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the actors studio
from james dean, sidney lumet, steve mcqueen and many more posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
The non-profit Actors Studio in Manhattan is where thespians have been studying method acting, pioneered by studio director Lee Strasberg, for over sixty years. It is currently located at 432 West 44th Street in a converted church. Just a few actors who have been members of the studio include Robert De Niro, Julia Roberts, Gene Hackman and Paul Newman.
view full location details...chet holifield federal building
from death race 2000 (1975) posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
In what must be New Los Angeles, the ziggurat-like Chet Holifield Federal Building in Laguna Niguel, California marks the end of the Transcontinental Road Race in the Roger Corman cult classic Death Race 2000 from 1975.
view full location details...my garage museum
from death race 2000 (1975) posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
At the My Garage Museum, part of Mid America Motorworks in Effingham, Illinois, you can see the Alligator Car that David Carradine (as Frankenstein) drove across the country in the Roger Corman cult classic Death Race 2000
view full location details...marin county civic center
from gattaca, thx 1138 posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
The Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, California, Frank Lloyd Wright's last commission, served as the headquarters of the Gattaca Corporation in the 1997 dystopian sci-fi movie Gattaca. It was also used as a filming location for George Lucas's first movie THX 1138.
In 2007, the first annual Gattaca photo shoot was held there where you were encouraged to show up dressed as I suppose either Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke or Jude Law. I have no idea if that became a recurring event.
view full location details...the corner parking lot
from the parking lot movie posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
If you haven't seen The Parking Lot Movie, a documentary about a bunch of over-educated twenty-somethings who work at a parking booth in Charlottesville near the University of Virginia, check it out. You might enjoy it. If you have seen it, here's where The Corner Parking Lot is so you can go and park your car there.
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