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RATING: 2 stars. SETTING: Central Louisiana and New York City. FILMED: North Carolina. 36. The Pelican Brief (1993) Based on the best-selling book by John Grisham, this legal thriller had a lot going for it. There was star power aplenty with Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, and Sam Shepard in the cast.
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Two seasons of this hit FX network show were filmed in New Orleans, sub-titled Coven and Freak Show. In these dark, weird and sometimes wacky episodes, viewers discover an all-girls boarding school full of witches, Voodoo priestesses and circus sideshow monsters wandering the streets of the Crescent City. American Horror Story: Coven Season 3 fans ...
These are the locations where NCIS is filmed in New Orleans: NCIS was filmed in New Orleans in September 2014 which was the premiere of NCIS: New Orleans, a spin-off of the phenomenally popular CBS primetime show. This police drama series puts NOLA front-and-center—just in the first season, viewers are treated to some of the city’s most scenic spot...
The Originals is a spin-off of the wildly popular show The Vampire Diaries, and is set entirely in New Orleans. You can expect to see plenty of fang-toothed action in this paranormal fantasy, which was shot, naturally, in one of New Orleans’ iconic aboveground “cities of the dead.” Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 is New Orleans’ most often-filmed cemetery...
Tremé isn’t just filmed in New Orleans; it is all about New Orleans, particularly the part of town that the show is named for. Set in one of the oldest African American neighborhoods in the nation, Tremé takes viewers to some of New Orleans’ lesser-known neighborhoods. Many of the filming locations are hangouts—beloved local restaurants and bars th...
- Panic in the Streets (1950) Director: Elia Kazan. The camera cruises down Bourbon Street in the dead of night, dive bars illuminated in neon as the credits roll.
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Director: Elia Kazan. While Kazan once again took to the streets of New Orleans (briefly) in a bid to open up his screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Broadway smash, the pungent vision of the city cast by A Streetcar Named Desire’s psychosexual melodrama couldn’t be further from that depicted by Panic in the Streets’ hard-angled noir.
- Always for Pleasure (1978) Director: Les Blank. From its opening montage of street signs (Joy, Felicity, Terpsichore, Tchoupitoulas) and New Orleanians dancing to the rhythm of Frankie Ford’s ‘Sea Cruise’, you know you’re in the hands of a filmmaker looking to celebrate the Crescent City in all its diverse glory.
- Cat People (1982) Director: Paul Schrader. “Go to the French Quarter, you’ll have fun there,” new-in-town Irena (Nastassja Kinski) is told, before making her way through a strangely deserted Jackson Square.
- Angel Heart. Our list begins with the story of a private detective, Harry Angel, played by Mickey Rourke. He is contracted by Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to track down iconic singer Johnny Favorite.
- Where the Crawdads Sing. The best selling book is now coming to the big screen. Featuring an original song by Taylor Swift, Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, played by Daisy Edgar-Jones, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina.
- The Big Easy. Wow, 1987 was an incredible year for New Orleans-set movies! This colorful drama takes place in the midst of a gang conflict nearing the boiling point.
- Cat People. Now for something completely different… Irena Gallier travels from her home in Canada to New Orleans to reconnect with her brother, Paul. This wild, erotic thriller wastes no time making the point that, “Hey, she kind of looks like a cat.”
Jul 3, 2024 · Nicolas Cage, Marisa Tomei, Steve Buscemi. Zandalee is a 1991 erotic thriller and romantic tragedy which was shot entirely in New Orleans, released in 1991, starring Nicolas Cage, Judge Reinhold, Erika Anderson, Marisa Tomei, Joe Pantoliano, Viveca Lindfors, Aaron Neville, and Steve Buscemi. The film was directed by Sam Pillsbury.
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Aug 11, 2021 · 1| Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) | Drama, Horror. Ann Rice’s vampire literary classic was turned into a cinema classic that is going to be mentioned among the best vampire movies for long. While not the whole movie is set in New Orleans, a good part takes place there.
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Aug 21, 2010 · The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009) - Say what you will about Nicolas Cage's acting abilities, but both he and the movie are actually pretty good. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006) - Love Spike Lee or hate him, the value of this documentary can't be denied. Blaze (1989) - Stars Paul Newman and Lolita ...
