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== Media == [[File:SaturdayNightLiveBriarcliff.png|thumb|upright=0.9|alt=People brandishing firearms outside a hardware store|A still of the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' pilot featuring Briarcliff Manor]] Briarcliff Manor has been the subject, inspiration, or location for literature, television episodes, and films. Much of [[James Patterson]]'s 2005 novel, ''Honeymoon'', is set in the village (where Patterson is a part-year resident).<ref name="Patterson"/> Sharon Anne Salvato's ''Briarcliff Manor'' takes place on the fictional estate of Briarcliff Manor, and the novel was published by Stein and Day in the village.<ref name="Salvato"/> The pilot episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' was filmed in the central business district, where Briarcliff Manor Pharmacy, Briarcliff Wines & Liquors, and Briarcliff Hardware are the backdrop for the "Show Us Your Guns" sketch;<ref name="SNL"/> the episode aired October 11, 1975.<ref name="SNL1975"/> As well, [[Briarcliff College]]'s president [[Josiah Bunting III]] was the half-brother of the show's co-creator [[Dick Ebersol]]; while President, Bunting let Ebersol film the show at the college for free.<ref name="SNL2"/> In ''[[Pan Am (TV series)|Pan Am]]'', Sleepy Hollow Country Club was the setting for much of the series' third episode.<ref name="Bourne"/><ref name="PanAm2"/> In February and March 2013, the final three episodes of the first season of television show ''[[The Following]]'' were filmed in and around the former town of Ossining police station in Briarcliff Manor.<ref name="PDfilming"/><ref name="PDFilming2"/> In early 2016, filming for the [[Amazon Studios]] series ''[[Crisis in Six Scenes]]'' filmed at Ashridge, on Scarborough Road. The series is directed by and stars [[Woody Allen]].<ref name="Crisis"/> [[Sleepy Hollow Country Club#Popular culture|Sleepy Hollow Country Club]] is also a popular filming location for television shows and films.<ref name="PanAm1"/><ref name="Video"/> Films shot in the village include ''[[The Seven Sisters (film)|The Seven Sisters]]'', ''[[House of Dark Shadows]]'', ''[[Savages (1972 film)|Savages]]'', ''[[Bed of Roses (1996 film)|Bed of Roses]]'', ''[[Super Troopers]]'', ''[[Analyze That]]'', ''First Born'', ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'', and ''[[The Bourne Legacy (film)|The Bourne Legacy]]''. ''The Seven Sisters'', a 1915 production, was filmed at the Briarcliff Lodge.<ref name="SevenSisters"/> The 1970 ''House of Dark Shadows'' and the 1972 [[Merchant Ivory]] film ''Savages'' were filmed at the Beechwood mansion in Scarborough.<ref name="Savages"/><ref name="HDS"/> ''Bed of Roses'' was released in 1996, and was filmed at an 1860s house on Scarborough Road which was the home of Eileen O'Connor Weber.{{refn|group=nb|Weber (1918β2013) was an active and longtime village resident and a founding member and former president of the village historical society.<ref name="Weber"/>}}<ref name="pamphlet"/> ''Super Troopers'', released in 2001, was partially filmed on the [[Taconic State Parkway]] from Poughkeepsie to Briarcliff Manor.<ref name="SuperTroopers"/> ''Analyze That'', a film from 2002, was filmed in the village and nearby locations, including the [[Sing Sing Correctional Facility]] in the village of Ossining.<ref name="AnalyzeThat"/> The 2007 film ''First Born'' was filmed at a house in Briarcliff Manor.<ref name="FirstBorn"/> ''American Gangster'', also released in 2007, includes scenes filmed at two village houses.<ref name="AGFilmNotes"/> Some parts of the 2012 film ''The Bourne Legacy'' were filmed at the village's entranceway to the Taconic State Parkway and at other roads in the village.<ref name="Bourne"/> The 2013 dark comedy ''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]'' was partially filmed at Pace University's Briarcliff campus, adapting its dining hall into a 1960s [[Fred Harvey Company|Fred Harvey]] restaurant in an [[Illinois Tollway oasis]].<ref name="Coen1"/><ref name="Coen2"/> Print media has been produced in the village since the early 20th century, when [[Briarcliff Farms]] operated a printing press and office, producing ''Briarcliff Farms'', the ''Briarcliff Bulletin'' in 1900, the monthly ''Briarcliff Outlook'' in 1903 followed by ''The Briarcliff Once-a-Week'' in 1908 (all edited by Arthur W. Emerson).<ref name="1952history"/>{{rp|page=27}} The Briarcliff Community Club, a social organization created by the village in 1910 and which existed until 1927,<ref name="1939history"/> later printed ''Community Notes''. Later papers include ''The Briarcliff Forum'' (founded in 1926) and the 1930s ''Briarcliff Weekly''.<ref name="1939history"/> Briarcliff Manor is the [[city of license]] of [[WXPK]], and other media outlets include the Briarcliff [[The Daily Voice (U.S. hyperlocal news)|Daily Voice]], [[News 12 Networks#News 12 Westchester|News 12]], [[Patch Media]], and the ''River Journal''.<ref name="FCC"/><ref name="NewsOutlets"/> Official newspapers for the village include ''[[The Journal News]]'' and ''The Gazette''.<ref name="OfficialNews"/>
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