Arts & Entertainment

A Peek Under the Grown Ups 2 Big Top

The only sound stage we know of in Massachusetts is a world unto itself, the world of a nice house, sprawling yard and 12-foot-deep pool.

 

For all the expense and time that Adam Sandler's movie  has invested in filming its wild party scene it must have a central place in the film.

A look inside the sound stage at — it's the only one we have heard of in Massachusetts — reveals an enchanted and sprawling suburban setting.

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There's a nice house with a grand front porch. A grassy sloping yard landscaped with shrubs and trees. And a below-ground pool that is 12 feet deep. A pool house fronted by pillars stands nearby.

A few hundred movie extras including many from Swampscott have been working on the interior set the past few weeks — some of them decked out in 1980s costumes as colorful as exotic birds.

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Here are some photos of their workplace — the interior of the sound stage.


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