Due to my familiarity with Auckland, New Zealand. Especially when they went to the museum and glimpses of the city were caught in the background. Every so often I had to remind myself that these were American kids and not little New Zealanders.
Great movie though!
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Actually the extras were all New Zealanders, according to the Trivia section.
Though you're dressed in rags, you wear an air of queenly grace
Not just the extras. The girls who played Jess's three other sisters besides May Belle, and Judy McIntosh who played Judy Burke; in fact, I believe Judy McIntosh couldn't do a good enough American accent so they had to dub in another actress's voice for her scenes.
shareNot just the extras.
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Not a single thing looked anything like you'd see in the States. I've had the movie on in the background while I work and I came on here to find out where abouts in the US this was because until Robert Patrick and Zooey turned up I thought I was watching an Australian flick.
The buildings, location, clothing, everything just screams Oceania, if you took out the school bus and the recognisable US faces you could easily mistake this for something from down under. Pretty weird to film in a location and not try to disguise it in any way.
If set workers can turn Glasgow city centre into downtown Philly for World War Z, then they must have slept through this...
Opinions are just onions with pi in them.
Really? It looks like rural midwest USA to me. But, I'm from that area so maybe it just depends on where you live/have lived and what you're familiar with.
It kind of looked like Florida.
I`m sorry for my lack of manners, but I`m not used to escorting men.
I've worked in a number of schools in southern New Jersey that looked just like the building in this movie. Where I live is only three or four hours' drive from the part of Virginia where the fictional Lark Creek is supposed to be (based on the book).
shareI grew up in the pacific northwest, and it looked exactly like my home town. It was actually incredibly nostalgic for me because it seemed so familiar.
shareNot true. Alot of the topography really looked like rural northwest Virgnia which is where the book was set.
It never entered my mind that this was shot in New Zealand until the directory commentary. The museum was obviously not the Smithsonian but I just figured it was some other museum in the U.S.
It's funny because I came here to look up where it was filmed and was very surprised to see New Zealand. I thought for sure it would've been Kentucky or West Virginia.
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