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collection: 80s movies

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tejon ranch company

from the karate kid posted in movies by pete_nice

The Tejon Ranch is a 270,000 acre ranch located an hour north of Los Angeles. At 422 square miles, it is the largest contiguous piece of private property in California, and is about 40% the size of the state of Rhode Island. Many films have been shot here, including when Daniel-san is training while Mr. Miyagi fishes.

The Tejon Ranch Co. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: TRC).

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leo carillo state beach

from the karate kid posted in movies by pete_nice

Leo Carillo State Beach was used for all of the beach scenes in the 1984 classic The Karate Kid: Daniel playing soccer, the Cobra Kai kids beating Daniel up, and the training sequence where Daniel-san is practicing his crane kick on the pole.

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orient express restaurant

from the karate kid posted in movies by pete_nice

This filming location from The Karate Kid was featured in the scene where Daniel and his mother are having lunch at The Orient Express Restaurant. The location is now called Express Night Club.

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bandstand

from road house posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery

At the beginning of Road House Dalton is working as head bouncer at Bandstand when he is recruited by Frank to be the cooler of his Missouri bar Double Deuce.

Bandstand also doubled as the interior of the bar / strip club where Sam Elliot's character Wade is working when Dalton calls him.

The real-life nightclub had a violent reputation that sounded like it was straight out of the movie. It was the largest nightclub in Orange County, California and was last known as The Boogie before it was closed in 2006.

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el segundo high school

from wargames, superbad, joe dirt posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery

Besides being that place where Q-Tip left his wallet, El Segundo, California is also home to El Segundo High School which has been used as a filming location for dozens of tv shows and movies including WarGames (as Snohomish High School), Superbad (as Clark Secondary School), Joe Dirt, 90210, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and 24.

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