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30 Times The Story Behind Movie Locations Left us Flabbergasted

Who knew a set could be more interesting than the actors?

30 Times The Story Behind Movie Locations Left us Flabbergasted

November 28, 2021

There's a lot that goes into the making of modern cinema and television. Incredible actors, massive special effects budgets, teams of insanely talented writers. However, it's often the sets and locations themselves where the most interesting stories occur. Read on for 30 tales that completely floored us...

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Forrest Gump

CRACKED.COM Visitors to Chippewa Square in Savannah, GA, are often disappointed to discover that the famous bench from Forrest Gump was just a prop made for the film Chippewa Square — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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McFly Residence: BACK TO FUTURETT THE It's in LA and hasn't changed much after 30 years. CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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CRACKED.COM Shawshank Penitentiary from Shawshank Redemption hasn't changed much over the years. In fact, it has now been restored and open for tours. HITH — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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Mercury Labs building from The Flash TV series, located in the fictional city of Central City... ...is actually the Inter Continental hotel in Warsaw, Poland, thousands of miles away. CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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Karate The Karate Kid's CRACKED.COM HOME in CALIFORNIA Voom YEAR 15 STILL THE SAME APARTMENT COMPLEX. North Trax — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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The Quick Stop convenience store, from Clerks Quick STOP GROCERIES I ASSURE YOU.WERE OPEN! is located at Leonard Avenue in Leonardo, New Jersey Quick GROCERIES VIDEO CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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THEED ROYAL PALACE INTERIORS FOR THIS STAR WARS LOCATION WERE FILMED AT THE PALACE OF CASERTA, BUILT IN ITALY IN THE 18TH CENTURY. CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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James E. Potter Elementary School in Bodega, California was condemned in December 1961. just three months before it was used for frightening scenes in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds The property was purchased in 1966 and painstakingly restored. It is now a private home. CRACKED.COM the — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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mar RR Cafe You can have a damn fine cup of coffee at Twede's in North Bend, WA; it served as the Double R in the Twin Peaks movie and TV show. TWEDES Cafe 2GO! Googlel CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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THE FUGITIVE was set in Illinois, but the dam from which Dr. Richard Kimble made his famous jump is near Robbinsville, North Carolina. CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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Film Locations

The scene in The Matrix where the Woman in Red fires a shot at Neo and everything freezes was filmed outside the Lloyd Rees Fountain in Sydney, Australia. 7.733 2H8-177 86g dolling t CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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CRACKED The chapel from Mamma Mia is located on the Agios loannis clifftop on the Greek island Skopelos. — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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BREAKFAB Sherlock 121 Holmes' flat, 221b Baker Street is 187 North SPEEDY'S SANDWH CH BAR a CAFE Gower Street in London. Oh, and you can also view its interior. CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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CRACKED.COM SHERMER HJON SCHOOL This is the high school where five teens spent their detention in The Breakfast Club. The building still stands, but it is now used as a police station. — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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Despite being set In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, most parts of Groundhog Day were filmed in Woodstock, Illinois. PENNSYLVANIAN GERRA HOMSE For example, the Woodstock Opera House was shown in the film as the Pennsylvanian Hotel. GRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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Nakatomi Plaza, famously taken over by terrorists in Die Hard, is actually the Fox Tower in Los Angeles- home office of 20th Century Fox, the studio Dympit E that made the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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CRACKED.com WARKING Lookin' back, on the track, for a little green bag... There it is. RESERVOIR DOGS — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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THE FINAL SCENE OF PLANET OF THE APES (1968) WAS SHOTAT POINT DUME'S WESTWARD BEACH, IN MALIBU CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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CRACKED.co GHOST BUSTERS HEADQUARTERS $ IS A NYC FIRESTATION CALLED HOOK & LADDER 8 ONL — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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Here's the story... of a lovely house... That is found in stuDio City in L.A. ADD a fence anD take away... the fake WinDOW... You'll finD it's still the same! CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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STAR WARS REBEL ALLIANCE'S BASE AT YAVIN IV WAS SHOT AT THE MAYAN TEMPLE RUINS OF TIKAL, GUATEMALA CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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MEN IN BLACK HEADQUARTERS CRACKED.COM poses as a ventilation building for the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel in New York City. — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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GAME OF THRONES DAENERYS AND KAL DROGO WERE WED AT THE AZURE WINDOW ON THE ISLAND OF GOZO, MALTA. CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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This is the Rookery Building from Chicago, Illinois. FedEx Express DUNCANS S TOY CHEST DUNGA Its iconic arch served as the facade of Duncan's Toy Chest in Home Alone 2. CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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The upper half of OmniCorp's headquarters is digital, But the base is Dallas City Hall. CRACKED.COM — Source: How Famous Movie Places Look IRL

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Malcolm X Malcolm, X was the first non-documentary given permission to film in the holy city, of Mecca. As only Muslims are allowed into the city, a special second- ary assembled. crew was Spike Lee and crew had to wait outside. CRACKED.COM — Source: 26 Movie And TV Locations True Stories IRL

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How many times have you noticed this structure in the background of a movie or IV show you've seen? Tons, probably. The Sepulveda Dam Spillway in Los Angeles, CA is the go to location for shooting strange- -world exteriors. Finished in 1941 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, it has been featured in numerous productions including: Escape from New York The Adventures Gattaca of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension CRACKED.COM — Source: 26 Movie And TV Locations True Stories IRL

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A Fact You Can Trust!

Ever wanted to visit the idyllic town seen in The Truman Show? You totally can! The movie was filmed in the city of Seaside, FL. AU those pastel houses and brick-paved streetswerepart of the planned design of the city. CRACKED.COM — Source: 26 Movie And TV Locations True Stories IRL

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Escape scenes in George Lucas's first feature film THX 1138 (1971) bai were shot in the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) San Francisco/ Oakland transbay tunnel while it was under construction. CRACKED.COM — Source: 26 Movie And TV Locations True Stories IRL

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The Bullet-Proof Cup Scene from Super Troopers was filmed outside of a real prison. During filming, the actual prisoners gathered in the yard and started to verbally harass the nearly naked Steve Lemme. CRACKED.COM — Source: 26 Movie And TV Locations True Stories IRL

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