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Is that Harvard on the Silver Screen?

The Firm, 1993 Tom Cruise, right, plays a hotshot young lawyer in this John Grisham adaptation, in which he’s headhunted by a sinister law firm right out of school. The filmmakers used establishing shots of Harvard taken from off-campus locations, as well as interiors in East Cambridge and the Copley Plaza Hotel. Pictured at left is Gene Hackman, who plays Cruise's mentor at the firm.
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By Sarah Thomas / Town Correspondent

The Firm, 1993

Tom Cruise, right, plays a hotshot young lawyer in this John Grisham adaptation, in which he’s headhunted by a sinister law firm right out of school. The filmmakers used establishing shots of Harvard taken from off-campus locations, as well as interiors in East Cambridge and the Copley Plaza Hotel.

Pictured at left is Gene Hackman, who plays Cruise's mentor at the firm.

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