The State Within

[bcholmes]

So I went to rent a DVD from my DVD place: a British show called State of Play. Except, instead, they gave me a film called The State Within, another British show about political intrigue between a British Ambassador to the US and the US Secretary of Defense.

So I watched it. And I kept thinking: this is filmed in Toronto. Not all of it, sure, but there was something about the city that kept making me think of Toronto. So I started hyperactively looking for clues: in one scene there was a TTC-style bus shelter with an ad for ZipCars. Another scene looked like it might have been filmed in the main lobby of the Royal York (I haven't been there in years, but the Royal York has a distinctive ceiling that I'm pretty sure I recognized). Also, Canadian actor Nigel Bennett played a key role.

I scanned the credits looking for indications of filming locations; they mentioned Canadian casting, but nothing about locations that I could see. Finally, I checked IMDb: sure enough, filmed in Toronto, Hamilton, Washington DC, Tampa, Oshawa and London, England. I don't know what it was that led me to recognized Toronto, but my instinct was spot-on.

Comments

[beaq.livejournal.com]

I had EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM with someone mixing up SoP with SW. WTF, and so forth.

Yay, Toronto!