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 Take me to Lower Greenville or suffer my wrath: Robocop digs on Dallas (MGM/Fox/Orion) The producers chose Big D to play "New Detroit" for its tripped-out techno skyline and sleek architecture. The coolest parts of the movie play the skyscrapers against the more industrial streets of West Dallas (actually one chase looks like it was shot down on Industrial or nearby, not far from Reunion Tower, which sticks its head up in the near distance). In another scene, The I.M. Pei-designed Fountain Place (otherwise known as that beveled glass building downtown) can be spotted in all its modern glory. (Incidentally, the building opened in 1986, one year before Robocop came out). So: What's your favorite movie that made good use of our fair burg? |
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Posted by dan @ 8:19 PM Sun, Aug 26, 2007
Whenever I pass that gas station on Ross (is it still there?) that was blown up.
Posted by Victor @ 8:16 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2007
Not my favorite, but the cheesiest is Logan's Run
Posted by Ryan @ 9:00 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2007
Also, City Hall is the corporate headquarters of the "big brother" corporation in Robocop.
Posted by Holly Warren @ 9:47 AM Mon, Aug 27, 2007
The movie itself is nothing to write home about, but you can't beat 'Dr. T and the Women' for sightseeing via DVD. It's Dallas landmark after Dallas landmark (including our very own newspaper for about 2 seconds near the [fairly ridiculous] ending).
Posted by PJW @ 2:28 PM Mon, Aug 27, 2007
How about all the local talent featured in Dr. T.?
the fab Tina Parker, and others??
Posted by Pete @ 1:30 PM Tue, Aug 28, 2007
One of the things I loved about "Logan's Run," was the fact that the film's characters jumped into a pool located at Fort Worth's Sunken Gardens and swam, presumably underwater, to the interior of what was then known as the Zale Building on Stemmons Freeway. At the time I thought it was a rather cheesy way to avoid the tolls on the old Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike.