I had heard rumors about a movie being filmed in St. Louis and more rumours about Jessica Alba being involved in said movie. Well, today I was making a Father's Day card run to a nearby Hallmark store and noticed a crowd gathered on the sidewalk around an Oberweis Dairy ice cream parlor. I slowed down a bit and saw what looked like a film crew setting up around the building. I drove on and took care of my card-buying, then stopped by the scene on my way back. It turns out I was was right! The movie is called "Bill" and indeed Jessica Alba is starring in the movie. The Oberweis building was being used to film a scene, though it was renamed "Sweet Sweet" for the movie.
NO, I didn't catch even a glimpse of Jessica Alba, because they were filming inside the building while I was there. However, I did run home and get my camera, so here are some pictures I snapped. I stayed for about two hours, then left as a thunderstorm began blowing in from the south.
This was a really cool thing to see because movies NEVER film in St. Louis. One of the bystanders I talked to said that the movie crew really liked filming here. Let's hope we get some more movie traffic as a result!
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I was reminded that my life isn't a movie when I returned home to find the thunderstorm had deposited a large portion of my backyard maple tree onto my deck. Thank goodness for cross-cut saws and yard waste pickup!
2 comments:
earlier in the spring mother and i were in cape on one of the days they were filming a movie. hugh jackman and diane lane were the stars and we saw both from a distance. it was quite interesting to watch the technical aspects as well. they shot the scene about 5 times while we were there, it was the two of them crossing a street and diane getting in a car. very techenical as it turned out. much ado about matching scenes etc. and passing traffic at just the correct moment as in previous shot. facinating. we both enjoyed it. it was down on the corner of broadway and main.
It's interesting how movie locations are chosen. Usually it's Canada, since it's somehow cheaper up there. It's very cool that you guys happened upon that as i did!
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