MSU in Hollywood

smosuup · 02-09-2008, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by richwig

Did they ever explicitly state that the students were from MSU? I've heard from reliable MSU sources that the opening scene with the students freezing in swirling snow was filmed outside the MSU Union, but I thought the narrator referred just to a "Midwestern university." Geez, MSU would've had what, 7500 students in 1960?

I also heard that crowd sounds for a movie -- maybe Spartacus, that'd make sense -- were taped in Spartan Stadium. As the story goes at halfime they had the crowd roar in certain ways to fit the script.

You are correct sir:

Spartacus (1960) - Trivia

The sound of the crowd cheering "Spartacus! Spartacus!" was actually recorded at a football game in Spartan Stadium, home of the Michigan State University Spartans in East Lansing, Michigan.

kevdawg911 · 02-09-2008, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MSUisbetterthanu

My buddy met Caan a couple of years ago in California... My friend said Caan was actually wearing a State shirt, so he approached him when he saw that.

caan is a huge msu buff, i remember i dont know what year, but pregame to the state/michigan football game he did something about how state was gonna bring it to michigan, abc did it i think

277Gunson · 02-09-2008, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by kevdawg911

caan is a huge msu buff, i remember i dont know what year, but pregame to the state/michigan football game he did something about how state was gonna bring it to michigan, abc did it i think

Is that why he played SCu-m in "The Program"? Because he wanted to kick their ass on film?

smosuup · 02-09-2008, 06:15 PM

A few more hollywood connections:

Jim Cash - wrote Top Gun and Dick Tracy

Walter Hill - Producer/Director Last Man Standing, 48 Hrs

David Magee - screenwriter, Finding Neverland

Tom Sizemore - Actor, Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down (he's a baddazz!)

Not Hollywood but:

Noel Paul Stookey, the "Paul" of Peter, Paul and Mary

277Gunson · 02-09-2008, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by smosuup

A few more hollywood connections:

Jim Cash - wrote Top Gun and Dick Tracy

Walter Hill - Producer/Director Last Man Standing, 48 Hrs

David Magee - screenwriter, Finding Neverland

Tom Sizemore - Actor, Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down (he's a baddazz!)

Not Hollywood but:

Noel Paul Stookey, the "Paul" of Peter, Paul and Mary

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I always liked Sizemore, especially in SPR, but he is one seriously F'ed up guy. He has done porn too.

WCS · 02-09-2008, 06:21 PM

Don't forget the movie 300. That was about MSU, too.

Vince of 231 · 02-09-2008, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SparTodd

This movie was from like 1956 or thereabouts and Jim Hutton and some others were MSU students in Florida during spring break.

EDIT: 1960

The opening scene has Delores Hart having a sneeze-fest in a blizzard outside Berkey Hall. That is the trigger for their idea to go to FLA on spring break.

smosuup · 02-09-2008, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 277Gunson

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I always liked Sizemore, especially in SPR, but he is one seriously F'ed up guy. He has done porn too.

no kidding I just read his wikipedia file

he was caught trying to pass a drug test with "The Whizzinator"

Vince of 231 · 02-09-2008, 06:47 PM

Jon-Erik Hexum, who was on one of Daryl Rogers' teams, accidentially killed himself on the set of his TV show Cover Up (w/ Jennifer O'Neil) by (as a tragic joke between takes) shooting a blank with the pistol barrel against his temple.

stateisgreat · 02-09-2008, 06:51 PM

I hear that there are quite a few MSU alums that work in Hollywood. Greg Harrison directed the movie Groove, and Steve Van Wormer was in the movie Meet the Deedles. They both graduated in the early 1990s.

Msudionysus · 02-09-2008, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by stringer

Evil Dead (Sam Raimi). One of the girls is wearing an MSU sweatshirt in the back seat of the car on the way to the cabin.

In Evil Dead 2, ash's girlfriend dances in her panties and an MSU shirt.

Msudionysus · 02-09-2008, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kevdawg911

caan is a huge msu buff, i remember i dont know what year, but pregame to the state/michigan football game he did something about how state was gonna bring it to michigan, abc did it i think

He went here for a year or two before heading to Hollywood. He was the homecoming grand marshal several years ago.

Msudionysus · 02-09-2008, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by stringer

Michael Moore wears an MSU hat in almost every movie he does

F- Him. The guy went to scUM-Flint. He only wears that hat to further his desired image of being one of the "common" men.

277Gunson · 02-09-2008, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Msudionysus

In Evil Dead 2, ash's girlfriend dances in her panties and an MSU shirt.

Hell, they even included a MSU shirt in "Evil Dead: The Musical"

Looks kinda like a f'ed up shirt though. Looks like it was originally a SCu-m shirt and they just wrote STATE under it.

MSUisbetterthanu · 02-09-2008, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Msudionysus

F- Him. The guy went to scUM-Flint. He only wears that hat to further his desired image of being one of the "common" men.

Well don't worry - i've seen him in Michigan gear too... And EMU

Jaxon · 02-09-2008, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 277Gunson

Is that why he played SCu-m in "The Program"? Because he wanted to kick their ass on film?

Umm, did you finish that movie??/

They lose to Michigan.

Oddly enough, that is kinda where the wheels fall off on the season.

But they right the ship toward the end to win the conference.

277Gunson · 02-09-2008, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaxon

Umm, did you finish that movie??/

They lose to Michigan.

Oddly enough, that is kinda where the wheels fall off on the season.

But they right the ship toward the end to win the conference.

Yeah, I did. Didn't they lose on the last play of the game? It was Heisman vs. Heisman.

InsideOutSpartan · 02-09-2008, 08:14 PM

In Zoolander, when Derek comes into the bar after wiping the coal off his face, his father and brother are watching an MSU-PSu football game. Derek asks, "Who's winning the match?"
His father replies, "State."

Eli Cash · 02-09-2008, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by WCS

MSU Alum Christina Aguilera.

Wait, are people serious? When did she go to State? Was it between the Mickey Mouse Club and her multi-platinum albums? Also, where is evidence of this? I'm confused...

Mr. Tanfan · 02-09-2008, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by stringer

In The Big Chill they're watching a MSU/scUM game on television.

and we were winning that game.

SilverSpartan · 02-09-2008, 08:45 PM

Christina Aguilera...born in New York (I think), raised in Pittsburg. Never went to MSU.

green night · 02-09-2008, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by spartanmike17

As i watch movies and television, i see several colleges being represented in tv shows and movies.

Besides Home Improvement, when tim allan sports an msu sweatshirt, can you guys remember any movies Michigan State has been represented?

Really... I stopped watching that show after I saw him in a michigan sweetshirt a couple different episodes.... i didn't realize he wore the green too.

Frank Ricard · 02-09-2008, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SilverSpartan

Christina Aguilera...born in New York (I think), raised in Pittsburg. Never went to MSU.

SSSShhhhhhhhh.....you're ruining it for everyone

277Gunson · 02-09-2008, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by green night

Really... I stopped watching that show after I saw him in a michigan sweetshirt a couple different episodes.... i didn't realize he wore the green too.

I can't recall him ever wearing a MSU sweatshirt, but I am sure he probably did. I didn't watch the show that often, so I missed a TON of episodes.