Multimedia > Escape From L.A. > Shooting Locations [Photo Removal/Credit: andreasj1981@hotmail.com]
Studios/Facilities:
Pacific Tube Stage [Firebase 7/Air Force 3/Submarine Interiors/Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Sewer/Green Screen Scenes]
Buena Vista Visual Effects Studio [Helicopter Miniature/Puppet Hang Gliders]
500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521
VIFX/Video Image [President Broadcast Videos]
5333 McConnel Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90066
California
Street [United States Police Force]/Street [Los Angeles] [Deleted Scenes] [Mignonette Street/Boylston Street, Los Angeles, CA] [Satellite View]
Comment [Gregory H. Alpert/Location Manager]: "Boy, that was a busy day. I remember it very clearly. We shot that scene the night we shot our only day work [daytime filming] on the show. We shot 69 nights and only one day on the film. That day we shot the car crash sequence on Flower Street in front of the Bonaventure Hotel and the shots outside Union Station. We shot the scene at what was at the time, an empty plot of land, littered with junk, and shanty towns where homeless folks used to live. It was a swath of land West of the 110 Fwy. & South of the 101 Fwy. Roughly between Beaudry Ave. & Boylston St. There is now a school there. I remember being told that John [Carpenter] had shot a scene from another one of his films [They Live] in this exact area."
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[Street
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Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suits [Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suits, Los Angeles, CA] [Street View]
Description: The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites is a 367-foot [112 m], 35-story hotel in Los Angeles, California, constructed between 1974 and 1976. Designed by architect John C. Portman, Jr., it is the largest hotel in the city. The top floor has a revolving restaurant and bar. It was originally owned by investors that included a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation and John Portman & Associates. The building is managed by Interstate Hotels & Resorts [IHR], and is valued at US$200 million.
404 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/laxbw-the-westin-bonaventure-hotel-and-suites-los-angeles/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westin Bonaventure Hotel
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Los Angeles Union Station [Los Angeles Union Station, Los Angeles, CA] [Street View]
Description: Los Angeles Union Station [or LAUS, formerly the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal or LAUPT] is the main railway station in Los Angeles, The station has rail services by Amtrak and Amtrak California and Metrolink; light rail/subways are the Metro Rail Red Line, Purple Line, Gold Line. California. Bus rapid transport runs on the Silver Line. Bus services operate from the Patsaouras Transit Plaza on the east side of the station and others on the north side of the station. The station opened in May 1939, one of a number of union stations in the United States. It was built on a grand scale and became known as "Last of the Great Railway Stations" built in the USA. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Since February 2011 it is in the ownership of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
800 North Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station Page&code=LAX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union Station [Los Angeles]
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Los Angeles Union Station/The Four Level Interchange [Miniatures] [Polsa Rosa Ranch, Acton, CA] [Satellite View]
Description: Polsa Rosa Movie Studio Ranch is within the 30 Mile Zone and offers over 700 hundreds of acres of privately owned land and ample parking and base camp options. The surrounding natural beauty that comprises Polsa Rosa Movie Studio Ranch creates some of the most desirable establishment shot backdrops - perfect for directors who want a natural setting. Located along the border of the Angeles National Forest, this historic film location has been the site for movies such as The Lone Ranger, Red Dawn, Windtalkers, and Adaptation to name a few. In addition to working Railroad tracks, there are a number of historical buildings, some of which date back to the 1800's, parcels of vacant desert, an abandoned fort, long stretches of roads and a beautiful natural Pond. Some of the underwater scenes of the Titanic sinking were also filmed in a specially constructed pool on the mesa with breathtaking views
5726 Soledad Canyon Road
Acton, CA 93510
http://www.polsarosaranch.com
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Firebase 7 [Exterior]/Prototype Defense Lab/Access Tunnel [Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA] [Satellite View]
Description: The Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant began continuous operation in 1985. Its facilities were designed to treat 40 million gallons of wastewater per day and serve the area between Chatsworth and Van Nuys in western portion of the San Fernando Valley. The plant was named after Mr. Tillman, who was the City Engineer from 1972 to 1980.
A major construction project that doubled the capacity of DCT was completed in 1991 – expanding the plant from 40 MGD to 80 MGD.
The Tillman Plant, together with the Los Angeles-Glendale Water Reclamation Plant are the leading producers of reclaimed water in the San Fernando Valley. The plant is able to provide critical hydraulic relief to the City's major sewers downstream, which badly need the additional capacity to serve other portions of the city south of the Valley.
6100 Woodley Avenue
Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA 91406
http://www.lasewers.org/treatment plants/tillman/index.htm
http://www.thejapanesegarden.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillman Water Reclamation Plant
Cahuenga Pass [Shoreline] [Castaic Lake, Castaic, CA]
Description: Castaic Lake State Recreation Area is a reservoir of the State Water Project. It is one of the Project's largest recreational lakes and the terminal of its west branch. The site includes 29 miles of shoreline. A major attraction is the 425-foot tall Castaic Dam.
Castaic Lake has two bodies of water. Lower lake is for non-power boating and canoeing. Swimming season on lower lake runs from mid-May to mid-September. Upper lake is for sailing, power boating, water and jet skiing, and fishing. The lake is stocked with bass, trout and catfish. Boat rentals and a tackle bait shop are available.
Other recreational activities include hiking, biking trails, picnic areas and playgrounds. Rental group picnic areas are available for up to 600 persons.
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Cahuenga Pass [Shoreline] [Miniatures/Surfers [Deleted Scenes] [Main Reservoir, West Ramp Parking Lot] [Satellite View]
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Cahuenga Pass [Shoreline] [Lagoon, Camping Lot A] [Satellite View]
Comment [Gregory H. Alpert/Location Manager]: "We shot it on the eastern shore off Lake Hughes Road. We had a practical "prop" submarine and it was built CG as well. The "cliff" element was CG."
Comment [Andreas/Webmaster]: "These scenes were originally going to be filmed at Lake Piru."
32132 Castaic Lake Drive
Castaic, CA 91384
http://www.castaiclake.com/
https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page id=628
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castaic Lake
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Mulholland Drive/Mountainside [Griffith Park, Mount Hollywood Drive, Los Angeles, CA]
Description [Griffith Park]: Griffith Park a large municipal park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,310 acres [1,740 ha] of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. It is the second-largest city park in California, after Mission Trails Preserve in San Diego, and the tenth largest municipally owned park in the United States. It has also been referred to as the Central Park of Los Angeles, but it is much larger and with a much more untamed, rugged character than its New York City counterpart.
Description: [Mt. Hollywood Drive]: For a number of years Mount Hollywood Drive, which runs from behind the Griffith Observatory [just north of the tunnel] over the top of Mount Hollywood and down into the San Fernando Valley, has been closed to cars. It is one of the few hill-routes bicyclists can ride without concern for cars. Recently, the condition of the roadbed has become a bigger concern than any auto traffic could pose. Present conditions are such that patching and other cosmetics now could extend the useful life of the surface, but if this roadway continues to be neglected, it will soon be impassible and expensive to restore.
Comment [Andreas/Webmaster]: "These scenes were filmed at the top of Mt. Hollywood Drive and can be seen between 0:22-0:40 in this YouTube video."
4730 Crystal Springs Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90027
http://www.laparks.org/dos/parks/griffithPK/griffith.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith Park
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Hollywood Bowl [Hills] [Deleted Scenes] [P.W. Gillibrand Co. Inc., Simi Valley, CA] [Satellite View]
Description: P.W. Gillibrand Co., Inc. is committed to being the Specialty Aggregate Products "Supplier of Choice" in the Southwest. We will provide quality products, excellent service, leading technology and added value in meeting and exceeding customer expectations. We will provide a safe workplace, respect and protect the environment and act with integrity in dealing with our employees, customers and community.
5810 Bennet Road
Simi Valley, CA 93062
http://www.pwgillibrand.com/
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[Street
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Theater [Los Angeles Theatre, Los Angeles, CA] [Broadway Theater District] [Street View]
Description: The Los Angeles Theatre, built in 1931, is a National Register landmark located in the heart of the Los Angeles Broadway Historic Theatre District. The Theatre was the last and most elaborate of the movie palaces built on Broadway between 1911 and 1931. When it opened in January of 1931 it was advertised as "The Theatre Unusual" because of its many unique features.
The Los Angeles Theatre was designed by architect S. Charles Lee in the Baroque style. Lee filled the theatre with glamour, glitz, technical innovations and sumptuous audience conveniences. With a construction cost of over $1.5 million, the Los Angeles was the most expensive theatre built up to that time on a per seat basis. On opening night the theatre hosted the premier gala screening of Charles Chaplin's City Lights. Among celebrities of the era in attendance that evening was Mr. Albert Einstein.
City Lights was only the first of many openings and first run screenings. The Los Angeles flourished as the heart of the Broadway Entertainment District into the 1960s. As the fortunes of Downtown declined, the interest and attendance of the Los Angeles Theatre waned until it closed its doors to regular screenings in the 1990s. Sustained as a film location and through special events, including the star studded opening of Chaplin, the Los Angeles has waited for a resurgence of Downtown. This new century will see the Los Angeles Theatre return to past glory and place as the heart of our city's entertainment district.
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Lobby [Lobby]
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Upper Lobby [Upper Lobby]
615 South Broadway
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.losangelestheatre.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los Angeles Theatre
http://www.bringingbackbroadway.com/index.htm
Photo Credit: Mike Hume [2]
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Sunset Boulevard/Beverly Hills Hotel [Exterior]/Santa Monica Freeway [Former Cal Compact Landfill, Carson, CA] [Satellite View]
Description: The Avalon of South Bay [ASB] site encompasses 168 acres on two parcels, the 157 acre former Cal Compact Landfill parcel and an adjacent 11-acre, non-landfill parcel. DTSC is the lead regulatory agency for the brownfield restoration project for the 157 acre former Cal Compact Landfill parcel. The former Cal Compact Landfill consists of five separate landfill cells numbered A1 through A5 separated by the site boundaries on the outer perimeter and on the interior by two roadways [Former Leonardo and Stamps Drives], a Los Angeles County flood control channel [Torrance Lateral] is located adjacent to the south and west sides of the project site and serves to separate the project site from the adjacent uses. Because the property was previously a landfill site, elevated levels of chemicals of concern were found in the landfill and groundwater. While there is no immediate health risk because the public is not exposed to the landfill waste or groundwater, a restoration plan will ensure that future site occupants and users are not exposed.
Since 1988, DTSC has conducted several investigations of the former Cal Compact Landfill property. Due to the size and complexity of the site, the property was divided into two "operable units" [OUs]. In 1995, a Remediation Action Plan [RAP] was completed and approved by DTSC for the upper OU. In 2005, a RAP was completed and approved by DTSC for the lower OU. Investigations conducted in the Upper OU showed presence of landfill gasses such as methane, carbon dioxide and volatile organic compounds, as well as metals in the Upper OU. Investigations conducted in the Lower OU have not resulted in any active requirement for remediation besides monitoring. Each of the RAP's summarizes how their mitigation measures are being used to prevent future exposure to landfill waste.
Its story is a tangled, four-decade tale of polluted air and poisoned groundwater and failed plans for shopping malls, mobile home parks. And bankruptcies, lawsuits and criminal cases that include a fraud prosecution of a former labor union pension administrator. It is the largest undeveloped single piece of freeway-adjacent land in Los Angeles County. There has also been plans to build a Stadium at the former landfill for many years that would house both the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raider's NFL football teams.
20400 Main Street
Carson, CA
https://www.dtsc.ca.gov/SiteCleanup/Projects/upload/Cal Compact FS Site Restoration.pdf
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Beverly Hills Hotel [Interior] [Pacific Electric Building, Los Angeles, CA] [Street View]
Description: The historic Pacific Electric Building [also known as the Huntington Building, after the Pacific Electric founder and developer, Henry Huntington, or 6th & Main for its location] opened in 1905 as the terminal for the Pacific Electric Red Car Lines running east and south of downtown Los Angeles, as well as the company's main headquarters building. It was designed by architect Thornton Fitzhugh. Though not the first modern building in Los Angeles, nor the tallest, its large footprint and ten-floor height made it the largest building in floor area west of Chicago for several decades. Above the main floor terminal were five floors of offices and on the top three floors, the Jonathan Club, one of the city's leading businessmen's clubs. The club moved to its own building on Figueroa Street in 1925. After the absorption of the Pacific Electric into the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1911 [called "The Great Merger"], the PE Building became the primary Los Angeles offices for the Southern Pacific.
Comment [Gregory H. Alpert/Location Manager]: "When we shot there it was an abandoned building. It has since been converted to lofts. The top two floors shared an atrium [stairs]. We also used this on another John Carpenter project: Body Bags."
610 South Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014
http://www.pelofts.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific Electric Building
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Beverly Hills Sewer Tunnel [The Belmont Tunnel [Hollywood Subway]/Toluca Substation and Yard, Subway Terminal Building] [Metro 417], Los Angeles, CA] [Street View]
Description [Belmont Tunnel/Toluca]: It's not commonly known, but LA's first subway system was a mile-long stretch of underground trackage for some of Pacific Electric's Hollywood line of Red Car. Opened in 1925, the subway ran from the Terminal Building at 417 South Hill Street in Downtown to Belmont Tunnel/Toluca Substation at 2nd Street and Glendale Boulevard. From there, trolley service continued at street level to Hollywood and beyond. After a 30-year run, the subway was shut down and Belmont Tunnel/Toluca Yard remained abandoned for many years, attracting graffiti artists and transients in later years. In 2004, a real estate company bought the land with plans to build an apartment complex. Belmont Station now stands directly in the old Red Car path, but the sealed-off tunnel and original station can still be seen behind the building, beautifully restored.
Description [Subway Terminal Building]: The Subway Terminal Building, now Metro 417, is an Italian Renaissance Revival building in Downtown Los Angeles at 417 South Hill Street. It was designed by architects Schultze and Weaver and was built in 1925. It was the downtown terminus for the "Hollywood Subway" branch of the Pacific Electric Railway Interurban rail line. Currently it is a luxury apartment building. It is near Pershing Square. When the LACMTA Red Line, the replacement for the Hollywood Subway, was built, the Pershing Square station was located nearby.
417 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont Tunnel/Toluca Substation and Yard
http://laist.com/2008/07/12/laistory the 19.php
http://www.awalkerinla.com/2012/05/11/las-original-subway/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subway Terminal Building
http://www.metro417.com/
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[Street
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Comment [Andreas/Webmaster]: "This tunnel is open to bikes and pedestrians only and leads to the Los Angeles River bicycle path. The first part of the tunnel seen in scene three is located beneath a small unused section of freeway."
Devastated Streets [Victory Boulevard at Vanalden, Reseda, CA] [Street View]
Description: The 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, at 4:30:55 a.m. PST and had its epicenter in Reseda, a neighborhood in the north-central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. It had a duration of approximately 10–20 seconds. The blind thrust earthquake had a moment magnitude [MMS] of 6.7, which produced ground acceleration that was the highest ever instrumentally recorded in an urban area in North America, measuring 1.8g [16.7 m/s2] with strong ground motion felt as far away as Las Vegas, Nevada, about 220 miles [360 km] from the epicenter. The peak ground velocity in this earthquake at the Rinaldi Receiving Station was 183 cm/s [4.09 mph or 6.59 km/h], the fastest peak ground velocity ever recorded. In addition, two 6.0 MMS aftershocks occurred, the first about one minute after the initial event and the second approximately 11 hours later, the strongest of several thousand aftershocks in all. The death toll was 57, with more than 5,000 injured. In addition, earthquake-caused property damage was estimated to be between $13 and $40 billion, making it one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.
Comment [Gregory H. Alpert/Location Manager]: "We shot it in Northridge, California. The big quake in L.A. on January 17, 1994 was centered in Northridge. We found a long block of houses that had their backsides completely sliced away. It took a lot of work to be able to shoot it [because of safety concerns] but we did. We shot in both directions so that when we looked towards Snake Plissken from the drivers side or at Map to the Stars Eddie [Steve Buscemi] from the passenger side it would look like there were dilapidated buildings on both sides. It looked really good!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994 Northridge earthquake
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum [Locker Room] [Morell Meats Building, Willow Studios, Basement, Los Angeles, CA] [Street View]
Comment [Gregory Alpert/Location Manager]: "It was an empty building when we shot, way past it's prime and a popular filming location back in the early 90s."
Comment [Andreas/Webmaster]: "These scenes were originally going to be filmed at El Camino College."
1335 Willow Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
http://willowstudios.net/
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum [Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA]
Description: The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum opened June of 1923; some 5 months later, on October 6th, the first football game was played in the stadium, with the University of Southern California defeating Pomona College 23-7 before a crowd of 12,836. It was a modest beginning for a venue that would later play a very prominent role in college and professional football, and become the greatest stadium in the history of America.
In addition to serving as the home field for the USC Trojans since 1923, countless historic events have taken place inside these venerable walls during nine decades of celebrated history. It is the only facility in the world to play host to two Olympiads [X and XXIII], two Super Bowls [I and VII], one World Series [1959], a Papal Mass and visits by three U.S. Presidents: John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
Along with the adjacent Sports Arena, the Coliseum is credited with helping to start the migration of professional sports teams to the West Coast. The complex provided a home for the Rams [from Cleveland, 1946-79 NFL], the Dodgers [from Brooklyn, 1958-61, MLB], and the Lakers [from Minneapolis, 1960-67, NBA], and has also been home to a variety of Southern California teams as well the Raiders [from Oakland, 1982-94, NFL], UCLA Football [1933-81] and was the expansion home of the Chargers [1960, NFL] the Clippers [from San Diego, 1984-99, NBA], USC Basketball [1959-2006, NCAA], UCLA Basketball [1959-65, NCAA], the Cobras [1988, Arena Football], the Ice Dogs [1995-96, IHL], the Sharks [1972-74, WHA], the Stars [1968-70, ABA] and Kings [1967, NHL].
In 1984, the State of California and the United States Government declared the Coliseum a State and Federal Historical Landmark for its contribution to the history of California, as well as to that of the United States as a whole.
On March 29, 2008, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox set a Guinness World Record for the largest attendance ever at a baseball game with a crowd of 115,300. Other historic events include Billy Graham's appearance in 1963 in front of 134,254 [still an all-time Coliseum record], Nelson Mandela's 1990 triumphant return to the United States, the first ever Papal Mass by Pope John Paul II in 1987, and the 1976 Bicentennial Spectacular.
The Coliseum has hosted decades of memorable concerts including a who's-who listing of some of rock-n-roll's greatest artists: Roger Waters performing The Wall in its entirety [May 19, 2012], LA Rising [June of 2011], the Summer Sanitarium Tour [headlined by Metallica – August 2003], Bruce Springsteen in 1985, four sold-out Rolling Stones, U2, Metallica, The Who, Pink Floyd, Kid Rock, the Grateful Dead, Van Halen and More!
A new mark for the highest paid attendance [63,101] for a Latin music concert in the United States was set on March 18, 2006, as RBD took the Coliseum stage.
Known also for hosting soccer competitions, the Coliseum has been the site of many memorable international matches. The all-time Coliseum attendance record for a soccer match was set on August 6, 2006, as 92,650 fans turned out to see a double-header featuring Chivas vs. Barcelona and Chivas USA vs. the New England Revolution. The crowd eclipsed the previous mark of 91,585, set in 1999 as Mexico took on Argentina. The 2014 Centroamericana Cup Championships and five CONCACAF Gold Cups.
Comment [Andreas/Webmaster]: "These scenes were originally going to be filmed at El Camino College."
3911 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90037
http://www.lacoliseum.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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Wilshire Canyon [Tapo Rock & Sand Inc., Quarry, Simi Valley, CA] [Satellite View]
Description: Tapo Rock and Sand has been in the rock and sand, building aggregate, and recycling business for over 43 years. Family owned and operated, Tapo Rock and Sand was founded in 1972 by owner and operator Charlie Brooks, and continues under his leadership today. We have always strived to provide our customers with excellent and friendly service, and the best quality products in the industry. We carry a wide array of materials, and also offer recycling sights for dirt, sod, and concrete.
Comment [Gregory H. Alpert/Location Manager]: "It was our first night of filming. We shot 69 nights and just one day on the film. The quarry is located near Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley, California."
Comment [Clayton Sandland]: "I remember when they filmed it. I was actually just a kid at the time and wanted badly to go up to see the filming but wasn't able to because they filmed it in the middle of the night. It was filmed on the third level of our pit. To the right is a bluff that is an adjoining property and that sluff to the left was actually the road leading down to it. They are not there anymore. That road has been taken out, and that bluff has been backfilled and reclaimed. Our whole top level is now about the same as where Kurt Russell and Peter Fonda [Pipeline] are standing."
5141 Tapo Canyon Road
Simi Valley, CA 93063
http://www.taporockandsand.com/
Wilshire Canyon [Street] [4th Street from Spring to Main Street, Los Angeles, CA] [Street View]
Comment [Gregory H. Alpert/Location Manager]: "If you look closely at the end of the block, you will see a building on the right side that has a triangle feature located above a window on it. This is the old Farmer's & Merchants Bank."
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Wilshire Canyon [Alley] [Harlem Place Alley btw 4th and 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA] [Street View]
Comment [Gregory H. Alpert/Location Manager]: "In the 80 and 90s this alley was filmed ALL the time and I mean ALL the time for films and TV shows. Starting in the early to mid 2000s filming in the alley slowed way down as the once empty commercial part of town started having the buildings turn to condos. What was once a ghost town at night where you could do anything, explosions, full load gun fire and the like started having restrictions put in place due to the fact residents were now occupying adjacent buildings. I have mixed feelings about this as it took away a great place to film at night but on the other hand, a once dead Downtown is being revitalized with people moving Downtown. Nothing ever stays the same!"
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Queen Mary [Bowel] [Queen Mary, Bowel, Long Beach, CA] [Street View]
Description: RMS Queen Mary is a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line [known as Cunard-White Star Line when the vessel entered service]. Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, Queen Mary along with her running mate, the RMS Queen Elizabeth, were built as part of Cunard's planned two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg, and New York City. The two ships were a British response to the superliners built by German and French companies in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Queen Mary was the flagship of the Cunard Line from May 1936 until October 1946 when she was replaced in that role by Queen Elizabeth.
Queen Mary sailed on her maiden voyage on 27 May 1936 and captured the Blue Riband in August of that year; she lost the title to SS Normandie in 1937 and recaptured it in 1938, holding it until 1952 when she was beaten by the new SS United States. With the outbreak of World War II, she was converted into a troopship and ferried Allied soldiers for the duration of the war. Following the war, Queen Mary was refitted for passenger service and along with Queen Elizabeth, commenced the two-ship transatlantic passenger service for which the two ships were initially built. The two ships dominated the transatlantic passenger transportation market until the dawn of the jet age in the late 1950s. By the mid-1960s, Queen Mary was ageing and, though still among the most popular transatlantic liners, was operating at a loss.
After several years of decreased profits for Cunard Line, Queen Mary was officially retired from service in 1967. She left Southampton for the last time on 31 October 1967 and sailed to the port of Long Beach, California, United States, where she remains permanently moored. Much of the machinery, including one of the two engine rooms, three of the four propellers, and all of the boilers, were removed, and the ship now serves as a tourist attraction featuring restaurants, a museum, and hotel. The ship is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has accepted the Queen Mary to be part of the Historic Hotels of America.
Comment [Martin Jedlicka/Second Assistant Director]: "We filmed this sequence in the actual hull of the Queen Mary. It was a cavernous space where Snake Plissken crosses a bridge to meet the Saigon Shadows. The bridge he walks along was put in by the art department. I believe we were the next to last company to film in below decks due to all the asbestos that was used to wrap the pipes. The last was the TV show Beauty and the Beast."
1126 Queens Highway
Long Beach, CA 90802
http://www.queenmary.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS Queen Mary
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Queen Mary [Pool] [Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Pool, Los Angeles, CA] [Street View]
Description: The Millennium Biltmore Hotel, originally named the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel of the Biltmore Hotels group, is a luxury hotel located on Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles, California, US. Upon its grand opening in 1923, the Los Angeles Biltmore was the largest hotel west of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. In 1969 the Biltmore Hotel was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument by the City of Los Angeles. As of 2009, the Los Angeles Biltmore is operated as part of the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels as the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. The hotel has 70,000 square feet [6,500 square meter] of meeting and banquet space. From its original 1500 guestrooms it now has 683, due to room reorganization.
Comment [Gregory H. Alpert/Location Manager]: "The Pool. This was NOT shot at the ship but rather inside the Biltmore Hotel located in Downtown L.A. It has an underground art deco pool."
506 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
http://www.millenniumhotels.com/usa/millenniumbiltmorelosangeles/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium Biltmore Hotel
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Queen Mary [Deck] [Hall of Justice, Parking Lot, Los Angeles, CA] [Street View]
Description: In Los Angeles the Hall of Justice was the centerpiece of the Los Angeles County justice system until it was damaged in the Northridge earthquake. The historic 1925 building was featured on television shows including Dragnet, Perry Mason and Get Smart. More significantly, it was the home of Los Angeles County courts, the Los Angeles County Coroner, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, and the Los Angeles County District Attorney, and was for many years the primary Los Angeles County jail.
Notable residents of the Hall of Justice included Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan and Shorty Rossi, star of the Animal Planet show Pit Boss. Autopsies performed at the Hall of Justice include those of actress Marilyn Monroe and the assassinated presidential candidate and former United States Attorney General Robert Kennedy. It was used as a filming location for the 1997 Clint Eastwood movie Absolute Power, as the Washington DC police headquarters.
The Hall of Justice was closed shortly after sustaining damage as a result of the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Recently, the building underwent a complete restoration and is scheduled to re-open as the Sheriff's and District Attorney's Headquarters in early 2015.
Comment [Gregory H. Alpert/Location Manager]: "The shot where they are standing on the deck of the ship before they fly off. This was a huge set piece set in a parking lot in Downtown L.A. in front of an old government building [The Hall of Justice]. The building was red tagged because of the 1994 Northridge earthquake and is just now 20 years later being rehabbed. The building in the foreground was not there at the time. That was the parking lot where the huge set piece was placed."
Comment [Andreas/Webmaster]: "This scene was originally going to be filmed at Universal Studios Courthouse Square."
211 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall of Justice
Photo Credit: Hunter Kerhart
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Happy Kingdom In Anaheim [Universal Studios Courthouse Square, Los Angeles, CA] [Satellite View]
Description: A large town square named after the imposing Courthouse building most famously seen in Back to the Future [1985-1990]. The square has been seen in hundreds of Universal films [and those of other studios]. In common with many other standing sets, simple changes like the arrangement of street furniture and signage can make the set appear to be a completely different location. Prior to Back to the Future, the area was known as Mockingbird Square, after it's appearance in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Although the devastating fires in 1990 and 2008 destroyed the New York Street area, the Courthouse itself was spared.
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, Los Angeles, CA
http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/backlot/courthousesquare.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courthouse Square
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Small Clearing [Ventura Farms, Thousand Oaks, CA] [Satellite View]
Description: With the Santa Monica Mountains as a backdrop, the 2000 acres known as Ventura Farms caught the eye of David Murdock in 1978. Located just twenty-five minutes from the Pacific Ocean and nestled into one of Southern California's loveliest valleys, Mr. Murdock found a place of serenity for relaxation after days in his Los Angeles office. David Murdock, CEO of major companies on an international scale, remembers, "Most of all, the beauty of the place won me over. The farm is one of a kind."
Ventura Farms is a state of the art training facility with everything available for training and conditioning our Arabian horses. Located on the facility are a 1/8th mile track, equine swimming pool, treadmill, and horse Eurociser. We also enjoy the benefits of all weather training with a state-of-the-art covered arena and covered round pen.
Ventura Farms is primarily a private facility. Our focus is on training and conditioning the Ventura Farms horses to prepare them to be great horses for new owners.
235 West Potrero Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91361
http://www.venturafarms.com/
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Wilshire Canyon [Canyon] [Schlitterbahn East, Boogie Bahn [FlowRider], New Braunfels, TX] [Satellite View]
Description [Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort]: Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort in New Braunfels has over 3 miles of tubing adventures, 7 children’s water playgrounds, 17 water slides, the world’s first surfing machine, and 3 uphill water coasters spread over 65 acres of fun!
Description [FlowRider]: A FlowRider [or Flow Rider] is an artificial sheet wave surfing environment incorporated in many waterparks and hotels. It was originally invented by Tom Lochtefeld, a surfer, for the Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort in New Braunfels, Texas.
The Flow Rider is manufactured by Wave Loch, Inc. of La Jolla, California and range in cost anywhere from 1 million us dollars and onwards. There are currently more than 100 FlowRider installations around the globe, including five units on cruise ships. Wave Loch also has a mobile unit that can be moved by truck.
Comment [Tony Hawk/Stunt Player [Uncredited]/Instagram]: "Doing "stunts" for Escape From L.A. in 1996 w/Chris Miller. I was Peter Fonda, he was Kurt Russell. We were riding real surfboards on the Flowrider in freezing conditions and both ended up with the flu but it was worth the pain to be part of this cinematic genius."
400 North Liberty Avenue
New Braunfels, TX 78130
http://www.schlitterbahn.com/nb/
http://www.waveloch.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlitterbahn