1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Directed by Brian De Palma
Twin Towers appearances
The film's famous unbroken opening-credits shot, filmed from an eagle gargoyle on the Chrysler Building looking south, catches the twin towers in the daytime haze over lower Manhattan.
Trivia: The nearly five-minute opening shot, filmed from the Chrysler Building's 61st floor and time-lapsed from 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. to compress a full day into moments, reportedly cost around $150,000 to produce.
As the same continuous opening shot advances into a time-lapsed dusk, the twin towers stand out against an orange sky beyond the Chrysler Building's eagle ornament.
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