Movies that take place in Montreal

[bond_james_bond]

I can only recall two major movies in recent Hollywood history that give Montreal a starring role: The Score and The Jackal. However, both of these movies treat Montreal as just another city, easily interchangeable with NY, LA, Chicago, etc.

In The Score, the only thing that makes you feel like you're in Montreal is a small scene where Ed Norton speaks French to a street cop. (BTW, as a baltimoron, loved the scene where Ed Norton, another baltimoron, puts on an Orioles cap!)

In The Jackal, the cops stop in Montreal, while chasing Bruce Willis as the Jackal because "Canada is the easiest way to get into the US, and particularly by boat." Then, Bruce Willis crosses the border and ends up in Chicago! That must be one awesome boat! Has anyone ever crossed the border by boat? What's that like?

So what are other movies that showcase Montreal (instead of Montreal "pretending" to be some other city)?

 

[Bob Binette]

crossing by boat

There are several places where you can cross the border by boat. Lakes like Lake champlain and memphremagog straddle the border. You have to figure where the border is and go to the shore with your boat.

 

[survivor]

The Whole Nine Yard was filmed in Montreal and it takes place in Montreal. It starred Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry.

 

[Techman]

Rabid

Rabid, a David Cronenberg film was filmed primarily on Nun's Island but I don't know if it was set there in the film. His film Scanners was also filmed partly in Montreal, the opening scene I believe, was shot in the food court at the old 20/20 in the metro system.

 

[Avery]

It's obviously not recent, but wasn't the original version of "The Fly" set in Montreal?

It was made in 1958 and starred Vincent Price. The 1986 remake was good, but the original was better.

 

[ck_nj]

The remake of Rollerball was filmed partly in Montreal. There is a scene outside one of the 'Rollerball arena,' which is actually the Montreal Casino.

 

[bond_james_bond]

Thanks. I'll have to see these on DVD, particularly The Whole Nine Yards, althouth Matthew Perry has got to come up with something new besides his Chandler schtick...

 

[Consult]

The sum of all fears

The "sum of all fears" was filmed in Montreal, pretending to be several cities including Baltimore.

At one point towards the middle of the movie, there is a scene happening in some souther russian port and in the background... The Molson Brewery clock!

The bad guys also have their meetings in a building on De La Commune Street.

For people interested in looking for Montreal in movies, this link to the Internet Movie Database can be fun.

Productions filmed in Montreal

Consult

 

[bond_james_bond]

Sum of All Fears

Aargh! As a lifelong resident of Baltimore, how disappointing that they not only use Montreal as Baltimore, but in the movie, they nuke the entire city!

I remember that movie. The football stadium didn't look too much like PSINet stadium and the football team was supposed to be the Ravens?! At least they had the purple color right. Maybe the Ravens didn't want to license their logo for this movie.

All that gets filmed in Baltimore is stuff like The Wire and Homicide. Well, maybe the Orioles will have a chance this year (not!). They'll prolly mess up their lead and it'll be yet another Red Sox/Yankees year.

Oh well, been waiting since 1983, and getting used to it.

 

[Dawgone]

1084 matching titles

The Aviator?

 

[Moby Dick]

movies in Montreal

DRIVEN :
Stalone
A young hot shot driver is in the middle of a championship season and is coming apart at the seams. A former CART champion ( Stalone )
is called in to give him guidance.
they race in the tunnel under ( palais de congres).




Gothika:
Halley Barry
Ghost story in which a repressed female psychiatrist ( Halley ) wakes up as a patient in the very asylum where she worked with no memory of why she is there and what she has done.
it was film in a hold emty ( National bank Downtown )



MOby Dick
out

 

[Medic_565]

Filming in Canada

Thanks to a favorable exchange rate, aggressive marketing by the Film Boards of several Canadian cities, and the abundance of cheaper-than-US production crews, Canada has been a favorite location of TV and feature film producers for many years.

The Commish (a long gone TV series starring Michael Chiklis of The Shield) was set in New Jersey but filmed in Vancouver. New York Minute starring the Olson Twins was shot in Toronto. The exteriors of the old Madison Square Garden shown in Cinderella Man (I liked it better when it was called Rocky) were actually facades put up in Downtown Toronto. Rumble in The Bronx with Jackie Chan was filmed in Vancouver and they didn't even try to make it look like the Bronx; one scene showed mountains in the background.

Previous posters have mentioned other examples and the list goes on and on.

I know this departs from the original theme of this thread, but I figured I'd post anyway and take my beating.

But to keep it MERB related:HDH's for the stars.....waaay cheaper than the US

 

[EagerBeaver]

X Files

Let's not forget the first 4 or 5 seasons of the legendary TV Series "The X Files" was filmed in Vancouver. The series seemed to decline after they moved production to LA I believe after season 5. One of the best TV series in history, IMHO, along with "Twilight Zone", "Hawaii 5-0", "All In The Family", "MASH", and a few others.

 

[Techman]

Moby

I forgot about Driven. The movie was really terrible but the one thing I remember was that during the trophy ceremony in the film there are two twins on the stage with the "drivers" that used to dance at Wanda's.

Dawgone: parts of the Aviator were filmed at Mirabel airport.

 

[Dawgone]

Mirabel

Techman,

Thanks for the info, I am going to watch it again just to see the scenes. I really liked the movie - more so than the mile long walk at Mirabel airport

DG

 

[EagerBeaver]

The Terminal

"The Terminal" with Tom Hanks also has scenes filmed at Mirabel.

 

[CarGuy]

Taking Lives

I am surprised that Taking Lives hasn't been mentioned yet. I just need to find an Angelina Jolie look alike to recreate that bedroom scene. Any suggestions?

 

[Lion Heart]

Taking Lives

I am surprised that Taking Lives hasn't been mentioned yet. I just need to find an Angelina Jolie look alike to recreate that bedroom scene. Any suggestions?

Indeed. The action in the movie officially takes place in Montreal. The old Quebec City bridge had to be "moved" in Montreal for the purpose of the film. I was in Quebec City when they closed the bridge to shoot the explosive car action scene. And I also had the chance to see upclose Angelina (I got her autograph) when she was shooting in Old Montreal. Needless to say that Angelina made quite an ever lasting impression on me! The bedroom scene in the film is hot indeed.

Lion Heart

 

[Board Stiff]

I was in the background for the filming of NOEL last year. They put fake snow on my front doorstep. Directed by Chaz Palmentieri, with Penelope Cruz, Robin Williams, Paul Walker, and Susan Sarandon. I offered Penelope HDH price (300) for an hour, but she declined, saying she had to go meet then-boyfriend Tom Cruise at the club 737 (true story).

 

[Uncle Kracker]

A little help from IMDB... Got over 1000 hits on movies filmed in Montreal, here's some of the select few.

Adventures of Pluto Nash
Batman & Robin
Battlefield Earth
Bone Collector
Catch Me If You Can
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Day After Tomorrow
Driven
Gothika
The Growing Pains Movie (there's one out of the "why bother" bag)
Highlander III
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story
If Looks Could Kill (Richard Grieco goodness )
The Jackal
The Jacket
John Q
Johnny Mnemonic (Ice-T & Keanu... Yes please.)
King's Ransom (worst theater run of 2005... Fri.-Thurs.)
Love! Valour! Compassion!
Night of the Demons III
Pink Floyd The Wall
Rollerball
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (you would have thought... New York?)
Scanners (a fucking classic... great exploding head)
The Score
Snake Eyes
Strip Search
Taking Lives
The Terminal
Terror Train
12 Monkeys (great fucking flick!)
The Red Violin
Waking the Dead
Whole Nine Yards (great shot looking over the city as Perry & Willis have a talk)
Wicker Park
Wilder


There you go...