# True Lies, and DC location

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 17, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-lies-and-dc-location/104061 "2002-04-17T02:38:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Race\_Bannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Race\_Bannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Race_Bannon)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-lies-and-dc-location/104061/1 "2002-04-17T02:38:43Z")

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**True Lies** is one of my all time favorite get-the-popcorn-and-soda movies. For some reason, it’s been on the cable networks about a hundred times in the last month or so - anyone know why?

Anyway, there’s a scene where they take Carlos (the faux spy car salesman) out to a remote location on the edge of a dam/bridge. Now, forgive me for looking for a little reality here, but the Washington DC area doesn’t seem like the kind of geography where you’d find a big dam like that. Anyone know if there’s really a place like that in the area? or where it was really shot?

And if I go to the keys, is there still a big crater where they set off that bomb?

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-lies-and-dc-location/104061/2 "2002-04-17T02:56:44Z")

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Here’s the list of filming locations given by the IMDb:

[http://us.imdb.com/Locations?0111503](http://us.imdb.com/Locations?0111503)

Like most movies set in Washington, D.C., nothing made sense geographically about that film.

According to the IMDb, there’s a sequel coming out this year.

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**Author:** ![Epistaxis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Epistaxis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epistaxis)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-lies-and-dc-location/104061/3 "2002-04-17T07:57:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by kellymccauley \*  
> \*\ ***True Lies** is one of my all time favorite get-the-popcorn-and-soda movies. For some reason, it’s been on the cable networks about a hundred times in the last month or so - anyone know why? \*\*

I don’t know why but I’m loving it! I never miss a showing

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**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-lies-and-dc-location/104061/4 "2002-04-17T12:22:33Z")

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I know why you never miss a showing, and her name is Jaime Lee Curtis and she’s wearing black lace! Mucho Yummy!