Montreal, Canada, hides many world-class Internet celebrity street scenes, do you know how many?
The Montreal branch of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which has analyzed the filming licenses obtained by major film and television companies, found that in the past 20 years, more than 8,000 movies, TELEVISION programs, commercials, etc. have been filmed in Montreal, many of which are well-known Hollywood blockbusters.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said that Montreal is compatible with North American and European styles, modern and ancient charms, known as "North American Little Paris"... Coupled with the Quebec government's filming tax relief policy, Montreal has always been favored by film and television companies.
"And Montreal not only 'plays' Paris, she is also a stand-in for New York, Berlin, and even Russian cities." The purpose of our reading of the materials is to see where these world-class Internet celebrity street scenes in Montreal are. ”
A comprehensive stand-in for North America and Europe
Old Montreal
Old Montreal, the old city of Montreal, is the premier and most popular filming location.
Cobbled streets, old churches, whole 18th century buildings. Montreal's Old Town has always been the most ideal stand-in for European cities.
Alain Dahan is a "location picker" who specializes in assisting foreign film and television production companies in selecting shooting locations in Montreal.
Night in Old Montreal
He said, for example, there is a movie where the actor needs to appear in New York, and then France... Such a situation is very convenient to choose to shoot in Montreal, around the old port, North American and European scenes can be easily switched, once done.
Stand-in for Paris, France, and Murmansk, Russia
It is particularly popular in old Montreal, around the corner of St-Paul Street and Bonsecours Street.
Neighborhoods of the old town
The street corner has played Paris in films such as The Words and Smurfs 2.
Even more amazing is that the same street corner also appeared in the Hollywood blockbuster "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" to "play" Russia's port city of Murmansk.
Walkering Square in Montreal
Also near the Old Town, Vauquelin Place, located next to montreal's Town Hall Building, is the filming location for the Hollywood blockbuster X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Berlin's stand-in
Ancient architecture in Old Montreal
The Old Town's Youville Place once "played" Berlin in the film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
A stand-in for Wall Street
The streets of Old Montreal
A little further north, notre-Dame Street and Saint-Jacques Street, two main streets of Old Montreal, have repeatedly doubled for Wall Street in Hollywood films.
The city stand-in for New York
Dorchester Square, a park in downtown Montreal, is also a popular filming location, but not because of the park itself, but because of the architecture around the park.
Sun Life Tower
Montreal cast member Benoît Mathieu said the Sun Life Building next to Dorchester Park was "spectacular" as the background building for the film, while the alleys between Mansfield Avenue and Metcalfe Avenue were "very New York".
Dorchester Square
Dorchester Square has appeared and played New York in Films such as The Day After Tomorrow, Mr. Nobody, Warm Bodies, Punisher: War Zone and Long Shot.
A stand-in for New York's Central Park
Parc Mount Royal and Parc La Fontaine are among the most typical urban parks in North America, and they have appeared in Hollywood movies many times, and in addition to playing themselves, the most starred roles are New York's Central Park.
However, whether it is a movie or not, Parc Mount Royal is a "world-class Internet celebrity".
High Wire Man Philip. Patty
In the winter of 2019, Mount Royal Park was selected as one of the filming locations for the film "The Walk". This is a biographical film about "Tightrope Man" Philippe Petit.
Mont Royal in Montreal
In the film, the protagonist Joseph Gordon Levitt will recreate the amazing appearance of the "tightrope man", who walks on a wire erected on the roof of two skyscrapers... Of course, in the actual shooting, this wire will be tied to two large trees in Mount Royal Park...
According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Government of Quebec provides a 20% tax credit for film and television companies that come to Quebec to shoot films, while the tax deduction for the cost of post-special effects and animation production of the film is more than 36%.
According to the data, the film, television shooting and its post-special effects production industry can bring about 650 million Canadian dollars a year to Montreal.
Montreal's world-class celebrity streetscape is summarized below:
Old Montreal
Old Town: The corner of St-Paul Street and Bonsecours Street
Old Town: Vauquelin Place
Old Town: Youville Place
Old Town: Notre-Dame Street
Old Town: Saint-Jacques Street
Dorchester Square
Dorchester Square: Sun Life Building
Dorchester Square: Alley between Mansfield Street and Metcalfe Street
Parc Mount Royal
Parc La Fontaine Park
Of course, the above can only be regarded as a "partial summary". As far as the editor knows, Harrison Ford also shot a thrilling overturn explosion at the steel beam of the old Champlain Bridge...