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Thumbs down from Annapolis
By Jamie Stiehm and Bradley Olson
Sun reporters
Originally published January 24, 2006
The movie Annapolis opens nationwide this week, but don't expect any red-carpet premieres in its namesake city.
Production of the film, originally scheduled for Annapolis, was abruptly shifted to Philadelphia in 2004 when the Naval Academy objected to the script.
That means filmgoers will see the Blue Angels streaking over Founder's Hall at Girard College instead of Bancroft Hall, one of the academy's signature structures. And it means they will see Philadelphia thanked in the closing credits, not Annapolis. ...
"The movie should be called Acropolis, not Annapolis, because the buildings look Greek, nothing like our State House," sniffed Jan Hardesty, the city's public information officer. ...
At the Naval Academy, faculty, staff and students have been issued instructions, including campaign-style "talking points," regarding the movie. Among its instructions: You can go see the movie in your free time, but don't wear your uniform.