# Movies filmed on a location you know well **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 13, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515 "2022-09-13T19:56:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/202 "2022-10-05T18:24:38Z")
The Bradbury Building is one of the best looking buildings I’ve ever seen. The Jack Nicholson movie “Wolf” was shot there, too. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/203 "2022-10-05T19:54:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Bradbury Building is one of the best looking buildings I’ve ever seen. It ain’t much from the outside, but inside is gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/204 "2022-10-23T17:18:03Z")
_Full Metal Jacket_ was partially filmed at the old airbase at Bassingbourn, which by then was the Queen’s Division depot - the prewar aircraft hangers can be seen in several scenes. The rifle range sequence was filmed at Barton Road range, which is a few miles away beside the M11 motorway. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/205 "2022-10-23T23:38:06Z")
O.k. this is not from a movie, but I can’t find a thread to put it in, and I don’t think it needs a new one. Anyway, I’m reading a bio of Leonard Cohen. The author is a Brit. She says that Cohen and a friend were in Santa Barbara in deep snow in the Santa Barbara mountains. O.k. there are some mountain ranges within driving range of Santa Barbara that get snow, but they’re not really “Santa Barbara” mountains. But then she said they took a detour to _Fresno_ on their way to L.A. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/206 "2022-10-24T22:36:54Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Anyway, I’m reading a bio of Leonard Cohen. The author is a Brit. She says that Cohen and a friend were in Santa Barbara in deep snow in the Santa Barbara mountains. O.k. there are some mountain ranges within driving range of Santa Barbara that get snow, but they’re not really “Santa Barbara” mountains. But then she said they took a detour to _Fresno_ on their way to L.A. Weird. When I lived just south of the British Columbia border, English and Irish friends visiting Montreal would often suggest we meet up somewhere for lunch. They have no idea how far away from each other things are in North America. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/207 "2022-10-24T22:44:12Z")
The movie _Easy A_ was filmed almost entirely in my home town (Ojai, CA). They changed the name of the high school from Nordhoff to “North Ojai High School” (presumably so they could keep using the “N” on the buildings) and turned the downtown Carrows into “The Lobster Shack.” Apparently, some of the interior house scenes were filmed in actual residents’ houses. The movie was cute, and it was fun to watch all the familiar places. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/208 "2022-10-24T22:58:52Z")
Did they film at Krotona at all? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/209 "2022-10-24T23:57:07Z")
It’s been a while since I’ve seen the movie, but I don’t think so. I think I would have remembered, though, since I spent the first 17 years of my life living less than a mile from it. ---
**Author:** ![TheTooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@TheTooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTooth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/210 "2022-10-25T04:25:56Z")
The first two X-Men movies were filmed locally, with Upper Kananaskis Lake standing in for Alkali Lake and the baddies’ secret lair. I’ve been there dozens of times, I can even tell where on the trail the camera was for certain shots. The Last Of Us filmed in Calgary and they cordoned off my block for a few days to shoot in a frumpy parking lot. They set up bluescreens to change the background but I didn’t see any set dressing; it’s depressing to think this neighbourhood can pass for post-apocalyptic as is. I’m a background extra in an earlier episode so I got to know the Boston QZ set pretty well; it was built behind the Calgary Stampede grounds, a five minute commute for me. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/211 "2022-10-25T05:03:15Z")
Speaking of Ojai and places I know well… [![](https://roadtripz.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/steve.png) ](https://roadtripz.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/steve.png) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/212 "2022-10-25T05:09:56Z")
Every time I hear Ojai mentioned, I still think about Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/213 "2022-10-25T17:51:43Z")
I almost forgot about those two! I remember when I was a young kid, I stood behind a chain-link fence and watched them film a scene from one of those shows. Not sure which one, but Lee Majors was walking by talking to somebody (not Lindsay Wagner). I remember marveling at how short Majors looked (though apparently he isn’t–Wikipedia says he’s 6’0".) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/214 "2022-10-25T17:56:26Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Every time I hear Ojai mentioned Whenever I hear it, I think of The Room, and add Mark at the end. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/215 "2022-10-25T19:28:01Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Every time I hear Ojai mentioned, I still think about Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers I have waaaay too many other associations with Ojai to make that connection. > [@Infovore](#): > > I remember marveling at how short Majors looked (though apparently he isn’t–Wikipedia says he’s 6’0".) All actors lie about their height. Go to three sources, and all three will have different heights. I can’t remember how tall Paul Newman was supposed to be, but the man was _tiny_ in person. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/216 "2022-10-27T01:08:00Z")
In Minnesota, I had a landlady who moved from Ojai to St Paul when her father died and left her his house. I’ve always thought she had a screw loose. I’d have sold the damned thing and stayed in California. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/217 "2022-10-27T11:08:24Z")
You’ve evidently never been to Ojai. 🙂 For whatever reason, in California (at least back in my era there) Ojai was the punchline to a lot of jokes where in other parts of the country the same joke would have involved “Podunk” or “Hooterville” or the like. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/218 "2022-10-27T19:57:33Z")
There are a lot of those in Minnesota, icebox of the nation. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/219 "2022-10-27T20:08:33Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > There are a lot of those in Minnesota, icebox of the nation St. Olaf… [![](https://www.womansworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/golden-girls-quotes-rose-nylund-quotes-st-olafs.jpg?w=750) ](https://www.womansworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/golden-girls-quotes-rose-nylund-quotes-st-olafs.jpg?w=750) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/220 "2022-10-27T22:17:41Z")
Good one! 🤣 👍 ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515/221 "2022-10-27T23:09:17Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > For whatever reason, in California (at least back in my era there) Ojai was the punchline to a lot of jokes where in other parts of the country the same joke would have involved “Podunk” or “Hooterville” or the like. It was Pacoima or Cucamonga that were more the “joke” places as I remember it. I only knew Ojai as the town were the rich people were. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515.md?page=12)