The tagline read: "Be there for the joy. Be there for the tears. Be there for each other." Schmaltz. City. I'll own it though - Stepmom made me bawl. In a few different spots. Julia Roberts, never looking better, followed up her career-reviving My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) with this melodramatic tearjerker as she battles the quintessential Mother of the Year for the affection of her fiance's children. Susan Sarandon's character is almost too mean-spirited to care for once she receives her diagnosis and Ed Harris has little to do in a thankless role, but Stepmom is a touching film to watch as long as you are stocked up on Kleenex.
Stepmom was filmed in Tappan, Nyack, Bronxville, Rye and New York, NY & Morristown and Montclair, NJ
Location: Isabel & Luke's Loft
Address: 139 Spring Street, New York, NY
Location: The Harrison House
Address: 501 N Broadway, Nyack, NY
A dream house for many nestled along the Hudson River...
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Address: Conservatory Water, Central Park, New York, NY (enter at E 72nd St)
It's here that Luke breaks the news to his kids that he's leaving them with Isabel for the weekend...
This location was also used in Weekend At Bernie's (1989) when Richard and Larry walk to work and in the sixth season opening credits of Gimme A Break! (1981-1987).
Location: Isabel's Central Park Photo Shoot
Address: Belvedere Castle, Central Park, NY (enter at 79th Street)
Location: Horseback Riding
Address: 787 S Bedford Road, Bedford Hills, NY
Sunnyfield Farm
Location: Jackie & Luke's Restaurant
Address: 227 67th Street, New York, NY
Formerly L'Absinthe Restaurant which closed in 2014. This was where Jackie was going to tell Luke she has cancer but Luke steals her thunder and tells her he's proposing to Isabel...
Location: The Tavern
Address: 110 Main Street, Tappan, NY The Old '76 House
The Old '76 House is New York's oldest tavern rich with history. Here is where Jackie finally tells Luke she is sick...
It is seen again later when Jackie and Isabel turn on the waterworks...
Location: Isabel's Historic Photo Shoot
Address: Washington Square Park North, New York, NY
This was also Robert's townhouse in I Am Legend (2007)
Location: Anna & Ben's Elementary School
Address: 177 Pondfield Road, Bronxville, NY Bronxville High School
Location: The Skating Rink
Address: E 62nd Street, Central Park, New York, NY Wollman Rink
This was also the skating rink from Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)
Locations Visited: November 2015, August 2016, December 2020
Thank you for posting this. You did a great job with the comparison pictures and providing the addresses. I visited the the house in Nyack in 2011 and took many pictures. LMK if you would like some of those; I can email them to you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words K.H. I would love to see your photos. You can send them to centipede84@yahoo.com
DeleteTrick or Treating Street: Lincoln St & Hamilton Road, Glen Ridge, NJ
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks so much!
DeleteSure does look like the trick or treating location!
ReplyDeleteWhere was Luke's apartment? It looks to be much the same as Sam's apartment in "Ghost", or at least the same iconic arched windows to the apartment.
ReplyDeleteLuke's apartment is on Spring Street in Soho. Sam's apartment from Ghost is on Prince Street, which is one block north.
DeleteWasn't the indoor school play scene shot at the Murray Avenue school in Larchmont NY ??
ReplyDeleteIs that where it was filmed? I wasn't sure if it was also at Bronxville High School.
DeleteYes I lived off weaver street the next few blocks down, u r right!
DeleteI went to school at Murray Ave. during the filming. They temporarily sectioned off the theater and a couple hallways. I never saw the movie so i'm not sure if they used any of the footage, but I know they were definitely there for at least a couple weeks
DeleteThank you very much for all your information on the movie, I always enjoy the locations and shots in NY
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome! Thanks for visiting!
DeleteAnna's soccer game was filmed at Maplecrest Park in Maplewood, New Jersey.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog! I'm a film location buff myself. BTW the Harrison house in Nyack is for sale right now. 3.4 mil. Interior pics on Zillow. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks AnnMarie! I'll have to check out the photos. If I had a spare 3.4 mil, I'd probably buy it.
DeleteGreat information, everyone! I'm watching the movie now and this was so fun to match the scenes with the actual locations on a map. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I recently visited a few more locations. Hope to post pictures soon.
DeleteBrian was the pizza parlor an actual location or set ? Thank you for posting all this info
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! I haven't watched the film in a while but I'm pretty sure there is a shot looking toward the door/street which made it seem like it was an actual location.
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