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[ugarte]

[F]reshman Dave LeNeveu, whom many (including the Central Scouting Service) believe could be the best Cornell netminder to go pro since Brian Hayward

Wow.

[Beeeej]

The hockey scenes in "Love Story" were, according to my sources, filmed at Northeastern's rink.  With Dartmouth's real hockey team playing all of Harvard's opponents (including Cornell).

The outdoor scene filmed at Cornell - supposedly showing characters exiting our hockey rink - was filmed at Barton Hall.

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[jeh25]

The Sure Thing features John Cusack running across a snowy arts quad. In one 2nd unit shot, you can even see a bundled up student with a Big Red Bag from the campus store. Walter "Gib" Gibson, John Cusack's character, is supposed to be a freshman at an unnamed Ivy League school in New England.  I guess Hollywood thinks NY in in NE. Of course, all of the summertime shots were filmed at the Univ. of the Pacific in Stockton, California so don't be too surprised when none of the sunny campus shots look familiar.

This movie shouldn't be missed if for no other reason to see Anthony Edwards with hair, as a UCLA frat boy no less.

[jtwcornell91]

Didn't "The Sure Thing" feature exterior shots from a number of different colleges?  I thought the whole idea was that it was supposed to start and end at some generic Ivy.

Along the same lines, does anyone remember the short-lived "Class of '96" TV show?  It was set at a fictional Ivy called Havenhurst College, and one game of viewers was to see which real Ivy it most closely resembled.  (I seem to recall settling on Dartmouth although the athletic unitforms were of course Harvard's.)

[marty\'74]

That's weird.  I always thought it looked similar to the grounds around Barton, but not quite right.  Something about the stonework just didn't look like it was authentic.  I never lost any sleep over it but now....

[jeh25]

Nope. They only filmed at Univ of the Pacific, UCLA and Cornell, at least according to the IMDB. (www.imdb.com)

Hrmm. Of course, now I'm questioning my sanity. Some time back, I started working on a web page entitled "Cornell at the Movies."  I dug it out and according to my notes then, the snowy shot with the student carrying the Big Red Bag actually occurs in "Getting In".

This is what I had to say when I wrote the page:
"Cornell features extensively in this film. Many of the 2nd Unit shots, supposedly of Swarthmore, are actually Cornell. Watch for the student walking through the snow with a Big Red Bag. This movie features Andrew McCarthy as a stiff uptight Princetonian, Matthew Perry as a beer swilling Dartmouth student, and Calista Flockhart as a self-centered cold-hearted Cornellian."

Hrmm. Maybe I should post the whole page and people can review it for additions and corrections?

[Beeeej]

You might also want to search the Uncle Ezra archives on Cornell's website to flesh out your Cornell movie trivia page; he's dealt with the issue a number of times, and although he's never produced a canonical, exhaustive list of movies filmed at, set at, or mentioning Cornell, he's come awful close a couple of times.

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