Actual locations in the movie

You can get this info from imdb under "filming locations" on the left-hand side of the page. Here is the info imdb gave about the filming locations for Nobody's Fool:

Beacon, New York, USA

Fishkill, New York, USA

Hudson River Valley, New York, USA

Hudson, New York, USA

Newburgh, New York, USA

Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

The Iron Horse Bar is in Hudson, New York.

Because it has a branch of a rail line running down the street, it has been photographed by railfans here:

http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?city=Hudson&country=New %20York,%20USA

I would like to see it, too. I came down the Hudson River Valley on Amtrak last year in September. It was gorgeous. I wish I'd had time to explore some of those small towns.

Regards,

fLufF
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I live in Fishkill, NY and I remember when they were filming this movie. I was only about 4 or 5 years old when it happened, although I do remember my mom taking me to see the set and one of the scenes being shot. They had blocked off an entire street (Broad St.) to shoot the scene where the police car comes up onto the sidewalk after Sully (Newman's Character). The ironic thing is - they had to put down tons of fake snow to create a winter-like atmosphere for the scene - and meanwhile we got dumped on with like 12 to 14 inches of snow the following week, lol. But oh well, I guess that's how Hollywood works.

Also - the scene in the coffee shop "M's Cozy Corner" was shot right around the corner from the Broad St. scene - on Elm St. in Fishkill. There actually was a small coffee shop named "M's Cozy Corner" there for several years. Also, the pancake syrup-chugging scene in the movie "Super Troopers" was also filmed in M's Cozy Corner. There were autographed photos of Paul Newman and a few other actors hanging in the coffee shop if you had gone there after the movies came out. Unfortunately, the owner passed away about 3 or 4 years ago and the coffee shop has since closed. It was briefly repainted and became a pharmacy - but is now a vacant building.

Beacon, NY is only about 5 minutes from Fishkill, and I have been around several of the filming locations there as well - mostly on Main Street. Including the police station scene (where Sully turns himself in), the diner in the opening credits, and the place where Bruce Willis's character works (you'll have to forgive me - I haven't seen the movie in years).


Just some insight if you wanted to know. ;-)

I live in beacon, new york, and i was telling people who don't know where beacon is to watch that movie so they can get an idea of what it looks like.

Long time since you posted the question, but better late than never, huh?

The Iron Horse still exists in Hudson, NY and does a thriving trade among the dwindling local lowlife--of which I am a proud member. Hudson has undergone a great revival since the filming of Nobody's Fool; high-end design and antique shops now do brisk business on Warren Street, once the home of innumerable cat houses. There has been much architectural restoration on the towns older houses, but some cozy pockets of neglect still linger, The Iron Horse and its neighbors having been spared the terrors of gentrification. The Horse is still a rough little bar, with cheap draft beer and shots of whiskey and a TV set forever tuned to the All-Western-Movie-Channel. It opens very early in the day and I don't really know if it ever really closes. I make a point of visiting for an hour or so whenever I must cross the river to see my doctor. I doubt if the forces of commerce will ever push out The Iron Horse and its neighbors; few Manhattan transplants would want to live on a street through which a train barrels down once an hour...