Word: monorails
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...really futuristic, like something in the movies or the monorail at Disney World," said Carrie A. Burke, a junior at the University of Massachusetts, Boston...
...direction and setting, though, is always terrific. The movie begins with up-close shots of Harvard Square. Out of Town News is one of the many guest stars. The Cayman Islands are gorgeous and lush. And the splashy scenes of Memphis--near the Hernando De Soto bridge, on the monorail to Mud Island, on the streets of downtown--are realistic and eye-catching, quite a combination. If you've never seen Memphis, you've got a treat in store...
...Island includes the museum Mitch runs through near the end of the movie, as well as the "Riverwalk," a concrete scale model of the Mississippi River that kids love to wade through on hot summer days. Mud Island is also the site of several outdoor concerts each year. The monorail which Mitch rides on is well-known in the Bluff City--in a town without subways, cars hanging from the air are a special thrill...
...sense of mid-'60s retro time warp seems almost deliberate. The omnipresent piped-in music is a dated, Muzaky mishmash. Outside the vast white Pavilion of the Future sits the pan-European Ariane 4 rocket. There is a heliport and, of course, a monorail...
...just left Graceland, your first stop should be the Great American Pyramid, Memphis' new sports coliseum on the banks of the Mississippi right nearby. And if it's summer, glide over the river on the monorail and enjoy yourself in the Riverwalk at Mud Island...