The landmark George Washington Bridge is seen in a number of movies set in New York , commonly in establishing shots . The first film to show the bridge was '' Ball of Fire '' ( 1941 ) , a screwball comedy . In the 1976 film '' Network '' , the character Max Schumacher ( William Holden ) tells a funny story in which , having overslept for a news shoot about the new lower deck at the bridge , he gets into a cab wearing a raincoat over his pajamas and tells the taxi driver to " take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge . " The taxi driver , concerned that Schumacher intended to jump from the bridge , turns around and begs him : " Do n't do it buddy ! You 're a young man ! " The 2016 film '' Sully '' , a movie depicting Captain Chesley Sullenberger 's 2009 emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River , reenacts how Sullenberger overflew the George Washington Bridge by a few hundred feet . The bridge was also shown in '' The Godfather '' ( 1972 ) , and '' Cop Land '' ( 1997 ) , among other films . The bridge has been featured in music . In the opening singalong for the children 's TV series '' Sesame Street '' , Ernie often sang the words " George Washington Bridge " to the tune of '' Sobre las Olas '' ( " The Loveliest Night of the Year " ) . William Schuman 's 1950 work for concert band is called '' George Washington Bridge . '' Other media have also featured the George Washington Bridge . In the first issue of the comic '' Atomic War ! '' published in November 1952 , the George Washington Bridge is shown collapsing during a bombing of New York City . Additionally , painters George Ault and Valeri Larko have both created artworks named after the bridge . Video games such as '' Metal Gear Solid 2 : Sons of Liberty '' also showed the George Washington Bridge
US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549
George Washington Bridge