Columbia University

[edit] Columbia University in Film

• Ghostbusters
  • Some scenes were filmed at Columbia. In the campus scene filmed after the scientists get fired, the now-demolished Ferris Booth Student Center can be seen in the background.

• Hitch
  • Hitch (Will Smith) attended Columbia.
  • Some scenes were shot at Columbia.

• In Good Company
  • Alex Foreman (Scarlett Johansson) transfers to Columbia in the middle of the film.

• Malcolm X
  • The reborn Malcolm X is approached by a white girl as he walks into a university building, which is actually Hamilton Hall.

• Manhattan
  • Prep school scenes shot at Barnard College.

• Mona Lisa Smile
  • The class room is Columbia's Havemeyer Hall.

• The Nanny Diaries
  • In the final scene, Annie (Scarlett Johansson) sits at the water fountain on the steps contemplating graduate school at Columbia.

• New York Minute
  • Climactic scene, as Roxy Ryan (Mary-Kate Olsen) tries to go deliver her sister's (Ashley Olsen) scholarship-candidacy speech in time, is filmed outside Columbia's main administration building.

• P.S.
  • Louise Harrington (Laura Linney) is an admissions officer at Columbia.

• Quiz Show

• Real: The Movie
  • The female college soccer star plays for Columbia; her sections of the film are shot on Columbia's campus as well as at the athletic field.

• Spider-Man
  • Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) receives his powers after being bitten by a spider at a Columbia University lab, the building they walk into on the movie is Low Library.

• Two Weeks Notice
  • Howard Wade (David Haig) tells his brother, George Wade (Hugh Grant), to hire a new lawyer and tells him, "I want someone from Yale or Columbia..."

• Who Was That Lady?
  • Professor David Wilson (Tony Curtis) chases his wife Ann (Janet Leigh) across campus during opening credits sequence.

[edit] Columbia University on TV

• Will & Grace
  • Will Eric McCormack and Grace Debra Messing both attended Columbia.