Those of you hoping to catch a glimpse of the actors from “The Place Beyond The Pines” will have a chance when the crew “robs” the main branch of First National Bank of Scotia on July 27.
According to John Buhrmaster, president of First National, the branch, at 201 Mohawk Ave. in Scotia, NY, will be a location in the independent feature film “The Place Beyond The Pines”.
The movie, which stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes and Ray Liotta, follows a professional motorcycle rider who turns to bank robberies to support his newborn son. When he crosses paths with a rookie police officer, they get into a violent conflict that spirals into a generational feud.
According to John Buhrmaster, most of the July 27 filming will take place inside the First National main branch, where a robbery scene will be set. Most of the bank employees will also be used as extras in the scene since Derek Cianfrance, the director, wants it to look real. “He doesn’t want to train people to act as tellers when he can have real tellers,” Buhrmaster said.
Other scenes for the movie which is slated for a 2013 release will be shot at Ellis Hospital , Schenectady High School, the Schenectady Police Station, and some as-yet-unnamed area restaurants, filming is expected to last until October.
If you spot “The Place Beyond The Pines” filming in Upstate New York, let us know about it at olv@onlocationvacations.com!
[…] Other scenes for the movie which is slated for a 2013 release will be shot at Ellis Hospital , Schenectady High School, the Schenectady Police Station, and some as-yet-unnamed area restaurants, filming is expected to last until October. Source […]
This is amazing! I worked at First National Bank of Scotia with my sister-in-law, Gloria Rhodes, when I became engaged….I was born in Ellis Hospital…this movie is a MUST SEE, even tho I live in the Boston area now!
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The movie is a must see and the village is a must avoid.
I saw Bradley Cooper riding along with the local PD. He is trying to ‘get the feel’. It was so exciting!!!!
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What a joke. Scotia is a joke now. The judge is condescending to good citizens. The cops are all former potheads from high school. And the chief is just this side of illiterate. They had a car bombing, I think last year on his street. And by the way, the chief lives next door to drug dealers, in a house owned by a local politician.
I seriously don’t think that a movie could approach the stranger than fiction reality of the place.
And don’t even get me started on Glenville.
Megan that is funny I thought the same thing… However, it is kind of cool to have “stars” in the neighborhood…
I wouldn’t mind running into one or two of them…
I met both Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper!!! Both are sweethearts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They are filming in Galway NY. They are doing scenes up in the woods. The crew came in to my restaurant for pizza and ice cream today 🙂 so excited!