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World Trade Center

former skyscraper complex in Manhattan, New York (1968-2001)

🇺🇸 United States · 40.7114, -74.0125

World Trade Center is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 17 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“After the September 11 attacks, certain sequences were re-filmed, and a shot of the Twin Towers was removed from the film.”
Spider-Man (2002) · Wikipedia

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World Trade Center
Photo: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names World Trade Center as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

  • Spider-Man 2002
  • The Sopranos 1999–2007
    “In the first three seasons, between Tony leaving the tunnel and passing through the toll plaza, the title sequence included a shot of the World Trade Center towers in the right side-view mirror.” Wikipedia
  • Gangs of New York 2002
    “The official justification was that after the September 11 attacks, certain elements of the picture may have made audiences uncomfortable; the film's closing shot is a view of modern-day New York City, complete with the World Trade Center's towers, despite them having been destroyed by the attacks over a year before the film's release.” Wikipedia
  • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1992
    “Some films such as King Kong (1976) used the World Trade Center's Twin Towers as a setting for lengthy scenes, while others such as Independence Day (1996) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) depicted the complex only briefly.” Wikipedia
  • Vanilla Sky 2001
    “Crowe intentionally left in shots of the World Trade Center after the September 11 attacks as a tribute.” Wikipedia
  • Men in Black II 2002
    “The climax of the story was originally filmed against a backdrop of the twin towers of the original World Trade Center; but after the September 11 attacks, the climactic scene was completely redone to being at the Statue of Liberty.” Wikipedia
  • Three Days of the Condor 1975
    “The film was shot on location in New York City (including the World Trade Center, 55 East 77th Street, Brooklyn Heights, The Ansonia, and Central Park), New Jersey (including Hoboken Terminal), and Washington, D.C. (including the National Mall).” Wikipedia
  • King Kong 1976
    “On one of the nights of filming Kong's death at the World Trade Center, over 30,000 people showed up at the site to be extras for the scene.” Wikipedia
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990
    “Much of the production took place in North Carolina, with a couple of location shoots in New York City during the summer of 1989 to capture famous landmark areas, such as the World Trade Center, Times Square, the Empire State Building, and the Hudson River.” Wikipedia
  • Maid in Manhattan 2002
  • Stuart Little 2 2002
    “Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, parts of the Twin Towers soon ended up digitally removed and a number of scenes were re-shot.” Wikipedia
  • The Barbarian Invasions 2003
    “Footage from the World Trade Center attack shot by a Quebec architect and acquired by Radio-Canada was also used.” Wikipedia
  • The Wiz 1978
    “Astroland at Coney Island was used for the Tin Man scene, with The Cyclone as a backdrop, while the World Trade Center served as the Emerald City.” Wikipedia
  • Don't Say a Word 2001
    “However, they cut out and replaced shots of the World Trade Center from the edit, such as the opening shot, which now instead shows Brooklyn.” Wikipedia
  • Death to Smoochy 2002
    “A brief shot of the North Tower of the World Trade Center can be seen where Rainbow Randolph is dancing on the small bench in Duane Park.” Wikipedia
  • The Guru 2002
    “Locations in New York City included Times Square, Manhattan's Chinatown, Central Park, Hunts Point, Queens, Brooklyn, the George Washington Bridge, and close to the World Trade Center (the shot was not removed after the September 11 attacks).” Wikipedia
  • Jeans 1998
    “Shankar also filmed in New Jersey and New York City at the World Trade Center when co-producer Michael Salomon and his wife, Luciana Paluzzi visited the sets of Jeans.” Wikipedia

Named here by World Trade Center’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at World Trade Center, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at World Trade Center?

17 productions are recorded as filmed at World Trade Center, including Spider-Man (2002), The Sopranos (1999–2007) and Gangs of New York (2002). 17 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at World Trade Center?

Spider-Man (2002), covered by 84 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is World Trade Center?

World Trade Center is in the United States, at 40.7114, -74.0125.

What other filming locations are near World Trade Center?

New York City, Manhattan, Staten Island, East Harlem and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 3.0.