By Mary Damiano
Movie crews descended on Currie Park in Palm Beach yesterday to shoot the new film “The Prince and the Pauper,” starring twins Cole and Dylan Sprouse, from the popular Disney Channel show, “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.” The film will use several locations throughout Palm Beach County.
“The Prince and the Pauper” is the most recent in a long line of movies that have used Palm Beach County cities and their prime South Florida real estate for their settings and locations.
“The Boynton Beach Club”, was shot at several homes in Boynton Beach, as well as other locations in that city. The decision to use Boynton Beach as both the setting and the location for the film was a no-brainer—the idea for the movie came from director Susan Seidelman’s mother, Florence, who lives in a gated community in Boynton Beach. The film, which stars Dyan Cannon, Joseph Bologna, Brenda Vaccaro and Michael Nouri, had a shoestring budget, and depended on Florence’s neighbors allowing shooting on their streets, in their homes and community.
Another recent film using Palm Beach as a backdrop was the 2005 movie “In Her Shoes,” starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine, and based on the bestselling book by Jennifer Weiner. The film was shot in Briny Breezes, a mobile home community near Boynton Beach, as well as Delray Beach.
Other films that have used Palm Beach County locales include 2003’s “Bad Boys II,” starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, which used a mansion in Delray Beach as a location; 2001’s “Heartbreakers,” starring Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt, which was filmed at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Red Reef Golf Course in Boca Raton and Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach; 1981’s “Body Heat,” starring Kathleen Turner and William Hurt, used downtown Lake Worth as a location; and 1997’s “Donnie Brasco,” starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp, which used the Palm Beach County Kennel Club as a location.
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