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I just thought this would be a fun thread... what are some movies that have mentioned famous universities in them.

A Beautiful Mind: Nash goes to Princeton and M.I.T. (Wheeler Labs). Also, Nash says his son is going to Harvard.

K-PAX: Kevin Spacey graduated from Harvard.

Indepedence Day: The Jewish guy went to M.I.T.

By Jkazoo (Jkazoo) on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 03:37 pm: Edit

Fun thread indeed! In "When Harry Met Sally", Harry describes a date to Sally. The date went to Michigan State, which gives him a panic attack, because it reminds him of his ex-wife. Not that the ex went there, he says, but she went to Northwestern, also a Big 10 school. And of course, at the begining of the movie, Harry and Sally are leaving the University of Chicago.

In "The Big Chill", everyone went to Michigan; they watch a Michigan-Ohio State game on TV.

By Cornell06 (Cornell06) on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 07:34 pm: Edit

Stealing Harvard, well... the whole thing is about Harvard.

By hahah on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 08:11 pm: Edit

Stealing Harvard was originally Stealing Stanford..but Stanford wouldn't let them use their name. O well hah

By MIT Mom on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 10:34 pm: Edit

Here's some MIT movie trivia --

Remember the Rocky and Bullwinkle movie that came out a few years ago? All of the external scenes of "Wassamatta U." were shots of MIT, taken at the main entrance at 77 Mass Ave, and in the Great Court on Mem. Drive, with the words "WASSAMATTA UNIVERSITY" digitally replacing the famous "MASSACHVSETTES INSTITVTE OF TECHNOLOGY." (V instead of U is deliberate.)

The movie "Good Will Hunting" took place at MIT. Some of the external shots were MIT, but all of the interior scenes looked NOTHING like MIT.

By sinbushar on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 11:06 pm: Edit

spiderman...columbia

By scottie on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 11:29 pm: Edit

scream 2 - agnes scott college - atlanta, georgia

By Regulus (Regulus) on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 11:34 pm: Edit

Legally Blond: I never saw the movie, but I believe Reese Witherspoon goes to Harvard Law school in it. A little trivia: it was actually filmed in UCLA because it's near Hollywood.

By Hilsdad on Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 02:03 pm: Edit

Seinfeld - The restaurant exterior shot that they show for the coffee shop all the cast goes to is actually Tom's Restaurant on 112th St & Broadway near Columbia. I ate at least 2 meals a day there for several years while a student. Larry David, Exec. Producer of the show, went to Columbia.

Tom's Restaurant is proudly Greek in the classic John Belushi/Saturday Nite Live "Hambugga! Hambugga! Pepsi! Pepsi!" sense with photos and postcards of Greek scenes on the walls. They are proud of their Seinfeld connection and they sell Seinfeld/Tom's T-shirts at the restaurant.

(Probably more than you ever wanted to know on this topic. My wife frequently tells me to turn off the 'tourguide' switch!!)

By Regulus (Regulus) on Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 07:39 pm: Edit

How High: The two guys get into Harvard.

By Leia on Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 11:32 pm: Edit

Ghostbusters - Columbia

Cute thread.

By walden on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 11:56 am: Edit

wesleyan = "P.C.U." Naturally.

By chrisd on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 12:26 pm: Edit

Carnegie Mellon--"Wonderboys."

By Regulus (Regulus) on Thursday, January 09, 2003 - 03:01 am: Edit

Contact: Jodie Foster went to MIT and CalTech. It also mentioned that she was offered a job as a professor at Harvard but declined.

By wisconsinguy on Thursday, January 09, 2003 - 07:19 am: Edit

The boathouse in "The Skulls" was that of Dartmouth.

By Scarlett Slater on Thursday, January 09, 2003 - 04:05 pm: Edit

UVA - Jodie Foster went there in Silence of the Lambs

Harvard - With Honors...the one with Brendon Frasier, Patrick Dempsey..

Boys and Girls - UCBerkley

American Pie 2 - U.Mich, Mich. state

By Bitz on Thursday, January 09, 2003 - 11:38 pm: Edit

Regulus, Legally Blonde was actually filmed at CalTech.

By Jane on Friday, January 10, 2003 - 02:40 pm: Edit

Smile Mona Lisa is now being filmed at Columbia..it stars Julia Roberts, Julia Stiles and Kristen Dunst

By yale05 on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 02:51 am: Edit

Enemy of the State - Will Smith's character graduated from Georgetown Law School

By yale05 on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 02:52 am: Edit

Good Will Hunting - Harvard

By yale05 on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 02:53 am: Edit

The Rock - Nicholas Cage's character graduated from John Hopkins

By logansmith on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 09:38 am: Edit

JUILLIARD- "SAVE THE LAST DANCE"

By Justwannahelp (Justwannahelp) on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 10:29 am: Edit

Orange County - Stanford

By Justwannahelp (Justwannahelp) on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 01:33 pm: Edit

oh also, 10 things i hate about you: sarah lawrence

By Regulus (Regulus) on Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 11:19 pm: Edit

Well then the UCLA tour guide lied to me; she said the scene where Witherspoon first sees Harvard Square was filmed at UCLA.

Two Weeks Notice: Harvard, Columbia, Yale
About Schmidt: Drake (apparently a business school, never heard of it)
The Recruit: MIT

By My2Cnts on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 10:21 pm: Edit

"Soul Man" - Harvard

By Cru (Cru) on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 10:40 am: Edit

- - ;
Too many MIT and Harvard

By dogboy on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 12:59 pm: Edit

By any chance do you guys know where "School Ties" was filmed?
It`s that movie wit Brendan Fraiser and Matt Damon about anit-semitism at a prep school.

By yale05 on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 08:26 pm: Edit

Ryan Philippe in that one computer/hacker movie graduated from Stanford. I can't think of what it's called though.

By Leia on Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 11:39 pm: Edit

Harry Potter - er, wait, nevermind. How about:

The Graduate - UC Berkeley


Jesus loves you more than you will know,

wo, wo, wo..

By Justwannahelp (Justwannahelp) on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 05:44 pm: Edit

antitrust is what you're thinking of i think.

By bluedevil on Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 09:52 pm: Edit

It's not a film, but I know that the outside scenes of Dawson's Creek are filmed outside Duke.

By Lucky (Lucky) on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 07:41 pm: Edit

"Animal House" was written by and based on a Dartmouth alum's experiences. Furthermore, Dr. Seuss (not quite a film but lots of books just the same) graduated from Dartmouth 99 years ago.

Oh, and 10 Things I Hate About You was filmed entirely in Tacoma and Seattle, Washington. I was an extra in that movie when it was filmed a few years ago. Sarah Lawrence is not even nearby.

Lucky

By a on Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 05:09 pm: Edit

um... the character in 10 things... got accpted to sarah lawrence- her FC, but the movie ended before she went on campus- no shots, just references

By jcr on Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 06:56 pm: Edit

My Best Friend's Wedding: Julia Roberts and the "best friend" (can't remember his name) went to Brown. Cameron Diaz went to UChicago

By Goodmovie on Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 07:01 pm: Edit

When Harry Met Sally = UChi

By Erin (Erin) on Tuesday, March 25, 2003 - 11:59 pm: Edit

How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days- Columbia

By Theasrhs (Theasrhs) on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 01:03 am: Edit

Igby goes down, Clare Danes character - Bennington

By Sallyr (Sallyr) on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 09:11 am: Edit

Several movies have been made at or around Smith College in picturesque Northampton, MA. "Malice" (with Nicole Kidman, Alec Baldwin and other luminaries) was one of them, and the Smith campus was transformed into "Westerly College." A number of Smith students and staff members got to be extras in the film. Amusingly, the opening scene shows several "professors" walking into Smith's College Hall. I knew most of the extras who played these roles. They were all chosen because of their "professorial" appearance, and yet not one was a true faculty member. One was a college fundraiser, one was a faculty wife, and one worked in the mail room, but they were the folks who were deemed to look more academic than the real profs who aimed to be extras as well but didn't make the cut. Hooray for Hollywood!

By Leia (Leia) on Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 09:54 pm: Edit

The Patriot - The University of South Carolina, i believe, was used as a set.

By Leia (Leia) on Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 09:55 pm: Edit

Strong Bad Email - Crazy Go Nuts University

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Hilarious stuff, check it out

By Longhorn (Longhorn) on Monday, May 19, 2003 - 12:24 am: Edit

Triple X - *ing vin diesel. The gadget guy studied at MIT

By Dschnapps (Dschnapps) on Monday, June 23, 2003 - 03:21 am: Edit

wasn't Animal House filmed at U of Oregon or something like that?

By Obh100 (Obh100) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 01:07 am: Edit

The Adams Family at UPenn

Road Trip at Ithica College

By Blazemiguel (Blazemiguel) on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 10:27 pm: Edit

hey, in the rock, nicolas cage went to columbia, not johns hopkins