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Wes Hughes
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posted 09-27-2001 10:44 AM

I used to help my roomate sell sushi on the WTC Plaza when I lived in the city.

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Adam Martin
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posted 09-27-2001 11:41 AM

The large-format film Across the Sea of Time: New York 3D and the Imax Branding Trailer (which has a clip from ATSOT) ...

And maybe Encounter in the Third Dimension, but I'll have to watch for that one at work tonight.

(Later that day ...) Nope. That wasn't NYC in E3D.

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John Wilson
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posted 09-28-2001 07:00 AM

We opened A.I. two days after the tragedy. It was (and still is) very sad to see it every day.

There are two major shots involving the WTC. One is as Hayley and Jude and Teddy fly into NYC to try and find the Blue Fairy. Most other buildings have collapsed or fallen over on their sides...but the two WTC are still there as tall as ever.

The other is 2000 years further on and all is snow and ice. There are hardly any other buildings around...either collapsed or covered in snow...but there they both are.

The term 'a tragedy' somehow just doesn't seem enough...

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Aaron Sisemore
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posted 09-28-2001 02:31 PM

There are a couple scenes in 'Glitter' that start on the towers and then pan down to the street...

-Aaron

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Michael Barry
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posted 10-02-2001 11:45 AM

Found another one! It's in 'The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle' (I LOVE that movie!!!).

There's a scene in which Rocky flies Karen Sympathy to New York. As they arrive, the New York skyline is shown with the WTC prominently displayed on the left of the frame.

Very, very funny movie, by the way, and very uplifting and cheerful.

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Will Kutler
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posted 10-07-2001 03:22 PM

Ghostbusters 2

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Darryl Spicer
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posted 10-07-2001 04:07 PM

Old tv show....Barney Miller in the opening credits....

The toxic Avenger in the first five minutes......

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John Wilson
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posted 10-09-2001 07:16 PM

I watched Moonstruck again the other night. It's a perennial favourite of ours...

I knew they would be there somewhere, but got quite a shock when they are both there right behind the opening title.

Several other places in the film also...a shot of the skyline with 'Cosmo's Moon' beside the towers and as Loretta (Cher) is walking home after the opera at the Met they are in the background as dawn breaks.

Still a fantastic movie with an excellent ensemble cast...but somehow a little different this time round...(sigh)

John

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Gordon Hedges III
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posted 10-10-2001 05:43 AM

I'm surprised that nobody brought this one up. I just recently watched this movie the other day and was shocked at how close the burning towers were the real thing. ARMAGEDDON. I am talking about the opening sequence involving the little meteors that pummel NYC. The smoke and placement of the destruction on the WTC is unbelievable.

I would have to watch AMERICAN PSYCHO again to see if they are in it. I am pretty sure... I think.

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Greg Mueller
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posted 10-10-2001 10:04 AM

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo are walking down the street towards the end of the film , at night, and the WTC towers are in the distance

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Adam Martin
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posted 10-10-2001 05:40 PM

The beginning of Loser features the NYC skyline with the WTC prominent.

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Arthur Allen
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posted 10-12-2001 10:09 AM

I wonder if this year's Oscars will do a montage of the more upbeat WTC appearances in movies.

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James R. Hammonds, Jr
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posted 10-12-2001 07:35 PM

I havent seen or remember most of these movies, but it seems as if some of them only have the towers visible at some point.

How many of these other than the obvious examples given actually make use of them (King Kong, AI, Armageddon) rather that simply displaying them (Nothing But Trouble, Heartbreakers, Thomas Crown Affair)?

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German Marin
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posted 10-14-2001 05:11 AM

What about "Spiderman"? in this trailer appears a helicopter traped into spider's web between two towers. Three days after tragedy we removed it. (I keep two frames).

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John Pytlak
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posted 10-23-2001 03:19 PM

Several pretty nightime shots of the NYC skyline from across the East River in "Stuart Little" feature the lit twin towers.

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