John Belushi was given his funeral service at this location in 1982. According to Belushi's wish, Dan Aykroyd played a tape of the song "2,000 Pound Bee" to crack up the audience.

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John Belushi is buried at Abel's Hill Cemetery on Martha's Vineyard. Although his body was dug up once and moved (because of people desecrating the grave), he is still buried at this location, at least according to something I read on the internet.

The headstone is engraved with a skull and crossbones and reads, "I may be gone, but Rock and Roll lives on."

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1975 best picture One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was filmed here at Oregon State Hospital in Salem. It's currently a Museum of Mental Health.

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Larry Clark was sitting at the fountain in Washington Square Park watching and talking to skaters (this would have been in the early 90s) and a kid approached him and started talking movies. This kid (Harmony Korine) impressed him with his knowledge of film, and a year later, when Clark had the idea for what would become Kids, he got in touch with Korine about a screenplay for the movie. According to Clark, Korine knocked out the script in three weeks.

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Heathers is one of the rare movies from the '80s that will probably never be granted a remake, which is fine because it's really not as good as you might remember. As dark as it is, the original idea for the ending was even darker with Veronica killing J.D. and then blowing herself up.

The climax outside of Westerburg High School was shot on the steps of John Adams Middle School in Santa Monica. The name of the school, in spite of the misspelling, was reportedly a nod to Winona Ryder's favorite band The Replacements.

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