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Jul 2, 2019 · San Francisco has proved a perennially popular location for filmmakers. The Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay, the alarmingly steep streets and the diverse neighborhoods provide as rich a backdrop for movies as anything New York City and Los Angeles offer.
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- Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Alcatraz prison held some of the toughest convicts in American, including Al Capone, before it was finally closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to operate.
- Harold and Maude (1971) It’s Bud Cort as the young man prone to fake his own suicide. It’s Ruth Gordon as the indomitable 79 year old who shows him the meaning of life and love.
- Dark Passage (1947) DelmerDaves’ Dark Passage is interesting due to the fact that the first ten minutes of the film are seen entirely from the point of view of the eyes of Humphrey Bogart, a technique that was adopted for the entire film by Robert Montgomery in 1948’s The Lady in the Lake.
- Big Trouble in Little China (1986) John Carpenter teamed up again with Escape from New York star Kurt Russell to make this offbeat film about trucker Jack Burton (Russell) who gets involved in a centuries old battle over Chinese mysticism in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
- The Rock (1996) First on my list of movies set in San Francisco is The Rock. This film is about an FBI chemist and a former SAS captain who break into Alcatraz with a team of Navy SEALs to stop a rogue group of Marines that’s threatening to launch chemical warheads at San Francisco unless the US government pays a ransom.
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) Next on my list of movies set in San Francisco is Mrs. Doubtfire. Starring Robin Williams in one of his most memorable roles, this time-tested comedy is about a divorced man who assumes a fake identity as an elderly British nanny in order to spend more time with his children.
- Bullitt (1968) Another of the best movies set in San Francisco is Bullitt. This classic 1960s action thriller is about a policeman (played by Steve McQueen) who investigates a case after the witness he was assigned to protect is killed.
- The Princess Diaries (2001) One of my favorite movies set in San Francisco is The Princess Diaries. The story of Mia, an awkward teenage girl who discovers she’s a princess, is a heartwarming film starring a young Anne Hathaway and legendary star of stage and screen Julie Andrews.
Mar 22, 2022 · The 10 Most Beautiful Spots in San Francisco. 1. The Last Black Man In San Francisco (2019) Rating: R. Run time: 121 minutes. Joe Talbot's 2019 film is a beautiful ode to the Bay Area—or more specifically, how it was before gentrification.
San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2024. East Side, West Side. Live music by Wayne Barker. Director. Allan Dwan. Cast. George O’Brien, Virginia Valli, J. Farrell MacDonald. Street thugs, scrappy immigrants, uptown swells, and a keen Irish bargeman who wants a better life for himself.
Oct 13, 2023 · All of the most wanderlust-inducing and iconic films set in San Francisco. Spanning multiple genre, here are our favourite picks to travel to San Francisco through cinema.
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In June 1946, Stalin invites the Russian exiled from the 1917 Revolution to return home. When the ships comes ashore in Odessa, the passengers are divided in two groups and one of them is executed. Among the survivors are Dr. Aleksei Golovin, his French wife Marie and their young son.
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