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Trailer for The Roommate Doles Out Misguided Brotherly Love

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By Richard Horgan

It’s not uncommon for Hollywood studios to tease upcoming movies with scenes that don’t make it into the final product. But Philadelphia Inquirer film critic Steven Rea has come across a version of this bait-and-switch that is a little odder than usual.

For some reason, at one minutes and 22 seconds into a trailer for the upcoming February 4th Sony-Screen Gems thriller The Roommate, a shot of Philadelphia’s City Hall is shown. Even though the film strictly sourced Culver City and environs for its college campus.

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Richard Horgan

Richard Horgan is co-editor of Fishbowl.

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