(FOX40.COM) \u2013 As Hollywood prepares to roll out the red carpet for the Oscars Sunday night, Northern California is not letting Los Angeles have all the fun. This year, three major films up for awards have close ties to Sacramento.<\/p>\n
Marty Supreme, Sinners and One Battle After Another are all looking at several Oscar nominations this year, but they all have something else in common, too \u2014 Sacramento.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I worked in the locations department for One Battle After Another and my main job was working on a lot of the logistics around filming,\u201d One Battle After Another Location Scout Semons said.<\/p>\n
Through this film, Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio set the scene \u2014 literally \u2014 from J Street to Stockton, Arden Arcade and beyond.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was kind of unique around this one in that a lot of the features that are shot here, such as, you know, Lady Bird or Sacramento, the movie, shoot here because it\u2019s set in Sacramento,\u201d Semons said. \u201cWhereas One Battle After Another, it\u2019s not set in Sacramento. It doesn\u2019t really have anything to do with Sacramento. They just came to Sacramento because they love the look of it.<\/p>\n
Semons, with Sacramento\u2019s Film + Media office, told FOX40 the star-studded, Oscar-nominated film also helped showcase the city\u2019s booming film industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cFilmmaking in California, as a whole, has seen a big lull in the last few years and kind of gone into different markets,\u201d Semons said. \u201cBut it certainly feels like that, that\u2019s moving back towards California and also to Sacramento.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sacramento viewers might have caught a peek of their own community \u2014 Elliot\u2019s Natural Foods, a vacant downtown building now dubbed \u201cWestward Bank\u201d or even Torch Club. Sacramento\u2019s Film + Media office said the city offers hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of incentives for studios to bring their films to the community. Semons said this entertainment boom also helps to bring jobs to the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne Battle After Another brought in millions and millions of dollars to the local economy and that\u2019s going to restaurants, hotels, local crew,\u201d Semons said. \u201cSo it really does have a significant impact.\u201d<\/p>\n
Switching genres a bit, the vampiric horror movie Sinners also racked up a record 16 Oscar nominations. The film\u2019s director is Ryan Coogler, a graduate of Sacramento State.<\/p>\n
Plus, Carmichael native and table tennis expert Scott Gordon is credited as a table tennis in Marty Supreme with actor Timothee Chalamet.<\/p>\n
So as movie enthusiasts grab their popcorn and silence their cell phones, they may want to keep their eyes peeled as they might see a familiar place or a familiar name. Meanwhile, Semons said his team only hopes to see this local industry continue to grow.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always really fun getting to kind of see the changes and differences between filming and seeing the final thing,\u201d Semons said. \u201cI\u2019m a Sacramentan and I love Sacramento and so anytime I get to see, Sacramento on the big screen is is really an exciting time.\u201d<\/p>\n
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