Shreveport-Bossier`s Film Trail

Welcome to the Sites
Shreveport-Bossier City
Diversity…It’s what allows the ShreveportBossier area to be Anywhere, World. Whether
the story is set in Paris, France; New York City;
or even Senegal, Africa, it can be and probably
has been shot here in our area. No matter what
kind of location the movie industry is looking
for, the Shreveport-Bossier area has it. The
Shreveport-Bossier Film Office has a reputation
for making production easy, with full city
government support and streamlined paperwork
and permit processing. We have the rankings to
prove it:
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Shreveport-Bossier ranked #4 by
Movie Maker Magazine (Jan ’09)
•
Shreveport-Bossier ranked #3 by
Movie Maker Magazine (Jan ’08)
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Film Site Map
Welcome to Shreveport-Bossier’s Film Trail. In the last few
years, we have experienced Hollywood right here in our own
backyard. You never know, when you stop by a café, just who
you are going to run into Kevin Costner, Katie Holmes,
Denzel Washington or Diane Keaton, just to name a few. Our
cities have become the filming destination for some of the
biggest names in the industry.
Please take this brochure and the self-directed tour of the Film
Trail for location shots in our community. The brochure features
locations where major movies were filmed by your favorite movie
stars. The signs will describe the locations. So whether you walk
the trail or drive to the various sites, you will enjoy the Film Trail.
By the way, if you see any large white trailers, or small yellow
signs around town you can be sure that a movie is being filmed
nearby. So, make sure you have your camera, because you never
know just who you may run into.
Shreveport-Bossier
Film Trail
Explore
the Sites of
Shreveport
-Bossier’s
Major Movie
Industry.
Shreveport-Bossier ranked #6 by
Movie Maker Magazine (Jan ’07)
Locations the Shreveport-Bossier
area has doubled for:
• New York
• New Jersey
• Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
• Portland
• Kodiak, Alaska
• Miami
• Amsterdam
• Senegal, Africa
• Bering Sea
• Los Angeles
• Alabama
• Maine
• Fort Jackson
• North Pole
• New Orleans
• New Hampshire
• Kansas City
• Texas
• St Louis
• Sodom (Biblical City)
• Oklahoma
• Memphis
• Arizona
• Washington D.C.
• Maryland
• Boston
• Paris, France
For more information please contact:
Arlena Acree
Director of Film, Media, and Entertainment
505 Travis Street, Suite 200, Shreveport, LA 71101
(318) 673-7515 • [email protected]
Pam Glorioso
Film Liaison
620 Benton Road, Bossier City, LA 71111
(318) 741-8503 • [email protected]
Visit our website at www.shreveport-bossierfilm.com
Information courtesy
of the Shreveport-Bossier
Convention & Tourist Bureau
www.shreveport-bossier.org
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Beyond a
Reasonable Doubt
(2009)
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High profile lawyer, Martin Hunter
(Michael Douglas) has an impeccable
record putting criminals behind bars and Caddo Parish Courthouse
is a shoo-in for governor in the upcoming 501 Texas St., Shreveport
election. But when ambitious rookie journalist, C.J. Nicholas
(Jesse Metcalfe) begins investigating Hunter for tampering with
evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney’s perfect
record is up for scrutiny. Commencing a risky game of cat and
mouse with Hunter, C.J. frames himself as a murder suspect to
catch the corrupt D.A. in the act. Romantically involved with C.J.,
but unaware of his assignment, assistant District Attorney. Ella
Crystal (Amber Tamblyn) becomes caught between her boss’s
political ambitions and C.J.’s dangerous expose.
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Cleaner (2007)
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Single father and former
cop Tom Carver (Samuel L.
Jackson) has an unusual vocation - he
cleans up crime scenes. But when he’s
called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban
Louisiana Boardwalk
residence after a brutal shooting,
540 Boardwalk Blvd,
Bossier City
Carver is shocked to learn he may have
unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a
dirty criminal cover up. Cleaner is a dark, gritty crime thriller that
proves cleaning up is the dirtiest job there is.
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Factory Girl
(2006)
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A waif-like rich girl, Edie
Sedgwick, (Sienna Miller) found favor
with the celebrity media in the 1960s
through her association with pop artist,
Artspace
Andy Warhol (Guy Pearce). The pair of
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them form the core of a bunch of selfindulgent, unfettered sixties socialites that cling to Warhol, as he
holds court at his studio (known as the factory) as they live lives
of excess and denial. Sedgwicks family is shown in a horrible
light and Warhol is portrayed as an immature, narcissistic leech,
constantly looking for rich people to exploit. Christensen plays
folk singer, Billy Quinn, a fictional character rumored to be taking
the place of Bob Dylan, who apparently had a relationship with
Sedgwick.
True Blood
(TV Series)
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Alan Ball, creator of Six Feet Under,
has created a sexy, scary drama that
delves into the meticulously-crafted
world of novelist Charlaine Harris.
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Since a Japanese scientist’s invention
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of synthetic blood, vampires have
progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight.
And while humans have been safely removed from the menu,
many people remain apprehensive about vampires living
amongst them in Louisiana.
A local barmaid, Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) understands
what it’s like to be an outcast. Cursed with the ability to listen
in on people’s thoughts, she’s also open-minded about the
integration of vampires. She is especially intrigued by Bill
(Stephen Moyer), a handsome 173-year-old living up the road.
But as Sookie is drawn into a series of mysteries surrounding
Bill’s arrival in Bon Temps, that tolerance will be put to the test.
The Guardian (2006)
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Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar Patel
(Kal Penn) fly to Amsterdam so Harold can
pursue a budding romance with his neighbor.
Shreveport
The pair run into Vanessa (Danneel Harris),
Regional Airport
Kumar’s ex-girlfriend, and her fiancee, Colton 5103 Hollywood Ave.,
Shreveport
(Eric Winter) in the airport. Harold and Kumar
board the plane, and mid-flight, an old woman sees Kumar
lighting his new invention, a smokeless bong, and screams
“terrorist!”. Air marshals immediately detain both, and the plane
returns to Washington, where Ron Fox (Rob Corddry), a neurotic
undersecretary of Homeland Security, sends them to the
Guantanamo Bay detention camp. They escape, and decide to
travel to Texas in search of Colton, with hopes that he will be
able to help them through his father, who is connected with
several high political officials. After being betrayed by Colton
and jumping out of a plane, the pair falls through the ceiling of
President George W. Bush’s (James Adomian) home in Texas.
Mad Money (2008)
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The US Coast Guard’s version of
“Top Gun” with a little “An Officer
and A Gentleman” thrown in: features
an aging USCG rescue swimmer, Ben Randall (Kevin Costner), whose team member
is killed in a horrific rescue mission.
Maggie’s Hangar
Immediately prior to this terrible event, his
Commerce St.,
Shreveport
wife (Sela Ward) also announced that she
was leaving him. His first love would always be the rescue mission. This leaves him an emotional wreck. His commander gives
him a choice- quit
or take a position as an instructor at the USCG training facility in
Louisiana. Reluctantly he takes the position. Here he meets Jake
Fischer (Ashton Kutcher), a young man with unlimited potential,
but with a secret that seems to hold him back as a team player.
Delving into his past, links are found that make him a psychic
twin to the older man. Thrown into the midst of the story is a
romance with Emily Thomas (Melissa Sagemiller), a local girl.
Rescue missions punctuate the beginning and end of the story
with the training sessions the center of the film.
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Harold & Kumar
Escape from
Guantanamo Bay (2008)
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Three years before getting caught,
Bridget (Diane Keaton) lived a
comfortable upper class life until
her husband Don (Ted Danson) was fired
from his position and sunk into debt.
The paycheck for Selina, the cleaning LA State Exhibit Museum
lady, bounces again. Selina suggests
3015 Greenwood Road,
Shreveport
she take a job as a janitor
at the Federal Reserve Bank of
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Kansas City. On her first day on
the job, Bridget hatches a
scheme to steal damaged dollar bills
slated for destruction. For her team she
chooses Nina (Queen Latifah), who works
the dollar bill shredder, and Jackie (Katie
Holmes), who takes bill carts from the
StageWorks
400 Clyde Fant Pkwy.,
Secret Service room to the shredding
Shreveport
room. Their first robbery is a success
though the take is not as big as they had hoped. However,
they’re emboldened to do it again and again. Once Don and
Bridget pay off their debt, Don suggests they stop before they
get caught. Tipped off, Bridget and her accomplices begin trying
to get rid of all the loot stashed in their houses, but the cops
move in before all the evidence is destroyed. Bridget escapes,
but the others get caught. Bridget hires a tax attorney to defend
them. The lawyer gets Bridget and all her accomplices off the
hook for their crimes.
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The Mist
(2007)
Everyone thought of it as a harmless lightning
storm. When Dave Drayton (Thomas Jane)
StageWorks
400 Clyde Fant Pkwy.,
notices a strange mist on the lake, he thinks
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nothing of it. When his son, Billy Drayton (Nathan
Gamble), his neighbor Brent Norton (Andre Braugher), and himself
travel to the supermarket, the unthinkable happens. On their way
to the market, they see the army, the firefighters, and the police,
heading toward the mist. Will Dave Drayton, his son, and his
friends make it out alive as they make their last stand against this
destruction? Or will they be taken by the demon-like creatures of
‘The Mist’?
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Mr. Brooks
(2007)
Earl Brooks (Kevin Costner) is a highly respected
businessman and was recently named Portland’s
Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret
however; he is a serial killer known as the
Fingerprint Killer. He has been attending
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and
has kept his addiction to killing under
control for two years. But his alter ego,
Marshall (William Hurt), has re-appeared
and is pushing him to kill again. When he does
kill a couple while they are making love, he is
seen and photographed by Mr. Smith (Dane Cook),
who also has a death and murder fetish. In a
parallel story, the police detective (Demi Moore)
investigating the murder is having problems
of her own. She is going through a
messy divorce and a violent criminal who
had vowed revenge some years before,
has escaped from prison and is after her.
Shreveport
Convention Center
400 Caddo St.,
Shreveport
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Oakland Cemetery
Intersection of Milam
& Elvis Presley Blvd.,
Shreveport
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B’Nai Zion Temple
corner of Cotton &
Common Streets in
Downtown Shreveport
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Peter’s Grocery
1521 Barksdale Blvd.,
Bossier City
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My Mom’s New
Boyfriend
(2008)
Henry (Colin Hanks) is a young FBI
agent. During a three-year absence
Norton’s Art Gallery
from his home in Shreveport, his mother
4747 Cresswell,
Marty (Meg Ryan) loses more than 100
Shreveport
pounds, looks great, and to Henry’s
embarrassment, has become a
party animal. Within a day of
Henry’s returning home with his
fiancée, Emily (Selma
Blair), who’s an FBI profiler,
Marty meets Tommy (Antonio
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Banderas), a suave foreigner.
He’s posing as a consultant, but he’s an
Red River District
located on Clyde Fant
international art thief, in town to steal
Pkwy, Shreveport
“Mother and Son,” a Bernini sculpture.
Henry is detailed to head a team keeping his mom’s new
boyfriend under surveillance.
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The Pardon
(2009)
Toni Jo Henry (Jaime King) is
arrested and accused of murdering
Greater Shreveport
a man on Valentines Day 1940,
Chamber of Commerce
following an ill-conceived plan to
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rob a bank to help pay for an appeal
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of her husband’s murder conviction.
With the help of two inexperienced tax attorneys, Toni
Jo fights for her life in a system stacked against her.
Because of her beauty, Toni Jo becomes a notorious
celebrity, drawing unparalleled media attention. The
Pardon is the incredible true story of Toni Jo Henry,
a story of love and despair, found in the only woman
ever to be electrocuted by the State of Louisiana.
Soul Men (2008)
Municipal Auditorium
705 Elvis Presley Blvd,
Shreveport
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Thief
(TV Series) Aired 2006
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When R&B legend Marcus Hooks dies
suddenly, VH-1 invites his original back
up duo, Floyd Henderson (Bernie Mac)
and Louis Hinds (Samuel L. Jackson), “The
Real Deal,” to appear at a memorial tribute at
the Apollo Theater. Floyd, who’s bored in
retirement, wants this more than anything;
Louis, a philosophical ex-con, does not. Plus,
there’s bad blood between them
(Louis’s wife Odetta left him to marry
Floyd - then left Floyd). Floyd begs, Louis
consents but won’t fly, so they leave L.A.
in Floyd’s flashy Cadillac with five days
to get to New York. On the road, they must get
back their vocal chops, renew their friendship,
and sort out the past. With Floyd’s bad hip and
Louis’ bad kidneys, will they even make it?
W. (2008)
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The Strand Theatre
619 Louisiana Ave.,
Shreveport
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Produced by Norman Morrill (“Early
Edition,” “Promised Land,” “The Visitor”),
the show revolves around a heist crew lead by
Nick Atwater (Andre Braugher - Homicide: Life
Silver Lake Ballroom
on the Street) who are planning on doing their
900 Market St.,
Shreveport
biggest heist yet - stealing $30 million from the
U.S. government.
However, Nick soon has another responsibility, his 14-year-old
step-daughter (Mae Whitman). The show also involves a cop
(Michael Rooker) who is looking for a way to clean up his crooked
image and a killer who has hired the Chinese Mafia to settle a
score.
Josh Brolin stars as George W.
Bush in this Oliver Stone biopic
that traces the head of state’s rise to power
from a privileged alcoholic to a born-again
Christian whose belief in religious destiny
helped move him to the top ranks of political
power.
Co-written by Stanley G. Weiser, Bush
is produced by fellow Stone collaborators Moritz Borman and Jon
Kilik, with Elizabeth Banks co-starring as the first lady, James
Cromwell as the elder President Bush, Ellen
Burstyn as Barbara Bush and Richard Dreyfuss
as Vice President Dick Cheney.
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Church of the
Holy Cross
875 Cotton, Shreveport
Scottish Rite Temple
725 Cotton,
Shreveport