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Jul 8, 2024 · Discover the real locations of films made in West Virginia, and find out what there is for the visitor to see.
- “Super 8”
- “October Sky”
- “Win A Date with Tad Hamilton!”
- “The Night of The Hunter”
- “The Deer Hunter”
- “A Beautiful Mind”
- “Patch Adams”
This 2011 summer blockbuster starring Elle Fanning and Kyle Chandler filmed scenes at the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport and in the Northern Panhandle towns of Weirton, New Cumberland, New Manchester and Follansbee. Most of the filming sites are open to the public, including DeStefano’s Spaghetti House & Restaurant and the Marland Heights Deli, which...
Based on the novel “Rocket Boys” by West Virginia native Homer Hickam, 1999’s “October Sky” recounts Homer’s teenage years in a coal mining community in the early 1960s. The first Sputnik launch inspires Homer, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, and his friends to take up rocketry. The movie was filmed out of state, but you can visit Coalwood, where the bo...
This 2003 romantic comedy starring Josh Duhamel and Kate Bosworth filmed in Fayetteville, Grandviewand at the London Locks on the Kanawha River. The movie is about a small-town girl who wins a date with a celebrity, which leads to a love triangle between the 2 of them and the girl’s best friend. The town in the movie, Fraziers Bottom, was inspired ...
Filmed in Moundsville, Sistersville and New Martinsville, this 1955 film noir boasts yet another West Virginia connection: the story, drawn from a novel written by Moundsville native Davis Grubb, revolves around Harry Powell, a corrupt minister-turned-serial killer who sets out to rob a widow of $10,000 that her executed husband hid away. Robert Mi...
This 1978 Academy Award-winning film starring Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep was filmed partly in the Northern Panhandle cities of Weirton and Follansbee. It’s about a group of men who work in a steel mill. They hang out at the local bar and spend their weekends hunting deer— until the Vietnam War changes them forever.
In this 2001 movie, Russell Crowe plays Bluefield native John Nash Jr., the brilliant mathematician who struggled with mental illness but went on to win the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on game theory.
This 1998 Robin Williams movie tells the real-life story of Dr. Hunter “Patch” Adams, a physician, comedian and social activist who founded the Gesundheit! Institute‚ a holistic health care facility, in Pocahontas Countyin 1971. Dr. Adams organizes a group of volunteers who travel the world dressed as clowns to bring humor to orphans, patients and ...
Jul 14, 2011 · If you’re planning a trip to West Virginia and would like to visit the filming locations of Super 8, The Weirton Area Museum and Cultural Center has compiled a list of the film locations, complete with addresses to help you find them:
Sep 26, 2023 · Stacker compiled a list of movies filmed in West Virginia using data from Movie Locations, with additional information about each film collected from IMDb.
May 28, 2020 · While the Wrong Turn franchise is notably set deep in the West Virginia back country, near the Appalachian Mountains, the majority of the movies haven't used filming locations in the United States.
The LAPD Rampart Division Station, located at 2710 West Temple Street officially opened on October 23, 1966 under the command of Captain R. O. Bradley. Rampart Area spanned approximately 13.7 square miles (35 km 2) and served approximately 200,000 citizens.
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Mar 24, 2021 · Something special is coming to Richwood, West Virginia this spring: the 82nd Feast Of The Ramson. On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at the Richwood Moose Lodge from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (or until the food runs out), the city of Richwood is throwing a party.
