King of the Hill is a movie set in St. Louis, but I'm not sure if any of it was filmed here. It's got a great cast, directed by Steven Soderberg, got good reviews, but for some reason it's hard to find.
I just got done watching the show Last ship. They moved the capital to STL in it. It was weird hearing them say get STL on the line or call the president in STL.
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^^It certainly felt like it was filmed here. I'd have to go back and watch it again to be sure, but it has a kind of Skinker/DeBaliviere/CWE feel to it mostly.
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The Hoodlum Priest (1961) would be another interesting one to see compared. I haven't seen it in years, but a good bit was filmed in neighborhoods being cleared (Mill Creek Valley, maybe?). They also show Produce Row, the MacArthur Bridge in full use, and other recognizable sites, both existing and demolished.
There used to be a website with movie locations from all around the world (circa 2014, pre-Wordpress ubiquity) and can't find it. But it had 'King of the Hill.'
I recall, that 'King of the Hill' was shot in St. Louis and Alton (I think most of the daily/'home' life is up in Alton, been a long time since I've seen it). The STL parts were mainly an apartment building in the CWE (around McPherson/N. Taylor) and around Soulard—police breaking up a Hooverville or riot. (I haven't seen it since it came out on DVD at Blockbuster)
IIRC, the movie doesn't say where it take place, STL is just a representative backdrop for any 1930 industrial metropolis grappling with the issues of its time. The photo below, swiped from that website, alludes to that with the bus destinations.
Soulard Farmer's Market dressed up a Union Bus Terminal.
I recall, that 'King of the Hill' was shot in St. Louis and Alton (I think most of the daily/'home' life is up in Alton, been a long time since I've seen it). The STL parts were mainly an apartment building in the CWE (around McPherson/N. Taylor) and around Soulard—police breaking up a Hooverville or riot. (I haven't seen it since it came out on DVD at Blockbuster)
IIRC, the movie doesn't say where it take place, STL is just a representative backdrop for any 1930 industrial metropolis grappling with the issues of its time. The photo below, swiped from that website, alludes to that with the bus destinations.
Soulard Farmer's Market dressed up a Union Bus Terminal.
Bonus images from screenshots off of YouTube.
Carondelet Boathouse dressed up as a WW1 casualty dressing station in the TV series 'A Will of Their Own.'
Must have been during the little known 'Battle of Carondelet Wood,' overshadowed by the 'Battle of Belleau Wood.' Nice touch by the art department
I searched and it seems the video has vanished off of YouTube, otherwise I would have posted a link. It was Spanish overdub in like 6 parts.
Carondelet Boathouse dressed up as a WW1 casualty dressing station in the TV series 'A Will of Their Own.'
Must have been during the little known 'Battle of Carondelet Wood,' overshadowed by the 'Battle of Belleau Wood.' Nice touch by the art department
I searched and it seems the video has vanished off of YouTube, otherwise I would have posted a link. It was Spanish overdub in like 6 parts.
King of the Hill was based on A.E. Hotchner's autobiographical novel about growing up in St. Louis.
framer wrote: ↑Aug 05, 2018Looks like Jennifer Chambers Lynch finally got her movie "A Fall From Grace" made. It's set in St. Louis, but I don't know how much was filmed here. The trailer shows lots of local scenes.
Starring Vincent D'Onofrio, Forest Whitaker, David Lynch, Balthazer Getty, French Stewart, and Cedric the Entertainer (as the coroner).
"A Fall from Grace follows detective Michael Tabb who knows the city of St. Louis inside and out. He has felt its true heart, as much as its dark underbelly: but he does not know who, in both the dark and light – is taking the lives of young girls."
Watch the trailer here:
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Missouri lawmakers approve subsidies for music, film industry
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-lawmakers-approve-subsidies-for-music-film-industry/article_d45a64f0-eab5-11ed-a970-a7662767c4e5.htmlFilm and music production companies could receive millions of dollars in state tax credits under a newly proposed law heading to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk.
On a 113-45 vote, the Missouri House approved a plan to offer $8 million in tax credits to help facilities like the Gateway Studios project on the western edge of St. Louis County as a way to lure more entertainment jobs to the state.
The “Entertainment Industry Jobs Act” would allow a tax credit for rehearsal expenses and tour expenses equal to 30% of the cost. It would include expenses like concert tour equipment, stages, sets, sound equipment, lighting and scenery.
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^There's a part of me that feels like this is closing the barn door after the horse has already moved to Atlanta, but hey, it's good to see.
Not sure how St. Louis figures into the game, but the trailer for the new Starfield opens with a quick shot of a post-apocalyptic Arch.
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^I'm trying to figure that out. Obviously that's what it looks like, but I'm not 100% sure that's what it's supposed to be. Seems like they're digging artifacts out of other planets. Could be that it's supposed to be an alien artifact? Eero Saarinen has too many vowels not to be an alien of some kind. An elf, probably.
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WIth the water on the right side of the Arch, and the sun behind, this view would be impossible, correct? Sun should be to the south, which, if the river is in the foreground, would be on the left, not the right.
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Maybe that is only a lake where the reflecting pools and sub grade section of 44 have merged in this futuristic hellscape?
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^^I'm not 100% certain it's actually supposed to be St. Louis. It's clearly a reference from someone, but ingame this may well be an alien structure on some other planet that just happens to look like our hoop de voyage. I mean, if you were going to make a Gateway to an alien civilization it'd be a good model. (The west is pretty alien, really.)
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The shape of the arch is a math constant parabola so not unlikely that its form would be...Universal.
Anyone know about the upcoming series Twisted Metal? Supposedly features a post-apocalyptic St. Louis.
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I'm not sure I'd take that to mean they're going to actually film anything, or even feature anything here. Could just be an easy bit of stock footage to alter for a quick "post apocalyptic" image. The rest of the shots in the trailer that I could place were pretty distant. There's references to Vegas and San Fran. There are some cornfields, but the signage puts them in California (South of Davenport, CA. Though the landscape looked more eastern to my mind.) There's a little CGI Chicago and some CGI future San Francisco. And the red rocks look real enough, so at least part of it was shot on location out west. There's at least one shot that's recognizably New Orleans. (Inside the old terminal at Louis Armstrong.) So some is also clearly being shot east, but I've no reason to think we're going to be anything other than maybe an occasional passing reference and one establishing shot. That said . . . I do like the shot.
Just heard about a movie called On Fire that's supposed to be filmed at least partially in STL. Don't know anything else about it.
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The new Yogi Berra documentary on Netflix has some STL shots.
I believe it was produced by the granddaughter who is pretty cool and funny.
I'll be honest, I briefly cried.
I believe it was produced by the granddaughter who is pretty cool and funny.
I'll be honest, I briefly cried.