"Vista Del Mar High School" in the movie Orange County

Cafe Society
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I just saw a few minutes of the movie Orange County. (Seems okay.) At one point, we are shown the high school the protagonist attends: Vista Del Mar High School. Especially for a public school, it is architecturally very interesting, and this fact is highlighted in the scene.

I looked up “Vista Del Mar High School” on google on the off chance the school really exists, but nothing came up. But it didn’t look to me like a set–I think the buildings really exist outside Movieland. If I’m right, does anyone know what purpose the buildings actually serve? Are they indeed a school, but with some other name? Or is it some other kind of place entirely?

-Kris

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Link?

I’d be willing to bet the buildings are real. Buffy, for example, used the old Torrance High for the exteriors of Sunnydale High. Probably the same thing was done here.

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To what? I’ve got nothing to show you as far as I know.

-FrL-

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I was hoping you had found some pictures of Vista Del Mar HS. From those it would be easy to identify the buildings. Oh, well.

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Found it here. Its Diamond Ranch High in Pomona, CA.

-FrL-

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Then I could have identified it if I’d seen pictures. We debate there every year. Glad you found it. :smiley: