James, everybody in this town is by now accustomed to the sound of explosions, gunshots, sirens, flashing red and blue lights, helicopters, screams…..actually, come to think of it, that’s an everyday occurrence here even without the movie people, as you are probably aware.
But yes, you’re right, they go all out when they’re filming. One of the reasons they like to make movies here is that the authorities bend over backward (and forward) to accommodate the film folks. They give them free access to public buildings, close off streets for days/weeks at a time (how many cities would totally shut down an interstate highway ramp for a solid month to make a movie?). People who work downtown have a tough time getting to work and into their parking garages. The street outside my office window in City Hall was closed for two weeks while they filmed the ridiculous “Disaster Movie”. From my chair I was distracted by the sight of cows and smoking meteorites falling from the sky; super heroes (Hulk, Red); and actors in Cinderella/Prince Charming/Juno costumes break-dancing in the streets. Cinderella came up out of an actual manhole wearing her blue gown. I was actually in a scene in the Michael Douglas film, “Beyond A Reasonable Doubt” (which I still haven’t seen), filmed in the government meeting chamber. As I understand it, there will be “Secret Service Agents” with guns atop the Courthouse and federal courthouse for the scenes you referred to.
But hey, they do spend a lot of money when they’re here, and their activity lends a little excitement to the everyday ho-hum.
Just learned today there’s also another movie being filmed here now: don’t know the name but it has Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara.
As far as what the Kingfish would think....I don't know; he was killed three or four years before I was born. Obviously, never met him, but I have met his son Russell.
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