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beaches of famous films

Posted on April 24, 2013 by peter bell

The Planet of the Apes (1968)- Westward Beach– The final scene of the original Planet of the Apes was shot in Malibu at this beach. The Karate Kid– Leo Carillo State Beach– This beach was featured in the training sequences of the original Karate Kid. Jaws (1975)- Joseph Sylvia State Beach– This beach was featured […]

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Jim Morrison and The Doors locations

Posted on July 9, 2012 by peter bell

Forty-one years ago today, Jim Morrison was lowered into a Paris burial plot (on July 9, 1971). The Doors frontman would have been 68 years old if he were alive today, but instead died of a heroin overdose at the tender age of 27. Where once the Lizard King slithered across the country, spitting his […]

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