Thank You To Eric D. For Pinpointing The Exact Spot For The Reservoir Location
Thank You To The Spectacular Optical Website For The Theater Location
Thank You To The Spectacular Optical Website For The Theater Location
- (0:02) Jake Coming Out Of The Soundstage / Warner Bros Stage 28A; 6th Street And Avenue F, Burbank (Note: The Camera Is Looking South Showing The Back Side Of Mount Lee)
- (0:03) The Hot Dog Stand / Tail O' The Pup; 329 N. San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles (Note: This Place Is No Longer There)
- (0:04) Jake Scully's House House / 322 N. Sycamore Ave, Los Angeles
- (0:06) The Bar / Barney's Beanery; 8447 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood
- (0:07) Hollywood Tower Apartments / 6200 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles
- (0:08) Jake Reading The Want Ads / Farmer's Market; W. 3rd Street And Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles
- (0:08) The Theatre Where Jake Goes To Audition / Callboard Theater; 8451 Melrose Place, West Hollywood (Note: The Building Has Since Been Torn Down)
- (0:17) Flying Saucer Looking House On A Pole / Chemisphere; 7776 Torreyson Drive, Los Angeles
- (0:24) The Neighbor Lady's House Jake Spies On / 1405 Miller Drive, Los Angeles (Note: The House Can't Be Seen From The Road)
- (0:26) Jake's Agent Calling From A Studio / Warner Bros; Brownstone Street, Burbank
- (0:31) Jake Stopping His Car In Front Of Gloria's Front Gate Waiting On Some Workers To Clean Up Some Tree Branches From The Road / 4733 Cromwell Avenue, Los Angeles (Note: Later In The Movie He Runs Up To Her Gate As She Is Being Attacked)
- (0:32) The Outdoor Mall / Rodeo Collection; 421 N. Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills
- (0:42) The Beach Terrace Motel / 1700 E. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach (Note: She Is On The 11th Place Side Of The Business)
- (0:42) The House Where Jake Follows Gloria To / 33 11th Place, Long Beach
- (0:48) The Chase Into A Tunnel Down From The House / Bixby Passageway Tunnel Mural; 2100 E. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach (Note: The Tunnel Is Now Closed Off)
- (1:37) Jake Drives Upon The Aftermath Of A Car Crash / Mulholland Drive At Dona Pegita Drive, Los Angeles (Note: He Is Driving Northeast As He Comes Up To That Spot On The Very Winding Road)
- (1:38) Jake Reaching The Reservoir Fence / 7972 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles (Note: This Is Obviously Not The Real Entrance As It Is Just A Gate To A Private Residence)
- (1:38) The Reservoir / Roughly 14001 Foothill Blvd, Sylmar (Note: This Is Just North Of Where Foothill Blvd And Balboa Blvd Meet)
Is that "reservoir" in the Newhall pass off the 5 freeway? That's the only place I've seen those water steps.
ReplyDeleteThe Los Angeles Aqueduct Cascades near Sylmar
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I can't believe this movie is pushing 30 years old!! The locations have barely changed!
ReplyDeleteTail O' The Pup is still around. It's just been moved a few times and is currently in storage.
ReplyDeleteis the place on 33 11th place still there? Is it an hotel and if yes what is the name of it?
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Hi, I believe it is an apartment building of some kind. I took my picture in 2009 so I assume it is still there.
DeleteYes, it's still there. You can see it and the outside of the tunnel on Google maps.
DeleteThe mall is the Rodeo Collection, not Two Rodeo. Two Rodeo was built after this was filmed.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. 2 Rodeo was built in 1990.
DeleteYes, that aqueduct certainly looks like the one just off of the east side of the 5 freeway near Santa Clarita.
ReplyDeleteAn amazing collector boxset will be released very soon in France (the film on dvd & blu-ray, 4k restoration, a lot of extra, and an incredible book, translated in french, written at the time on the set by Susan Dworkin + 50 unseen set photos + A collector cover designed by Jay Shaw. Preorder it on http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B015QIL9MI/ref=s9_simh_gw_p74_d0_i3?pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=022X713ACNY5NAKG57MJ&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=577191447&pf_rd_i=desktop
ReplyDeleteAs someone else has mentioned, I'm 99% that aqueduct is the one next to the 5 fwy northbound, about 1 mile before the 14Fwy splits off from the 5 fwy. You can compare the above photo to the photos on Google Earth, it won't have changed at all really since this was filmed. This is about 2 miles northwest of Mission Hills, and a few miles south of Santa Clarita. I've passed this a couple thousand times over the last 20 years. The aqueduct is or was lit up a night, at least periodically, though I haven't seen that for a while.
ReplyDeleteThat's definitely the aqueduct off the 5 fwy (called "The Cascades" I believe). Below is a link to it from Google Maps. If you zoom out a little, you'll see the main aqueduct that zig zags down from north to south, which appears in the film at about 1:38:40 (on my version at least). That little plot of dirt/grass in the middle of the map I linked to, where the two sections of aqueduct meet up, is where Sam is digging the grave for Holly. In the next shot at about 1:39:50, you see Jake hiding behind the pipeline just to the left of the main aqueduct, with that small section of stair stepped aqueduct behind him.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to the spot from Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mission+Hills,+Los+Angeles,+CA/@34.3225809,-118.4965267,159m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2906a13719921:0x4f300544d5ad369c!8m2!3d34.2722582!4d-118.4688776
And here's a link to a picture of the spot from ground level, with an arrow marking where the grave is being dug: https://www.flickr.com/photos/84133360@N00/27280017654/in/dateposted-public/
It's funny that I have parked at Rodeo Collection many times and each time I have wondered if it was the one from Body Double and finally decided to look. It just looks so much smaller in person that I wasn't quite sure. The lens they used in filming makes it look so much more expansive than it really is.
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Jake runs down to Tower Records in LA for the "All Night Video Sale" to get "Holly does Hollywood". At the Tower Video desk (Tower Video 8844 W Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069)...[used to be "The Classic Cat Strip Club" which they recreated for "AutoFocus"..the club itself was in a few moives]...address from my list Ghek Remembers Video Stores and their Employees in movies http://www.imdb.com/list/ls058196561/
ReplyDeleteI found the real location for the "Relax" Frankie goes to Hollywood club scene and amazingly it was also used in the original Fright Night which is another location that's been a mystery until now. 7th and Union there is an old office building that's now the WSS Flagship store. The interior has been modified but the columns, staircase and balcony are still there. I'm going to go gown there today and check it out.
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That is cool.
DeleteI just read that the building burned in the 92 during the LA riots. A lot of the great details gone. Went over there a few hours ago and it's still worth checking out. There is a staircase I didn't find and I'm not sure if the pubic has any access to it. The "Relax" scene begins there and the Fright Night club scene ends in it with Dandrige taking Amy down it in the chaos. Personal mystery solved. I never knew if it was on a soundstage or not.
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