In the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," there's a prominent scene in the beginning of the movie, and a brief one later on, set in an old neoclassical (white marble, pillars, etc.) train station that in the movie is the New Orleans railway station. The main hall or waiting room was about the right size station for a city of New Orleans's size; that is, it's not a huge space like Grand Central in New York or Chicago Union Station.
Now it's clearly not the present 1950's-built New Orleans station, but the movie was filmed extensively in New Orleans. The green St. Charles Avenue streetcars make several appearances, for instance.
The station is shown from the outside as well as the main hall, so while the interior shot may have just been a sound-stage, some real neoclassical building was used for the exterior and I would be surprised if it didn't have a large lobby suitable for doubling as a train station waiting room.
So, does anyone who's seen the movie know what building "played" the New Orleans station in "Benjamin Button"? Is it a bank or government building in New Orleans? Is it a real train station in some other mid-sized city?
Now it's clearly not the present 1950's-built New Orleans station, but the movie was filmed extensively in New Orleans. The green St. Charles Avenue streetcars make several appearances, for instance.
The station is shown from the outside as well as the main hall, so while the interior shot may have just been a sound-stage, some real neoclassical building was used for the exterior and I would be surprised if it didn't have a large lobby suitable for doubling as a train station waiting room.
So, does anyone who's seen the movie know what building "played" the New Orleans station in "Benjamin Button"? Is it a bank or government building in New Orleans? Is it a real train station in some other mid-sized city?