Editing Niagara Falls (section)

===Movies and television===
[[File:Opening title from Niagara trailer 1.jpg|thumb|The opening title from the theatrical trailer of the 1953 film ''Niagara''.]]
Already a huge tourist attraction and favorite spot for honeymooners, Niagara Falls visits rose sharply in 1953 after the release of ''[[Niagara (1953 film)|Niagara]]'', a movie starring [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Joseph Cotten]].<ref name="Dubinsky1999">{{cite book|author=Karen Dubinsky|title=The Second Greatest Disappointment: Honeymooning and Tourism at Niagara Falls|url=https://archive.org/details/secondgreatestdi0000dubi|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Between The Lines|isbn=978-1-896357-23-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/secondgreatestdi0000dubi/page/212 212]}}</ref> The 1956 animated short ''[[Niagara Fools]]'' featured [[Woody Woodpecker]] attempting to go over the falls in a barrel.<ref>{{cite book|title=Heritage Comic and Comic Art Signature Auction #821|date=July 2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bAM|publisher=Heritage Capital Corporation|isbn=978-1-59967-063-8|page=229}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The falls was a featured location in the major motion picture ''[[Superman II]]'' in 1980<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.niagarathisweek.com/whatson-story/8451051-kidder-returns-to-site-of-superman-ii-in-falls/|title=Kidder returns to site of Superman II in Falls|date=April 9, 2015|website=NiagaraThisWeek.com}}</ref> and was the subject of a popular [[IMAX]] movie, ''[[Niagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imaxniagara.com/IMAX-theater/the-movie.cfm |title=Niagara Falls IMAX Movie &#124; Ontario, Canada |publisher=Imaxniagara.com |access-date=October 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602082840/http://www.imaxniagara.com/IMAX-theater/the-movie.cfm |archive-date=June 2, 2008 }}</ref> Illusionist [[David Copperfield (illusionist)|David Copperfield]] performed a trick in which he appeared to travel over Horseshoe Falls in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://buffalonews.com/1990/03/24/master-illusionist-will-challenge-the-mighty-niagara-on-a-fiery-raft-david-copperfield-claims-there-are-no-camera-tricks/|title=MASTER ILLUSIONIST WILL CHALLENGE THE MIGHTY NIAGARA ON A FIERY RAFT DAVID COPPERFIELD CLAIMS THERE ARE NO CAMERA TRICKS|date=March 24, 1990}}</ref>

The falls, or more particularly, the tourist-supported complex near the falls, was the setting of the short-lived Canadian-shot U.S. television show ''[[Wonderfalls]]'' in early 2004. Location footage of the falls was shot in October 2006 to portray "World's End" of the movie ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449088/locations| title=Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)| work=IMDb}}</ref> Professional kayaker Rafa Ortiz's preparation to paddle over the falls in a kayak is documented in the 2015 film ''Chasing Niagara''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5192278/|title=Chasing Niagara|date=July 5, 2016|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>

Kevin McMahon's 1991 documentary film ''[[The Falls (1991 film)|The Falls]]'' explored the place of Niagara Falls in the world's collective imagination, covering both positive and negative aspects of the culture around the falls.<ref name=bastien>Mark Bastien, "The Falls: Film shows beauty and beast". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', October 26, 1991.</ref>