Over the decades Madison hasn’t only had a theater to show movies, but it has had movies shot in Madison. Some even with the Madison Theater in the shots. There is a scene in “Rich and Famous” (1981) with the Madison Theater. So there was likely a day in Madison where you could go to the Madison movie theater to see a movie with the Madison Movie Theater in a scene! How Meta.
Wikipedia has a nice list of films shot in Madison (and TV):
- The Sopranos has a scene shot in the Drew campus (and at Rod’s Steak House)
- A Beautiful Mind had scenes filmed at FDU
- Guess Who (2005) had many shots of Madison
- The World According to Garp has a shot of the Hartley Dodge Memorial BuildingÂ
- One of the Boys (TV show) has a shot at Drew
- Rich and Famous
- So Fine
- The Family Stone
- Friday Night Lights (TV)
- Pretty Little Liars (TV)
- Deconstructing Harry has some scenes shot at Drew
- The Hideaways
Here’s a a great NY Times article about Madison and its movie career. You especially have to respect the Times’ sense of geography: “Near Lincoln Square, with its four-screen movie theater, is an ice-cream parlor called McCool’s. ”
A Town Right Out of Central Casting
