Where was Philadelphia filmed?
1993 film by Jonathan Demme
Philadelphia (1993) was filmed in Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Hall, Spectrum and Lower Merion Township — 5 recorded filming locations in the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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Filming locations
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🏙 Towns & cities
Philadelphia
🇺🇸 United States
largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and seat of Philadelphia County
“Filmed on location in its namesake city, it tells the story of attorney Andrew Beckett (Hanks) who comes to ask a personal injury attorney, Joe Miller (Washington), to help him sue his former law firm, who fired him after discovering he was gay and that he had AIDS.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Philadelphia City Hall
🇺🇸 United States
historic building housing Philadelphia's municipal government
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
University of Pennsylvania
🇺🇸 United States
private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
“Other locations included the University of Pennsylvania library, Mount Sinai Hospital, Spectrum arena and Rittenhouse Square.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Spectrum
🇺🇸 United States
former indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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🏙 Towns & cities
Lower Merion Township
🇺🇸 United States
township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 2 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
Also shot in these places
- Rocky 1976
- The Sixth Sense 1999
- 12 Monkeys 1995
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2001
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009
- Silver Linings Playbook 2012
- Shazam! 2019
- Rocky II 1979
- Rocky IV 1985
- The Greatest Show on Earth 1952
- Rocky III 1982
- Unbreakable 2000
Set in the same places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Philadelphia have?
5 places recorded on Wikidata, and 2 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Rocky (1976), The Sixth Sense (1999), 12 Monkeys (1995), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.