Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is an American city in Central New York. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 147,306, and its metropolitan area had a population of 732,117. It is the county seat of Onondaga County and the economical and educational hub of Central New York, a region with over a million inhabitants. Syracuse is also a relatively large convention city, with a downtown convention complex and the Empire Expo Center directly west of the city, which hosts the annual Great New York State Fair. Syracuse was named after the original Syracuse, a city on the eastern coast of Sicily, Italy, which shares some similarities with this one, including a formerly-important salt industry and a neighboring town of Salina.

Syracuse in film and television

• Big Daddy (Feature film, 1999) - Several mentions
• Blowin' Smoke or Freak Talks About Sex (Feature film, 1999) - Filmed in Syracuse and life in Syracuse is part of the plot
• Drive Me Crazy (Feature film, 1999) - Uses Carousel Center for a mall scene
• Highlander (Feature film, 1986) - Connor MacLeod's modern namesake born in Syracuse
• Slap Shot (Feature film, 1976) - One of the teams is from Syracuse
• Snow Day (Feature film, 2000) - Syracuse is portrayed as a small village with high snowfall. The film was filmed in Edmonton and Calgary.
• (Feature film, 1978) - The train scene featuring Otis in the film's beginning features Syracuse as one of the announced stops that a train is making.
• Tootsie (Feature film, 1982) - Mentioned as locale where character Michael Dorsey {played by Dustin Hoffman) has done some acting work
• Lady in White (Feature film, 1988) - Opening sequence filmed in Syracuse Hancock International Airport; the rest of the film was shot on location in Lyons, NY and on the southern coast of Lake Ontario.
• The Bone Collector (Feature Film) - Murder mystery starring Denzel Washington. A character in the film makes reference to Denzel's past work in Syracuse.