Editing Paterson, New Jersey (section)

=== Films ===

* The controversial arrest and conviction of boxer [[Rubin "Hurricane" Carter]], whose conviction was overturned in 1985, was dramatized in the 1999 [[Denzel Washington]] film, ''[[The Hurricane (1999 film)|The Hurricane]]'', and was partially shot in the city.<ref name="Reuters" /> The lyrics of the [[Bob Dylan]] song [[Hurricane (Bob Dylan song)|"Hurricane"]] include "In Paterson that's just the way things go / If you're Black you might as well not show / Up on the street / Unless you want to draw the heat". The film ''[[Lean on Me (film)|Lean on Me]]'', while sensationalized, is based on events that occurred in Paterson's [[Eastside High School (Paterson, New Jersey)|Eastside High School]].<ref name="LeanOnMe" /> ''[[Alice, Sweet Alice]]'' (1976) with [[Brooke Shields]] was filmed entirely in Paterson, the director's hometown,<ref>[http://www.terrortrap.com/honorablementions/alicesweetalice/ The Terror Trap: Alice Sweet Alice]</ref> as was ''[[State Property (film)|State Property]]''.<ref>DeLuca, Dan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130730001254/http://articles.philly.com/2002-01-19/entertainment/25345150_1_beanie-sigel-state-property-crime-boss "No payoff in 'State Property' A street thug aims to hit it big. The movie misses"]. ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', January 19, 2002. Accessed August 16, 2012. "The setting is meant to be Philadelphia, but save for one quick shot of City Hall, State Property never looks the slightest bit familiar. Perhaps that's because it was shot in Paterson, N.J. (According to Abbott's production notes, efforts to film in town were thwarted because 'we could not afford to house everyone in Philly or commute from NYC,' where the Roc-A-Fella posse is headquartered.)"</ref> Its sequel, ''[[State Property 2]]'', and  ''[[Far from Heaven]]'', ''[[The Preacher's Wife]]''<ref>Staudter, Thomas. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/26/nyregion/how-main-street-cafe-got-in-the-movies.html "How Main Street Cafe Got in the Movies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 26, 1996. Accessed August 16, 2012. "In addition to the Chelsea Pier television and film production studios in Manhattan, other chief locales for ''The Preacher's Wife'' include Yonkers, Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, N.J., and Portland, Me."</ref> and ''[[Purple Rose of Cairo]]''<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB298CB4C16E5AE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Banner Year For N.J. Film Industry Production Companies Spent $15.4 Million In '84"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', January 3, 1985. Accessed August 16, 2012. "The Purple Rose of Cairo, Woody Allen's sixth New Jersey film, using sites in Mount Arlington, South Amboy and Paterson."</ref> are among other films that were partially shot in Paterson. The city was also a filming location for the 1995 drama film, ''[[New Jersey Drive]]'', which is primarily based on [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]'s automobile theft rate at the time, with the city being considered "the car theft capital of the world".{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
* The 2016 film ''[[Paterson (film)|Paterson]]'', directed by [[Jim Jarmusch]], is set in Paterson and was largely filmed there. The movie is about a bus driver named Paterson who writes poetry in his free time.<ref>Robey, Tim. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/05/16/paterson-review-adam-drivers-performance-will-be-treasured-for-y/ "Adam Driver's Paterson will be treasured for years – review"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', November 24, 2016. Accessed December 6, 2016. "You've beheld Adam Driver as Kylo Ren; now meet Kylo Zen. In Jim Jarmusch's new film Paterson, he plays a guy called Paterson, who happens to live in Paterson, New Jersey, his birthplace, where he drives a bus (number 23) with his surname naturally emblazoned on it."</ref>