(UPDATED) FRIDLEY ON FILM: No Oscars Yet, but Some Movies Shot in Fridley
OK, 'D3: Mighty Ducks' didn't win any Academy Awards, but it's one of several Fridley-area ties to Hollywood and moviemaking. Know of more? Add them in comments.
The movie industry that celebrates itself at the Academy Awards Sunday has stuck a toe into the Fridley area—most notably with D3: The Mighty Ducks. Mighty Ducks at Columbia Arena That 1996 installment in the Mighty Ducks film franchise showed the world the inside of the now-closed Columbia Arena on University Avenue NE in Fridley. Do you remember the shooting of D3: The Mighty Ducks? Were you at Columbia Arena? Leave a comment below. Pat Proft The prolific Pat Proft, who grew up in Columbia Heights, has a list of Hollywood writing, acting and even directing credits that strains his IMDB page—including the Naked Gun, Police Academy and Scary Movie movies. Proft was an honored alumnus at the 2011 Columbia Heights High School commencement …
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Satveer Chaudhary
11:27 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
Nick Schenk wrote Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood) which was nominated for Golden Globe and won several other awards. Nick was circa 1983 at Heights and grew up not far from me on Lincoln Street in Fridley. He's written for a number of other shows and movies. I graduated with his brother. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Schenk more ›