# Raleigh and Pop Culture **URL:** \ **Category:** The Pub\ **Created:** [January 20, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745 "2022-01-20T00:39:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nipper.dwight](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@nipper.dwight](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/nipper.dwight)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/1 "2022-01-20T00:39:30Z")
Not on subject at all. Tubi TV is free on both TV & computer. There is a movie, "A Long Way Off’ that is filmed in our downtown. 3/4 of the 1&3/4 hour movie is downtown. It is a good movie. A farmer’s son leaves his dad’s farm to live in the big city. Google, Tubi TV & type in “A Long Way Off”. ---
**Author:** ![OakCityDylan](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/oakcitydylan/32/169_2.png) [@OakCityDylan](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/OakCityDylan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/2 "2022-01-20T16:19:09Z")
Seems this previous post is relevant to this thread so I’ll link it. > [@More Attractions for Citizens and Tourist in Raleigh](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/more-attractions-for-citizens-and-tourist-in-raleigh/1545/24): > > Bad Grandpa was partially filmed in Raleigh. I met Johnny Knoxville. rofl I’m not going to claim it was transformative (the movie or meeting JK). ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/jake/32/34692_2.png) [@Jake](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/3 "2022-01-20T16:33:39Z")
I remember freaking out in the theater at the shot of them driving and you see the sunrise/sunset (?) behind PNC Tower in full view. ---
**Author:** ![John](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@John](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/John)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/4 "2022-01-20T16:50:41Z")
They were also at Finch’s diner at the future location of SH phase 3, and at the capitol building. ---
**Author:** ![nipper.dwight](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@nipper.dwight](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/nipper.dwight)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/5 "2022-01-20T21:30:47Z")
This is not a Raleigh movie on Tubi but I did want to share this with everyone. This is a True Story. “The Story Of Daniel Huffman, Gift Of Love”. This is about Georgia High School Football. I have liked former Florida State Head Coach Bobby Bowden for a long time , but I really like him even more after watching this movie. If you watch this movie, make sure you read the caption on the screen after the movie about Daniel’s life after high school. ---
**Author:** ![nipper.dwight](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@nipper.dwight](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/nipper.dwight)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/6 "2022-05-24T16:24:50Z")
Bringing up Wendell , a movie producer that lives there did a movie in downtown Raleigh in 2014. The movie , “ A Long Way Off” is on Tubi & I think YouTube. It is a good movie. Has 1 1/2 hours filmed in our downtown. Starts out in eastern NC on a family farm & driving into Raleigh on S. Sanders St. Tubi TV is free thru Wi-Fi. ---
**Author:** ![OakCityDylan](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/oakcitydylan/32/169_2.png) [@OakCityDylan](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/OakCityDylan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/7 "2022-06-23T00:53:03Z")
Not exactly a movie, but the money shot of DTR is shown in the beginning of this documentary series called “Web of Make Believe” episode 4, “Sextortion”. I’m 3 minutes in so not sure how the title relates to Raleigh… ![image](https://d3tmycllq5yp1y.cloudfront.net/original/3X/0/c/0ccc45de83e931561414eb4ebae7caf5fbddf2bf.jpeg) Edit: Belmont, NH is largely the focus of the documentary And another shot of downtown ![image](https://d3tmycllq5yp1y.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/e/2ea64afa8a046c89e68d4cbb873312097e7d3f24.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![John](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@John](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/John)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/8 "2022-06-23T03:02:01Z")
Does Belmont, NH identify as Raleigh? ---
**Author:** ![bnsy17](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f05b48/32.png) [@bnsy17](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/bnsy17)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/9 "2022-09-22T02:40:38Z")
I’m just wondering, how many shows/movies have been filmed in Raleigh (not on a one-off situation for shows). Currently, I’m aware of “Love It Or List It” and the new TLC reality tv series “Bad Hair Day” ---
**Author:** ![sthomper](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@sthomper](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/sthomper)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/10 "2022-09-22T02:52:54Z")
one of the soap operas used the governor morehead school for an episode and made the old dorms appear to be fraternities on a fictional college campus - there are more. ---
**Author:** ![nipper.dwight](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@nipper.dwight](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/nipper.dwight)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/11 "2022-09-22T12:23:52Z")
“A Long Way Off” was filmed in 2014. This is a good movie and this is on Tubi TV. Tubi is free if you have Wi-Fi and a Smart TV. Over a hour of the movie is in downtown Raleigh. 😍 ---
**Author:** ![jakespotter](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@jakespotter](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/jakespotter)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/12 "2022-09-22T12:46:46Z")
I remember seeing Bad Grandpa (the Jackass spinoff) filming in DTR about a decade ago. Never saw the final product. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/jake/32/34692_2.png) [@Jake](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/13 "2022-09-22T12:57:48Z")
In addition, would be fun to start posting whenever we hear Raleigh mentioned in shows/movies. I watched the latest few episodes of “The Patient” (great FX show on Hulu) and the main antagonist is (hilariously) a Kenny Chesney fan, and Steve Carrell (protagonist) asks him about it and the antagonist mentioned that he saw Kenny twice recently, once in Raleigh (I forget the other city he mentioned). Didn’t mention “NC” either 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![John](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@John](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/John)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/14 "2022-09-22T15:20:04Z")
Watched the trailer and googled it. It’s a Christian film and I find it sort of funny that downtown Raleigh is chosen as the den of iniquity. ---
**Author:** ![RaleighD](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RaleighD](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/RaleighD)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/15 "2022-09-22T17:25:37Z")
This is from a while back but just noticed this thread and thought it was worth adding… A movie was filmed downtown around the capitol a while back in 2021. Its set in Tennessee, and for a few hours they had the Tennessee flag flying over the capitol, which was a funny sight. Theres a picture of that and more info on the movie in this article: > **[NC Capitol stands in for Tennessee during movie shoot](https://www.wral.com/nc-capitol-stands-in-for-tennessee-during-movie-shoot/19672825/)** > > The film "The Evolution of Nate Gibson" was shooting scenes Tuesday in the downtown area. Looks like the name was changed to Gigi and Nate, and its out now. Reviews arent great. ---
**Author:** ![nipper.dwight](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@nipper.dwight](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/nipper.dwight)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/16 "2022-09-22T19:32:58Z")
The Director lives in Wendell ! I guess that I have got to get my spaces in so I will say again that I really liked the movie!😍 ---
**Author:** ![JeepCSC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@JeepCSC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/JeepCSC)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/17 "2022-09-22T20:03:58Z")
Raleigh was the big bad city for Mayberry in the Andy Griffith Show. Andy got embroiled with a Raleigh lady accidentally and had to lie to Helen about it. ---
**Author:** ![scotchman](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/scotchman/32/3024_2.png) [@scotchman](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/scotchman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/18 "2022-09-24T17:59:00Z")
Well today’s TN was part of NC way back before there was an TN. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/jake/32/34692_2.png) [@Jake](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/19 "2022-11-16T16:51:09Z")
“Parks and Rec” was SPOT ON when it came to the general public’s input on government process. It was BARELY satire. ---
**Author:** ![OakCityDylan](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/oakcitydylan/32/169_2.png) [@OakCityDylan](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/OakCityDylan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745/20 "2022-11-17T01:14:36Z")
I need to watch that show. I love Nick Offerman. “Don’t half-ass two things, whole ass one thing.” - Ron Swanson [Next page](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/raleigh-and-pop-culture/2745.md?page=2)