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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5. Recording The Conversation - The Conversation (1974)
In the film: Francis Coppola's sweaty, anxious '70s surveillance thriller begins with a tightly orchestrated bugging, beginning with a long zoom into this San Francisco park.
The Google view: It's Union Sqaure in the city centre, and thanks to the wonder of Street View, you can glide over the park playing the spy yourself.
Slide over to the corner of Geary and Stockton to see the spot where Harry Caul's crew park their van.
6. The Coffee Shop Explosion - Children Of Men (2006)
In the film: In a recognisable but grim-looking future London, Clive Owen grabs a coffee and heads into the open just in time to avoid being splattered over the street by a bomb blast.
The google view: The old home of the British press, London's Fleet Street. In the movie it's transformed by subtle CGI, but scroll past the banks and greystones and you get a Clive’s-eye view of St Paul’s Cathedral.
Next: The Big Lebowski, E.T.
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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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