《老友記》幕後的10件軼事 (3):片頭的拍攝地不是紐約

The Opening Credits Weren’t Shot in New York

8.片頭的拍攝地不是紐約

The Friends opening was not filmed in New York

《老友記》的片頭不是在紐約拍攝的

The opening credits to Friends may be as iconic as the show itself. With the feel-good 90’s track I’ll Be There For You by The Rembrandts playing in the background (which was actually co-written by Friends’ creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane), we see the entire cast dancing with umbrellas in a fountain that appears to be in New York City—just as I finished writing that sentence, I realized how weird that concept sounds but somehow they made it work. Apparently, the scene was never shot in a park in New York City, but on a Warner Bros. lot. Go figure. According to IMDB, the whole thing took place during a 4 a.m. shoot where the water was kept warm via a heated pump.

《老友記》的片頭與這部劇本身一樣經典——伴着倫勃朗樂隊（The Rembrandts）那首《I’ll Be There For You》的悅耳旋律（這是一首九十年代的歌曲，由《老友記》的鼻祖瑪爾塔·考夫曼(Marta Kauffman)和大衛·克拉尼(David Crane)共同創作），劇中主角時而撐傘、時而在紐約的某個噴泉中共舞的畫面映入眼簾。就在我寫下這句話時，忽然意識到“在紐約的噴泉跳舞”這一點有些詭異，但製作出來的效果還不錯。那座噴泉看似是在紐約的某個公園，其實是在華納兄弟的攝影棚。你就想嘛，據互聯網電影資料庫（IMDB）的資料顯示，這個場景是在清晨4點時拍的，連水都是靠加熱泵保溫，肯定不是紐約啊！

Oh well. I still love the credits all the same and—to this day—can’t pass a fountain without the urge to have a splashy dance party in it. That would probably have me arrested, though, so I’ll continue to resist. While we’re on the subject of splashy dance parties, however, I’d like to note that an unexpected Hollywood honcho seems to enjoy engaging in them himself—and his said splashy dance party lines up perfect with the Friends theme song.

儘管如此，我依舊非常喜歡這個片頭。直到今天，我每次經過噴泉時都有一股在噴泉中舉辦舞會的衝動。但我那麼做可能會被捕耶，所以只好按捺住澎湃的心潮。各位或許有幸能參與一場噴泉舞會，但大家絕對想不到某位好萊塢老闆很喜歡這種舞會，他覺得噴泉舞會配上《老友記》的主題曲非常完美！

Coincidence? I think not. Check out a mashup of Kanye West splashing around in a lake in Armenia with The Rembrandts’ “I’ll Be There For You” playing in the background here.

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有人說是巧合？不見得吧，不信你把《I’ll Be There For You》這首歌與坎耶·韋斯特（Kanye West，美國歌手）在亞美尼亞的湖中戲水的場景混搭在一起看看。