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25. Juni 2024 · From 'Sleepless in Seattle' to 'King Kong,' here are our 15 favorite Empire State Building moments from film and television.
- 11 King Kong
- 10 King Kong
- 9 Sleepless in Seattle
- 8 An Affair to Remember
- 7 Escape from New York
- 6 Superman II
- 5 Elf
- 4 Sharknado 2
- 3 Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow
- 2 Muppets Take Manhattan
Where else would we start? Perhaps not just the most iconic use of The Empire State Building, but one of the most beloved and remarkable images in all cinema, is from the original King Kong. Spoiler alert for a 90 year old movie – at the end of the film after the magnificent ape has been transported from Skull Island to New York City, he makes an e...
Peter Jackson’s follow-up to the mega successful The Lord of the Rings trilogy brought us back to the Empire State Building, but things looked a little different than in 1930. Rather than using stop-motion animation, Jackson used motion capture technology to bring the massive ape to life. Andy Serkis, who Jackson had previously worked with as Gollu...
Nora Ephron’s classic romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattleactually does not take place in New York City for most of the film! It centers on Seattle-based single-father, and recent widow, Sam (Tom Hanks) whose son, Jonah, calls a talk radio program. In Baltimore, Annie (Meg Ryan) hears the call and is so enamored by the story, she falls head over he...
Starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, An Affair to Remember was nominated for several Academy Awards upon its release and has garnered even more acclaim over the years. The American Film institute even named it one of the most romantic filmsof all time. The plot revolves around Grant and Kerr falling in love with each other while being entangled in...
Escape From New York is John Carpenter’s dystopian re-imagining of a future where Manhattan has been turned into a maximum security prison and famously features the head of the Statue of Liberty in the streets of the city. Though the film was actually shot in St. Louis, the Empire State Building makes an appearance in digital form as Snake Plissken...
Long before James Gunn was in charge of DC Studios and there was any dispute over the future of Superman, Christopher Reeve donned the iconic red cape for a second time in Superman II. While normally set in Metropolis, Superman II features a plot where a group of rouge Kryptonians break out of the Phantom Zone and come to Earth. Superman confronts ...
This Christmas classic centers on Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell) leaving home from the North Pole in search for his real parents in New York City. His only clue? A snow globe featuring the Empire State Building. He is able to track down his father Walter (James Caan) at his office, which is located insidethe Empire State Building. In his search for h...
After the massive success of the first Sharknado film, Sharknado 2naturally asked the question: What if there was a Sharknado in New York? It even managed cameos from several New York based TV personalities including Al Roker, Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan. The film features the titular sharknado decimating several iconic New York City landmarks i...
Starring Jude Law and Angelina Jolie, this ambitious, science fiction epic re-imagines a deiselpunk world. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow’s opening set piece takes place on a zeppelin named Hindenburg III which is docked on, you guessed it, the tip of the Empire State Building. The film, which drew from several architectural influences, main...
Jim Henson and company serve up another bonafide classic with everyone’s favorite Muppets– Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and the gang head to the Big Apple to take their show to Broadway. And as always – antics occur. On the day of the show Kermit goes missing. The Muppets scatter throughout the city – including a shot of Miss Piggy walking in front o...
Since 1931, the Empire State Building has been a hot destination for Hollywood. Filmmakers have featured the building in more than 250 movies. Some of the most memorable Empire State Building moments can be seen in "King Kong," "An Affair to Remember," & "Sleepless in Seattle.
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In Andy Warhol’s controversial black and white film entitled Empire, the Empire State Building is filmed in an experiment of sorts to show the passing of time, according to Warhol. The 1964 film was recognized for its cultural significance by being added to the U.S. Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2004.
King Kong (1933): Die Trickfigur flieht am Ende des Films auf die Spitze des Empire State Buildings. Dort wird Kong von Flugzeugen angegriffen. Das Foto zeigt ein zeitgenössisches...
A single static wide shot of the Empire State Building from early evening until nearly 3 am the next day.
