ebh@hou4b.UUCP (Ed Horch) (02/06/85)
Right offhand, I can think of two movies that showed buildings whose interior was really that of a bulding different from that of the exterior (did you follow that?). In _Beverly Hills Cop_, the hotel Eddie Murphy checked into was supposed to be somewhere in Beverly Hills (I forget specifically which hotel), but the lobby scenes were shot in the Biltmore in downtown L.A. In _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_, I don't know what they used as the exterior of the "Ridgemont Mall", but the mall itself was the Sherman Oaks Galleria in (guess where) Sherman Oaks, Cal. -Ed Horch (ihnp4,akgua,houxm}!hou4b!ebh
woof@psivax.UUCP (Harold Schloss) (02/09/85)
In article <1316@hou4b.UUCP> ebh@hou4b.UUCP (Ed Horch) writes: >In _Beverly Hills Cop_, the hotel Eddie Murphy checked into was supposed >to be somewhere in Beverly Hills (I forget specifically which hotel), >but the lobby scenes were shot in the Biltmore in downtown L.A. Well the exterior was of a hotel in downtown L.A. It was not a Beverly Hills hotel. The name in the movie was the Beverly Palm hotel, which definitely does not exist. > >In _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_, I don't know what they used as the >exterior of the "Ridgemont Mall", but the mall itself was the Sherman >Oaks Galleria in (guess where) Sherman Oaks, Cal. The exterior scenes are the outside of the Santa Monica Place mall in Santa Monica California. (BTW I saw Fast Times at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, which was a very disconcerting experience.) > >-Ed Horch (ihnp4,akgua,houxm}!hou4b!ebh -- Hal Schloss (from the Software Lounge at) Pacesetter Systems Inc. {trwrb|allegra|burdvax|cbosgd|hplabs|ihnp4|sdcsvax|aero|uscvax|ucla-cs| bmcg|sdccsu3|csun|orstcs|akgua|randvax}!sdcrdcf!psivax!woof or quad1!psivax!woof or {seismo|citcsv|engvax|wlbr|zeus}!scgvaxd!psivax!woof
asente@Cascade.ARPA (02/09/85)
In "Foul Play" there were some shots of the inside of the San Francisco Opera House. Apparently they didn't think it had an impressive enough lobby, because the lobby shots were somewhere else. (Anyone know where?) -paul asente decwrl!glacier!cascade!asente asente@cascade "To sit in sullen silence in a dull dark dock In a pestilential prison with a life long lock Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!" -WSG
steven@ism70.UUCP (02/10/85)
Info from Mr. Box Office: The exterior of the mall in _F_a_s_t_ _T_i_m_e_s_ _a_t_ _R_i_d_g_e_m_o_n_t_ _H_i_g_h was filmed outside the Santa Monica Place mall, on the Broadway st. side. They took the banners down and placed a sign that says "Ridgemont Mall" on the entrance, but the distinctive palm tree logo of Santa Monica Place is clearly visible. You briefly see the inside of the Santa Monica Place food court after this, as Judge Reinhold mingles with the crowd. After that, the credits roll over scenes shot in the Sherman Oaks Galleria.
rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams) (02/11/85)
In article <2682@Cascade.ARPA> asente@Cascade.ARPA writes: >In "Foul Play" there were some shots of the inside of the San Francisco >Opera House. Apparently they didn't think it had an impressive enough >lobby, because the lobby shots were somewhere else. (Anyone know >where?) Yes - they used the rotunda of San Francisco's City Hall - a truly impressive lobby by any standards. In that same scene, they used a local celebrity, Cyril Magnin (aka Mr San Francisco), to play the Pope - a source of continual delight to movie-triviacs in these parts. -- rod williams -------------------- dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw
jrb@wdl1.UUCP (02/12/85)
I was an extra in a Canadian car commercial that involved a symphony orchestra. The exterior was the San Francisco Opera house and the interior was shot at the Concord Pavilion (about 30+ miles away). The funny part is that the Concord Pavilion is an open air concert hall. The only roof is over the stage. They did the filming at night so I guess it didn't show. John R Blaker UUCP: ...!fortune!wdl1!jrb ARPA: jrb@FORD-WDL1 and blaker@FORD-WDL2