Motoring Discussion > Philadelphia comes to Glasgow	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: BobbyG	Replies: 24

New Tue 16 Aug 11 14:52   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - BobbyG

Just had a wee stroll through George Square in Glasgow which has been taken over for the next 2 weeks with a film crew filming the new Brad Pitt Zombies film. Already the traffic lights have changed to American yellow "over the road" lights, zebra crossings at every junction and the vehicles are piling in from all directions, lots of American police cars, taxis, bus, trucks, etc. Was sad enough to see a few right hand drive Mercs, Saabs and BMWs that had obviously been rescued from scrap yards (still had the white writing on the windows) but now with American plates on them. They are still in the process of working on the streetscaping but very interesting to see the transformation! The filming literature says that there will be two car crashes staged during the filming as well as various pyrotechnics. So just a normal day in Glasgow then.... If I can work out how to put photos onto a sharing website I will do.. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 15:27   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - zookeeper

wouldnt it be cheaper to film it in philly? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 15:42   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - Skoda

It's pretty impressive but I'm wondering the same as zookeeper. There's another bit was filmed in Africa or something. If the council roads department made zombie films... :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 15:43   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - Iffy

...wouldnt it be cheaper to film it in philly?... Many British cities offer assistance to film-makers to help the local economy. Glasgow is one such city: www.glasgowfilm.com/filming_in_glasgow/default.asp Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 15:51   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - Zero

>> wouldnt it be cheaper to film it in philly? Yeah but they were looking for a rough area with lots of zombies wandering around... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 15:58   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - Iffy

...Yeah but they were looking for a rough area... The director Ridley Scott was asked why he picked a beach on the bleak East Durham coastline for some of the scenes in Alien. He replied it was the nearest approximation to hell on earth he knew of. Ridley's a local lad, so the remark didn't cause offence. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 16:03   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - BobbyG

I spoke to someone "in the know" today about this project. He advised that the benefits it brings to the local economy are huge - apparently you will struggle to get a hotel room in Glasgow for the next 2 weeks and there is an absolute abundance of hangers on to this type of thing. They travel the world following film locations, taking their own films, writing blogs etc. There are many American accents in the square and the coffee shops are doing a roraring trade! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 16:34   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - Alanovich

>> you will struggle to get a hotel room in Glasgow for the next 2 weeks I bet there's room at the Chez Nous Guest House. There's always room at the Chez Nous. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 16:09   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - Zero

>> ...Yeah but they were looking for a rough area... >> >> The director Ridley Scott was asked why he picked a beach on the bleak East >> Durham coastline for some of the scenes in Alien. >> >> He replied it was the nearest approximation to hell on earth he knew of. >> >> Ridley's a local lad, so the remark didn't cause offence. Wiki page about the beach where carter ended his days after rampaging around the area. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackhall_Colliery Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 16:15   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - rtj70

So what town was Falmouth pretending to be when they filmed there? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 16:16   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - Zero

when who filmed what there? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 16:20   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - rtj70

When the Zombie film that Brad Pitt is starring in was filmed in Falmouth. The same film that is pretending Glasgow is Philadelphia. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 16:33   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - Zero

you'll have to watch the film! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 16:53   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - BobbyG

Not sure if this will work: s1112.photobucket.com/albums/k485/Bobbyg69/Glasgow%20to%20Philadelphia/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 18:06   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - Alastairw

Nice pics. I suppose Glasgow is more American looking than America, now. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 18:30   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - Zero

Nice pics. lots of crown vics and explorers. They need to block out the yellow lines tho! I guess that Glasgow looks a bit like Philly town houses. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 19:37   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - Focusless

BBC report: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-14523503 EDIT www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/ Last edited by: Focus on Tue 16 Aug 11 at 19:39 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 19:46   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - BobbyG

"Although shot in Glasgow, the film is set in Philadelphia, so false shop fronts will be brought in and American cars will take to the city's streets." Damn - I was looking forward to seeing the Greggs in Philadelphia! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 21:20   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - rtj70

>> Although shot in Glasgow, the film is set in Philadelphia.... And Falmouth. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 16 Aug 11 21:31   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - Focusless

>> >> Although shot in Glasgow, the film is set in Philadelphia.... >> >> And Falmouth. www.falmouth.co.uk/see-and-do/world-war-z-falmouth Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 17 Aug 11 22:47   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - Focusless

Pictures from Glasgow/Philadelphia: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14562248 Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Wed 17 Aug 11 23:01   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - BobbyG

That is some contraption attached to the Volvo! Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 17 Aug 11 23:02   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - rtj70

It's the bike rack Humph keeps going on about I think :-) Very flexible and versatile I see. It reaches the front. Last edited by: rtj70 on Wed 17 Aug 11 at 23:02 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 25 Aug 11 14:10   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - BobbyG

Video from one of the crashes. Thank god our bin lorries don't have snow ploughs on the front! bcove.me/1jwv113t Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 26 Aug 11 12:09   Philadelphia comes to Glasgow - colino

Anyone know which scrappy that blue e39 went to? I could do with the alloys. Reply to this message | Report message