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===Film=== * In [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Rear Window]]'' (1954) [[James Stewart]]'s character lives in a Greenwich Village apartment.<ref>Itzkoff, Dave. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E4DE143EF930A1575AC0A9669D8B63 "ARTSBEAT; Judge Clears ''Disturbia'' In Infringement Suit"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202001933/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E4DE143EF930A1575AC0A9669D8B63 |date=February 2, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', September 23, 2010. Accessed November 3, 2016. "No matter what James Stewart thought he saw from his wheelchair perched perilously close to the window overlooking his Greenwich Village courtyard in ''Rear Window,'' a federal judge said she did not see enough similarities between that 1954 Alfred Hitchcock thriller and the 2007 film ''Disturbia'' to rule that it infringed on the copyright of the earlier movie."</ref> * In ''[[Wonderful Town]]'' (1953), the Sherwood sisters leave 1935 [[Columbus, Ohio]], for Greenwich Village to pursue their dreams of becoming a writer (Ruth) and an actress (Eileen). Their apartment was said to be on [[Christopher Street (Manhattan)|Christopher Street]], though the actual apartment of author [[Ruth McKenney]] and her sister [[Eileen McKenney]] was at 14 [[Gay Street (Manhattan)|Gay Street]]. * In ''[[Funny Face]]'' (1957), Jo Stockton ([[Audrey Hepburn]]) works at a bookstore called Embryo Concepts in the Village, where she is discovered by Dick Avery ([[Fred Astaire]]).<ref>La Ferla, Ruth. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/fashion/17BEAT.html "Downbeat Never Looked So Good"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002539/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/fashion/17BEAT.html |date=February 2, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', August 17, 2006. Accessed November 3, 2016. "Looking lithe if slightly owlish, Audrey Hepburn made a fetching bookstore-clerk-turned-model in ''Funny Face,'' the action of that 1957 film whisking her from grotty Greenwich Village to the Left Bank of Paris."</ref> * In ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'' (1989), Sally drops Harry off in front of the [[Washington Square Arch]] after they share a drive from [[University of Chicago]].<ref>Hoffman, Jordan. [https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/07/when-harry-met-sally-anniversary-new-york-have-what-shes-having "Have What They're Having: Taking the ''When Harry Met Sally...'' Tour of New York"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', July 11, 2019. Accessed August 21, 2023. "Find the right partner, Ephron and Reiner are saying, and you can basically live out this story. The backdrop is waiting for you—starting with the Washington Square Arch, a gorgeous marble edifice erected in 1892 that literally bookends this story."</ref> * In ''[[Wait Until Dark (film)|Wait Until Dark]]'' (1967), Susy Hendrix ([[Audrey Hepburn]]) lives at 4 St. Luke's Place.<ref>Whitty, Stephen. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/02/family_viewing_wait_until_dark.html "Family Viewing: ''Wait Until Dark''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104083956/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/02/family_viewing_wait_until_dark.html |date=November 4, 2016 }}, ArtiSyndicate, February 22, 2014. Accessed November 3, 2016. "Wait Until Dark 1967: Directed by Terence Young. With Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin.... Once upon a time: Susy, the 'world's champion blind lady,' is alone in her chic Greenwich Village apartment when the doorbell rings."</ref> * ''[[Next Stop, Greenwich Village]]'' (1976) chronicles the story of a young Jewish boy in 1953 who moves to the Village, looking to break into acting. * ''[[The Pope of Greenwich Village]]'' (1984) centers on a [[maître d']] ([[Mickey Rourke]]) in the Italian section of the Village. * ''[[Big Daddy (1999 film)|Big Daddy]]'' (1999), [[Adam Sandler]] and [[Cole Sprouse|Cole]]/[[Dylan Sprouse]]'s characters live in a Greenwich Village loft.<ref>Baltake, Joe. [https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/1999/06-25/0030__big_daddy___sandler_goes_soft__a.html "''Big Daddy'': Sandler goes soft, and film stops being fun"], ''[[Kitsap Sun]]'', June 25, 1999. Accessed August 21, 2023. "Sonny, it seems, manages to get by working one day a week as a New York tollbooth cashier. But somehow, he also manages to afford this elaborate and trendy Greenwich Village loft, which he shares with one of his best friends, Kevin (Jon Stewart in a non-role), who is quickly moving past Sonny."</ref> * ''[[Chinese Coffee]]'' (2000), an independent film by [[Al Pacino]], which features Pacino and [[Jerry Orbach]], is set in Greenwich Village in 1982. * ''[[The Collector of Bedford Street]]'' (2002) is a documentary about a neighborhood block association on Bedford Street that establishes a trust fund for a mentally disabled man named Larry Selman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.welcomechange.org/films/the-collector-of-bedford-street/ |title=The Collector of Bedford Street |publisher=Welcome Change Productions |access-date=February 18, 2018}}</ref> * In ''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]'' (2007), Robert Neville ([[Will Smith]]) lives in [[Washington Square Park|Washington Square]]. * Greenwich Village is the setting for the restaurant 22 Bleecker in the [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], [[Aaron Eckhart]] and [[Abigail Breslin]] movie ''[[No Reservations (film)|No Reservations]]'' (2007). * In ''[[Wanderlust (2012 film)|Wanderlust]]'' (2012) the characters played by [[Paul Rudd]] and [[Jennifer Aniston]] live in a New York City apartment located in the West Village. * In ''[[Kids (film)|Kids]]'', the characters Telly and Casper head to Washington Square Park to hang out with their skateboarding friends and buy/smoke marijuana. * The Coen brothers' ''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]'' (2013) depicts the Village in the early 1960s, focusing on the emerging folk scene.<ref>Helmore, Edward. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/25/greenwich-village-inside-llewyn-davis-coen-brothers "Why Inside Llewyn Davis doesn't get inside the Village; The Coen Brothers movie is immersed in the folk scene of the early 60s in Greenwich Village, where boho survivors still recall the glory days – and lament a few of the film's flaws"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825234939/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/25/greenwich-village-inside-llewyn-davis-coen-brothers |date=August 25, 2016 }}, ''[[The Guardian]]'', January 25, 2014. Accessed October 27, 2016.</ref> * In the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] live—action film, ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' (2018), a battle between [[Tony Stark]], [[Peter Parker]], [[Doctor Strange]], [[Wong (Marvel Comics)|Wong]], and the [[Black Order (comics)|Black Order]] takes place in the Village.
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