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Monday, February 25, 2013

Oscar Winning Movies Playing in the Fridley Area

Miss any of Sunday night's big winners? Many are still playing in local theaters.

Miss any of Sunday night's Oscar winners when they first hit the big screen? It isn't too late. Winning an Oscar often prolongs the shelf life of a film, as new audiences line up to see what all the adulation is about. You can find the movies that won the major awards at these nearby theaters: Regal Brooklyn Center Stadium 20, Carmike Wynnsong 15, AMC Showplace Coon Rapids 16, AMC Rosedale 14 and the Heights Theatre. Check out Fridley on Film: Movies Made in Fridley, Movie Actors from Fridley Area Here's a look at the films still playing near Fridley that won top nods Sunday night from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Argo (Best Picture) One sentence plot: When militants seize control of the U.S. embassy in Tehran during …

Sunday, February 24, 2013

(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 …

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 ›

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