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  1. #51
    Filmmaker78 Guest
    Scott,

    I was going to email you my list, but posting it here might foster even more discussion. Leaving out the obvious (Lebowski, L.A. Conf., Swingers, Pretty Woman, Sunset Blvd. -- BTW the Sunset Blvd DVD has a map built into the special features that shows where stuff is -- also MovieLocationsGuide.com):

    - Heat (especially the big shootout scene - you might also point out the location of the North Hollywood Shootout that inspired it, if your tour takes you that far north)

    - Back to the Future (numerous locations, maybe even Doc Brown's house if you get out that far - it's a museum now and considered one of the finest examples of craftsman style homes still standing today)

    - Chinatown

    - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (maybe too obscure, but they shot all over LA and I specifically remember the front door of the Formosa Cafe).

    - Chaplin (and they take the "old" Chapman in the film back to Chaplin Studios at the end and filmed in front of the real studio on La Brea)

    - L.A. Story

    - Reservoir Dogs (I know you already have Pulp Fiction) - they used the Johnie's Coffee Shop on Wilshire, etc.

    - True Romance (they stay at the Safari Inn, where Patricia Arquette gets the hell beat out of her by Tony Soprano, which is on Olive in Burbank)

    - Like Tarantino, pretty much anything by PT Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love), although he tends to favor shooting in the Valley
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  2. #52
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    jackie brown
    resevoir dogs
    batman house(how sad it burned)
    ghost busters
    the terminator

    and i know its not a movie but the6th feet under house even if it is in a rough area i just love that house!!!

  3. #53
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    Quote Originally Posted by Filmmaker78 View Post
    Scott,

    I was going to email you my list, but posting it here might foster even more discussion. Leaving out the obvious (Lebowski, L.A. Conf., Swingers, Pretty Woman, Sunset Blvd. -- BTW the Sunset Blvd DVD has a map built into the special features that shows where stuff is -- also MovieLocationsGuide.com):

    - Heat (especially the big shootout scene - you might also point out the location of the North Hollywood Shootout that inspired it, if your tour takes you that far north)

    - Back to the Future (numerous locations, maybe even Doc Brown's house if you get out that far - it's a museum now and considered one of the finest examples of craftsman style homes still standing today)

    - Chinatown

    - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (maybe too obscure, but they shot all over LA and I specifically remember the front door of the Formosa Cafe).

    - Chaplin (and they take the "old" Chapman in the film back to Chaplin Studios at the end and filmed in front of the real studio on La Brea)

    - L.A. Story

    - Reservoir Dogs (I know you already have Pulp Fiction) - they used the Johnie's Coffee Shop on Wilshire, etc.

    - True Romance (they stay at the Safari Inn, where Patricia Arquette gets the hell beat out of her by Tony Soprano, which is on Olive in Burbank)

    - Like Tarantino, pretty much anything by PT Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love), although he tends to favor shooting in the Valley


    i agree heat i forgot about that one

    the place where the north hollywood shootout is creepy to think of what happened there. good for a tour!!!!

  4. #54
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Michaels View Post
    That was Graystone Manor in Beverly Hills. Its been used in a gajillion films, and was the location for a murder.

    http://www.seeing-stars.com/Live/Greystone.shtml
    So it is real and does exist! Thanks, but it sounds like overkill if it's been used that often. Plus it seems people can go there on their own without a tour.

  5. #55
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    CHINATOWN - I got to see them do several shootings at night for the movie. Saw JoHN Huston, too. One big dude!!

    El Cid restaurant on Sunset close to the start of Santa Monica Blvd used to a an old 1900's movie studio.

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    ok maybe im realy stupid but
    could u get a map of the area ur willing to travel n grid it n then reaserch each lil square in the grid

  7. #57
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    i liked "ed wood". i know it was shot in L.A., as that is where ed himself lived. i also happen to know that tim burton wooed johnny depp for the role at the formosa cafe (LOTS of hollywood history there) because scott told me on one of the tours!! i'd love to see some Marilyn movie sites, if they are still around.

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    Die Hard. A building in Studio City was used for the Nakatomi building.

    In The Line Of Fire. The final scene was shot at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown LA.

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    Conquest of the Planet of the Apes - Century City, I believe.

  10. #60
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    Chinatown and it's sequel. I read Nicholson used his home and expanded him home on the studio dime when he shot the movie.

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    Not a movie, but I went to Monk's Restuarant in NYC...(Seinfeld) .of course the interior is LA!

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    I don't know where they were then, or if they still exist, but I always liked the neat little neighborhoods where they filmed the "Our Gang" comedies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by suzycreamcheese View Post
    Not a movie, but I went to Monk's Restuarant in NYC...(Seinfeld) .of course the interior is LA!
    Forgot all about that. Good choice! I hope the diner they used is still there. Anybody know?
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    Thank you guys. I'm seeing all of these. Can't do Seinfeld though, has to be films. I appreciate all the input

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    Quote Originally Posted by JefeStone View Post
    Less Than Zero, To Live and die in L.A., The Cheech and Chong Movies, The Doors, to name a few. More will come to me during the week
    Definitely less than Zero! I loved that movie! Foxes with Jodie Foster! Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
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    Heat (especially the big shootout scene - you might also point out the location of the North Hollywood Shootout that inspired it, if your tour takes you that far north)
    Heat was made before the North Hollywood shootout, so I'm confused by this?



    Here's my cheesy movie suggestion (and guilty pleasure)

    A Cinderella Story
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    wasn't Pee-Wee's Big Adventure filmed around LA? That would be something cool. If not, then just punch me in the face for suggesting it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bozarth View Post
    wasn't Pee-Wee's Big Adventure filmed around LA? That would be something cool. If not, then just punch me in the face for suggesting it.
    No, you are right. The 3rd St. Promenade, Pee Wee's house was in S. Pasadena and Francis' place will hopefully be on my tour. LOVE that movie.

  21. #71
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    Oh, that's awesome. I hope to actually make it out to LA to catch your tours at some point. A local theater is playing Big Adventure in July. I'll have to settle for that for now.

  22. #72
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    Quote Originally Posted by ibestevie View Post
    Die Hard. A building in Studio City was used for the Nakatomi building.
    Hey guys! New chick here.

    The Nakatomi building was Fox Plaza in Century City. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Plaza_(Los_Angeles) Which is across the street from the Century Plaza Towers (aka "Twin Towers") that were used as exteriors for the TV show "Moonlighting." (And were designed by the same architect who designed the WTC twin towers in NY.) Century City is the former 20th Century Fox studios backlot.

    Can't wait to do one of Scott's tours!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Michaels View Post
    That was Graystone Manor in Beverly Hills. Its been used in a gajillion films, and was the location for a murder.

    http://www.seeing-stars.com/Live/Greystone.shtml
    Murder, several accidental deaths and multiple suicides from what I have heard. Now a great public park that they still film tons of things at. On one visit there I walked up the stone walkway to the cement covered pool area and quickly realized they were filming a porno LOL.

    Scott, Doheny/Greystone mansion would be a great restroom stop for for your tour. The restrooms are near the cobblestone driveway round-about the old servants quarters were a few of them supposedly took their lives.

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    Quote Originally Posted by undertakeress View Post
    Heat was made before the North Hollywood shootout, so I'm confused by this?



    Here's my cheesy movie suggestion (and guilty pleasure)

    A Cinderella Story
    That's a cute movie, the diner they used for exteriors is right down the street from me. It's been used in Corrina, Corrina and the beginning of Zodiac
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    Quote Originally Posted by Morty View Post
    That's a cute movie, the diner they used for exteriors is right down the street from me. It's been used in Corrina, Corrina and the beginning of Zodiac
    Oh, where is the diner? I would just like to know. The locations are all Valley - so I can't use them for now on my tour, but I'd like to know where it is, and the house if you don't mind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Michaels View Post
    Oh, where is the diner? I would just like to know. The locations are all Valley - so I can't use them for now on my tour, but I'd like to know where it is, and the house if you don't mind.
    This is the diner.
    George's 50's Diner - 4390 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, California, USA

    It's on the corner of Atlantic and San Antonio, just up the street from Forest Lawn in LB. I'm not sure of the location of the house, whether it's in the valley or Long Beach. You should do Long Beach tour, there are gobs of filming locations around here
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    COOL, thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Michaels View Post
    COOL, thanks!
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    It's my dream to visit LA one day and go and see Wonderland Ave, Cielo Drive, Forest Lawn etc;

    With regards to your movie tour how about Mccadden Drive in Hancock Park for the Baby Jane house? or N Bristol Avenue in Brentwood for Joan Crawford's old house? (which has been renovated unfortunately)

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    the Baby Jane house is already part of my regular tour, but nothing was filmed at Bristol. The house looks like shit now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Michaels View Post
    the Baby Jane house is already part of my regular tour, but nothing was filmed at Bristol. The house looks like shit now.
    I know! it makes me so sad when I hear about these houses being torn down or renovated..they are part of Hollywood history and should be accorded the status of a listed building (in UK, this means a house of historical or architectural interest and no-one is allowed to do anything to them)

    I hate what they've done to Joan's home. Also it's a CRIME that Jayne Mansfield's pink palace was torn down. Ditto for Valentino's Falcon Lair.

    I would have loved to have seen Cielo Drive in its original form too. It was a beautiful house, pretty & rustic. Hideous concrete dwelling there now, devoid of any charm.

  32. #82
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    Kind of a personal thing, but I'd like to see Occidental College where they made the movie Real Genius with Val Kilmer (who I think was smokin' hot at the time. ). The personal thing is that my nephew was going there on a scholarship during the filming and his dorm room was one that was passed when they were skiing in the halls. He was very quick to point out "there's my room". He said they filmed a lot of college scenes there....

    On a side note to Rosa, I, too, think it's a CRIME that Jayne's beautiful pink home is gone!

    Almost forgot, welcome to all the new DHs on this thread. It's a great place to think, learn and chat about all things death related. Scott is awesome!
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    Didn't LA Story have a bunch of places around town? Maybe Halloween, Beverly Hills Cop, Dragent, oh and Pretty Woman! And a [VERY] obscure movie, Modern Girls has a lot of good locations on Melrose and Hollywood. I'd cruise by the ol' Powertools!

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    Can't even find MOdern Girls on Netflix, but do have the others, thanks!

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    Do you know when the list will be out as to where the tour goes? Ohhhh I want to go on it!!!

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