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Crowe ‘Tale’ of B’klyn woe

Residents in Sandy-ravaged Red Hook are roiling over the star-studded Hollywood movie starring Russell Crowe that’s taken over their Brooklyn neighborhood as they try to dig out of the devastation.

Locals tell Page Six that production on “Winter’s Tale” — also starring Jennifer Connelly, Will Smith and Colin Farrell — was meant to leave by Thanksgiving. But shooting has been extended, causing traffic snarls, blocking access and parking residents say they need to continue digging out from Sandy’s damage.

“The crew’s taking up all the parking spaces on the streets that residents and business owners desperately need to help the area dig out and recover,” local Francis Kerrigan said.

Business owners also complain that Conover Street, by the water, is clogged with the crew’s cars. Kerrigan added: “We were told the shoot would be done by Thursday. But now the crew says it will be longer because [Crowe, pictured right] didn’t show up for filming last week. When I asked when it would be done, the answer was, ‘As long as it takes Russell to film.’ This is a case of no-show Crowe adds to the [bleep] show!”

Another resident said the filming was too soon after the storm: “People are still trying to dig out. Fairway was under six feet of water. Now the movie has a craft-services tent in the parking lot.”

But a source close to the production told us shooting was delayed not because of Crowe, but by the storm which wreaked havoc on numerous schedules, including Crowe’s “Noah,” which just wrapped, and CBS’ “Person of Interest.”

“It’s not true at all that Russell missed any days on set,” the film source said. “Schedules for every production filming in New York have been shuffled because of Sandy, ‘Noah’ included. The film’s been working closely with the City of New York, and everything has been above board.”

Crowe’s rep told us, “There is no truth to this . . . [Russell’s] scheduled first day of shooting was [Sunday].” She said Crowe had only been on the set once earlier for “pre-production.” A rep for the movie had no comment.