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pointes high school
from grosse pointe blank posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Very little of Grosse Pointe Blank was actually filmed in Detroit's upscale suburb Grosse Pointe. John Marshall High School in Los Angeles was used for Pointes High School where Martin Blank and Debi attend their ten-year high school reunion.
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Just in case you thought the Star Wars prequels were entirely CGI, here's an actual physical set for Mos Espa used in The Phantom Menace. In the movie, Mos Espa is the Tatooine spaceport that was home to Anakin and Shmi Skywalker.
The facades for the buildings and some plywood moisture generators are still standing. If you're adventurous, you can find Mos Espa north of the city of Nafta in the Tunisian desert.
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from star trek into darkness posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Many of the high-tech interiors of the Enterprise in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel Star Trek Into Darkness were filmed at the National Ignition Facility, part of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory near San Francisco.
This was the first time a movie had been allowed to shoot at the NIF. The research facility is home to the world's largest and most energetic laser system, which they are using to attempt nuclear fusion. Like the Enterprise, it's also fueled by the hydrogen isotope deuterium. Way cooler than the Anheuser-Busch brewery used for the first movie.
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from star trek (2009) posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
This Anheuser-Busch brewery in Van Nuys, California was used for scenes of the Enterprise's engine room in the first J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie. For the sequel Star Trek Into Darkness, they upgraded and filmed the Enterprise interiors at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
oregon state hospital
from one flew over the cuckoo’s nest posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
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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