Comments on: What a Blockbuster Movie Can Do to a Small Town

By: Darla suttles

Darla suttles — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:45:51 +0000

I feel so bad for what these tourist put the Crowmarty family through in the town of Amityville.It just goes to show you how rude and Obnoxious Movie fans can be.They wouldnt have liked it one bit if the tables were turned on them.People need to get a life and stop believing everything they hear and read from Books about Ghost and Demon possesed houses.Nothing but pure Bologna

By: irv

irv — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:32:49 +0000

I grew up in the town where the surfing scene from Apocalypse Now was filmed in Baler Aurora, Philippines; tourism there didn’t really increase because of the film. I think it’s because it was pretty hard to get to and you would have to be crazy to travel there by land through the jungle.

By: Amauriel

Amauriel — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:49:25 +0000

I lived in one of the small towns in Ohio where The Shawshank Redemption was filmed (even though it’s supposed to take place in Maine…) and I was amazed when so many people came to the town after the movie came out. The courthouse in the film is where I went when I got my first speeding ticket, even. Now, it’s calmed down quite a bit, but the town will never be quite the same. My father is a commissioner for the county and there was recently a celebration for the 15th anniversary of the film.

There, there’s nothing but good things to be said. The movie staff treated the hometown folks well, the tourism following was minimal but appreciated, and they allowed locals to be extras and do their tasks. (For example, some of the people in the workshop scenes were actually employees of the lumber yard.)

By: Tdave

Tdave — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:04:32 +0000

correction: The name of the town is Point Pleasant, not Mount Pleasant.

By: Tdave

Tdave — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:37:43 +0000

A friend of mine is originally from Mount Pleasant, West Virginia – home of the Mothman legend. Shortly after the movie Mothman Prophesies was in theaters she and her husband visited her relatives there. Her husband was curious about the town and the mothman story so he did a little investigating. Some people liked how the movie promoted and added to the notoriety of the Mothman legacy. They directed him to the points of interest AND the gift shops. Other people didn’t like it. One guy yelled at my friend about how the Mothman doesn’t exist, it’s B.S. and it makes the towns-people look like idiots and rubes.

By: Bicycle Bill

Bicycle Bill — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:07:13 +0000

Iowa still sees movie fans coming to Winterset (location of the famed “Bridges of Madison County”) and Dyersville (home of the “Field of Dreams”).

-”BB”-

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:59:18 +0000

I’ve been to forks and for the most part its wonderful, there were some rude people though. I absolutely loved La Push beach it was beautiful.

By: lsmith

lsmith — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:46:18 +0000

Livingston, Montana and the areas around are where “A River Runs Through It” was filmed. thankfully it never brought too much attention to the area.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:36:27 +0000

Of course, this rule does not always hold true. The above comment referring to Grover’s Mill, NJ is terribly mistaken. I grew up just a few miles from the supposed “landing site” and spent most of my life in that general area. There are no tourists or martian hunters of any kind. Ever. There is a small park a few blocks from the field where the “invasion” began, and said park hosts a large plaque with an engraved image of the martian invaders. For the record, the locals hate the plaque and have petitioned for it to be removed on a number of occassions.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:15:44 +0000

It would have never occurred to me in a million years that Footloose was a true story.