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This doesn't count as celebrity bonsai, but it's close. Last year my club, Yama Ki Bonsai Society in Stamford, CT held its yearly exhibition at the New York Botanic Gardens in the Bronx. A movie with Meryl Streep (I think it was "The Manchurian Candidate", but not sure) was being filmed there. Streep took a walk through one morning and spent some time looking at the trees and was very impressed!

The next question, of course, is whether any of the trees made it into the film. I don't know. The filming was done in part right in the area where the trees were, in a rotunda in the main building where there are some really big bananna trees, but I think somebody told me that the angle of shooting did not include the trees. If anyone has seen the film (has it come out yet??) it would be fun to watch for scenes in the Botanic Gardens and report back!

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

29-Jul-2004	#19
Craig Cowing Recovering Workaholic Join Date: Aug-2002 Location: Orange County NY Country: USA USDA Zone: 6a!!! AHS Heat Zone: 5 Posts: 647	This doesn't count as celebrity bonsai, but it's close. Last year my club, Yama Ki Bonsai Society in Stamford, CT held its yearly exhibition at the New York Botanic Gardens in the Bronx. A movie with Meryl Streep (I think it was "The Manchurian Candidate", but not sure) was being filmed there. Streep took a walk through one morning and spent some time looking at the trees and was very impressed! The next question, of course, is whether any of the trees made it into the film. I don't know. The filming was done in part right in the area where the trees were, in a rotunda in the main building where there are some really big bananna trees, but I think somebody told me that the angle of shooting did not include the trees. If anyone has seen the film (has it come out yet??) it would be fun to watch for scenes in the Botanic Gardens and report back! Craig Cowing NY Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37 __________________ I'm not finished yet, neither are my trees.