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Movie prop offered for best ‘Pines’ pics
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The Gazette is now planning to give away 10 copies of the faux edition featured in "The Place Beyond the Pines" to readers who share the best pictures with The Daily Gazette’s Facebook page or via Twitter at #PinesPremiere.
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Cianfrance went to great lengths for realistic bank heists
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Cianfrance used Ken Swain’s experiences during a real-life armed robbery to help mold the action in the ones he staged at three banks, including the one where Swain now works as a vice president.
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Lights! Camera! Popcorn! ‘Pines’ premiere tonight
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Advance sales for “The Place Beyond the Pines” were enough to convince Bow Tie Cinemas to schedule a few extra showings this week.
Couple's Schenectady residence featured prominently in film
Friday, April 5, 2013
On a Saturday morning in late September 2011, Heather and Andy Chestnut walked in the door of their historic home in the GE Realty Plot to find a huge mess.
Special screening precedes national release
Friday, April 5, 2013
A special showing of the movie “The Place Beyond the Pines” will be held Thursday at Bow Tie Cinemas’ Movieland 6 in downtown Schenectady.
Trip to premiere a surreal experience for 2 Union students
Friday, April 5, 2013
At first, the email seemed like a gag: A room at Manhattan's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, two tickets to a movie premier and a live conversation with some of its biggest stars.
Some notable landmarks used in the filming
Friday, April 5, 2013
There’s no shortage of notable Schenectady scenes in Derek Cianfrance’s “The Place Beyond the Pines.”
Bradley Cooper’s son played by twins
Friday, April 5, 2013
Heather Campbell never envisioned her twin sons appearing in a major Hollywood motion picture —especially not before their first birthday.
Plot ties to city police troubles ‘tenuous at best’
Friday, April 5, 2013
Like every element in "The Place Beyond the Pines," Derek Cianfrance wanted his fictional Schenectady Police to be as close to the real deal as possible.
Duanesburg High student gets role, and maybe a career
Friday, April 5, 2013
Finding a career in film wasn't even on the radar for Kayla Smalls when she started attending Duanesburg High School.
Glenville cycle shop owner, director had a mutual respect
Friday, April 5, 2013
With its collection of souped-up motor bikes and omnipresent smell of oil, M & S Cycles seems no more a set for a major motion picture than its gruff owner does an actor.
Area backdrop lent realism to sweeping saga ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’
Friday, April 5, 2013
Only Schenectady could have served as the backdrop for Derek Cianfrance's "The Place Beyond the Pines."
Special section looks at the making of 'Pines'
Thursday, April 4, 2013
From a Duanesburg High School student who landed a part in the film, to a Schenectady couple who offered their home for filming scenes, the Schenectady County community played a large role in the making of "The Place Beyond the Pines."
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How many stars at ‘Pines’ debut?
Monday, April 1, 2013
While there’s no guarantee the marquee stars from “The Place Beyond the Pines” will be on hand for its Schenectady premiere this month, some of the film’s other actors were enthusiastic about returning to the city where they filmed in 2011.
A sampling of 'Place Beyond the Pines' reviews
Saturday, March 30, 2013
A sampling of film reviews of "The Place Beyond the Pines," which opens in Schenectady on April 11 and nationwide on April 12.
