Before the Twin Towers tragically fell to the ground nearly 10 years ago to the day, the buildings surprisingly boasted a thriving movie career. They were typecasted as the iconic structure standing out in the New York City skyline.
WTC made appearances in tons of classics like "Superman," "King Kong," "Bonfire Of The Vanities," "When Harry Met Sally," "Working Girl," "Basketball Diaries," "Being John Malkovich," the list goes on.
Leading up to the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, director/cartoonist Dan Meth created a cool montage of all of WTC’s cameos from 1969-2001 which, according to the Vimeo page, “celebrates the towers' film career with songs that capture the passing decades."
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And appearing, notably, at the end of Stephen Spielberg's "Munich" as the Israeli agents who were hunting down terrorists reflected on the morality of their mission.
Retards; did it occur to you that a montage of the twin towers in film would be better served without a clip of a tsunami wiping them out?
Amazing!!!
Great concept, and well done, but he forgot Trading Places (at the end where Aykroyd & Murphy get out of the cab to enter the trading building). Also I believe there is scene from Broadway Danny Rose at the diner, being chased by the two brothers, there is a long shot across the river back to Manhattan.
Another emotional reminder, this one made of iron and steel, of how much these iconic towers were an integral part of NYC and, thanks to directors Nichols, Allen, Lumet and many others, a part of our American film history - now belonging to the ages. Oh, how we took their presence for granted. Ten years seems like a blink of the (camera's) eye. A very different commentary for the 10 year anniversary.
The towers were often used as the establishing shot at the beginning of Sports Night, Aaron Sorkin's little known series. Watching the show on DVD ten years later, my heart aches a little every time an episode begins.
Amazing job! But you forgot the basketball scene from Cocktail
I loved Sports Night! I get the same ache on repeats of Barney Miller.