Movie Locations in Google Earth
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Trick
SwampCreature — 16 years ago(August 09, 2009 08:48 PM)
Google Earth has a pretty neat feature called "Street View" that lets you view what places look like on the street these days. I've looked up two locations that appear in "Trick", and I am sure there are many more. The ones I looked at is the intersection of Christopher Street & 7th Avenue, and at the diner where they all eat toward the end of the movie.
The Google Earth street view gives a pretty good idea of what that Christopher Street location looks like today. You can "stand" where Gabriel and Mark kissed at the end of the movie, and see the phone booths where Gabriel tested the phone number. GNC is no longer located in that same building, but the shadows of the GNC sign can still be seen above the windows. Other things around the intersection, such as the subway entrances, Village Cigars, and the Riviera Cafe are still around. About the only major thing missing is the World Trade Center, which towered above the background view of this intersection when the movie was made. It is a bit hazy in the movie if you're not aware of what you are looking at (gray building against gray sky).
The other location I looked at in Google Earth is the diner where Gabriel is finally alone with Mark. It's the Market Cafe at 496 9th Avenue. The street view is not so great here, as there is a truck parked in front of the diner, but I was able to figure out the name and address of the place from Google Earth. The Market Cafe has a web site at www.marketcafenyc.com and it has a few pictures of the current interior which has gone a bit upscale since "Trick" was filmed. One photo in the web site gallery has the window lettering of the name Market Cafe visible, exactly as in the movie scene behind the characters at the table. The sign has been redone more recently though as seen in other photos.
There are other movie locations that one could probably look up in Google Earth, but those two were ones I though of (partly based on another thread about the diner).
That street view thing in Google Earth is pretty good if you want to see places in major American cities or their suburbs. I've found the houses I've lived in and schools I went to 30-50 years ago so I could see what they look like these days. Great if you can't visit the locations in person. -
kincaid67a — 16 years ago(January 08, 2010 11:12 AM)
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