List of references to Miami in popular culture
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In literature[edit]
- Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe.
- Big Trouble by Dave Barry.
- Breaking Point by Alex Flinn
- The Demon in the Sun Parlor by Lester Goran
- Detective by Arthur Hailey
- Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García
- Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey
- The Island of Eternal Love by Daína Chaviano
- Loving Che by Ana Menéndez
- Miami by Joan Didion
- Pronto by Elmore Leonard
- Retribution by Jilliane Hoffman
- Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
- The Saint in Miami by Leslie Charteris
- Threat Vector by Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney
- Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen
- Trace by Patricia Cornwell
- The White Dress by Mignon G. Eberhart
In film[edit]
- 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) set and shot in Miami.
- Absence of Malice (1981) Set and shot in Miami and Coral Gables, including inside the since-demolished Miami Herald building on Biscayne Bay
- Absolute Zero (2006) set in Miami
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) a 1994 American comedy film starring Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura, an animal detective who is tasked with finding the abducted dolphin who is the mascot of the US football team Miami Dolphins.
- All About the Benjamins (2002) set in Miami
- The Bad Boys series, is a series of action comedy films created by George Gallo. It stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith as two detectives in the Miami Police Department, Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey.
- Bad Boys (1995)
- Bad Boys II (2003)
- Bad Boys for Life (2020)
- Baywatch (2017) set and shot in South Beach
- The Birdcage (1998) set in Miami. The main character, Armand Goldman, is the openly gay owner of a drag club in South Beach called The Birdcage
- Caddyshack (1980) Boating scene filmed in Biscayne Bay; balance of filming done in various area of the Miami Metropolitan Area
- Cocaine Cowboys (2006) a documentary film that explores the rise of cocaine and the Miami Drug War
- Dostana (2008) The first Bollywood movie to be filmed entirely in Miami[1]
- Marley & Me (2008) The film was shot on location in Miami, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Dolphin Stadium
- Miami Vice it is an adaptation of the 1980s television series of the same name
- Moonlight (2016 film) set and shot in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami. At the 74th Golden Globe Awards Moonlight won Best Motion Picture – Drama and was nominated in five other categories. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with Best Supporting Actor for Ali and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jenkins and McCraney, from a total of eight nominations.
- Reno 911!: Miami (2007) Set and shot in Miami
- Scarface (1983) the cult classic tells the story of Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Al Pacino) who arrives in 1980s Miami with nothing and rises to become a powerful drug kingpin.
- Step Up Revolution (2012) Set and shot in Miami
- There's Something About Mary (1998) Set and shot in Miami. The film was placed 27th in the American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, a list of the 100 funniest movies of the 20th century. In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted it the fourth-greatest comedy film of all time.
- Transporter 2 (2005) Set in Miami
- The Wild Things series is a series of Erotic Thriller films created by Stephen Peters. The films are set and shot in the Miami area.
- Wild Films (1998)
- Wild Things 2 (2004)
- Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough (2005)
- Wild Things: Foursome (2010)
Music[edit]
- The 1998 Will Smith song Miami is about the city of Miami. The music video was shot and filmed in Miami.
- Miami native and rapper Pitbull has paid homage to Miami in many of his songs over the years.
- Miami-influenced, Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, hit the popular music scene with their Cuban-oriented sound and had hits in the 1980s with "Conga" and "Bad Boys".[2]
- Miami Bass, spawned artists like 2 Live Crew (featuring Uncle Luke), 95 South,[3] Tag Team,[4] 69 Boyz,[5] Quad City DJ's, and Freak Nasty. Examples of these songs are "Whoomp! (There It Is)" by Tag Team in 1993, "Tootsee Roll" by 69 Boyz in 1994, and "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" by the Quad City DJ's in 1996.
TV series[edit]
- Ballers HBOseries set in Miami
- Dexter (TV Series) Showtime series based entirely in Miami
- Charlie's Angels the 2011 reboot is set in Miami instead of the West Coast.
- Flipper was filmed in Miami at Greenwich Studios
- The critically acclaimed American sitcom The Golden Girls
- Jersey Shore (TV series) (Season 2) was set and shot in Miami which aired in 2010.
- Miami Vice is an American television crime drama that starred Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs, two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover
- Nip/Tuck focuses on a plastic surgery center and follows the personal and professional lives of its founders Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy (portrayed by Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon respectively). Seasons 1–4 are based in Miami.
Video games[edit]
- Grand Theft Auto (1997) features the fictional Vice City, which is loosely based on Miami, as one of its settings.
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) is set in a redisgned version of Vice City, more accurate to Miami, in the year 1986.
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006) is a prequel to GTA: Vice City, set in 1984's Vice City.
- Driver (1999) and Driver 3 (2004) feature various parts of Miami.
- The cult video game Hotline Miami (2012) is entirely based in Miami.
- Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (2015) is both a prequel and sequel to Hotline Miami, also set in Miami
- Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006) is a pseudo-sequel to the 1983 film, entirely based in 1980s' Miami.
- Street Racing Syndicate (2005) features a level set in Miami.
- Hitman 2 (2018) features a location in Miami.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Dostana (2008)". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ↑ "Rewinding the Charts: In 1985, Miami Sound Machine Did the 'Conga' in Its Debut". Billboard. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Bio". 95 South Music. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Shepherd, John (2012). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8: Genres: North America. Google Books: A&C Black. p. 325. ISBN 1441160787. Search this book on
- ↑ Gonzalez, Victor (October 29, 2012). "69 Boyz, Booty, and Miami Bass Super Fest at BankUnited Center". Miami New Times. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
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