# Movie sets still in use when filming is over? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-sets-still-in-use-when-filming-is-over/287310 "2005-01-29T18:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-sets-still-in-use-when-filming-is-over/287310/81 "2007-01-08T01:39:30Z")
[QUOTE=Musicat] The southeast corner of Burbank and Vineland, North Hollywood. El Mexicano, I believe, but I haven’t been by there for almost 10 years, so it might be a Starbucks now. Back at you – where was the Rodney Drive location for ? I used to live 3 blocks south of Los Feliz on Rodney, 2052 1/2, but I see _Mulholland Falls_ was made in 1996, so that was long after I moved away. Were we neighbors, separated only by time? [/QUOTE] Does that mean that if you write a letter and leave it in the mailbox, it will magically appear four years ago at the same time you left it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-sets-still-in-use-when-filming-is-over/287310/82 "2007-01-08T10:32:56Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] Does that mean that if you write a letter and leave it in the mailbox, it will magically appear four years ago at the same time you left it? 😃 [/QUOTE] I sense a movie script coming on. No, wait – that was four years in the future, now it’s gone. Drat. ---
**Author:** ![PopCornBuddha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@PopCornBuddha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopCornBuddha)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-sets-still-in-use-when-filming-is-over/287310/83 "2007-01-08T15:31:07Z")
Hallo, newbie here, but just had to register to post this: > **[Home - Popeye Village Malta](https://popeyemalta.com/)** > > Popeye Village Malta has grown from its days as a Film Set of the 1980 Musical Production 'Popeye' into one of the major tourist attractions in Malta. ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-sets-still-in-use-when-filming-is-over/287310/84 "2007-01-08T18:44:36Z")
Canton, Mississippi got a makeover to fit the 1930s-era movie _O Brother Where Art Thou_, which was filming there. At least some of the false facades from the movie were still up on the stores last time I visited Canton a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-sets-still-in-use-when-filming-is-over/287310/85 "2007-01-08T21:17:47Z")
_The Green Mile_ and \*The Last Castle \*were filmed at the old Tennessee State Prison. There’s a tower from the set of The Last Castle, still standing on the grounds. It makes the prison look creepier than it already did. Here’s a pic without the tower, I guess it wasn’t castley enough. > **[The Last Castle (2001) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272020/mediaindex)** > > The Last Castle (2001) photos, including production stills, premiere photos and other event photos, publicity photos, behind-the-scenes, and more. There are also props left from the interior sets of both films, in storage at the prison. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-sets-still-in-use-when-filming-is-over/287310/86 "2007-01-09T01:15:25Z")
One of the sets from all three _Pirates of the Caribbean_ movies is still up on mainland St. Vincent in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This particular set, situated on a gorgeous prototypical tropical bay, is supposed to be the town of Port Royal. One of the set buildings is an operating restaurant - eating there is like being in the movies, as from its location everywhere you look is a scene from one or more of the films. There are excusion boats and cars taking tourists to the set, and the area is popular with the bareboat sail charter crowd. They filmed in other places in the Caribbean as well, from what I understand, but I don’t know if those other sets are still around. The one in St. Vincent is pretty cool, it’s in a pretty remote area so it’s easy to look around and really feel like you’re back in the 1780’s. Yarr. ---
**Author:** ![Charger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@Charger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charger)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-sets-still-in-use-when-filming-is-over/287310/87 "2007-01-09T01:31:17Z")
The town square built for “The Music Man” later became Hazzard Square for the Dukes of Hazzard, and later became the center of town for Gilmore Girls. Only a few store fronts have changed as well as some of the signage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-sets-still-in-use-when-filming-is-over/287310.md?page=4)