I mentioned the movie Airport in the post earlier this morning. It reminded me of an interesting trivia point. There is a reason that the film (though set in Chicago) was filmed in Minneapolis. Apparently, the film makers knew that Minnesota winters were particularly arduous and so the opted to film there.
And let's face it, in the seventies, who really could have told you anything about Minnesota but that it is cold? Even today, that is about all I ever hear from friends and colleagues when I say that I am headed there. To be fair, there is some truth to the rumor that Minnesota is cold in the wintertime. But it is so much more. It is also snowy and lovely to look at though the picture windows from inside a warm house with a hot toddy! - But I digress...
So, it is the late sixties, and the filmmakers from California have thought to themselves "cold, snow, winter - MINNESOTA!!" and they contract to film a major motion picture in Minneapolis to feature their notoriously bad weather. So how ironic is it that the weather the entire time they were here was absolutely gorgeous!? They had to use plastic snow to film the movie because the weather was unusually clement and clear.
They might as well have used LAX!
Wherever you are today, I hope that you have enjoyed this movie trivia moment from don sees the world.
Don Bergquist - December 04, 2010 - Mendota Heights, Minnesota, USA
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