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Fat City Where?

posted 19 years ago by bevereverb
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hi mr. pressman. where did you see it?!?
i think i will check it out again, and just
tell them i lost it so i can keep it an
watch it O_o. cheers
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[–] camelrat 19 years ago

Fat City is currently playing at the Guild Cinema in ALbuquerque, NM. August 12-14 as part of a 1970s series. A strong film, gritty, with accurate boxing sequences. It was worth the price of admission.

[–] bevereverb 19 years ago

bever makes big plans to drive to albuquerque...
camelrat stay on call for pithy comments to feed
live to boxing journalsite friends!!!

[–] dammmitdoll2k2 19 years ago

Showing this month on the Sundance Channel at these times:

Monday 08.15.05
09:45 AM

Saturday 08.27.05
09:55 AM

Wednesday 08.31.05
09:15 AM

[–] bevereverb 19 years ago

hi dammitgirl! can't see this movie enough. THANX!
bever makes plans to see Fat City O_o...
xo bever

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 19 years ago

The actually location of Fat City was not far from Fresno, Calif. It was a real place.

Nothing exists more beautifully than nothing.

[–] bevereverb 19 years ago

yeh, well bobby magee sed, nothin aint worth nothin
but its free . . .

whatever happened stacy keach anyways?

[–] hollywoodsaint 18 years ago

There is an area just outside of New Orleans, LA, called "Fat City"- it's mainly just a bunch of seedy bars and strip clubs...

[–] bevereverb 18 years ago

Is it still there after all the hurricane damage?

[–] hollywoodsaint 18 years ago

Yes, it's still there because it's in a suburban area that wasn't as heavily affected.. Fat City is long past its prime, though- in it's heydey (mid-to-late 70s), it was a great place to party and stay out till the wee hours- or so I've heard... Now, it's pretty run-down, though there are a couple of great restaurants there- which is pretty common in New Orleans.

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[–] jaysea2 18 years ago

Just thought I'd let you know...a lot of "Fat City" was filmed in Stockton, CA. It's my home town. Janet Leigh went to school here and Chris Isaak was born here, too. They mention Stockton several times in the film. The inside shots of the Civic Auditorium are very familiar to me.

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 17 years ago

I heard it turned into a public toilet by now.

Nothing is more beautiful than nothing.

[–] timmy_501 16 years ago

Your home town is where Pavement is from, right?

This story is already over

[–] vinidici 15 years ago

FC was filmed in Stockton, CA, where I grew up.

A teacher from one of my classes at Hamilton Jr High (before it became a middle school), the late Mr George Westcott, plays the guy behind the counter in the bowling alley scene who is persuaded to sponsor Stacy Keach.

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[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 15 years ago

Not where it was filmed -- the actual place known as Fat City. But anyone with such a cute signature wouldn'tknow that.

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[–] vinidici 15 years ago

I already READ the thread, smart-alec, and knew what they were asking, thank you very much. (1), I was merely taking occasion to bring up that I used to know one of the minor cast members and (2), another poster stated FC was filmed "not far" from Fresno, CA; it would have been more correct for him to have said it was filmed "not far from Sacramento," as Stockton lies approx. 50 miles south of the state capital and about 200 north of Fresno.

BTW, I seem to recall characters' mentioning localilites peculiar to, and adjacent to, Stockton. Though I admit I haven't viewed FC in about 20 years and memory can be a tricky thing, 'tis true...

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[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 15 years ago

How fabulously gradient and learned you is.Stockton must be the place of greatness; it surely is a ghost town of ingrown ambitions.

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[–] vinidici 15 years ago

I won't dignify your snide remarks with another response--DARN! I just screwed up and MADE one!

I spent over ten years of my life out there, from youngster to coming-of-age.

Stockton is just a town of a 200,000+ population like any other town of a 200,000+ population, except that it is, stategically (or fortuitously) right in the geographic center of all kinds of industry (such as walnuts, the Firelog company, pencils, etc.) and environments. Stockton, which has a inland port with access to the Pacific Ocean, is County Seat of San Joaquin County and within driving distance of: the ocean and Bay Area; Sacramento, the state capitol; mountain ranges and forests and national parks (like Yosemite); and is the regional hub of agriculture in a valley (the San Joaquin) that's often termed "the bread basket" of the state.

The crime rate has always been disproportionately high, but that's merely a natural by-product of metropolitan areas like Stockton that have easy access to all of the economic factors (and more) and types of terrain that I described above.

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[–] wapsullivan 13 years ago

Lame.

[–] Promontorium 11 years ago

The book also took place in Stockton, so the "actual place" is Stockton.

[–] wapsullivan 13 years ago

It says clearly at the beginning of the movie that the town is Stockton, a major city 1 1/2 hours from San Francisco. It still exists!! Over 250,000 - and pretty rundown in places. I should know - I'm from there, and remember when the movie was being filmed.

[–] zurichpoet 13 years ago

It may have moved but the best burger is at the Triple A in Fresno. They load it up with pastrami too! No wonder it's fat city!!!

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 13 years ago

Rancid hole.

The sense itself was I.

[–] zurichpoet 13 years ago

NOW you tell me! ha!

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 13 years ago

It has always been thus. Delicious, yes, but no Slimey Eddie's.

The sense itself was I.

[–] zurichpoet 13 years ago

Where is that??!

[–] zurichpoet 12 years ago

Ready for the TCM showing?

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 12 years ago

It has already been on there some time back so the Fat just goes on.

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[–] zurichpoet 12 years ago

That's why you must chew it!

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 12 years ago

No interest anymore. Off to find new Fat free zones.

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[–] zurichpoet 12 years ago

I'm here for my college team about to win the whole thing; also trying to find out why people have a 'h' after the o and before the m of Ohhmaha. And then I'm trying to find mascapone, and I said it like it is, and then this guy gets in the convo of wny to people say Marsssssssscapone, in the US?

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 12 years ago

Too many nationalities spoil the stew.

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