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Eddie Murphy's "Imagine That" & Elitch Gardens


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Somebody had posted on another site recently about how they had seen the new Eddie Murphy movie "Imagine That" which was filmed last year in downtown Denver and how Elitch Gardens seems to had "vanished" in the movie.

 

Last night I went to see that movie ( not a good movie BTW but not that bad either ). I myself did notice that in the opening scene when the entire downtown Denver area was shown, everything was seen..except Elitch Gardens and this was from the viewpoint of Invesco Field at Mile High which is more/less across I-25 from Elitch Gardens. How could anyone miss Elitches? However the movie folks had no trouble showing the Pepsi Center, Wells Fargo Theatre, the Denver skyline and everything else..but the area where Elitch Gardens is...in the movie was just an empty lot. Did anyone else notice that?

 

My take on this is that the movie was made by Nickelodeon which has ties to Cedar Fair but Elitch Gardens isn't part of that family so as a result Elitch Gardens was "erased" from "Imagine That".

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The only way Elitches would be seen in the movie if a shot was taken from northern across I-25 towards a certain way. You would think that the observation town is right up with the skyline, but it really isn't. If you ever drive into Denver you will notice that the observation tower seems to be far away from the other buildings.

 

Still. Horrid movie.

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The only way Elitches would be seen in the movie if a shot was taken from northern across I-25 towards a certain way. You would think that the observation town is right up with the skyline, but it really isn't. If you ever drive into Denver you will notice that the observation tower seems to be far away from the other buildings.

 

Still. Horrid movie.

 

I understand your point.

 

But what I saw was a close up of the Bronco's stadium ( Invesco Field at Mile High ) taken from the back as in near Federal Blvd. and then the camera pans to the left (almost going into the area that once was the home of the old/now defunct McNichols Arena ) and then the shot of the entire skyline of Denver. I kinda still think it was a "business decision" as to the lack of Elitches.

 

Come to think of it there was another shot of Eddie Murphy driving through downtown Denver in a scene where he was trying to get to his daughter. Despite all the stores/restaurants that are in downtown Denver the only business whose name was seen was..Starbucks Coffee. I could see the downtown Denver Virgin Music store, Jasons Deli, Johnny Rockets, Good Times Burgers, 1st Bank and Arbys..but their names were missing too.

 

Tonight I was talking to friend of mine who lives in Denver and he was telling me that both Village Inn and King Soopers ( Kroger ) were asked to be featured in "Imagine That" but both said..No way !!

 

Maybe that was the case of Elitch Gardens too

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Why imagine that, a bad Eddie Murphy movie.

 

Anyway, I'm glad to see some businesses can smell a bad movie from a mile away and decided that product placement wasn't even worth it. But to be honest, its not like Elitch's is that noticeable in the Denver skyline and that the only thing you can see from Elitch's for like 5 miles around is the tower. And even then you have to look hard for it. You can kind of see the tower from I-70, but its not like Elitch's stuck out like a sore thumb.

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Also, whenever somebody brings up Eddie Murphy. This image always pops up in my head.

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