Woody Allen Movie Filmed in San Francisco Opens in Pleasant Hill

By Bay City News:

The latest Woody Allen film starring Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin that uses San Francisco as the drama's setting is opening in Bay Area  theaters Friday.

"Blue Jasmine," written and directed by Allen, is about a wealthy New York City woman who finds herself broke. She heads to San Francisco to live with her sister while discovering a new lifestyle.

Many parts of the film were shot in San Francisco for four-weeks last August, San Francisco Film Commission executive director Susannah Greason Robbins said.

She said the film does a good job of "showcasing the off-the-beaten track parts of San Francisco" and not just the iconic locations.

Last summer there were sightings of Allen, along with actors Blanchett, Peter Sarsgaard and others, in the Mission District and downtown and Union Square areas.

There was also filming in the Marina District, near Ocean Beach in the Sunset District and in parts of Marin County.

Robbins said the movie crew was mostly locally hired.

The film opened in Los Angeles and New York last week and before the opening there was a special screening last Thursday with some of the cast and crew in San Francisco, Robbins said.

The film will be screened at select theaters in San Francisco, Oakland, Mill Valley, San Rafael, Albany and at the Century 16 theater in downtown Pleasant Hill.