25 Cool Movie Locations...
...And How To Visit Them In Google Street View
BY May 17th 2009 10:10AMFILED UNDER: Features
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19. Street Fighter Cinema - True Romance (1993)
In the film: The sleazy cinema where Clarence and Alabama have their first date is a fantasia of harsh neon in the gloom, and a typical hangout for writer Quentin Tarantino.
The Google view: The Sunset Drive original is a movie theatre too, but looks considerably less tawdry in the daylight. Well, it would do, except that it’s showing Superbad.
20. The Town Square - Hot Fuzz (2007)
In the film: PC Pegg hits the market square of pastoral 'Sandford', armed and ready to take down all the Wicker Man-worshipping grandees of the backward West Country town.
The Google view: Wells in Somerset is only a little way behind its fictional twin in the well-manicured Little England stakes, although they probably don’t rely on human sacrifice to keep the flower boxes in good order.
Predicatably, the Google van hasn't yet found the place. It may never do. And if it does, it'll never leave...
Next: Get Carter, Manhattan
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2: SCQ47 says
Thanks for the feature. My only question is why you went with the liquor store instead of the bowling alley from Big Lebowski. I'll be visiting most of these spots next week.
Posted: May 22nd 2009 // 3:49AMAlert a moderator
3: avoidz says
The E.T. house makes a brief appearance in the Charlie's Angels movie. Drew Barrymore's character rolls down a hill naked and drops into the backyard, to the surprise of two boys. (An E.T. poster can be seen above the television they are playing a game on.)
Posted: May 24th 2009 // 9:00AMAlert a moderator
4: leeloo77 says
Its not Simple Minds playing in the scene you brought up for 'Donnie Darko' it is Tears for Fears.
Posted: May 27th 2009 // 5:30PMAlert a moderator
5: torsloke says
@SCQ47 - it's because the dear departed Hollywood Star Lanes was torn down and is now an elementary or middle school. Hollywood Star Lanes also appears in the eminently less watchable Family Man. I used to bowl in a league there during the filming of both movies. It was the best bowling alley, only made better by its connection to the Dude. It is sorely missed.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=5201+Santa+Monica+Blvd+Los+Angeles,+CA+90038&sll=34.092313,-118.303442&sspn=0.008565,0.019312&gl=us&ie=UTF8&ll=34.090803,-118.303227&spn=0.008565,0.019312&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=34.090806,-118.303341&panoid=J1ohxfaq4z5TCFzefSZY6w&cbp=12,45.9,,0,4
Posted: May 27th 2009 // 6:55PMAlert a moderator
6: mattrix33 says
Cool feature.
I live in Bristol and didn`t even know that the Grovsner Hotel had even been in a film
Posted: Jun 9th 2009 // 9:25PMAlert a moderator
7: dalebiskit says
I made a pilgrimage to the manhattan spot but couldn't get very close to recreating the shot so I assumed that they'd built over it. I hate it when I'm right.
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