The Next Three Days Trailer: Russell Crowe, Liam Neeson and Elizabeth Banks Remember Pittsburgh Exists
You don't see a lot of movies set in Pittsburgh, huh? Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys and, um, that's about it. (Thank goodness for the books of Michael Chabon, right?) So three cheers (and rivers) for Paul Haggis' The Next Three Days, the movie destined to put Pittsburgh on the Hollywood map... by giving Russell Crowe and Liam Neeson some terrible accents.
Based on the 2008 French film Pour elle (Anything for Her), The Next Three Days feels like Haggis' attempt at Alfred Hitchcock. Either that or Law Abiding Citizen. Crowe -- saddled with some kind of "American" accent -- plays an everyman who sees his wife (Elizabeth Banks) tossed into jail for a murder she didn't commit. There's a suicide attempt and that sets Crowe into Prison Break territory: He's going to get her out of jail by any means necessary. That includes enlisting the help of Neeson, playing a former prison breakee with a laughable Noo Yawk accent. Maybe that's part of his cover?
Anyway, it all looks perfectly fine for what it is -- though if it didn't star Crowe, Neeson and Banks, would anyone care? -- and while Haggis is regarded as a slick hack, he has done some good work as screenwriter on the Daniel Craig Bond films. Let's hope this one is more like Bond and less like Crash.
VERDICT: Maybe.
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Wasn't THE DEER HUNTER set (largely) in Pittsburgh?
A ton of movies are filmed in Pittsburgh (not sure about how many are actually "set" there). But I went to college in the city, and--recently, at least--there were quite a few things being filmed. "She's Out of My League," "Sorority Row," and "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" were all filmed and set there.
Here's the obligatory Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_and_television_shows_shot_in_Pittsburgh
There was a movie starring Ray Liotta and Tom Hulce that was set in Pittsburgh and was quite good.
Flashdance made me move to Pittsburgh!
Night of the Living Dead
Neeson would've done well to learn a good Mon Vawwley Pixburgh accent 'nat!
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