[net.sf-lovers] The town in Back to the Future

pugh@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (09/24/85)

From: "pugh jon%e.mfenet"@LLL-MFE.ARPA


I just watched Gremlins which was free with Teen Wolf, and guess what I
recognized?  The town was the same as Back to the Future, but with some
signs changed.  They never gave a really good view of the clock tower, but
the movie theatre he crashed into on his way back was the same one where
Snow White was enjoyed by the little monsters until they "blowed up, sir".

Just another proof it was a back lot.

Jon Pugh

klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) (09/25/85)

In article <3771@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> pugh@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU writes:
>From: "pugh jon%e.mfenet"@LLL-MFE.ARPA
>
>
>I just watched Gremlins which was free with Teen Wolf, and guess what I
>recognized?  The town was the same as Back to the Future, but with some
>signs changed.  They never gave a really good view of the clock tower, but
>the movie theatre he crashed into on his way back was the same one where
>Snow White was enjoyed by the little monsters until they "blowed up, sir".
>
>Just another proof it was a back lot.
>
>Jon Pugh

To see the town, go on the Universal Studios Tour, and look for the
only large, park like area in the back lot.  Last time I was there, 
they were shooting some scenes for "Knight Rider".  I still think
that the Mall Scenes were shot at the Orange County Mall, about the
time of the last Fall DECUS, early December of '84.

gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) (09/26/85)

In article <3771@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> pugh@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU writes:
>From: "pugh jon%e.mfenet"@LLL-MFE.ARPA
>
>I just watched Gremlins which was free with Teen Wolf, and guess what I
>recognized?  The town was the same as Back to the Future, but with some
>signs changed.  They never gave a really good view of the clock tower, but
>the movie theatre he crashed into on his way back was the same one where
>Snow White was enjoyed by the little monsters until they "blowed up, sir".
>
>Just another proof it was a back lot.

I could have sworn that, just a couple of months ago, I "revealed" -- in this
very newsgroup -- that the current tour of Universal Studios (like, in
Hollywood) goes through that very "town square", and that it is specifically
mentioned as such by the tour guide.

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