There is a long history of television and film in New Jersey, which is considered the birthplace of the movie picture industry.

Film and television "firsts"

The roots of the industry started in Newark with

Hannibal Goodwin Hannibal Williston Goodwin (April 21, 1822 – December 31, 1900), patented a method for making transparent, flexible roll film out of nitrocellulose film base, which was used in Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, an early machine for viewing mot ...

's patent of

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film in 1887. Motion picture technology was invented by

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, with early work done at his

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in West Orange.

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, the world's first movie studio, is where the first motion picture to be

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ed in the United States, ''

Fred Ott's Sneeze ''Fred Ott's Sneeze'' (also known as ''Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze'') is an 1894 short, black-and-white, silent film shot by William K.L. Dickson and featuring Fred Ott. It is the oldest surviving motion picture with a copyright. I ...

'', was shot. The

Centaur Film Company The Centaur Film Company was an American motion picture production company founded in 1907 in Bayonne, New Jersey, by William and David Horsley. It was the first independent motion picture production company in the United States. In 1909 the comp ...

of Bayonne was the first independent movie studio in the USA.

America's first motion picture industry Fort Lee is a borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop the Palisades. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the borough's population was 40,191. As of the 2010 U.S. census, t ...

started in 1907 in Fort Lee and the first studio was constructed there in 1909.

Alice Guy-Blaché Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché (née Guy; ; 1 July 1873 – 24 March 1968) was a French pioneer filmmaker. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From 1896 to 1906, s ...

, widely considered to be the world's first female film director, worked in the borough.

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (; January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled ...

's film ''

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'', the first African-American sound film, was filmed in Fort Lee along with many other Micheaux films.

Fred Wesley Wentworth Fred Wesley Wentworth (August 3, 1864 – October 5, 1943) was an American architect known for his many buildings in Downtown Paterson, New Jersey as well as several residences and theaters in northeastern New Jersey. Wentworth had a major impact ...

was commissioned in 1914 by Jacob Fabian to build the Regent in Paterson, one of the first theaters built exclusively for the exhibition of moving pictures. The nation's first drive-in theater opened at Airport Circle in 1933. DuMont Laboratories in

Passaic Passaic ( or ) is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city had a total population of 70,537, ranking as the 16th largest municipality in New Jersey and an increase of 656 from the 69,7 ...

, developed early sets and made the first broadcast to the private home, documented in '' Passaic: Birthplace of Television and the DuMont Story'' (1951).

New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission

The New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission was established in 1976. Many

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s and motion picture films have been filmed in New Jersey, with incentives offered by the state. When

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Phil Murphy Philip Dunton Murphy (born August 16, 1957) is an American financier, diplomat, and politician serving as the 56th governor of New Jersey since January 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the United States ambassador to Germa ...

took office in 2018 he reinstated the New Jersey Film & Digital Media Tax Credit Program, which had been suspended by the previous adminsitration. It was expanded in 2020. The benefits include a 30% tax credit on film projects and a 40% subsidy for studio developments. Murphy signed legislation in January 2023 increasing the state's digital media content production tax credit to 35% of qualified expenses purchased through vendors in South Jersey and Mercer County. In addition, the bill increased the cumulative annual limitation on digital media content production tax credits from $10 million to $30 million. Beginning in fiscal year 2025, the bill also allows an additional $100 million in tax credits for New Jersey film-lease partners from tax credits authorized under other incentive programs.

Studio complexes

Fort Lee is home to

. A large number of early films, many silent, were shot at studios and on location in and around the town. With the first constructed in 1909, there were 11 major studios in Fort Lee by 1918. The floor space and height of the Jersey City Armory has led to its use as a temporary studio for many projects. The expansive floor and high ceilings of the Teaneck Armory has been used for numerous film shoots. In 2010, a new Studio City New Jersey was opened in Trenton. and in 2011, the Ironbound Film and Television Studio was opened in Newark. After the closure of the

Meadowlands Arena Meadowlands Arena (formerly Brendan Byrne Arena, Continental Airlines Arena and Izod Center) is a closed indoor arena facility located in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. The arena is located on ...

as a sports and entertainment venue, NBC leased the space and converted it to a major film studio in 2019. Criterion Group converted a warehouse in Jersey City to the state's largest film studio named

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;it has with three

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s. In February 2021, Palisade Stages opened its 23,000 square feet studio in Kearny. Supor Studio City in

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was converted from seven existing buildings into studios. Another studio opened on

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in 2022, 10 Basin Studios. As of 2021, other studio development projects are being considered in Bayonne, Jersey City, Linden, Newark, Malaga and Atlantic City. In October 2021,

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announced its intention to bid for a redevelopment of a 289-acre parcel at

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to turn it into Netflix's second-largest production complex. In March 2022, Township of West Orange announced a partnership with, a studio design and development company, MBS Group, to redevelop properties adjacent to Thomas Edison's Laboratory to build up to eight sound studios. Also in the same month, the construction of a major studio at

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was announced. Called 1888 Studios, it will be the largest in New Jersey and the largest ground-up movie studio complex in North America. In 2022, the city of Newark announced that a major new film and television production studio to be called "

Lionsgate Newark Studios Lionsgate Newark Studios is a 350,000 square foot film and television production studio under construction in Newark, New Jersey. It is located in Dayton in the South Ward on of land overlooking Weequahic Golf Course west of Newark Liberty Inter ...

," would open in 2024 on the 15-acre former Seth Boyden Terrace housing project site at 101 Center Terrace in the

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section in the city's South Ward. Lionsgate Newark will partner on public relations and community affairs with the

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Film festivals

Labor unions and entertainment guilds

A large swath of the state is within the "thirty-mile zone" around Columbus Circle in New York, allowing productions to save on travel cost obligations because a shoot is in the same zone as personnel's residences. Entertainment industry

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use the studio zone to determine

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rates, work rules, and

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for union workers. Portions of Hudson, Essex, and Bergen counties are in the 8-mile

SAG-AFTRA The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA, stylized as SAG·AFTRA ) is an American labor union representing approximately 160,000 film and television actors, journalists, radio personalities, recordi ...

zone running from same location.

Filmmaking programs

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

established the Rutgers Filmmaking Center in

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...

in 2011. Though it is a relatively new program, the program has been ranked highly among the nation's film schools. ''

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'' named it “one of the top programs in the United States."

Networks based in New Jersey

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(known as NJTV until 2021) is a statewide

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network owned by the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority and operated by Public Media NJ, a subsidiary of The WNET Group. **The

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(NJN) operated public television until June 30, 2011, when it ended operations and its television stations were transferred to WNET. * Cable network

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originates most of its in-studio programming from

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broadcast from studios in

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GE Building 30 Rockefeller Plaza (officially the Comcast Building; formerly RCA Building and GE Building) is a skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Completed in 1933, the 66 ...

in a cost-cutting measure by parent company

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. * The

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moved into the former MSNBC studios in Secaucus in 2009. *

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flagship station

WWOR-TV WWOR-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York City area as the flagship of MyNetworkTV. It is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations alongside Fox flagship WNYW ...

(Channel 9) is licensed to and broadcasts from Secaucus; former owner

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moved the New York-based station across the Hudson in 1983 in an unsuccessful attempt to retain the station's license. *

WNET WNET (channel 13), branded on-air as "Thirteen" (stylized as "THIRTEEN"), is a primary PBS member television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York City area. Owned by The WNET Group (formerly known as the ...

is licensed to Newark ;Cable and Satellite *

NBA TV NBA TV is an American sports-oriented pay television network owned by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery through its sports unit. Dedicated to basketball, the network features exhibition, regula ...

News 12 New Jersey News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to events. Ne ...

* NHL Network ;VHF stations (digital) * Channel 8: WNJB - (

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) "NJ PBS" * Channel 9:

- ( My Network TV) - Secaucus * Channel 13:

- (

) - Newark ;UHF stations (digital) * Channel 33: WJLP - (

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) - Middletown Township (transmits on channel 3, but mapped to channel 33 on FCC order) * Channel 34:

WPXO-LD WPXO-LD, virtual channel 34 (VHF digital channel 4), is a low-powered América TeVé- affiliated television station licensed to East Orange, New Jersey, United States and serving the New York City television market. The station is owned by Car ...

(low power) - (América Tevé) - East Orange * Channel 39:

WDVB-CA WDVB-CD (channel 23) is a low-power, Class A TBN Inspire owned-and-operated television station licensed to Edison, New Jersey, United States, and serving the New York City television market. Owned by the Tustin, California–based Trinity Br ...

- (Independent) - Edison * Channel 41:

WXTV-DT WXTV-DT (channel 41) is a television station licensed to Paterson, New Jersey, United States, serving as the Univision outlet for the New York City area. It is one of two flagship stations of the Spanish-language network (the other being W ...

- (

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) - Paterson * Channel 47:

WNJU WNJU (channel 47) is a television station licensed to Linden, New Jersey, United States, broadcasting Telemundo programming to the New York City area. It is one of two flagship stations of the Spanish-language network (the other being WSCV i ...

- (

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) - Linden * Channel 50: WNJN - (

) "NJ PBS" * Channel 58: WNJB - (

) "NJ PBS" * Channel 63:

WMBC-TV WMBC-TV (channel 63) is an Independent station (North America), independent television station licensed to Newton, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York metropolitan area. The station is owned by the Mountain Broadcasting Corporation ...

- (Independent) - Newton * Channel 68:

WFUT-DT WFUT-DT (channel 68) is a television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, United States, serving as the UniMás outlet for the New York City area. It is one of two flagship stations of the Spanish-language network (the other being WAMI-DT in ...

- (

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) - Newark

Television shows filmed in or set in New Jersey

* ''The Street'' "The first television series to be shot entirely in New Jersey..." *

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* Cartoon Network's

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cartoon ''

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'' and

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cartoon ''

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'' are both set in New Jersey. * FOX's animated sitcom Bobs Burgers is said to take place in the fictional town of Seymour's Bay, New Jersey, as indicated by several clues. Most notably that Linda has a stereotypical Jersey accent and New Jersey license plates are seen on several vehicles throughout the show. * The opening of the

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comedy '' Ed'' was filmed in Hillsdale and

Westfield, New Jersey Westfield is a town in Union County, New Jersey, United States, located southwest of Manhattan. As of the 2010 United States census, the town's population was 30,316,Futurama'', New Jersey is slandered many times by the characters. In one episode, Fry finds a seemingly ideal apartment while house hunting, but later comments, upon finding out that the home is located in New Jersey, that he found "not one place even remotely liveable". In another, when discussing the global garbage problem, a television ad states that "... landfills were full ... New Jersey was full ...", implying a lack of places to store garbage. Additionally,

Robot Hell The animated science fiction television program ''Futurama'' makes a number of satirical and humorous references to religion, including inventing several fictional religions which are explored in certain episodes of the series. Fictional religion ...

is located in Atlantic City. * The Fox show ''Point Pleasant'' was based on a fictional version of the town. (It was ''not'' shot on location within the actual town of the same name.) * The Bravo TV series ''

Real Housewives of New Jersey ''The Real Housewives of New Jersey'' (abbreviated ''RHONJ'') is an American reality television series that premiered on May 12, 2009, on Bravo. Developed as the fourth installment of ''The Real Housewives'' franchise, it has aired twelve seaso ...

'' is a reality show based on the daily lives of five New Jersey women living in Franklin Lakes. * The television drama ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, portraying his difficulties as he tries to balance ...

'' depicts the life of a New Jersey

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family and is filmed on location at various places throughout the state. Series creator and writer-director

David Chase David Henry Chase (born August 22, 1945) is an American filmmaker. He wrote and produced the HBO drama ''The Sopranos'' which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007. Chase has also produced and written for such shows as ''The Rockford File ...

grew up in Clifton and

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. * The Disney Channel Original Series ''

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'' is taken place in New Jersey on a fictional J.O.N.A.S. street. * The HBO series Boardwalk Empire, a historical drama set during the

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, takes place in Atlantic City, New Jersey. * The HBO prison drama '' Oz'' was filmed in an old warehouse in Bayonne, with much of the series filmed around the now-defunct Military Ocean Terminal Base. * The NBC drama '' Law and Order: Special Victims Unit'' filmed police station and courtroom scenes at NBC's Central Archives building in

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,Kimpton, Roger. "Hollywood on the Palisades", ''Palisade'' magazine, Summer 2010, Pages 12-15 and filmed other scenes throughout the county, such as a 2010 episode filmed at the Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus. * The television medical drama '' House'' is set in New Jersey and takes place at the fictional Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Overhead images of the building are actually the Frist Campus Center at Princeton University. * In his comedy special '' What Am I Doing in New Jersey?'', filmed at the Park Theater,

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comments that he believes New Jersey deserves the title "Toll Booth Capital of the United States of America". He also suggests changing the state nickname from "The Garden State" to "The Toll Booth State". * The NBC show '' Ed'' was based in the fictional town of Stuckeyville, Ohio, but filmed in various locations in New Jersey. Stuckeybowl, one of the main settings of the show and where they also had numerous sets, was located in Northvale, New Jersey before it was demolished in 2006. * ''

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'', set in the fictional town of Wellesville in an unnamed state, was filmed in New Jersey. Originally, the school scenes were shot in Bayonne and the neighborhood scenes in

South Orange South Orange, officially the Township of South Orange Village, is a suburban township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the village's population was 16,198, reflecting a decline of 766 (4.5%) fro ...

, and

Leonia Leonia is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 8,937,Cranford. The occasional

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Bus or other such object in a shot would occasionally give this fact away. * NBC's medical drama ''

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'' is set in the fictional Mercy Hospital in Jersey City. The short-lived hospital drama was filmed at a warehouse in Secaucus, a private residence in

Weehawken Weehawken is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located largely on the Hudson Palisades overlooking the Hudson River. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 17,197.

and a public school in Jersey City. * The MTV reality show ''

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'' takes place in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as well as other South Jersey locales during seasons 1 and 3. *

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* The CW action-thriller television series ''

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'' is set in and around

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. * Wake Up with Marci on CBS owned WLNY-TV 10/55

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* Nickelodeon's ''

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'' often has the main characters (especially Leonardo) slander New Jersey, most notably in "The Evil League Of Mutants" and "Mystic Mayhem".

Motion pictures filmed in New Jersey

Locations

*'' Coyote Ugly'' was filmed in South Amboy, NJ. *''

The Family Stone ''The Family Stone'' is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Thomas Bezucha. Produced by Michael London and distributed by 20th Century Fox, it stars an ensemble cast, including Diane Keaton, Craig T. Nelson, Dermot Mulrone ...

'' starring Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Amy Adams, Luke Wilson and Craig T. Nelson was filmed on location in Madison, NJ. * '' The Great Train Robbery'', 1903 * The 1979 film ''

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'' was filmed in Toms River and the scene in the church was filmed in

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in Blairstown as the setting for

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. * '' The Family Man'', starring

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, was filmed in

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in 2000. * In the 1996 science fiction film '' Independence Day'' the scene in which Jeff Goldblum and Judd Hirsch are playing chess was filmed in

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. * The title character in The Toxic Avenger is often touted as the first superhero from New Jersey. * In the 2005 film adaptation of ''

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'', the beginning of the movie is set in New Jersey, an homage to the 1938 radio broadcast. * The film ''

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, had numerous scenes shot in

Glen Rock, New Jersey Glen Rock is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 12,133, reflecting an increase of 532 (+4.6%) from the 11,601 counted in the 2010 census,Garden State'' was set and filmed in New Jersey. It was written, directed and starred in by

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, who grew up in New Jersey. The film's title refers to the state's nickname. * Director

Kevin Smith Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, YouTuber, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy buddy film '' Clerks'' (1994), which he wrote, directed, ...

's movies have a recurring set of characters (most famously

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) who nearly all of come from New Jersey (primarily the "tri-town" area of Atlantic Highlands, Leonardo, and Red Bank). The state appears in all of Smith's films, and his first three films, ''

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'', ''

Mallrats ''Mallrats'' is a 1995 American buddy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Jason Lee, Jeremy London, Shannen Doherty, Claire Forlani, Ben Affleck, Jason Mewes, Joey Lauren Adams, Michael Rooker, and Smith as Silent Bob. ...

'' and ''

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'', were dubbed the "New Jersey Trilogy." The short-lived animated spinoff spawned by ''Clerks'' also took place in the same locations as the movie. Smith's subsequent efforts, ''

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'', '' Jersey Girl'', ''

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'', and ''

Clerks II ''Clerks II'' is a 2006 American comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, the sequel to his 1994 film ''Clerks'', and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. The film stars Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Daw ...

'' all had scenes taking place in various New Jersey locales. * The

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film '' Cinderella Man'' and the Elia Kazan film '' On the Waterfront'' both take place in the old Hudson County docks. * Although not credited, at least one scene from ''

The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caa ...

'' (

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) was filmed in New Jersey. The scene in which Clemenza states the famous line, "Leave the gun. Take the cannolis," was filmed in the marsh along the

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in Jersey City, just west of the Statue of Liberty, in what is now

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. * ''Sorcerer'' (1977), directed by William Friedkin, Stars: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer and Francisco Rabal, The beginning scenes of the movie were filmed in Elizabeth, NJ. * Daddy Warbucks' mansion from the 1982 movie '' Annie'' was built in 1929 by Hubert Parson, the president of

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. He called it Shadow Lawn. Now it is Woodrow Wilson Hall, owned by

Monmouth University Monmouth University is a private university in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956 and Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter. There are about 4,400 full ...

West Long Branch, NJ West Long Branch is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 8,097,East Newark, NJ. * The 1982 film ''

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'' includes a scene that was shot around characters in two cars on the Rutgers main campus in New Brunswick even though the film is set in New England. * The

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film ''

Eddie and the Cruisers ''Eddie and the Cruisers'' is a 1983 American musical drama film directed by Martin Davidson with the screenplay written by the director and Arlene Davidson, based on the novel by P. F. Kluge. The sequel '' Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! ...

'' was filmed mostly in Somers Point and Ocean City. * ''

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

) was set in New Brunswick, and includes a scene set in "Greasy Tony's"—a real Rutgers-area eatery. * The

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comedy film ''

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'' starring

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, was filmed in

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'', the 1990

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film about the mob, had some scenes filmed on location in Fort Lee. * The 1993 film '' Coneheads'' was set and filmed in

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. * The 1994 film ''

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's attempt to play matchmaker for his niece, was filmed in Princeton, Lawrenceville, Cranbury, and Rocky Hill. * Although depicting Newark's notorious car theft rate, the 1995 film ''

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'' was shot in

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, and Paterson, as well as

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Harlem Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater Ha ...

, and

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. * The 1997 film ''Big Night'' was shot in the bayshore towns of Keyport and Keansburg. * The film ''

Cop Land ''Cop Land'' is a 1997 American neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by James Mangold. It stars an ensemble cast that includes Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, and Robert De Niro, with Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robe ...

'' (

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) was filmed in Fort Lee,

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and Edgewater. * The

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film ''

One True Thing ''One True Thing'' is a 1998 American drama film directed by Carl Franklin. It tells the story of a woman in her 20s who is forced to put her life on hold in order to care for her mother, who is dying of cancer. The script was adapted by Karen ...

'', starring

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, and

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, was filmed in the towns of Maplewood, Morristown, and at

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. * 2001's '' A Beautiful Mind'' had several scenes shot at both

and

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(Madison campus). The movie is a biopic of the mathematician John Nash, who resided in Princeton, New Jersey until his death in 2015. * Although supposedly set in

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, the 2003 movie '' School of Rock'' was filmed primarily in Edison and Mahwah, perhaps due to the significance these towns have on rock music. * The 2004 Sundance Film Festival favorite '' Garden State'' (starring

Zach Braff Zachary Israel Braff'Scrubs' Star Zach Braff Wows ...

and

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) was shot on location in Maplewood and

. * The 2004 stoner film ''

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'' took place in New Jersey. Several locations seen in the movie include

, Newark,

, and a fictional White Castle in Cherry Hill. * The movie ''

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, ''

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'' was set in Grover's Mill (a section of West Windsor Township) and other locations around New Jersey. * The film '' The Wrestler'' took place in Elizabeth, New Jersey and was filmed throughout there and the rest of the state. * The film ''

The Wedding Singer ''The Wedding Singer'' is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Coraci, written by Tim Herlihy, and produced by Robert Simonds and Jack Giarraputo. The film stars Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, and Christine Taylor, and tells t ...

'' starring Adam Sandler and

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takes place in Ridgefield, New Jersey. The Broadway Musical of the same title starring Stephen Lynch as Robbie Hart and

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as Julia Sullivan also takes place in Ridgefield. * The film ''

The Station Agent ''The Station Agent'' is a 2003 American independent psychological comedy-drama film written and directed by Tom McCarthy in his directorial debut. It stars Peter Dinklage as a man who seeks solitude in an abandoned train station in the Newfound ...

'' was filmed and took place in Newfoundland, New Jersey. * ''

Be Kind Rewind ''Be Kind Rewind'' is a 2008 buddy comedy film written and directed by Michel Gondry, and starring Jack Black, Mos Def, Melonie Diaz, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow and Sigourney Weaver. The film first appeared on January 20, 2008 at the 2008 Sund ...

'' took place in Passaic, New Jersey. * ''

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'', various locations including

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and

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* The online web-series "EverymanHYBRID" is set and produced prominently in and around Hamilton and Princeton, NJ. * At the beginning of the 2010 film ''

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'', Rachel McAdams' character is the producer of fictional morning show ''Good Morning New Jersey'', filmed at MediaMix Studios i
Allendale, New Jersey.
* tráfico an TV series about human trafficking in the United States is shot in Roselle, NJ, www.trafico-series.tv *'' Radium Girls'' (2018) * The short film ''Meet Me in the Ironbound'' was filmed on location at numerous Newark locations.