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 You Don’t Mess with the Zohan opened in theatres this weekend with a healthy $20 million opening. The film shot in New York City from July to August of 2007. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan centers on Zohan Dvir, Israel’s most famous counter-terrorist. Though the Zohan loves his country, he is tired of all the fighting, and longs for an opportunity to make a break from the army for the creative world of hairstyling. Deciding once and for all that it’s time to go for his dream, the Zohan fakes his death and stows away on a plane headed to New York City. After being rejected by salon after salon, the Zohan visits his friend Oori at his electronics store, and is shocked to see that in his neighborhood, Israelis and Palestinians live side-by-side in relative peace. Deciding to take a job from the Palestinian salon owner across the street, the situation while humerous, provided commentary for the state of the conflict. “It’s not as crazy as it sounds,” said the film’s director, Dennis Dugan. “The people living in conflict in the Middle East are the same people living in one neighborhood in New York – except that while there may be rivalries in Gaza, they don’t hate each other in Brooklyn. Everybody just gets along. They treat each other more as people than as rival factions.” The film stars Adam Sandler, who shot I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007) and Reign Over Me (2007) in NYC, and Emmanuelle Chiquiri. The film shot on location in New York City at: Fortunoff store Times Square A Newsstand on Broadway and 50th The Papaya King on the Upper East Side A Hot Dog Cart on the Upper East Side Washington Square Park Park and 52nd Street – a taxi surfing scene Lascoff Pharmacy on Lex and 82nd Taxi Garage on 47th and 11th Orchard and Delancy Central Park Obelisk and Great Lawn Gansevoort Hotel And Prasada Apartments on Central Park West and 65th Street |  |
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