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Where Was Training Camp Filmed?

posted 12 years ago by billt-3
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Back then, the Lions had training camp in Michigan, but for the movie, was it filmed in California, Florida, etc?

[–] Sparky48 11 years ago

Given the setting and facilities, I strongly suspect that it was a college campus. This was where most NFL teams held their training camps in the old days. I assume that it was somewhere in Michigan.

[–] billt-3 11 years ago

I doubt it, there aren't too many palm trees in Michigan, and I've been to their training site in Michigan at the time, and it's definitely not it.

[–] rockmail 11 years ago

There also aren't any palm trees in the movie, you need to get a plant ID book. There's a bunch of deciduous trees, and some pines here and there. Could easily be Michigan, but I have no idea what the actual spot was.

[–] rockmail 11 years ago

The info here mentions Missouri, Florida and New York (central park). The flatness and tree scarcity of the training camp scenes seems likely to be Florida.

[–] MassiveG 11 years ago

Boca Raton, FL. Its listed in the opening credits.

[–] indy_go_blue44 10 years ago

St. Andrew's School, Boca Raton to be exact (listed in opening credits.)

[–] jaystarstar 8 years ago

At the time the Lions held training camp at Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, MI.

When the movie "Paper Lion" was scheduled it was wintertime and much of Michigan was snow-covered, plus Cranbrook would not agree to clear students out of much of the campus for several weeks to do the movie.

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