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This Hustle and Flow movie has me thinking about movies filmed in Memphis...Like the Firm

starring Matt Damon and Danny Devito
The Rainmaker

Wasn't the Blues Brothers suppost to take place in Memphis but it was filmed somewhere else?

Just my opinion, but the Cash movie, "Walk The Line" may end up being the best out of all of them..

THE FIRM for sure. I must have watched that movie 20 times. I also finally figured out that when Gene Hackman offered to sip some HAVANA CLUB in the Cayman Islands with Jeanne Tripplehorn he was referring to a VERY GOOD Cuban rum that is illegal in the USA. Had some HAVANA CLUB a few weeks ago and it was VERY GOOD.

Too many of the Grisham movies seem like a tourist ad. I've heard that 21 grams was pretty good.

Does anyone remember "I Was a Teenage Werewolf for the FBI"?

It was a movie filmed as a project for a class at the UM and was shown on WMCTV. It was pretty funny stuff with all of the locations being around town.

Making the Grade filmed at Southwestern (Rhodes)...

Can we count that half a second shot in "The Silence of the Lambs?"

Quote:"2004 Choice Hotels US Open" (2005) (mini) TV Series
"Amú" (2003) TV Series
"Cops" (1989) TV Series
"Elvis" (2005) (mini) TV Series 6.9/10 (217 votes)
"Going to California" (2001) TV Series
"Madventures" (2002) TV Series
"Raw Is War" (1997) TV Series
...aka "Monday Night Raw" (1997) (USA)
...aka "WWE Raw Is War" (2002) (USA: new title)
...aka "WWF Raw Is War" (1997) (USA)
...aka "WWF Raw" (2001) (USA: new title)
...aka "WWF Warzone" (1997) (USA: second part title)
"Travel Sick" (2001) TV Series
17 Inch Cobras (2004)
1995 Fox Rock 'N Roll Skating Championships, The (1995) (TV)
21 Grams (2003) 7.9/10 (23205 votes)
21st Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards (2000) (TV)
22nd Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards (2001) (TV)
24th Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards (2003) (TV)
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) 5.4/10 (7543 votes)
Almost Made (2004)
America Comes to Graceland (1993) (TV) 1.5/10 (7 votes)
Angel Doll, The (2002) 7.0/10 (38 votes)
Appointment, The (1991) (V) 2.3/10 (16 votes)
Away(A)wake (2005)
Back to Back (1996) (TV) 5.6/10 (168 votes)
...aka Back to Back: American Yakuza 2 (1996) (TV)
Best of Wrestling Slams, The (1999) (V) 5.6/10 (5 votes)
Big Muddy, The (1998) 4.4/10 (15 votes)
Black Heart (1994)
Cast Away (2000) 7.3/10 (35664 votes)
Catcher, The (1972) (TV) 6.6/10 (6 votes)
Chosen (2004/II)
City Killer (1984) (TV) 4.5/10 (42 votes)
Client, The (1994) 6.4/10 (8607 votes)
Cowboy's Silver Lining, A (2004) 8.8/10 (5 votes)
Damselvis, Daughter of Helvis (1994) 4.1/10 (6 votes)
David Cross: Let America Laugh (2003) (V) 7.5/10 (105 votes)
Deep Blues (1991) 6.0/10 (28 votes)
Delta, The (1996) 4.8/10 (140 votes)
Dog Me: Potluck (2003) 7.8/10 (9 votes)
Elvis: The Tribute (1994) (TV) 1.1/10 (14 votes)
Family Thing, A (1996) 7.0/10 (819 votes)
Finding Graceland (1998) 6.5/10 (525 votes)
Firm, The (1993) 6.6/10 (15156 votes)
Forty Shades of Blue (2005) 3.9/10 (69 votes)
Good Rockin' Tonight (2001) (TV) 7.9/10 (12 votes)
...aka Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records (2001) (TV) (USA: video title)
Gorotica (1993) 4.2/10 (27 votes)
...aka Wake of the Dead (1993)
Great Balls of Fire! (1989) 5.8/10 (2330 votes)
Highway 61 (1991) 7.1/10 (490 votes)
Howlin' Wolf Story, The (2003)
Hustle & Flow (2005) 4.9/10 (192 votes)
I Was a Zombie for the F.B.I. (1982) 6.2/10 (19 votes)
I'm From Hollywood (1989) 7.5/10 (146 votes)
Intersections (2000)
Jeff Buckley: Fall in Light (1999) (TV) 7.5/10 (8 votes)
...aka Jeff Buckley: Remembered (2000) (TV) (USA)
Jeff Buckley: Goodbye and Hello (2000) (TV)
Justin Timberlake: Down Home in Memphis - One Night Only (2003) (TV)
Juvenile Court (1973) 8.2/10 (6 votes)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) 6.7/10 (947 votes)
Magic of David Copperfield: The Tornado of Fire, The (2001) (TV) 7.3/10 (11 votes)
Making the Grade (1984) 5.3/10 (225 votes)
...aka Last American Preppy, The (1984) (USA)
Meet the Lucky Ones (2004)
Memphis & Ft. Scott Railway Bridge (1903)
Memphis (1992) (TV) 5.3/10 (35 votes)
Memphis Fire Run (1903)
Memphis PD: War on the Streets (1996) (TV)
Memphis Water Front (1903)
Million Miles to Sunshine, A (2004)
Night of the Snakehead Fish (2003) 7.4/10 (5 votes)
Nobody's Watching (2004) (V)
Old Forest, The (1985)
Overhearing Ron (2004)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) 7.2/10 (12627 votes)
...aka Larry Flynt (1997) (Canada: French title)
Poor and Hungry, The (2000) 8.5/10 (80 votes)
Rainmaker, The (1997) 6.8/10 (8813 votes)
...aka John Grisham's The Rainmaker (1997)
Resolutions of the Complacent Man (2003)
Right Questions, The (2003)
Road Trip (2000) 6.3/10 (16443 votes)
Rock and a Hard Place (2001)
Rookie Bookie (2005)
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 8.5/10 (94389 votes)
Slab City (1998)
Slasher (2004) (TV) 7.2/10 (118 votes)
Somerville (2005)
Sore Losers, The (1997) 4.6/10 (74 votes)
Strange Cargo (2001) 3.2/10 (5 votes)
Teenage Tupelo (1995) 7.2/10 (19 votes)
This Is Elvis (1981) 6.4/10 (204 votes)
Three 6 Mafia: Choices - The Movie (2001) (V) 8.5/10 (17 votes)
Todesstrafe - Ein Deutscher hinter Gittern (2001) (TV) 6.0/10 (8 votes)
...aka Death Row (2001) (TV) (International: English title)
...aka Todesstrafe (2001) (TV) (Germany)
Trespass (1992) 5.9/10 (1405 votes)
...aka Looters (1992)
Trial of James Earl Ray, The (1993) (TV)
TrophyMan: Kicking with TrophyMan (2001) (V)
Two Rivers (1999)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) 6.8/10 (814 votes)
U2: Rattle and Hum (1988) 7.0/10 (1762 votes)
...aka Rattle and Hum (1988)
Visitor, The (2003/II)
Walk the Line (2005)
William Eggleston in the Real World (2005)
WWF St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1999) (V) 5.4/10 (55 votes)

I choose Cast Away...
But I loved Project Pat in Choices... lol

THE CLIENT is my second choice.

well, the best movie ever filmed in Memphis was Silence of the Lambs.


Others include:

Making the Grade (Last American Preppie) with Andrew Dice Clay

The Rose with Bett Midler

And, the academy award winning Great Balls of Fire with Dennis Quaid and Winona Rider

The People vs Larry Flynt with Woody Harrellson

21 grams as far as best film.

The Firm or The Rainmaker for a national Come To Memphis advertisement.

cmt Wrote:well, the best movie ever filmed in Memphis was Silence of the Lambs.

the only real footage of Memphis was the 1 second fly over in the helicopter.

Latilleon Wrote:

Quote:"2004 Choice Hotels US Open" (2005) (mini) TV Series
"Amú" (2003) TV Series
"Cops" (1989) TV Series
"Elvis" (2005) (mini) TV Series 6.9/10 (217 votes)
"Going to California" (2001) TV Series
"Madventures" (2002) TV Series
"Raw Is War" (1997) TV Series
...aka "Monday Night Raw" (1997) (USA)
...aka "WWE Raw Is War" (2002) (USA: new title)
...aka "WWF Raw Is War" (1997) (USA)
...aka "WWF Raw" (2001) (USA: new title)
...aka "WWF Warzone" (1997) (USA: second part title)
"Travel Sick" (2001) TV Series
17 Inch Cobras (2004)
1995 Fox Rock 'N Roll Skating Championships, The (1995) (TV)
21 Grams (2003) 7.9/10 (23205 votes)
21st Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards (2000) (TV)
22nd Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards (2001) (TV)
24th Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards (2003) (TV)
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) 5.4/10 (7543 votes)
Almost Made (2004)
America Comes to Graceland (1993) (TV) 1.5/10 (7 votes)
Angel Doll, The (2002) 7.0/10 (38 votes)
Appointment, The (1991) (V) 2.3/10 (16 votes)
Away(A)wake (2005)
Back to Back (1996) (TV) 5.6/10 (168 votes)
...aka Back to Back: American Yakuza 2 (1996) (TV)
Best of Wrestling Slams, The (1999) (V) 5.6/10 (5 votes)
Big Muddy, The (1998) 4.4/10 (15 votes)
Black Heart (1994)
Cast Away (2000) 7.3/10 (35664 votes)
Catcher, The (1972) (TV) 6.6/10 (6 votes)
Chosen (2004/II)
City Killer (1984) (TV) 4.5/10 (42 votes)
Client, The (1994) 6.4/10 (8607 votes)
Cowboy's Silver Lining, A (2004) 8.8/10 (5 votes)
Damselvis, Daughter of Helvis (1994) 4.1/10 (6 votes)
David Cross: Let America Laugh (2003) (V) 7.5/10 (105 votes)
Deep Blues (1991) 6.0/10 (28 votes)
Delta, The (1996) 4.8/10 (140 votes)
Dog Me: Potluck (2003) 7.8/10 (9 votes)
Elvis: The Tribute (1994) (TV) 1.1/10 (14 votes)
Family Thing, A (1996) 7.0/10 (819 votes)
Finding Graceland (1998) 6.5/10 (525 votes)
Firm, The (1993) 6.6/10 (15156 votes)
Forty Shades of Blue (2005) 3.9/10 (69 votes)
Good Rockin' Tonight (2001) (TV) 7.9/10 (12 votes)
...aka Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records (2001) (TV) (USA: video title)
Gorotica (1993) 4.2/10 (27 votes)
...aka Wake of the Dead (1993)
Great Balls of Fire! (1989) 5.8/10 (2330 votes)
Highway 61 (1991) 7.1/10 (490 votes)
Howlin' Wolf Story, The (2003)
Hustle & Flow (2005) 4.9/10 (192 votes)
I Was a Zombie for the F.B.I. (1982) 6.2/10 (19 votes)
I'm From Hollywood (1989) 7.5/10 (146 votes)
Intersections (2000)
Jeff Buckley: Fall in Light (1999) (TV) 7.5/10 (8 votes)
...aka Jeff Buckley: Remembered (2000) (TV) (USA)
Jeff Buckley: Goodbye and Hello (2000) (TV)
Justin Timberlake: Down Home in Memphis - One Night Only (2003) (TV)
Juvenile Court (1973) 8.2/10 (6 votes)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) 6.7/10 (947 votes)
Magic of David Copperfield: The Tornado of Fire, The (2001) (TV) 7.3/10 (11 votes)
Making the Grade (1984) 5.3/10 (225 votes)
...aka Last American Preppy, The (1984) (USA)
Meet the Lucky Ones (2004)
Memphis & Ft. Scott Railway Bridge (1903)
Memphis (1992) (TV) 5.3/10 (35 votes)
Memphis Fire Run (1903)
Memphis PD: War on the Streets (1996) (TV)
Memphis Water Front (1903)
Million Miles to Sunshine, A (2004)
Night of the Snakehead Fish (2003) 7.4/10 (5 votes)
Nobody's Watching (2004) (V)
Old Forest, The (1985)
Overhearing Ron (2004)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) 7.2/10 (12627 votes)
...aka Larry Flynt (1997) (Canada: French title)
Poor and Hungry, The (2000) 8.5/10 (80 votes)
Rainmaker, The (1997) 6.8/10 (8813 votes)
...aka John Grisham's The Rainmaker (1997)
Resolutions of the Complacent Man (2003)
Right Questions, The (2003)
Road Trip (2000) 6.3/10 (16443 votes)
Rock and a Hard Place (2001)
Rookie Bookie (2005)
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 8.5/10 (94389 votes)
Slab City (1998)
Slasher (2004) (TV) 7.2/10 (118 votes)
Somerville (2005)
Sore Losers, The (1997) 4.6/10 (74 votes)
Strange Cargo (2001) 3.2/10 (5 votes)
Teenage Tupelo (1995) 7.2/10 (19 votes)
This Is Elvis (1981) 6.4/10 (204 votes)
Three 6 Mafia: Choices - The Movie (2001) (V) 8.5/10 (17 votes)
Todesstrafe - Ein Deutscher hinter Gittern (2001) (TV) 6.0/10 (8 votes)
...aka Death Row (2001) (TV) (International: English title)
...aka Todesstrafe (2001) (TV) (Germany)
Trespass (1992) 5.9/10 (1405 votes)
...aka Looters (1992)
Trial of James Earl Ray, The (1993) (TV)
TrophyMan: Kicking with TrophyMan (2001) (V)
Two Rivers (1999)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) 6.8/10 (814 votes)
U2: Rattle and Hum (1988) 7.0/10 (1762 votes)
...aka Rattle and Hum (1988)
Visitor, The (2003/II)
Walk the Line (2005)
William Eggleston in the Real World (2005)
WWF St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1999) (V) 5.4/10 (55 votes)

I choose Cast Away...
But I loved Project Pat in Choices... lol

what about queens of comedy and MTV cribs (Josey Scott's place)
left those two out

FUT Wrote:The Firm or The Rainmaker for a national Come To Memphis advertisement.

For what? A crowded Mud Island or Platinum Plus?

I think Cast Away is the better advertisement... Tom Hanks did all that, to get back to Memphis and his Memphis Belle.

The best "come to Memphis" ad starts on Labor Day and ends in March!!!!!!!!!

Latilleon Wrote:

FUT Wrote:The Firm or The Rainmaker for a national Come To Memphis advertisement.

For what? A crowded Mud Island or Platinum Plus?

I think Cast Away is the better advertisement... Tom Hanks did all that, to get back to Memphis and his Memphis Belle.

The cotton exchange, the deli (can't remember the name) downtown, Central gardens, dog track (i know it is west memphis), the "m" bridge, Dannys (i know it was shut down).

I could have sworn Tom Hanks spent about 99 % of that movie on an island. If you want to call that the best Fed Ex ad ever I would agree.

TIGER7880 Wrote:Does anyone remember "I Was a Teenage Werewolf for the FBI"?

It was a movie filmed as a project for a class at the UM and was shown on WMCTV. It was pretty funny stuff with all of the locations being around town.

Yeah, I remember it. Actually it was titled... "I Was a Zombie for the FBI". It was filmed all over campus and around town. It starred Larry Raspberry. Marius Penczer wrote and directed.

The FBI saw it and loved it. They used to (maybe still do) show it at their Quantico Training Base to rookie FBI agents as entertainment.

The Rain Maker was a good movie.

I use to be a regular at Danny's.

No one has mentioned the strangest of them all. "Mystery Train". It had 3 stories all centering around the same seedy downtown hotel (not sure which one it was).

It had Rufus Thomas in a cameo role (at creepy looking Central Station) and the Tri State Defender in the script (check out the quotes below) in a scene shot at World News (on Monroe, heard it closed last year) . What a wierd movie.

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Memorable Quotes from
Mystery Train (1989)

Night Clerk: Well, what about on Jupiter?
Bellboy: At the time of his death, if he were on Jupiter, Elvis would've weighed six-hundred and forty-eight pounds.
Night Clerk: Six-hundred and forty-eight. Damn.

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Johnny: Don't call me Elvis! If you can't use my proper name, why don't you try "Carl Perkins, Jr." or something? I mean, I don't call them "Sam & Dave", do I?
Dave: Hey, man. My name is Dave.

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Jun: You know, Memphis does look like Yokohama. Just more space. If you took away sixty percent of the buildings in Yokohama, it would look like this.

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Mitzuko: Hi! Good night!
Night Clerk: Good night. How may I help you?
Mitzuko: Umm... We would like most cheap room please do you have?
Night Clerk: All our rooms for two people are the same rate.
Mitzuko: Oh.
Jun: (speaking in Japanese) What'd he say?
Mitzuko: (speaking in Japanese) I'm not exactly sure. (In English) I'm sorry, that is too expensive.

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Mitzuko: Jun, why do you only take pictures of the rooms we stay in and never what we see outside while we travel?
Jun: Those other things are in my memory. The hotel rooms and the airports are the things I'll forget.

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[Mitzukoand Jun hear a loud noise outside]
Mitzuko: Was that a gun?
Jun: Probably. This is America.

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Newsvendor: What can I do you for?
Luisa: I would like to buy this newspaper.
Newsvendor: Well now, you should buy this one here as well. The Tri-State Defender.
Luisa: No, thank you. I think I need only this one.
Newsvendor: Well, you know, you only need one leg to get around on if that's all you got. But it sure helps having two, now, doesn't it?
Luisa: Oh, well, uh, yes. This one too.
Newsvendor: How about some magazines?

i saw "i was a zombie for the fbi". side note about the director. marius penzcer was one the main tv consultants for the 96 clinton campaign. if i remember correctly he produced most of his tv spots.

Memphomaniac Wrote:Making the Grade filmed at Southwestern (Rhodes)...

Sad thing is that probably is the best movie made here. It is pretty good. That Jerry Lee movie was a real POS.

AtlantaDave Wrote:No one has mentioned the strangest of them all. "Mystery Train".

Good movie.

Well I'm a bit partial to the Elvis made for tv series that was filmed in 1989-90. I was in that one. Boy was that fun! As a matter of fact, they put my dancin', screamin' self in the opening credits. Way cool!!

21 Grams was great.

As soon as I saw this topic "Mystery Train" came to mind (my user name was insprired by the scene with the hotel desk clerk telling the bellboy he needed to go to Lansky's and get him some clothes like he wore). Liked the Joe Strummer portion the best.

"Making the Grade" also represented the city well. Isn't Beverly Hall one of the buildings used?

my nephew is in that one....

Wasn't Mystery Train supposed to be at the Arcade Hotel right at the Arcade Restaurant near the train station downtown. That was a really cool movie. The Joe Strummer part was the best. I just thought the way the stories all intertwined was really neat.

Mystery Train...definitely Mystery Train.

People vs. Larry Flint...not my fav movie, but I got to hang out and play bball with Woody H.