Editing Albany, New York (section)

===Literature and film===
Albany has been the subject, inspiration, or location for many written and cinematic works. Many{{vague|date=March 2025}} [[#Bibliography|non-fiction works]] have been written on the city. One of the city's more notable claims to fame is ''[[Ironweed (novel)|Ironweed]]'' (1983), the 1984 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize-winning]] book by Albany native [[William Kennedy (author)|William Kennedy]]. ''Ironweed'' was the third in a series of books by Kennedy known as the "Albany Cycle".<ref>{{cite news |title=Kennedy Pleased to Accept Fitzgerald Award |author=Grondahl, Paul |publisher=Hearst Newspapers |work=Times Union (Albany) |date=October 11, 2007 |page=D7 |url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6423023 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430025919/http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6423023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Books of the Times |author=Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher |work=[[The New York Times]] |page= |date=January 10, 1983 |access-date=July 25, 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/10/books/books-of-the-times-152691.html}}</ref> The elusive author [[Trevanian]] also grew up in Albany and wrote ''The Crazyladies of Pearl Street'' (2005), about a North Albany neighborhood along Pearl Street. The book is considered a semi-autobiographical memoir.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trevanian Books/The Crazyladies of Pearl Street |publisher=Gravity Publishing |access-date=July 25, 2010 |url=http://www.trevanian.com/books/crazyladies.htm}}</ref>

In 1987, the film version of ''[[Ironweed (film)|Ironweed]]'' premiered at the [[Palace Theatre (Albany, New York)|Palace Theatre]].<ref name="ironweed">{{cite news |title=At Last, 'Ironweed' Plays the Palace |author=Grondahl, Paul |publisher=Hearst Newspapers |work=Times Union (Albany) |page=A1 |date=December 18, 1987 |url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5442819 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430030038/http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5442819 }}</ref> The movie starred [[Jack Nicholson]] and [[Meryl Streep]], each of whom were nominated for [[Academy Award]]s for their performances;<ref>{{cite web|title=The Official Academy Awards Database |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=July 25, 2010 |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208011732/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp |archive-date=February 8, 2009 }}</ref> much of the filming was done on location in Albany.<ref name="ironweed" /> Most recently the downtown area was the site of filming for the action-thriller ''[[Salt (2010 film)|Salt]]'', starring [[Angelina Jolie]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Lights, Camera, Detour |author=Karlin, Rick |page=A1 |publisher=Hearst Newspapers |work=Times Union (Albany) |date=April 22, 2009 |url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=7903242 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430030153/http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=7903242 }}</ref> and the action-comedy ''[[The Other Guys]]'', starring [[Will Ferrell]] and [[Mark Wahlberg]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Churchill, Chris |title=Bright Lights, Our City |publisher=Hearst Newspapers |work=Times Union (Albany) |date=October 8, 2009 |page=C1 |url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=8820193 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430030221/http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=8820193 }}</ref>

Authors [[Herman Melville]] and [[Henry James]] lived with their families in Albany when young, before their careers. James identified his character Isabel Archer, the heroine of his novel ''[[The Portrait of a Lady]]'', as being from Albany.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Lane|first1=Anthony|title=Out of the Frame|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/09/03/out-of-the-frame|magazine=The New Yorker|publisher=Condé Nast|access-date=August 18, 2016}}</ref> [[Gregory Maguire]], author of ''[[Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West]]'' (adapted for the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] hit ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]''), grew up in North Albany<ref>{{cite news |last=Barnes |first=Steve |title=Albany Book Festival Showcases Power of Storytelling |publisher=Hearst Newspapers |work=Times Union (Albany) |page= |date=April 11, 2010 |url=}}</ref> and graduated from SUNY Albany.<ref>{{cite web |title=Inspiring Students: Maguire Explores the Creative Life |publisher=University at Albany, State University of New York |date=March 3, 2008 |access-date=July 25, 2010 |url=http://www.albany.edu/news/feature_1079.shtml}}</ref>