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* ''A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy''
 
* ''A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy''
 
* ''Altered States''
 
* ''Altered States''
* ''Anger Management'', Lerner hall from quad
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* ''Anger Management''
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:[[Lerner Hall]]'s exterior was used to depict a hospital in Boston
 
* ''Awakenings''
 
* ''Awakenings''
 
* ''Black and White''
 
* ''Black and White''
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* ''Crimes and Misdemeanors''
 
* ''Crimes and Misdemeanors''
 
* ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind''
 
* ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind''
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:The [[Columbia Bookstore]] filled in for a Long Island Barnes & Noble
 
* ''Everyone Says I Love You''
 
* ''Everyone Says I Love You''
 
* ''Ghostbusters''
 
* ''Ghostbusters''
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* ''The Graduate''  
 
* ''The Graduate''  
 
* ''Hannah and Her Sisters''
 
* ''Hannah and Her Sisters''
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:In one scene, Woody Allen's character takes a ponderous walk past ''[[The Thinker]]''. In another, one of the characters meets her new boyfriend, a Columbia professor, while strolling to class up [[The Steps]]
 
* ''Hitch''
 
* ''Hitch''
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:Will Smith's character meets a girl after tripping on [[The Steps]]
 
* ''K-PAX''
 
* ''K-PAX''
 
* ''Kinsey''
 
* ''Kinsey''
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* ''Marathon Man''
 
* ''Marathon Man''
 
* ''Mona Lisa Smile''
 
* ''Mona Lisa Smile''
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:[[Havemeyer 309]] is used to depict a lecture hall at Wellesley
 
* ''New York Minute''
 
* ''New York Minute''
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:The Olsen Twins race across New York to reach Columbia in the nick of time. During filming, a giant clock was hung on the facade of [[Low Library]]
 
* ''Porn 'n Chicken''
 
* ''Porn 'n Chicken''
 
* ''The Producers: The Movie Musical''
 
* ''The Producers: The Movie Musical''
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* ''Simon''
 
* ''Simon''
 
* ''Spider-Man''
 
* ''Spider-Man''
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:[[Low Library]] plays host to an advanced research lab, where Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider
 
* ''Spider-Man 2''
 
* ''Spider-Man 2''
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:Peter Parker takes a physics class in [[Hamilton Hall]]
 
* ''Stay''
 
* ''Stay''
 
* ''The Nanny Diaries''
 
* ''The Nanny Diaries''
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:Scarlot Johannsen's character sits on one of the fountains on [[Low Plaza]] after applying to the Columbia graduate program in [[Anthropology]]
 
* ''Thirteen Conversations About One Thing''
 
* ''Thirteen Conversations About One Thing''
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:One of the characters is a Columbia math professor who spends time watching students at play on [[Low Plaza]] and drives one of his students to suicide
  
 
== Top filming locations ==
 
== Top filming locations ==

Revision as of 16:32, 27 February 2008

Many movies have been produced (in part) on Columbia's campuses.

Movies filmed on campus

  • A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
  • Altered States
  • Anger Management
Lerner Hall's exterior was used to depict a hospital in Boston
  • Awakenings
  • Black and White
  • Casino Royale (2006), Lerner Hall ramps
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Columbia Bookstore filled in for a Long Island Barnes & Noble
  • Everyone Says I Love You
  • Ghostbusters
  • Ghostbusters II
  • The Graduate
  • Hannah and Her Sisters
In one scene, Woody Allen's character takes a ponderous walk past The Thinker. In another, one of the characters meets her new boyfriend, a Columbia professor, while strolling to class up The Steps
  • Hitch
Will Smith's character meets a girl after tripping on The Steps
  • K-PAX
  • Kinsey
  • The Mirror Has Two Faces
  • Malcolm X
  • Manhattan
  • Marathon Man
  • Mona Lisa Smile
Havemeyer 309 is used to depict a lecture hall at Wellesley
  • New York Minute
The Olsen Twins race across New York to reach Columbia in the nick of time. During filming, a giant clock was hung on the facade of Low Library
  • Porn 'n Chicken
  • The Producers: The Movie Musical
  • P.S.
  • Simon
  • Spider-Man
Low Library plays host to an advanced research lab, where Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider
  • Spider-Man 2
Peter Parker takes a physics class in Hamilton Hall
  • Stay
  • The Nanny Diaries
Scarlot Johannsen's character sits on one of the fountains on Low Plaza after applying to the Columbia graduate program in Anthropology
  • Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
One of the characters is a Columbia math professor who spends time watching students at play on Low Plaza and drives one of his students to suicide

Top filming locations

  • Inner quadrangle of Union Theological Seminary
  • Havemeyer main lecture room
  • Steps & facade of Low