Philadelphia Movies: A Tournament (1 Viewer)

[Scott Weinberg]

I may have done this one waaay back in the day. I honestly don't remember. You all know the rules.

Movie must have been filmed in (or IMMEDIATELY AROUND*) Philadelphia. As a representative of the Philadelphia Film Commission (an organization I just now made up), I reserve the right to veto films I think are ineligible.

Since they're the obvious ones, I'll start us off with two movies:

Philadelphia (Jonathan Demme, 1993)
Rocky (John Avildsen, 1976)

(* i.e. a certain sci-fi blockbuster from last year.)

Participants get two nominations. Seconds are not required; just make sure your picks fit the Philly requirement.

 

[SteveGon]

Offhand, I'll nominate The Philadelphia Story.

Hmmmm....

 

[chris_m_white]

I'll nominate:

The Sixth Sense
Signs

 

[Angelo.M]

I think Signs is stretching the concept a bit. But Unbreakable should work, so I'll nominate it.

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Nominate:
Birdy
Twelve Monkeys

I did a summer session at Temple University in 1991. Cheese steaks suck.

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Bah. You never had a good one then.

Edit - Confused threadings.

 

[LukeB]

I'll try to nominate Houseguest.

 

[Vickie_M]

I would have nominated Birdy, but Chuck beat me to it.

IMDB's Power Search lists 207 titles, several of which I've never heard of, several of which I don't specifically remember as being Philadelphia movies, but I'll go with sure things.

Witness

Trading Places

 

[Vickie_M]

These are the Power Search titles:

$5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot, The (1914)
1776 (1972) 7.2/10 (1284 votes)
2 Little, 2 Late (2000) 8.7/10 (22 votes)
24th Day, The (2002)
Above the Limit (1900) 2.9/10 (6 votes)
...aka Automobile and Jimmy Hicks (1900)
...aka Chimmie Hicks at the Races (1902) (USA: copyright title)
...aka Jimmie Hicks in Automobile (1900)
Age of Innocence, The (1993) 7.0/10 (3867 votes)
Allegorical Floats (1898)
Alphabet, The (1968) 7.6/10 (129 votes)
Amazing Grace (1974) 5.0/10 (14 votes)
Ambulance Corps Drill (1899)
America the Beautiful (1975)
American-Chinese Naval Reserves (1899)
Animal Factory (2000) 6.5/10 (970 votes)
Arrau & Muti & Beethoven (1990) (TV)
Bell for Philadelphia, A (1963)
Beloved (1998) 5.6/10 (1394 votes)
Beyond the Mat (1999) 7.4/10 (1460 votes)
...aka Beyond the Mat: Unrated Director's Cut (2000) (USA: director's cut)
Big Monitor 'Miantonomah', The (1898)
Big Monitor Miantonomah Leaving the Navy Yard (1898)
Birdy (1984) 7.2/10 (2469 votes)
Block, The (1964)
Blow Out (1981) 7.0/10 (2042 votes)
Bottomfeeders (2001/II)
Bright Victory (1951) 7.5/10 (39 votes)
...aka Lights Out (1951) (UK)
Broadway Damage (1997) 6.3/10 (132 votes)
Brooklyn Goes to Philadelphia (1954)
Bryn Mawr Horse Show (1900)
Burglar, The (1957) 6.5/10 (27 votes)
Busy Corner, A (1897)
Call to Post (1983)
Catching a Runaway Team (1897)
Children Rolling Down Hill (1900)
Christmas on Division Street (1991) (TV) 6.4/10 (59 votes)
Chronicle of Corpses, A (2000) 2.8/10 (31 votes)
Clean and Sober (1988) 6.5/10 (744 votes)
Condition Red (1995) 4.7/10 (59 votes)
...aka Condition Red - hälytystila (1996) (Finland)
...aka Draußen lauert der Tod (1995) (Germany)
Cramp's Shipyard (1899)
Creepshow (1982) 6.0/10 (2038 votes)
Crew of the U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh' (1899)
Cruiser Columbia (1898)
Crumb (1994) 7.6/10 (2266 votes)
Cumulus 9 (1992)
...aka C-9 (1992) (USA)
...aka Cloud 9 (1992)
...aka Cumulus 9 (1992) (USA)
David and Lisa (1962) 7.0/10 (203 votes)
Delaware River, Philadelphia (1897)
Demo Crew, The (2001) 2.9/10 (11 votes)
Demonstrating the Action of the Chicago Pneumatic Shell Riveters on the Underside of the Hull of a Steel Vessel. Taken for the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. (1900)
Devices (1980)
Doghouse, The (2000)
Download This (2002)
Downtown (1990) 5.0/10 (191 votes)
Dressed to Kill (1980) 6.9/10 (2038 votes)
Driving (2001)
ECW Barely Legal (1997) (TV) 8.9/10 (18 votes)
...aka ECW Barely Legal '97 (1997) (TV) (USA: video box title)
...aka Extreme Championship Wrestling's Barely Legal (1997) (TV) (USA)
Edge City (1998/I) 5.4/10 (19 votes)
Eighth and Vine St. Philadelphia (1897)
Emmett's Mark (2002) 4.6/10 (22 votes)
Erotic Memoirs of a Male Chauvinist Pig, The (1973)
Everybody's Business: America's Children (1995) (TV)
Evil Within, The (1998) 4.7/10 (9 votes)
Fallen (1998) 6.6/10 (5804 votes)
Family Values (2002/I)
Famous Battleship Captains: Philadelphia Peace Jubilee Parade (1898)
Fighting Back (1982/I) 5.1/10 (41 votes)
...aka Death Vengeance (1982)
Fire Boat 'Edwin S. Stewart' (1897)
Fire Run (1897)
First City Troop of Philadelphia (1899)
For Ice Cream and Cake (1900)
Four Friends (1981) 6.3/10 (242 votes)
...aka Georgia's Friends (1981)
Gen. Snowden and Staff, and Crew of the U.S.S. 'Raleigh' (1899)
Gentleman's Game, A (2001) 7.0/10 (69 votes)
Giant Steam-Shovel, A (1897)
Girard College Cadets (1897)
Girard College Cadets (1899)
Girard College Cadets at Double Quick (1897)
Girard College Cadets in Review (1897)
Girls Like Us (1997) 5.3/10 (13 votes)
Good Thief, The (2002/II) 7.9/10 (7 votes)
Grand Army Veterans of Philadelphia (1898)
Grandmother, The (1970) 7.7/10 (141 votes)
Great Football Game Between Annapolis and West Point, The (1899)
Great Train Robbery, The (1904) 5.4/10 (14 votes)
Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952) 6.7/10 (790 votes)
...aka Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) (USA: complete title)
Hack (2002) (TV) 1.6/10 (101 votes)
Hail Columbia (1935)
High Diving (1897)
High School (1969) 7.4/10 (107 votes)
Home of Angels (1994) 3.2/10 (5 votes)
House of God, The (1984) 5.9/10 (35 votes)
I.F. Stone's Weekly (1973) 8.6/10 (7 votes)
In Harm's Way (1997)
In This Corner: Joe Frazier (1980) (TV)
Independence (1976) 4.0/10 (7 votes)
Independence Day (1996) 6.0/10 (42327 votes)
...aka ID4 (1996) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt, The (1986) 6.8/10 (10 votes)
Italian Job, The (2003)
Jersey Girl (2003)
Jesus' Son (1999) 6.9/10 (1406 votes)
Keystone Express (1897)
Kimberly (1999) 5.3/10 (136 votes)
Launch of the Great Battleship Alabama (1898)
Let's Eat Food (1981) (TV)
Light, The (1988/I) (TV)
Like Mike (2002) 5.0/10 (636 votes)
Little White Lies (1989) (TV) 5.7/10 (36 votes)
Live Aid (1985) (TV) 7.5/10 (82 votes)
Love's Toll (1916)
Major-General Nelson A. Miles, and Staff, in the Peace Jubilee Parade (1898)
Making an Arrest (1897)
Mannequin (1987) 4.8/10 (2710 votes)
Mannequin 2: On the Move (1991) 2.8/10 (618 votes)
Marnie (1964) 7.0/10 (2566 votes)
Midwinter Night's Dream, A (1912)
Mikey and Nicky (1976) 6.3/10 (89 votes)
Modulations (1998) 6.8/10 (68 votes)
Money for Nothing (1993/I) 5.3/10 (457 votes)
More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation, A (1989)
Morimoto R.A.W. (2002) (TV)
Mounted Police Drill (1897)
Mrs. U.S. Grant and President McKinley (1899)
Murder at the Mardi Gras (1978) (TV)
My Little Girl (1986) 4.7/10 (53 votes)
N Is a Number (1993) 8.4/10 (8 votes)
Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hobson and the Crew of the Merrimac (1898)
New Year's Carnival (1898)
Newsboy's Luck, A (1911)
OHMS (1980) (TV) 3.5/10 (10 votes)
Pa. R.R. Train Near Phila. (1896)
Peacemaker, The (1997) 5.9/10 (5685 votes)
Philadelphia (1993) 7.4/10 (10826 votes)
Philadelphia City Hall, The (1897)
Philadelphia City Troop and a Company of Roosevelt's Rough Riders (1898)
Philadelphia Experiment II (1993) 4.5/10 (211 votes)
Philadelphia Letter Carriers (1898)
Philadelphia Police on Parade (1897)
Philadelphia's Pride (1900)
Philadelphia: fusillade de Mole Street (1997) (TV)
Pigeonholed (1999) 3.5/10 (18 votes)
Pneumatic Tools (1900)
Popular Science (1939/I)
...aka Popular Science J-8-5 (1939)
Poverty Outlaw (1997)
President McKinley and Mayor Ashbridge of Philadelphia (1899)
Pride of the Marines (1945) 7.5/10 (103 votes)
...aka Forever in Love (1945) (UK)
Prison Song (2001) 7.4/10 (29 votes)
Punctuality (1998)
Putz (1988)
Ragged Earl, The (1914)
Rat Race, The (1960) 6.3/10 (65 votes)
Renaissance (1994)
Renegades (1989) 4.4/10 (262 votes)
Return to Paradise (1998) 6.8/10 (2254 votes)
...aka All for One (1998) (USA: alternative title)
Returning from Drill (1897)
Road to God Knows Where, The (1990) 5.0/10 (16 votes)
Rocky (1976) 7.7/10 (12898 votes)
Rocky II (1979) 6.1/10 (5297 votes)
Rocky III (1982) 5.5/10 (5537 votes)
Rocky V (1990) 3.9/10 (4066 votes)
Rough Riding (1897)
Route One USA (1989) 5.3/10 (15 votes)
Scar of Shame, The (1927) 4.8/10 (16 votes)
Se7en (1995) 8.3/10 (51230 votes)
Second Battalion, 1st Regiment, N.G. of Pennsylvania (1899)
Second City Troop (1899)
Sev. Regiments Passing the Monument (1899)
Show, The (1995) 4.5/10 (39 votes)
Sixth Sense, The (1999) 8.3/10 (58606 votes)
Snipes (2001) 8.6/10 (20 votes)
Solutions: Canadian Transit Technology (1981)
Split (2000/I)
Sport Slants (1934/IV)
...aka Ted Husing's Sport Slants (1934/IV) (USA: complete title)
St. Vincent's Cadets (1898)
State Fencibles (1899)
Stealing Home (1988) 6.8/10 (858 votes)
Sweet Love, Bitter (1967) 7.2/10 (6 votes)
...aka Black Love, White Love (1967)
...aka It Won't Rub Off, Baby! (1967)
Taps (1981) 6.3/10 (1627 votes)
Tattoo (1981) 4.3/10 (113 votes)
Tell My Mom I Love Her (1994)
Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926)
Tenth Cavalry, The (1898)
Thin Blue Lie, The (2000) (TV) 7.0/10 (58 votes)
Third Pennsylvania Volunteers (1898)
Third Regiment Pennsylvania (1898)
Thrilling Detective Story (1906)
Through Adam's Eyes (1977)
Track 16 (2001) 8.6/10 (8 votes)
Trading Places (1983) 7.3/10 (7050 votes)
Train Coming Out of Station, Philadelphia, Pa. (1896) 4.7/10 (8 votes)
Train Leaving Philadelphia with Troops for the Coal Mines (1902)
Trick Baby (1973) 8.5/10 (8 votes)
...aka Double Con, The (1973)
Twelve Monkeys (1995) 7.9/10 (39838 votes)
Two Bits (1995) 5.8/10 (295 votes)
...aka Day to Remember, A (1995)
Two Plus One (1995) 7.8/10 (6 votes)
Unbreakable (2000) 7.2/10 (21232 votes)
Uncle Scam (1981)
Unusual Occupations (1945/III)
Unveiling of Grant Monument (1899)
Unveiling of the Washington Monument (1897)
Unveiling the Statue of Gen. U.S. Grant (1899)
Up Close & Personal (1996) 5.7/10 (2236 votes)
View of Cramp's Shipyard (1898)
View of League Island, Philadelphia (1898)
Voyage to the End of the Earth (1981) (TV)
Waiting (2000/I) 6.4/10 (21 votes)
Watermelon Woman, The (1996) 5.9/10 (92 votes)
Wide Awake (1998) 6.3/10 (355 votes)
Winter Kills (1979) 6.4/10 (153 votes)
Witness (1985) 7.6/10 (10206 votes)
Worth Winning (1989) 6.0/10 (277 votes)

 

[Brook K]

Witness

If the qualification is that any part of the movie was filmed in Philadelphia than I'll nominate Marnie, if it has to be more Philadelphia-centric I'll nominate Rocky III

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Taps? Doesn't the entire movie take place inside a military academy?

Oh, I do remember one scene with the boys going out to the movies or something and getting in a scuffle with the locals. I guess that was Philly.

I'm rooting for Mannequin 2: On the Move to win the tourney.

 

[Evan Case]

I suppose I'll have to be the one to nominate the eventual winner: The Garbage-Pickin' Field-Goal Kickin' Philadelphia Phenomenon, with Tony Danza.

If Crumb was actually shot in Philly I'll nominate that too.

Evan

 

[Evan Case]

And I know I didn't read the words "Cheese steaks suck."

Because if I did, there's gonna be a problem.

Evan

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Movies in:

12 Monkeys
Birdy
Crumb
Marnie
Philadelphia
Rocky
The Sixth Sense
Signs
Trading Places
Unbreakable
Witness

Vickie! You made it too easy for everyone! :frowning:

Houseguest is ineligible, as it was filmed in and around Pittsburgh - which is a full 300 miles away from Philadelphia.

I'm still debating whether or not The Philadelphia Story is eligible, as I don't think any of it was actually filmed here...ironically enough.

I'm vetoing The Garbage-Pickin' Field-Goal Kickin' Philadelphia Phenomenon because A) it's a TV movie, and B) it's an embarassment to the city. Evan gets another pick.

Oh, and despite what the IMDb says, no part of Seven was filmed here.

 

[Vickie_M]

Sorry, I didn't know that was a no-no. :b

 

[Scott Weinberg]

NP, V.

 

[Dome Vongvises]

I'll nominate

Rocky III

 

[Scott Weinberg]

-------Tournament Canceled Due to Host Disinterest----------

 

[Bill J]

Scott, I thought this was a cool idea for a tourney. Why don't you just fill the remaining spots?

 

[Scott Weinberg]

OK