Grumpy Old Men

[Bottle Fish]

Did you mount her?

[JBMasterAngler]

Gustafson's credit is straighter than a grizzly's d!ck

By the way, which lake was the ice fishing scene's filmed on? Was it waconia?

[muskyhunter57]

I know the first one was in Wabasha.

[McGurk]

Movie took place in Wabasha, but most of it was filmed in/around Red Wing. I'm not sure which lake, but does it really matter when it comes down to it? Ice is Ice through a camera lense. If you are on Hwy 61 heading south, you can stop in Wabasha and have a drink at Slipperys. Not the movie bar, but the namesake is the same.

[s2h]

Here are all the filming locations they officially list. So the lake scenes were filmed at Lake Rebecca in Rockford

Center City, Minnesota, USA

(church)

Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA

Divine Redeemer Hospital - 724 19th Avenue N., South St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Faribault, Minnesota, USA

(opening credits/drug store)

Hyacinth Avenue E & Frank Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Lake Rebecca, Rockford, Minnesota, USA

(fishing hole)

Minnesota, USA

Paisley Park Studios - 7801 Audubon Road, Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA

(studio)

Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA

Red Wing, Minnesota, USA

(scenic overlook)

St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

(ext. homes and snowmobiling)

Stillwater, Minnesota, USA

[zamboni]

Filmed some of it at Princes house? Didn't know that

[drakerebel]

No, but in college we hid a scentwick with some mighty ripe estrus in a friends dorm room It took them a couple of weeks to find the source...in the meantime they tore apart everything in their room and soaked everything in 409 and remained frustrated when they could not find the source. It was quite hilarious when they discovered the scentwick and had no idea what it was. They thought it was something even grosser than what it really was, which made it even funnier.

The best thing yet was they had no idea who planted the smell.

Thats' awesome , made me laugh. wouldn't been better if you would've walked in and saw them hanging green tree air freshners!!!

[s2h]

Here is another interesting fact from the internet.

"After filming this movie in Minnesota in freezing temperatures, Walter Matthau was hospitalized with double pneumonia."

[Far-I]

Watching this tonight before i hit the ice for the first time tomorrow!

[Cyberfish]

I didn't say it right!!!!!!

[lutzy]

my brother knows the guy that wrote the movie. he is from hastings.

[Jarrod32]

Yes..."Grumpy Old Men" is a magnificent documentary about ice fishing.

[nate18]

"kids swallow quarters all the time" "if he craps out two dimes and a nickel then you can start worrying"

"I really wish you would start smoking filtered cigarettes pop"

"well you can wish in one hand and cr@p in the other and see which one gets filled first"

A truely magnificent movie!

[SpikeyBoy]

I was on the fishhouse scene set at Lake Rebecca Park Reserve in Rockford. The windchills were around -40F with highs around -10F or so. Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon and Burgess Meredith were alot of fun to be around! It was a GREAT experience!

Bonus movie question for those who need to know....Whose MN law enforcement officer and squad made their brief debut in the "closing up the baitshop after the owner's passing" scene?

[Ryan_V]

I give up, who's?

[JBMasterAngler]

Would it be Center City?

Also, anyone else think a prequel should be made?

[LakeoftheWoods]

Would it be Center City?

Also, anyone else think a prequel should be made?

Aren't both Matthau and lemmon dead?

[goblueM]

well yeah but a prequel would obviously be much younger guys anyways, right?

[SpikeyBoy]

I was on the fishhouse scene set at Lake Rebecca Park Reserve in Rockford. The windchills were around -40F with highs around -10F or so. Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon and Burgess Meredith were alot of fun to be around! It was a GREAT experience!

Bonus movie question for those who need to know....Whose MN law enforcement officer and squad made their brief debut in the "closing up the baitshop after the owner's passing" scene?

The answer is.....Hennepin Parks or now known as Three Rivers Park District.

[LakeoftheWoods]

well yeah but a prequel would obviously be much younger guys anyways, right?

yeah, but I don't think it would be as funny without them. would look like they are just trying to make a few extra bucks by capitalizing on an already great movie. I kinda thought the 2nd one seemed kind of like a sell out. weak storyline compared to the first.

[JBMasterAngler]

Seth Rogan as Max, and Paul Rudd as Gustafson. But who could play dad gustafson?

[redseal]

Great movie, awsome one liners!!! But I cant remember the last time I saw any perms on a lake over thanksgiving.... And thats the time frame for the movie... just sayin lol

[My_Key]

Perms is one thing, those shacks were pretty basic. But they were driving on the ice in the trucks too.

[drakerebel]

don't forget the tractor, that was classic!

[JBMasterAngler]

I'd say it's been at least 1,000 years since lakes in MN were drivable by thanksgiving

By the way, Kevin Spacey as younger old man gustafson