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From: recko@holst.DEC (Tim Recko LTN1-2/B17, 617/486-6220  DTN 229)
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Subject: Re: Movies made where you live
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Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 19:07:53 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 15 19:07:53 1985
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Cleveland may not seem like the "garden spot" to make films, but three of
my personal favourites were shot in and around the northeastern Ohio area.

The wedding and street scenes from "The Deer Hunter," set in Pittsburgh,
were actually filmed at St. Theodosis (probably misspelled) Russian Orthodox
church in Cleveland.  My parents grew up going to that church, and of course
after seeing the film we rushed over to that neighborhood to look around a
bit.

"The Gathering," a made-for-TV Christmas film starring Ed Asner, was set
in New England, but filmed in Hudson, Cuyahoga Falls (I think), and *sigh*
Chagrin Falls, Ohio.  (The latter is my favourite city in the whole world.)
I always get a kick out of the scene where Ed Asner is supposedly in his
office looking out of a window out onto the street below.  The factory
building exterior is in Cuyahoga Falls, but the street is definitely in
Chagrin, and from an angle that I cannot really imagine *any* building
being!

Lastly, "Those Lips, Those Eyes," which I posted a note asking if anyone
else had even seen a few weeks ago, stars Frank Langella and concerns the
goings on at a summer stock theatre in the early 1950's.  This is the only
one of the three films that was actually set in Cleveland (which of course
is fair game for abuse during the film), and is really about the theatre
at which it was filmed.  This one is very special to me for several reasons.
First, that I remember going to see shows there when I was very young;
second, that I had the opportunity to work there playing in the pit orchestra
a few years ago; and third, that I had the chance to play there *because* of
the film being made.  (Cain Park Amphitheatre went dark in 1972 after being
one of THE summer stock theatres during the 1950's.  When the decision was
made to make the film in 1980, the producers sunk about $100,000 [I'm
told] into new wiring, new lighting, etc., etc. which had decayed over
the years of inactivity.  The theatre was then able to reopen the following
season, benefiting the whole area as a community theatre.)  God, I love
happy endings!

Thanks for the chance to reminisce for awhile (and hello to the plum from
Taxachusetts).

	tr (tim recko, DEC, Littleton)