{"id":27763,"date":"2016-03-03T09:53:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T14:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=27763"},"modified":"2016-03-29T19:37:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T23:37:10","slug":"starring-uoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2016\/03\/03\/starring-uoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Starring: UofT"},"content":{"rendered":"I think it was on that satirical Stats Canada Twitter account<\/a> that I read: \"90% of Canadians watch the Oscars just so they can point out who is Canadian.\" Funny? Yes. True? Most likely. We've got that patriotism thing down pat here in Canada, and why not? There are some mega talented people rising from far and wide out of the True North strong and free. We, with glowing hearts, claim them as our patriots.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWhen I watched the Oscars this weekend, you can bet I was on Canada watch... And Toronto watch... And UofT watch. No, I don't think there were any UofT alumni accepting awards that night, but UofT itself is connected to\u00a0the night's big winner. That's right! Parts of\u00a0Spotlight <\/em>were filmed right here on our stomping ground! Specifically, Liev Schreiber's character attended a meeting in the beautiful Oak Room at the Newman Centre and Mark Ruffalo's character hung out at St. Basil's during one of the film's most poignant moments.<\/span>\r\n\r\n
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<\/span> Picture credit: http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2016\/01\/reel-toronto-spotlight\/<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nOver the years, UofT has played host to a ton of great films. David Fleischer wrote an article<\/a>\u00a0for UofT Magazine\u00a0listing some of the most popular, including Mean Girls,\u00a0Good Will Hunting,\u00a0<\/em>Cocktail, Pacific Rim,\u00a0<\/em>Resident Evil: Afterlife, <\/i>and\u00a0Total Recall,\u00a0<\/em><\/i>among others.\u00a0Do you recall a car getting flipped over during the filming of\u00a0Total Recall?\u00a0<\/em><\/span>\r\n\r\n