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Hearst Connecticu­t Media readers voted “Mystic Pizza” as “the most Connecticu­t movie of all time” in an informal 2022 poll, choosing it as the state’s most quintessen­tial film over other contenders like “Christmas in Connecticu­t,” “Beetlejuic­e” and “The Ice Storm.”

Locations including Olde Mystik Village, Mango Pizza, Sift Bake Shop on Water Street as well as various locations at Mystic Seaport Museum, including Treworgy Planetarium were featured in the film. Main Street’s Bank Square Bookstore , Abbott’s Lobster , Jealous Monk and the Amtrak train station also had some screen time.

In 1988, Roberts had a role in the fourth-season finale of Miami Vice and her first critical success with moviegoers came with the independent romantic comedy Mystic Pizza, in which she played a Portuguese-American teenage girl working as a waitress at a pizza parlor.

Shepherd was born on Oct. 31, 1934. She made her acting debut in the 1988 romcom “Mystic Pizza,” starring Julia Roberts, and appeared in such films as “Working Girl,” “Uncle Buck” and “Second...