Shot 2015 · New Orleans · New York · Las Vegas · Fulmer
A film about a gap, made across several
Lehman Brothers’ offices were recreated in a state regulator’s lobby in Manhattan, and its trading floor was built in New Orleans. Each line on the board below gives a role and hides the place that played it.
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The bank at the centre of the story was made twice, in two cities.
New Orleans · built
The Set Decorators Society says the Lehman Brothers trading floor was created on location in New Orleans.
The Set Decorators Society says most of the film was shot in New Orleans, far from major studios and prop houses. Post Magazine calls New Orleans the production’s base.
Manhattan · recreated
Wikipedia says that on 22 May 2015 the crew recreated Lehman Brothers’ offices in the lobby of the New York State Department of Financial Services in Manhattan.
The Cinemaholic lists the same lobby as the Lehman Brothers set, for May 2015, and gives no street address.
The sources name the department’s lobby but give no street. Its headquarters is listed at 1 State Street, so the pin marks that building; whether that lobby was the one used is not confirmed. A working government office: look from the street.
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The casino, the SoHo and NoHo corners and Caesars Palace can be seen from the street. The pub is open to customers. The Lehman lobby is in a working government building: the pin marks the department’s listed headquarters, not a confirmed lobby.
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Area reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public road across Algiers on the west bank. The sources call it a boulevard; OpenStreetMap names it a drive. Look from the pavement.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working casino hotel at the foot of Canal Street. Adults only inside; the street frontage is public.
General de Gaulle Drive, Algiers, New Orleans
Wikipedia says principal photography began in New Orleans on 18 March 2015.
A public road across Algiers on the west bank. The sources call it a boulevard; OpenStreetMap names it a drive. Look from the pavement.
8 Canal Street, New Orleans
Post Magazine’s account of the shoot names Harrah’s casino among its New Orleans locations.
A working casino hotel at the foot of Canal Street. Adults only inside; the street frontage is public.
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The hotel that was Harrah’s New Orleans, where the shoot was based.
Canal Street, New Orleans
The hotel and casino at 8 Canal Street that was Harrah’s New Orleans. Pictured: the casino from across Canal Street, 2022.
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General de Gaulle Drive, Algiers, New Orleans
Principal photography begins in New Orleans, and on 25 March the crew works on General de Gaulle Boulevard in Algiers.
The Lehman Brothers trading floor is created on location in New Orleans.
8 Canal Street, New Orleans
Harrah’s casino in New Orleans is among the locations used.
Department of Financial Services, 1 State Street, Lower Manhattan
Lehman Brothers’ offices are recreated in the lobby of New York’s Department of Financial Services.
Mercer Street between Prince and Spring Streets, SoHo
A scene is shot on Mercer Street between Prince and Spring Streets.
Houston Street at Lafayette Street, NoHo
Fan location lists give the Houston Street and Lafayette Street intersection for a cab scene.
3570 Jay Sarno Way, Las Vegas
The crew spends three days in Las Vegas and shoots Caesars Palace pool shots.
Windmill Road, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire
The Black Horse in Fulmer is the exterior of the English pub.
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A notable hotel in New York.
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A notable hotel in New York.
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Lower Manhattan hotel on the Bowery, the street that gave the city CBGB and the 1970s punk scene.
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Banksy Museum New York · 2.1 km from A state regulator’s lobby
Banksy Museum New York · 2.1 km from A state regulator’s lobby
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