December 2009

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Due to popular demand, we are now offering Gift Certificates for our Theatre-On-Wheels Bus Tour!  Just in time for the holiday season, they make the perfect gift for movie lovers and Bostonions.  Order online, and have the recipient make a reservation for the tour of thier choice next season!

Take a Boston Movie Tour and we'll blow your mind with the craziest facts that will be sure to come in handy at your local bar's trivia night.

THEATER ON WHEELS BUS TOUR -
11AM Saturdays in April 2010

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Tom Cruise spent about the Autumn months filimng his upcoming effort entitled Knight & Day.  The movie Co-stars Cameron Diaz who actually returned to Boston for this movie after The Box filmed here last year.  Cruise was spotted all around town with wife Katie Holmes  during their stay.  Tom said goodbye to Boston via his blog as he moves onto Europe for more filming.  You can read his blog quote below and keep your eyes peeled for your favorite Boston landmarks in the background of the movie!  You can also see clips of him during filming by clicking his older Boston movie, The Firm.

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Hometown star Matt Damon has two different but related efforts coming out this December.  We'll first take a look at Invictus.  Directed by Clint Eastwood, the movie chronicles Nelson Mandela's aims at having his South Africa host the World Rugby Cup.  Matt Damon portrays Francois Pienarr, star of the union team.  Mandela is played by Morgan Freeman with Boston movie ties almost as numerous as Damon's, including Glory, Amistad, and Gone Baby Gone.  The movie drops in theatres this weekend and you can watch a youtube trailer here.

Damon also teamed up with Freeman for a different kind of historical production.  The People Speak will air on the History Channel this Sunday night.  Damon essentially bankrolled the production from reports and also stars in the docudrama filmed primarily at the Emerson Majestic Theatre in Boston.  In the presentation, Damon renders a Grapes of Wrath speech and even reads the Declaration of Independence.  For more info, visit The People Speak.

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We are wrapping up the year of Boston Movies as your wrapping presents this year... maybe that last minute DVD gift will come from our list for the Boston Movie Fan in your life.  Of course, some of the movies on our list have yet to even hit theatres, but some have can be found in stores by now.  And now, my completely biased list of 2009 Boston Movies!!!

#9 The Proposal

Ok, not really a romantic comedy kinda guy, so we'll get this one out of the way... it was actually a lot funnier and more enjoyable than I anticipated, and it topped the box office when it hit theatres Spring 09.  Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock work well together, and the footage around the north shore really paints a pretty picture of Alaska (where the movie is set).  It's on the list, and it's on DVD, enjoy!

#8 Grown-Ups  (trailer)

This movie came to Massachusetts in early 2009 under the working title Lake House and looks to be in instant comedy classic.  The movie is star-studded with comedians including Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Rob Schnieder, Steve Buscemi, Kevin James, David Spade, Tim Meadows and Norm McDonald... just to name a few!  The filming went down in East Wareham, Southboro, Marblehead and Essex MA.  The Happy Madison Production will hit theatres in 2010.

#7 The Invention of Lying

Ricky Gervais basically pulls a Liar Liar Bizarro World in this movie.  It was shot all around Boston, Lowell and Quincy MA.  It also stars Tina Fey and Jonah Hill but again, I'd be lying if I said I loved it.

#6 Surrogates

Heck Yes Bruce!  Bruce Willis plays a cop in future Boston..... Awesome!  The movie came out early this fall and it was worth it!  Willis first role in a movie actually came in The Verdict (filmed in Boston) and his return to town was a solid effort!

#5 The Fighter

"Irish" Mickey Ward is portrayed by exactly who he should be, Mark Wahlberg.  He and Christian Bale filmed a large portion of the movie in Lowell and Lexington MA this past year.  Its scheduled to drop in 2010 and should be good.

#4 The Zookeeper

I know it's gonna be great after the whole lion pit catastrophe and rescue earlier this summer.  It's stories like that that make movies like this legendary!  Anyway, originally under the title of Paul Blart II, The Zookeeper set up shop far from malls at the Franklin Park Zoo.  This summer, stars Kevin James and Joe Rogan actually filmed on the Boston Common.  The movie is going to have talking animals and is on my list of must-sees for next year! 

#3 The Company Men

Ben, Ben, Ben!  Welcome back to Boston for another movie!  The star studded cast filmed all over Boston and surrounding towns like Burlington and Marblehead early this year.  The story follows the downsizing of a company that Ben Affleck works for.  Also in the flick are Tommy Lee Jones, Craig T. Nelson, Chris Cooper and Kevin Costner.  Coming out next year!

#2 Knight & Day

From closing down the Zakim Bridge to flubbing on the "Saint" Charles River, Tom Cruise was a busy beantowner this fall.  His spy-comedy has recently moved abroad to continue filming.  

#1 The Town

Of course... more BEN!  This movie based on the Chuck Hogan novel Prince of Thieves has been filming all over Boston, Charlestown and the Fenway.  Heck, it has to be number one on the list because I saw them filming it on the same block as our Boston Movie Tours Office!  The Ben Affleck sightings make Boston that much cooler of a place!  Check in with us for more info on The Town!

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Hollywood in the Hub may take longer than expected.  This past months, numerous stories have chronicled the construction and delays of the prospective Plymouth Rock Studios here in Massachusetts.  Some funding has fallen through, residents are concerns are growing and everything's been more or less put on hold.  Oh No is right!!

Below are links to different articles recently published by the Boston Globe and Boston Herald.

A grand studio dream runs headlong into reality - The Boston Globe

Hollywood Casts Wide Shadow on Bay State - The Boston Herald

Studio Project Faces New Queries - The Boston Globe

Plymouth Absorbs New about Studio Setback - The Boston Globe

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Please feel free to contact us at the below email addresses with any comments or suggestions. Also, if you have information you would like to have included in future newsletters, please send it along. We'd love to get your celeb pics, sightings and other movie news.

Jeff - jcoveney@bostonmovietours.net
Rachel - rcoveney@bostonmovietours.net
Dave - daspro@bostonmovietours.net

Boston Movie Tours Web Site

Sincerely,
Jeff and Rachel Coveney
Boston Movie Tours Founders