30 Facts About Movie Locations That’ll Have You Saying ‘Okay Yeah That Makes Sense’

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30 Facts About Movie Locations That’ll Have You Saying ‘Okay Yeah That Makes Sense’
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Facts about movie locations can be the biggest suspension-of-disbelief killers in the movie fact game. A Star Wars fan who enjoys thinking of this galaxy far, far away might not want to know that a scene was shot in the exact location where the Nazis surrendered in World War II. 

Movie fans who also happen to be huge history (and geography) buffs will get a lot out of this list, but if you’re happy in fantasy land, you might want to plug your ears and scream “La, la, la” like a six-year-old who’s afraid to face reality.

Escape From New York

CRACKED.COM JOHN CARPENTER'S ESCAPE FROM nEw YORK The final scenes were shot at new YORK PRODUCTION Sepulveda Dam, ERNEST ADE built in the 1940s -in Los Angeles.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND Devil's Tower in Wyoming was made America's first national monument by Theodore Roosevelt. Geologists disagree about its formation, but it's undeniably a cool spot to land your spaceship. CRACKED.COM

The Truman Show

the TRUMAN show The Truman Show was filmed in Seaside, Florida. Yes, that idealized town of pastel homes is real, and you can visit it. CRACKED.COM

THX 1138

THX 1138 George Lucas' first feature film was shot in a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) tunnel while it was under construction. CRACKED.COM

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30 Facts About Movie Locations That’ll Have You Saying ‘Okay Yeah That Makes Sense’

The Lady Washington

CRACKED.COM DC on The Lady Washington, a replica of an 18th- century brig, is the Interceptor in Pirates of the Caribbean and the Jolly Roger in Once Upon a Time, among others.

Hengdian Movie Studios

JACKIE CHAN E 1 THE KOREA - - - THE La FORBIDDEN MUMMY CROUCHING TIGER KINGDOM TOMA OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR HIDDEN DRAGON - - Hengdian Movie Studios in Zhejiang, sometimes called Chinawood, is the world's largest outdoor film studio. They have full-scale replicas of the Forbidden City and the Old Summer Palace, and will build any elaborate set your movie needs-for free. CRACKED.COM

A Christmas Story

CRISTMAS CRACKED.COM ST RY The house where the movie was shot in Cleveland, Ohio was turned into a museum in 2006, full of props and costumes from the film.

X-Men

X-MEN Hatley Castle in British Columbia, Canada doubles for Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. It has also been used as a shooting location in Arrow and Smallville. CRACKED.COM

Father of the Bride

GRAGKED.COM FATHER of the BRIDE The house in Pasadena, California where Steve Martin and Diane Keaton (and their daughter) lived is visited every day by fans, and couples get engaged on the doorstep. The owners strive to keep it picture-perfect.

Ghostbusters

GHOSTBUSTERS LADDER-5 BASOCICA -B-HOOKALAD The Hook & Ladder Company No. 8 Firehouse in Tribeca, NYC was cut in half in 1914 to widen the adjacent street, giving the busters' headquarters its iconic look. CRACKED.COM

Trainspotting

Most of Trainspotting was shot in the abandoned Wills Tobacco factory in Glasgow. Because of its shoestring budget, cast and crew lived there through the 49 days of filming. Trainspotting CRACKED.COM

Malcolm X

CRACKED.COM Malcolm X This was the first fiction film to get permission to shoot in Месса. A special crew was assembled, as only Muslims are allowed into the city.

Cube

CUBE The many, many, many cubic rooms are all actually the same set lit in different colors. CRACKED.COM

Clerks

CRACKED.COM CL RKS Quick STOP GROCERIES I ASSURE YOU WERE OPEN! Clerks was shot in a grocery store where Kevin Smith was working at the time. The joke about the jammed locks was written in because they could only film at night.

Star Wars

CRACKED.COM STAR WARS You can stay at Luke Skywalker's home in Tatooine! The Lars Homestead is actually the Hotel Sidi Driss in Matmata, Tunisia.

Evil Dead 2

EVIL DEAD 2 The cabin is only a shell for exterior shots- the interior set was built in a high school gymnasium rented by the production. CRACKED.COM

The Abyss

THE SSAHV The Abyss wasn't filmed on the ocean's bottom, but in an unfinished nuclear reactor near Gaffney, South Carolina, filled with 7.5 million gallons of water. CRACKED.COM

The King’s Speech

The King's Speech was shot at the same place as gay porn. The scenes in Lionel Logue's office were filmed in 33 Portland Place, London, in 2009 --just a year after gay porno Snookered was shot at the same address, in the same room. CRACKED.COM

Kingsman

Kingsman's tailor shop scenes are filmed at a real tailor shop. It's called Huntsman & Sons, and it inspired the franchise - - at an appointment there, creator Matthew Vaughn got the idea for a place like that being a spy headquarters. CRACKED.COM

Training Day

Training Day was shot on location in some of the most dangerous parts of L.A. At first, they weren't supposed to be shooting in some of them for safety reasons, but the residents then allowed them to come and shoot -- they wanted the work they could get thanks to the set, and they wanted the movie to shine a light on the issues they were dealing with. CRACKED.COM

Elf

A bunch of Elf scenes were shot in an abandoned mental institution. The Riverview Hospital in British Columbia, Canada was used for Greenway Press, the orphanage, and the Hobbs' apartment. CRACKED.COM

E.T.

A WWII internment camp used to be right next to Elliot's house in E.T. 17 USW MARATHON CARTION unger - AMERICAN ONLY Tuna Canyon Detention Station, in the suburbs of L.A., held about 1,500 people from 1941 to 1943 - and the E.T. house is basically right next to where it stood. CRACKED.COM

The Last Jedi

The Crait scenes in The Last Jedi were shot on the world's largest salt flat. It's called Salar de Uyuni, and it stretches over 4,086 square miles in Bolivia. CRACKED.COM

The Last Crusade

The Berlin airport in The Last Crusade was actually a radioactive San Francisco island. BERLIN FLUGHAFEN The man-made Treasure Island was where the U.S. Navy established its Nuclear War Academy .. which conducted exercises such as spraying a ship with radioactive material, then cleaning it. CRACKED.COM

The Phantom Menace

Theed Royal Palace in The Phantom Menace was where Nazi Germany surrendered. That's Caserta Palace in Italy, and it's the place where the Allied High Command for the Mediterranean was established in 1943. In 1945, a delegation from Germany signed their country's surrender there. CRACKED.COM

Friday the 13th

Camp Crystal Lake from Friday the 13th is real (kind of), and you can go there. Camp NOBEBOSCO WELCOME TO CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE Those scenes were shot at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, a Boy Scouts camp in New Jersey that's still active today. CRACKED.COM

Jurassic World

Jurassic World was shot in a theme park abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. The park was Six Flags, New Orleans, and it was so heavily flooded after Katrina that it never reopened. Shooting in a place like that had some advantages - namely, that the production was pretty safe from people snooping around. CRACKED.COM

Skyfall

They tested military hardware at the site where Skyfalrs finale was filmed. The location was Hankley Common in the south of England, and that's where the British army tested a tank designed to smash through walls in WWII. CRACKED.COM

The Empire Strikes Back

A scene in The Empire Strikes Back was filmed in George Lucas' backyard. It's the one where the dragonsnake comes out of the bog, and it was shot in the foundation of his swimming pool. CRACKED.COM

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