![]() ![]() Residents of the small town also got the thrill of watching star-producer Adam Sandler doing regular-guy things like shooting hoops at the public basketball court. The production paid Swampscott $248,000 to lease various sites around town from late May through mid-August, including $175,000 for the Phillips Park property, $40,000 for a day of shooting at Swampscott Middle School and $5,000 for the use of the train station. “It looked like a residential setting with a large back yard and pool.” ![]() ![]() “The construction of the house set was extremely realistic,” says Swampscott town administrator Thomas Younger. The inside of the structure was lined with blackout cloth and dressed with half an acre of Astroturf and real 65-foot tall trees covered with 36,000 silk artificial leaves. The first level of containers was anchored to the ground and filled with 40,000 pounds of water to act as a counterweight. ![]()
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