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10 Movie Locations You'll Recognize in Paris
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Paris in Movies- Quai de Montebello
As the City of Romance, Paris has spent it's fair share of time in the spotlight. 10 Best walks you through some famous filming locations, starting with Quai de Montebello. Gene Kelly serenades Leslie Caron here in An American in Paris – a scene to which Woody Allen paid homage not once but twice: first in Everyone Says I Love You (the surreal dance with Goldie Hawn) and, more recently, in Midnight in Paris.
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Rue Montagne Ste Genevieve
Speaking of Midnight in Paris, this is where Owen Wilson loves to hang out when the clock strikes twelve in the French capital, waiting for a cab to take him back to the Roaring Twenties.
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Rue Chappe
After a great song and dance, Leslie Caron and Gene Kelly eventually make up in the final scene of An American in Paris, staging their reconciliation at the top of Rue Chappe underneath the Sacré Cœur. Ever since, the Rue Chappe stairway has been Hollywood’s favourite Montmartre location, used in countless movies including Paris Blues, Forget Paris and An Education.
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Rue des Trois Freres
While we are already in Montmartre, let’s walk down Rue des Trois Frères where Amelie lives at no. 56, and where, next door, she shops for her groceries. The real-life shopkeeper liked the look given to his premises by the movie’s Art Directors so much that he kept it – along with the Maison Collignon sign over his shop.
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Rue Paul Albert
A little further up the hill, on the corner of Rue Muller (the street on the right), you can find the spot where – in French Kiss – Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline decide to go their own separate ways, having quarreled all the way down Rue Paul Albert on the left.
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Bir Hakeim Bridge
Bir Hakeim Bridge, is the “character actor” of Parisian motives which gets the call whenever the “darker side” of Paris needs to be portrayed. The bridge served as the backdrop for Marlon Brando’s howl of pain in the opening scene of Last Tango and also appeared in Spielberg’s Munich and Inception.
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Place de Marche Ste Catherine
Don’t let appearances deceive you; No. 2 Place du Marche Sainte Catherine in the Marais, according to The Bourne Identity, is the global HQ of the Treadstone organization where rogue CIA agents conspire to harm and kill the innocent. But as long as you pretend that you're just a harmless tourist, you'll be alright. Probably.
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Nemours
If everything in The Tourist had been as good as its opening scene, it would have been the hit movie of the year. Unfortunately, the film flagged a little as soon as it left Paris. Still, watching Angelina Jolie walk across the terrace of the Nemours (near the Louvre) to have her breakfast is almost worth the admission price alone.
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Something's Gotta Give
Pont d’Arcole near the Hotel de Ville, is where Jack Nicholson, after a nightly walk in Something’s Gotta Give, admits to himself that he has fallen in love – when, as if on cue, Diane Keaton arrives in her car, just in time for a tearful reunion and the final credits.
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Julie and Julia
Finally we arrive at rue Mouffetard, Paris’s most picturesque street market. This is where Meryl Streep finds the ingredients for her groundbreaking culinary experiences in Julie and Julia.
Find more movie locations in and around Paris in Michael Schurmann’s book “Paris Movie Walks” or visit the website parismoviewalks.co.uk
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