Remake Of Arthur With Brand, Garner & Mirren Filming At Roosevelt Island's Goldwater Hospital Taking Up Parking Spaces Unavailable To Residents
Did you notice the yellow signs with a directional arrow pointed towards Goldwater Hospital and the word "Set" on it plastered near the Roosevelt Island subway station and other Southtown locations today?
Wonder what it was all about?
Well, here's the dish - a remake of the movie Arthur
You Tube Video Of Arthur Remake Filming Near Grand Central Terminal
starring Russell Brand, Helen Mirren and Jennifer Garner is filming on Roosevelt Island today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday). According to Inside Movies Moviefone:
... The original 1981 comedy - which earned four Oscar nominations - starred Dudley Moore as Arthur, a boozy playboy who is set to inherit a fortune if he marries an heiress his family thinks will make something out of him. But he falls in love with a working-class woman (Liza Minnelli) and turns to his valet (John Gielgud) for help when his family makes him choose between money and love.A knowledgeable Roosevelt Island source reported earlier today:
Thirty years on, Brand will play the loveable wealthy drunk while Helen Mirren does her take on the Gielgud role by playing Arthur's longtime nanny. Elsewhere, Jennifer Garner plays the well-off heiress that Arthur doesn't want to marry (Nick Nolte is her dad), while Greta Gerwig (Greenberg, The House of the Devil) will be the poor girl Arthur falls in love with...
Arthur is filming inside the hospital only, but their vehicles are parked on the street around Goldwater. They had a tentative scene planned along the west waterfront but alas, the creative juices of the director led them to an alternate location. All the stars' trailers are in one of the Goldwater lots. They'll be here today and tomorrow- Sun-up to sun-down basically.
Entrance To Goldwater Hospital Arthur SetThere were plenty of vehicles from the production company parked all along the East Channel Road and Goldwater Parking lot.
It's unfortunate that film companies receive greater parking consideration and courtesy from Goldwater Hospital than that
received by Roosevelt Island residents who would like to park their cars in this area during weekends when, as reported in previous posts, this area is practically deserted.
Image Of Empty Weekend Goldwater Parking
1 comments :
Isn't it so that the production company received parking permissions through the NYPD or the PSD in this case? This is a once-in-a-time event and they didn't block anybody's access to anything. Hardly comparable with letting residents park their cars permanently in this area.
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