Yes. See the New York Times of October 24, 1983, for "Recreating 'The Age
of Innocence' in Brick and Paint" for a description of visually creating
some of the settings of the film. The one example that's particularly
germaine to this thread is the fictional Manson Mingott House. It was
actually the RPI Pi Kappa Phi fraternity in Troy. The filmmakers added a
matte painting to place the building in the middle of a swampy, deserted
uptown 1870s Manhattan location.

David Minor

>Would that be "The Age of Innocence," which featured Daniel Day Lewis and
>Michelle Pfeiffer?  ("Remains of the Day" was set in England with Anthony
>Hopkins and Emma Thompson.)  "The Age of Innocence" did take place in New
>York City and the Hudson Valley, and there were a number of locations that
>looked very familiar, possibly including Troy.
>
>At 10:52 AM 2/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>At 10:32 AM 09/02/99 PST, you wrote:
>>>"Ironweed" with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep was filmed in Albany and
>>>Hudson, the more recent film, "The Horse Whisperers" was fimed in
>>>Saratoga County, there was some Victorian-type film, with Daniel
>>>Day-Lewis that was filmed in Troy, NY, <snip>
>>
>>That would be "Remains of the Day". You can still see evidence of the film
>>set in downtown Troy. There's a sign that marks the area as film backdrop.
>>Note the period signage still painted on vacant storefronts. Pretty sad
>>that there's no commerce to displace this basically intact movie set
>dressing.
>>
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>>Greg Ketcham
>>webmaster,
>>"Drums Along The Mohawk: the American Revolution on the New York Frontier"
>>http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/4171
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