# Great places in movies that you want to visit or live in **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981 "2003-06-15T06:45:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/1 "2003-06-15T06:45:34Z")
What’s a great location you’ve seen on film - fictitious or real - that you absolutely love, want to visit or live in? My picks - Lothlorien from the **Lord of the Rings** trilogy - I want a house in the trees with all that beautiful Elven architecture. Dickie Greenleaf’s villa from **The Talented Mr Ripley** - and if Dickie (Jude Law) himself comes with it, all the better. The library from **Wings of Desire** - Seeing libraries and bookshops in films make me all warm and fuzzy inside. Frank Doyle’s (Anthony Hopkins) antiquarian bookshop and Helene Hanff’s (Anne Bancroft) writer’s digs in **84 Charing Cross Road**. Kate Wheeler’s (Cate Blanchett) kitchen in **Bandits** - I love big kitchens. The seaside house from **Dying Young** - I watched this movie over and over because I loved all the houses in it. And yes, that’s the official story. - Skijumper ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/2 "2003-06-15T07:50:03Z")
In real life, I have to get to San Francisco one of these days. I think I’ll like it a lot. Lot of naturally beautiful spots I need to see - the Painted Desert comes to mind. Angel Falls. Hell, I live in the same state as Niagara Falls and haven’t been there - though it’s a LONG-ass way from me. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/3 "2003-06-15T08:30:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > **In real life, I have to get to San Francisco one of these days. I think I’ll like it a lot.** Shortly after I moved out here, a friend of mine took me on a _Harold & Maude_ tour through San Francisco and Marin. The thing about SF is that it’s actually _cooler_ (in both senses) than it looks in the movies. Make sure you visit the Mechanical Museum at Sutro point, and make sure you bring a jacket. My choices would be: The Overlook Hotel from _The Shining_ Toontown from _Who Framed Roger Rabbit?_ Coruscant from _Attack of the Clones_ (assuming I didn’t have to interact with any of the cast…) Rivendell from _The Fellowship of the Rings_ The bathhouse from _Spirited Away_ ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/4 "2003-06-15T10:55:01Z")
I’ve had serious house-lust for: Bag End in LOTR. With just a little more ceiling height, I think I could live there happily. Howard’s End in _Howard’s End_. Manderly in the 1939 _Rebecca_, but I’d need an enormous staff to keep the place up so it really wouldn’t be feasible these days. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/5 "2003-06-15T11:05:47Z")
NYC ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/6 "2003-06-15T13:35:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miss Mapp \* > \*\*I’ve had serious house-lust for: > > Bag End in LOTR. With just a little more ceiling height, I think I could live there happily. > > Sigh. \*\* There are actually 2 Bag End sets. One is Hobbit-sized (so Gandalf hits his head) and the other is large so that normal sized people will appear Hobbit-sized. They were going to trash the whole thing after shooting was finished, so Peter Jackson bought it (the big one). He has it in storage and plans to have it put together somewhere, someday. As you say “Sigh.” Now if it could just really BE in Hobbiton. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/7 "2003-06-15T13:54:17Z")
The house in the bay on Capri in **Le Mepris** (Contempt) with Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccolli. It’s a secluded beach house on a rock overseeing a gorgeous light blue sea. I’m actually considering going to Capri for the holidays to see what it’s like. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/8 "2003-06-15T14:13:35Z")
For fantasy I would love to see earth in the time of the STNG of Picard et al. (tho the constant threat of it being destroyed would make me a bit nervous). As for a real place, the final scene in the Bourne Identity takes place in seaside town which may or may not be Mykonos, http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=125307&highlight=bourne It is one of the coolest looking most beautiful things I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/9 "2003-06-15T14:27:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SolGrundy \* > \*\*My choices would be: > The Overlook Hotel from _The Shining_ \*\* You can! [Timberline Lodge, Mt Hood, Oregon](http://207.189.97.226/defaultweb.asp) ---
**Author:** ![FairyDust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ccd318/32.png) [@FairyDust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyDust)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/10 "2003-06-15T14:29:00Z")
Rivendell. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/11 "2003-06-15T14:40:36Z")
Ever since I saw Jim Jarmusch’s “Night on Earth,” I’ve wanted to visit Helsinki. I was living in beautiful sunny California when I saw the movie with a friend. During the Helsinki segment, my friend whispered, “I miss snow.” ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/12 "2003-06-15T15:34:35Z")
Just about anywhere in Middle Earth from _Lord of the Rings_: Mines of Moria, Misty Mountains, Anduin River, Hobbiton, Helm’s Deep, Bree, Lothlorien, Rivendell… Any or all of those off-the-beaten-path Caribbean locations in _Captain Ron_. And since no one’s mentioned it yet… **HOGWARTS**! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/13 "2003-06-15T15:42:37Z")
Prince Edward Island from _Anne of Green Gables_-and it really exists! I would love to live in Avonlea! The estate in _The Secret Garden_. The beautiful villa on Naboo in _Attack of the Clones_. ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/14 "2003-06-15T15:55:39Z")
Edoras, Rivendell or Minas Tirith. (The Two Towers and FOTR) ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/15 "2003-06-15T16:08:31Z")
The Great Chocolate Factory ---
**Author:** ![Tree\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@Tree\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tree_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/16 "2003-06-15T16:55:37Z")
Superman’s ice palace So many to chose from in the Star Trek Universe, but if I could track down that Nexus ribbon (from the movie Generations) I would be happy. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/17 "2003-06-15T20:34:11Z")
Tatooine ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/18 "2003-06-15T21:40:53Z")
My first thought on the thread title, Hobbiton. So I’d live there and take the odd vacation to the bath house from **Spirited Away**. I just hope I don’t get put next to a stench demon. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/19 "2003-06-15T23:04:59Z")
The first apartment Woody Allen’s character inhabits, in **Manhattan** – the one with the abundant bookshelves and the cast-iron[IIRC] spiral staircase. Also, the beachhouse from **Interiors**. Most of the locations in Roman Polanski’s **The Ninth Gate** – especially the exquisitely ruined Portuguese villa and the luxuriously appointed office/library of the Paris collector. Also the Sanmartin compound outside of Paris… now, that’s serious real estate! Pedro Almodovar’s Madrid – to take a tour of the locations and interiors in general. Everything would likely be very colorful and a bit over-the-top. Of course, I’d get around in the “Mambo Taxi” … 🙂 The Florence _pensione_ from **A Room With a View** , preferably as a newlywed. From **The Empire Strikes Back** , Yoda’s tiny home in the Degobah swamp. Taking Force lessons from the Master Jedi himself… it’s the ultimate sabbatical trip! 😃 The ski chalet on top of a very big Swiss Alp, in **On Her Majesty’s Secret Service**. (Great views, but I don’t know what I’d do there, since I don’t know how to ski. Probably suffer ze altitude sickness and play ze shuffleboard.) The English mansion in the detective-genre spoof **Murder By Death** , and the Transylvanian Gothic castle in **Young Frankenstein** – for their funhouse layouts and kitschy decor. John Cusack’s Chicago apartment and store (“Championship Vinyl”) from **High Fidelity**. Just to, you know, hang out with Rob Gordon for a few hours… look through his personal record collection, admire the posters, go through the used bins, score a couple of rarities, chat about the music scene… The run-down, rustic Penrith cottage from **Withnail & I**. Oddly enough, I read about three years ago that the cottage had recently come up for sale (and was still in the same condition it had been in the movie) and was attracting fans of the cult film from Sweden, Germany, the USA, Australia, Japan, Brazil,… all of them telling God-knows-what stories in order to get a tour. (Doubtless they were saying, “I’m not from London, you know.”) The real estate agent must’ve been going nuts! “French Castle” from **Monty Python & the Holy Grail**. (This would be the ultimate geek tourist videocamera joke… go up to the top, lean your face over the wall, and let loose with a barrage of insults _een zis out-RAG-ous akzent_…) [Yes, I know the DVD has a locations tour and shows us armchair travellers what that castle is really like, and what it’s really called.] ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981/20 "2003-06-15T23:53:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SolGrundy \* > \*\* > The Overlook Hotel from _The Shining_ > \*\* Absolutely, **SolGrundy**. Everytime I see that movie, either one, (or read the book, for that matter), I think of how cool it would be to live there. And I’ve got to second **Guinastasia** ’s pick of Mistelthwaite (sp?} Manor from _The Secret Garden_. I think part of the attraction to that one is that the place is half-abandoned, and abandoned houses have always been particularly interesting to me (and then there’s the added bonuses that it’s located on the moors in England, has tons of property and is enormous, of course). [hijack]Wasn’t the house used in the movie version of _The Secret Gardem_ also used as the setting for the movie version of Manderly in _Rebecca_? Either way (whether it’s the same house or not, or whether you’re talking the book or the movie)…Manderly, too. [/hijack]. In addition, I think it would also be pretty cool to live in: 1. Roland’s world in _The Dark Tower Series_, even if it is twisted and terrifying. 2. Any of the big manor houses from _Wuthering Heights_. 3. From the little I’ve heard about the place out in California that the Jefferson Airplane had…you can add that to my list. 4. The place the hunter in the short-story _The Most Dangerous Game_ lives in. 5. Narnia. Can’t believe nobody’s said that yet. 6. Tara, from _Gone With the Wind_. (Although…my real first name is Tara and it would be sort of weird having the same name as the house you live in…“Hey, we’re all having dinner in Tara tonight, you coming?” or, “I spent the night in Tara.” Wait…maybe that wouldn’t be so bad.) 7. The Beast’s castle in _Beauty and the Beast_. 8. The library in _The Pagemaster_. By the way, great thread, **Skijumper**! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-places-in-movies-that-you-want-to-visit-or-live-in/181981.md?page=2)