Top 10 schools mentioned/starred in movies/tv series/shows

<p>Also, I dont know if there is a movie about Vince Lombardi and the Green Bay Packers, but Vince was a Fordham graduate and part of the original Wall of Granite on the Football team. Fordham’s sports complex is called the Lombardi Center. </p>

<p>Is there a movie about Geraldine Ferraro’s run for Vice President in 84? She is a Fordham graduate as well.</p>

<p>What are the rules of these universities for filming on their campus? I understand UCLA accommodates a lot since it’s in LA and it’s public. But how about Private institutions such as Stanford, Yale and Princeton?</p>

<p>In Entourage, the character Ari Gold (played by Jeremy Piven) went to Harvard Undergrad and Michigan Law.</p>

<p>Jack Ryan supposedly did undergrad at BC and grad at Georgetown, both are Catholic universities, but not THE Catholic University. But I could swear that in one movie they mentioned that he went to the Naval Academy for undergrad…and later taught there. Surely there are some Clancy-nuts out there who can answer this question once and for all.</p>

<p>Patch Adams, with Robin Williams, was filmed at UNC-Chapel Hill.</p>

<p>Brandeis gets mentioned in several Woody Allen movies, usually as the school attended by the ex-wife.</p>

<p>In Georgia Rule, the Lindsay Lohan character is getting ready to go to Vassar.</p>

<p>Rules for filming are up to the individual campus. And even public campuses require permits.</p>

<p>Being used as a filming location is a good way to pick up extra cash. Some of the less known southland colleges have quite a list on IMDB.</p>

<p>In Animal House, when Otter goes to the dorm at the women’s college, he introduces himself as “Frank Lymon from Amherst College”.</p>

<p>Good Will Hunting and MIT</p>

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<p>Northwestern is a Midwestern school that probably makes it into the top 10.</p>

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<p>Northwestern was featured prominently in the Tom Hanks film “Nothing in Common” and Steve Martin’s character in “The Cheaper by the Dozen” films is the FB coach for a school thinly disguised as NU (NU refused permission to use its name).</p>

<p>NU is also has been mention in “The Sopranos”, “Friends”, “Van Wilder”. “Beverly Hills 90210”, “License to Wed”, “The Breakup” and numerous other films and TV shows.</p>

<p>TourGuide-You’re right. In Hunt for Red October, Jack Ryan went to the Naval Academy for undergrad. In Patriot Games, he taught at the Academy.</p>

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A Beautiful Mind was filmed at Princeton. They had pictures of the filming on the Princeton University website and they point out where certain scenes were filmed on the tour.</p>

<p>Indiana U. in “Breaking Away”…nominated for Best Picture Oscar; won best screenplay Oscar. </p>

<p>I think John Candy was a Washington State grad in that movie where he and Tom Hanks joined the Peace Corps.</p>

<p>Looks like the Naval Academy wins this arguement.</p>

<p>the girl next door
main dude goes to gtown
his friend hits up yale</p>

<p>If you look at the IMDB database, it mentions “A Beautiful Mind” was filmed at both Fordham and Princeton, as well as Fairleigh Dickinson University. Also, it used Bronx Community College as a stand in for MIT and Manhattan College as a stand in for Harvard.</p>

<p>Who could ever forget THE WAY WE WERE? Where filmed? UNION!</p>

<p>did anyone mention UMaryland in National Treasure 2?</p>

<p>Some people have mentioned Georgetown on the West Wing. But actually George Washington got more mentions. In one scene, Josh says something about not being able to move without running into a GW intern.</p>

<p>Watching the TV show Numbers the other night, and saw two scenes of what they call “Cal Sci”. The first scene was UCLA and the second scene was of the actors walking up the steps of the USC library.</p>

<p>i dont know if this was mentioned but orange county (movie, hilarious) is about a guy trying to get into stanford</p>

<p>Love Story (Harvard, Wellesley, Smith)</p>

<p>Grey’s Anat (Christina attended Smith and UCLA; Burke top of his class Tulane Med; Merredith Dartmouth)</p>

<p>30 Something (UPenn)</p>

<p>Smith also mentioned in “West Wing,” and “Sex/City”</p>