Movies that weren’t filmed where you think
'Rocky' (1976) -
Rocky's neighbourhood is Kensington, north Philadelphia, and of course during training for his big break he runs past Philadelphia City Hall and other Philly landmarks.
'Rocky' (1976) -
But besides those obvious Philadelphia scenes, the film's shooting locations are in Los Angeles, from the Oscar de la Hoya Boxing Youth Center, to Shamrock Meats Inc.
'Chicago' (2002) -
This musical black comedy crime film, based on the 1975 stage musical, is set in the Jazz Age of Chicago, yet not one scene was filmed in the Windy City.
'Chicago' (2002) -
The movie was shot entirely in Toronto, Canada! Locations included Osgoode Hall, Queen's Park, the former Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Casa Loma and the Elgin Theatre.
'Cold Mountain' (2003) - This epic period war film starring Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger is set on Cold Mountain, a real mountain located within the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina.
'Cold Mountain' (2003) -
The film, however, was shot mostly in Romania, specifically the Poiana Brasov in the Transylvanian Alps.
'Scarface' (1983) -
The film is all about 1980s Miami, Florida, otherwise known as Little Havana, where Tony Montana, an immigrant from Cuba, gains extreme power in drug trafficking.
'Scarface' (1983) -
Many don’t know that this cult-favorite flick was actually mostly shot in California.
'Selma' (2014) -
Don’t worry, the iconic scene recreating Martin Luther King Jr.’s march was shot on-location at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. But that was about the extent of it!
'Selma' (2014) -
Of the 32 filming days, only four were in Alabama, and the majority of scenes were actually shot in Atlanta, Georgia.
'Casablanca' (1942) -
Set during early World War II, this tale about a nightclub owner in Casablanca, Morocco deciding which side of history he will fall on is an absolute classic.
'Casablanca' (1942) -
Of course, it was not filmed anywhere near Morocco or even the continent of Africa. Instead, it was shot mainly on the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California.
'The Philadelphia Story' (1940)-This Hollywood classic about a newly divorced woman from Philadelphia who must choose between three of her loves had almost no scenes filmed anywhere near Philadelphia.
'The Philadelphia Story' (1940) -
Instead, the movie was filmed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City, California.