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I would make another movie here in a heartbeat.”įor critical scenes that take place behind prison walls, the filmmakers secured a notorious location. “The city was really excited to have us here, and I was charmed by Philadelphia. “When you come to such a big city, you can feel that you’re just going to be a drop in the ocean, but you’re not in Philadelphia,” the actor says. We lit up the whole street leading down to City Hall one night and it took my breath away. “It has so many great views and angles that no matter where you are it looks amazing. “Philadelphia City Hall is one of the most beautiful buildings I’ve seen in America,” says Butler. Philadelphia’s iconic City Hall, whose singular silhouette has been one of the defining images of the Philadelphia skyline for more than a century, figures prominently in the action. “We’re calling the look of this movie ‘neo-noir.’ I don’t think Philadelphia has ever been photographed the way we’re photographing it.” “It was also important to us to have a place that was graphically stark and unusual,” he adds. It feels like a place where you know you can get a little bit lost. The city offered the filmmakers several unique attributes, says Foster. This movie is all about justice, so it made a lot of sense for us to come to the place where a lot of these issues were first considered.” The Founding Fathers spent a lot of time there. “It’s the seat of English common law in America. “It was a very specific choice on our part,” says producer Lucas Foster. Originally set in Los Angeles, the events of the story took on special significance when the setting was changed to Philadelphia. The film is being released by Overture Films on October 16, 2009.Ī quintessentially urban story, Law Abiding Citizen needed the backdrop of a great American city for its intricately woven tale. Gary Gray, is a new thriller starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler.