[NU Sports] Hollywood Comes to Ryan Field

[Evan Bradley]

I know there are a bunch, but two that immediately come to mind are:

The Weatherman - scenes were filmed in Evanston, which required fake
snow.  The movie takes place in Chicago, and the main character
(Nicholas Cage) seems to live on the North Shore

Home Alone - features the outside of Millar Chapel, but the interior
of the church in the movie is different.


On 5/1/07, Randy Wilson <randy at 1702.org> wrote:
> They were filming something at Lane Tech High School in Chicago the last
> few weeks. Near the end, they had a vintage Syracuse flag flying. What's
> the name of the film so I can IMDB it?
>
> This might be fun:
> What other films (or sports films) have been filmed in and around NU?
> -Randy
>
> NEONRye at aol.com wrote:
> > Loved the article in the DAILY about the filming of the Ernie Davis biopic
> > at Ryan (Dyche).  As the father of an about-to-graduate Syracuse U. student
> > (my daughter, Lauren, who is a Senior in The S.I. Newhouse School of Public
> > Communications--anybody here have a line on a magazine journalism gig for her?),
> > I enjoyed the story about how Ryan is being "dressed up" to look like venues
> > where 'Cuse played when the tragic Mr. Davis was their star.  What is most
> > ironic is that NU and SU are starting a 4-year (2 Home/2 Away) gridiron series
> > in 2008, I believe.  For those interested in where Ernie (and Jim Brown)
> > actually played, here's a link to the Wikipedia article on ARCHBOLD STADIUM,
> > which gave way to the antiseptic Carrier Dome (where the Commencement will be
> > held--it should be one giant microwave oven on May 13th, as it is not air
> > conditioned, even though named for the Carrier Corporation, which formerly
> > manufactured A/C units in East Syracuse):
> > _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbold_Stadium_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbold_Stadium)
> >
> > Paul Levinson
> >
> >