A beautiful suburban city with several attractive landmarks.
The city is named Sugar Land due to the sugar plantations in ancient times. This is one of the fastest-growing cities in the state of Texas with a population of 118,488. The city is home to imperial sugar industries and petroleum exploration industries that contribute mainly to its economy.
With the beautiful landscapes and architecture, the city has provided great locations for many movies, also many true stories that have happened in this city have been turned into movies. Some of them are listed below;
Leaves of the Tree (2016)
A mystery drama was written by Danielle Joy Healey, Ante Novakovic, and directed by Ante Novakovic. Also, Leaves of the Tree is a family movie that has won sixteen awards.
Patrick Messina had been working as a successful lawyer until he gets a chronic life-threatening illness. His last client with whom he worked just before his retirement reveals that he knows a doctor from Sicilia in Italy who heals everyone using a medication which is made out of leaves of an old olive tree. Patrick is curious about this miraculous doctor and he wants to try the medicine by himself and reveal the truth behind this. As he is determined to find the secret behind this 'cure all' medicine, he finds an ancient secret that connects with this olive leaves’ healing power which could change the world if used correctly. How do you think is he going to use this power?
Filming locations:
Castellammare del Golfo, Trapani, Sicily, Italy
Sugar Land, Texas, USA
Dallas, Texas, USA
Apart (I) (2011)
A mysterious romantic drama written by Josh Danziger, Aaron Rottinghaus and directed by Aaron Rottinghaus. Also, the director has revealed that this movie was based on actual case studies associated with induced delusional disorder.
Emily Gates and Noah Greene are young lovers who are suffering from the same psychological disorder named induced delusional disorder. The movie shows how this disorder connected them and also how it caused them to stay apart Unfortunately, As they realize that the people around them die when they are together and can't find a reason for these deaths of their friends and family, the lovebirds have to stay apart to save their lives and the lives of the people they love. As they are deeply in love this decision becomes the hardest one they have ever made. What do you think their decision would be?
Filming locations;
Richmond, Texas, USA
Sugar Land, Texas, USA
The Sugar Land Express (1974)
A famous crime drama written by Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, Steven Spielberg, and directed by Steven Spielberg.
Lou-Jean, a hardworking woman whose husband is in jail. As she comes up with a plan where her husband could escape from the jail and then they both kidnap their own son who lives with his foster parents and they would move to a faraway city to live happily ever after as a family. Only a half of the plan gets succeeded as they are forced to take a police hostage on their way to their son's foster home. Do you think the three of them will ever be able to reunite as a family?
Filming locations:
Jester State Prison, Sugar Land, Texas, USA
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Powder (1995), Rocketman (1997), The Evening Star (1996), Blood Into Wine (2010), Ghosts of Sugar Land (2019) are some more of the movies and documentaries that were filmed in this beautiful city. Do you know any more? Please let us know...
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