Delray Beach is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population of Delray Beach was estimated to be 69,451 in 2019 according to the United States Census. It is located 52 miles north of Miami. The early known human inhabitants of what is now Delray Beach were the Jaega people.
Delray Beach was once named “Most Fun Small Town in the USA” by Rand McNally and USA Today. Nestled between Boynton Beach and Boca Raton, Delray Beach is famous for its lively main street, inviting beach weather, a thriving arts scene, and interesting culture that stretches back centuries.
Some of the movies filmed in this city are mentioned below.
The Big Frozen Gumshoe (2018):
This comedy mystery movie is written by Josh Brady and Kat Brady, and it is directed by Kat Brady. It has the tagline of “He’s The Dick!” The story revolves around the life of Detective Dick who was a private investigator back in the 1940s. He was frozen by a mysterious stranger for sixty-nine years.
Detective Richard D. Dick is a private investigator in the 1940s who is very close to discovering a major caper. When Dick gets extremely close to solving the case he is frozen by a mysterious guy and thaws out in 2016 into the modern world sixty years later. He is pushed into this strange, new technological world that is very unknown to him. He is in his helpless pursuit to find out who put him on ice. He sparks on this journey and reopens the cold case and is hot on the trail of new leads as Dick attempts to crack the biggest nut he’s ever faced.
Filming Locations:
Delray Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach, Florida
North Palm Beach, Florida
Lake Worth, Florida
Guardian of Eden (2008):
This romance drama movie is written by Shayne Leighton and Amy Lynn Schneider and it is directed by Shayne Leighton. It has the tagline “True love is immortal.” The story revolves around the life of Eden Channing who moves to a new high school after her mother dies and then he falls in love with a 143-year-old teenage vampire.
Eden Channing moves to a new high school after her mother dies to start over his life. He meets a girl Gabriel, who is a 143-year-old vampire, and falls in love with her. Soon students start dying from what adults believe to be suicides or drug overdoses when in reality it is the evil vampire Luscious who is killing these students. He now sets his eyes on Eden and Gabriel must decide how to save him.
Filming Locations:
Delray Beach, Florida
Miami, Florida
West Palm Beach, Florida
Lake Worth, Florida
Off The Chain (2005):
This thriller movie is written and directed by Diane Jacques. This movie was nominated for two awards and it won all those two awards (Palm Beach International Film Festival Best Feature and Audience Award). It has the tagline of “ Cause there’s only one cure for a terminally lazy spouse.” The story is about one angry crazy housewife who is determined to find a cure for her terminally lazy spouse...even if it kills him!
What’s the cure for a terminally lazy spouse? For one angry young wife, murder is the answer. She hires a hitman, but he turns out to be a cop. As she is behind bars, a rabid media circles around her, and then her husband attempts to woo her back.
Filming Locations:
Delray Beach, Florida
Lantana, Florida
Lake Worth, Florida
Hollywood, Florida
Body Heat (1981):
This crime-drama romance is written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It has the tagline of “It’s hot summer. Ned Racine is waiting for something special to happen. And when it does...He won’t be ready for the consequences.” This movie was nominated for six awards (Bafta Awards, Edgar Allen Poe Awards, Golden Globes, USA, International Film Music Critics Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, and Writers Guild of America). This movie revolves around the life of a woman who in the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, persuades a small-town lawyer to murder her rich husband.
Filming Locations:
Delray Beach, Florida
Lake Worth, Florida
Hollywood Beach, Florida
Palm Beach, Florida
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delray_Beach,_Florida
https://www.thepalmbeaches.com/explore-cities/delray-beach
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4847296/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219101/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381464/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082089/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0