“Hollywood on the Hudson?” While that may be seen as a slight overstatement for a description of Tarrytown, the village has maintained its lure as a location for feature film production as evidenced by the recent filming downtown of scenes for “Henry’s Crime,” starring Keanu Reeves and James Caan.

The draw of movie producers to the community has brought calls for village authorities to tighten rules for parking production vehicles and setting up equipment on Tarrytown’s streets. But advocates of the movie filming say the benefits of film production for the village outweigh any problems it may create.

“I think it is great,” said Scott Toth, who manages his family-owned Set Back Inn on Main Street, and in whose establishment several scenes for “Henry’s Crime” were shot. “The village gets recognized as a place that is good for tourism, and it also puts us on the map for other projects that come along that can help businesses. “

The Set Back Inn, with its bar and restaurant is a favorite for film location finders. The recent movie was the fourth shot in the Inn according to Toth. Others included the 2006 flick, “The Good Shepherd,” directed by Robert De Niro and starring De Niro, Angelina Jolie, Matt Damon and Alec Baldwin, and “Mona Lisa Smile,” with Julia Roberts in 2003.

Tarrytown’s legendary Music Hall is a major factor that brings feature film crews to Main Street. The Music Hall was an important location for “Henry’s Crime,” and in addition to the actors in that film, it has also seen the likes of such stars as De Niro, Damon, Jessica Alba, Matt Damon, Michael Keaton, and Denzel Washington within its historical entertainment venue.

“I see supporting and enabling the NY film industry as a core part of our mission, especially for low-budget independent films like “Henry’s Crime,” Music Hall Executive Director Bjorn Olsson said. “So many film jobs have migrated across state and national borders and this not only hurts the creative communities, but the economy as a whole.”

“Hosting film shoots is also financially beneficial for The Music Hall, which in turn enables us to provide more arts and entertainment for Westchester and the tri-state region,” he added.

The recent shoot’s timing was particularly good, according to Olsson, coming, as he put it, “during the dreaded month of January,” when business activity on Main Street subsides. That sentiment was shared by Toth, who said film shoots in general bring in people who spend money in the village.

“They bring in the whole crew, sometimes a couple of hundred people, who dine in our restaurants, and spend in other shops,” Toth said.

Set Back Inn received location fees from the production companies, as did the Music Hall and others whose properties were used by the production crews, whether for shooting, parking, storage or for holding extras until they were needed in the filming.

“We figure out what the cost is for us on a normal day, including our employees, and negotiate with the production company and try to work out what’s fair compensation,” Toth said.

Cash payments were also reportedly made to other merchants on Main Street and Kaldenberg Place for any inconveniences caused by the filming. The village received approximately $41,000 for permit fees, the use of metered parking spaces and police service required during the three weeks of shooting.

Toth said he realized the obvious parking inconvenience the filming causes at times, but added that, “It seems to me that parking in general needs to be addressed.”

As for modifying the village filming regulations to meet the complaints that some storekeepers had about the parking problem’s negative impact on their businesses, Tarrytown Administrator Michael Blau said he is awaiting ideas from the merchants and Chamber of Commerce before developing any new rules.

Regardless, Olsson saw another benefit location shooting in Tarrytown brings to the public.

“A film like ‘Henry’s Crime’ documents our town for the future,” he said. “Fifty years from now, our kids can watch this movie and see what Tarrytown and the Music Hall looked like back then. For small places like Tarrytown, you don’t get as many opportunities for this kind of time-capsule documentation as the big cities of the world do.”