teany, a quirky lower east side teahouse; Rap mogul P. Diddy owns Justin’s, an upscale restaurant serving southern cuisine; and sports star Michael Jordan lends his name to Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse (212-608-7400, www.theglaziergroup.com) at Grand Central Terminal.
Film Festivals
New York City hosts nearly 40 film festivals each year, ranging from the well-known New York Film Festival, to the more obscure Dance on Camera Film Festival and the Bicycle Film Festival. The Tribeca Film Festival is a newcomer to New York’s film festival schedule, but has quickly become one of the premier festivals in the nation. Started in 2002 by New York native and oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro, the Tribeca Film Festival was founded to celebrate New York City as a major filmmaking center and to contribute to the long-term recovery of Lower Manhattan after September 11.
The diversity of film festivals in New York is incomparable. Ethnic groups and nationalities host film festivals to celebrate filmmakers showcasing their culture, including the New York Jewish Film Festival, the African American Women in Cinema Film Festival, the New York Asian Film Festival, the Asian American International Film Festival, the New York Brazilian Film Festival, the Red Shift Festival, the Swiss American Film Festival, and the International Film Festival Summit.
Cutting edge filmmakers gravitate toward New York’s unique artistic community and forums. Festivals celebrating films about politics, social movements, artists, music, and activism include the New York Underground Film Festival, the GenArt Film Festival, the Howl! Film Festival, and the Eureka Film Festival.
