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ahwahnee hotel
from the shining posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park served as the inspiration for parts of the Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. The Overlook's Colorado Lounge in the movie was modeled after the lounge in the Ahwhanee and built on a soundstage at Elstree Studios.
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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.
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