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* ''Déjà Vu'', starting Denzel Washington, is set in New Orleans. At the beginning of the movie, a ferry on the Mississippi River blows up on Mardi Gras Day. |
* ''Déjà Vu'', starting Denzel Washington, is set in New Orleans. At the beginning of the movie, a ferry on the Mississippi River blows up on Mardi Gras Day. |
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* In ''The Pelican Brief'', starring Julia Roberts, her character gets caught in the middle of a huge Mardi Gras-like celebration on Bourbon Street, thus adding to the myth that New Orleans = Bourbon St. and there's a Mardi Gras celebration there every day. |
* In ''The Pelican Brief'', starring Julia Roberts, her character gets caught in the middle of a huge Mardi Gras-like celebration on Bourbon Street, thus adding to the myth that New Orleans = Bourbon St. and there's a Mardi Gras celebration there every day. |
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* Subverted in the film ''[[Avalon]]'' when the family patriarch arrives in Baltimore as an immigrant on the Fourth of July and thinks that the fireworks and festivities are for him. |
* Subverted in the film ''[[Avalon (film)]]'' when the family patriarch arrives in Baltimore as an immigrant on the Fourth of July and thinks that the fireworks and festivities are for him. |
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* The movie ''[[Mr. Bean|Mr Bean's Holiday]]'' is set in the end of June, but Mr Bean still manages to visit Cannes during the famous film festival. Which happens in May. |
* The movie ''[[Mr. Bean|Mr Bean's Holiday]]'' is set in the end of June, but Mr Bean still manages to visit Cannes during the famous film festival. Which happens in May. |
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* In the film ''[[Double Jeopardy]]'', as Libby tracks her ex down in New Orleans, sure enough, there's a large, Mardi Gras style party going on in the street, allowing her to evade her pursuers. |
* In the film ''[[Double Jeopardy]]'', as Libby tracks her ex down in New Orleans, sure enough, there's a large, Mardi Gras style party going on in the street, allowing her to evade her pursuers. |