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Reason 3 to film in Detroit
… and the number three reason to film in Detroit is …
 
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. 
Need a spectacular Art Deco office building? Got it. A bucolic farm? Yup. An abandoned, Gothic train station? Uh huh. How about small town USA? No problem. Stately mansions? How many do you need? Generic office towers? Check. Vegas-style casinos? Three to choose from.  Apocalyptic buildings? Sure. All of this – and much more – is available in the Detroit metropolitan area. Just call Karla Murray at Film Detroit to discuss our free location scouting service.
 
 

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From action-packed or creepy thrillers to romantic chick-flicks and hilarious comedies, Detroit is the common denominator in the following sample list of films. Award-winning films big and small are shot on location throughout metro Detroit, highlighting why The D is the ideal place to create your next cinematic adventure.

“Oz: The Great and Powerful”
How the Wizard arrived in Oz and became the ruler. A prequel to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
Scenes filmed at: Michigan Motion Picture Studios

“Real Steel”
Set in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling performer feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot.
Scenes filmed in: Detroit

“Gran Torino”
Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino.
Scenes filmed in: Grosse Pointe Shores, Royal Oak, and Warren.

"Up in the Air"
Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.
Scenes filmed in: Detroit, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport and more.

"Whip It!"
A story of an ex-beauty pageant contestant (Ellen Page) that leaves her crowns behind after joining a roller derby team. Directed by Drew Barrymore.
Scenes filmed in: Detroit, Royal Oak, Ferndale, Novi, Troy and more.

“Youth In Revolt”
While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, 14-year-old Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) sets his sights on dream girl (Sheeni Saunders), hoping that she'll be the one to take away his virginity.
Scenes filmed in: Ferndale

"Red Dawn"
A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of Chinese and Russian soldiers.
Scenes filmed in: Detroit, Mount Clemens, Royal Oak and more.

"Kill The Irishman"
The true story of Danny Greene (Ray Stevenson), a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970's.
Scenes filmed in: Detroit

"Betty Ann Waters"
Tells how Betty Ann Waters (Hilary Swank), an unemployed single mother of two, saw her brother begin serving a life sentence in 1983 for murder and robbery. Convinced that he was innocent, she spent the next 12 years taking steps to earn a law degree. In 1995, she began focusing on her brother's case. Challenging the conviction with DNA evidence, she proved her brother's innocence, and Kenneth Waters walked out a free man in March 2001.
Scenes filmed in: Detroit, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and more.

"Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story"
A true story, "Gifted Hands" follows Ben Carson (Cuba Gooding Jr.) on his uphill climb from humble beginnings to one of the best neurologists in the world.
Scenes filmed in: Detroit

“Prayers for Bobby”
True story of Mary Griffith (Sigourney Weaver), a gay rights crusader, whose teenage son committed suicide due to her religious intolerance. Based on the book of the same title by Leroy Aarons.
Scenes filmed in: Royal Oak

"The Double"
A retired CIA operative is teamed with a young FBI agent to hunt down a Soviet assasin who was long thought to be dead.
Scenes filmed in: Detroit

Above plot synopses courtesy of www.imdb.com.

 
FILM DETROIT CONTACT
Karla Murray, National Manager, 313.202.1990, kmurray@filmdetroit.com

 

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