The Education of Charlie Banks, a coming of age tale that spans from the playgrounds of lower Manhattan to the idyllic greens of a fictional liberal arts college in upstate New York, is open this week in limited release. The movie is set during the eighties and is a story about “change, inevitability, and ultimately, about facing one’s fears.”
Even though the movie is set in upstate New York, it was filmed at various locations throughout Rhode Island. It sounds like Hamilton College or Colgate University would have been perfect locations for the film. Maybe its time upstate New Yorkers starting marketing themselves to location scouts. Especially since movies can be a great economic boost to an area.