The Frozen Ground
Alaskans get excited about silly things; A new Dairy Queen opening in Anchorage is front-page news. So you can imagine that we lose our minds a bit when Hollywood finally decides to actually film a movie that takes place up here in Alaska.
They're currently working on The Frozen Ground with Nicholas Cage and John Cusack, and it's been really awesome to see them filming all over town. They turned one of my favorite bakeries into the bakery owned by Cusack's character, filmed at my favorite bar, and are actually using the house of the real-life guy the movie is about - one that my childhood friend grew up across the street from.
Anyhow, one of my bestest friends and I took a quick detour down the street they're filming on. We didn't see any celebrities (dammit), but we had to pull over and turn off our lights for a little bit while they shot, then we got to drive through and see lots of crew members, equipment, old-timey cars, and I almost ran over some guy who was dressed as a police officer from the 70s or 80s or whatever. We also got a blurry-ass picture of an old-timey mail truck.
This is probably nothing for anyone else to be excited about, but for us Alaskans it's so cool to know that we'll see this movie and know that these are places we've been, places we've grown up, and that at some point we were just off screen.
They're currently working on The Frozen Ground with Nicholas Cage and John Cusack, and it's been really awesome to see them filming all over town. They turned one of my favorite bakeries into the bakery owned by Cusack's character, filmed at my favorite bar, and are actually using the house of the real-life guy the movie is about - one that my childhood friend grew up across the street from.
Anyhow, one of my bestest friends and I took a quick detour down the street they're filming on. We didn't see any celebrities (dammit), but we had to pull over and turn off our lights for a little bit while they shot, then we got to drive through and see lots of crew members, equipment, old-timey cars, and I almost ran over some guy who was dressed as a police officer from the 70s or 80s or whatever. We also got a blurry-ass picture of an old-timey mail truck.
This is probably nothing for anyone else to be excited about, but for us Alaskans it's so cool to know that we'll see this movie and know that these are places we've been, places we've grown up, and that at some point we were just off screen.