locations...
do any of you know some of the locations that were filmed in this movie?
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Julian lived on the NW corner of Gayley and Weyburn in Westwood Village in a complex whose name escapes me. The bungalow-style complex had been around since the twenties and was demolished (sadly) in the nineties. It was rebuilt as UCLA student housing (UCLA is a block north of this location.)
Many other scenes were filmed in Westwood Village. When Sunday interrogates Julian over coffee, they're at Me & Me which was located directly across from the apartments on the NE corner of Gayley and Weyburn (that closed in the eighties.) The record store that Michelle follows Julian into was the magnificent, three-story Tower Records on Westwood Blvd. (sadly closed in 2003.) And the movie theater where Julian writes on Floyd's forehead (with the massive poster of The Warriors) is the Bruin Theater on Weyburn and Brockton, which still stands. The nightclub where Julian meets Leon for an alibi is the Probe on Highland, just north of Melrose. It's still a kickin' nightclub.
And the hotel where Julian meets Michelle is the Beverly Hills Hotel. It's since been remodeled.
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THANKS SO MUCH!!! Do you know of any other movies from the 80's that prominately show locations in LA?
shareHow about another Richard Gere film, Breathless, from 1983? That film is a travelogue of L.A. -- Venice Beach with its murals, the Bonaventure with its glass elevator affording panoramic views of L.A. with an orangs sunset, underground dance clubs downtown, Alvarado Street, Westwood Village, the leafy UCLA campus, thrift stores on Melrose, and finally, a vacant lot in the Hollywood Hills that was formerly the estate of some movie star (can't recall who -- maybe it was Erroll Flynn).
shareAny idea the location of hotel where Leon dropped dead?
shareMulholland Farm, Errol's old house, was located at 3100 Torreyson Place off Mulholland Drive overlooking the San Fernando Valley.
Originally situated on 11 1/2 acres, the original house was last occupied by Rick Nelson, who bought it for $750k in 1980. His twin sons, Gunnar and Matthew Nelson, grew up in the house and were the last people to live in it.
Unfortunately, due to years of neglect, the house and other structures (a pool, barn and a casino!) were demolished in 1988 and sub-divided into several smaller parcels. Justin Timberlake currently owns the large compound at the top of the property at the end of Torreyson Drive. On the left is the original entrance to Errol's property, Flynn Ranch Road, but it is now gated-closed.
You can catch a glimpse of Mulholland Farm in it's heyday at the beginning of the short film "The Cruise Of The Zaca" from 1952. TCM shows it quite frequently as filler between movies.
That's "Flynn" to you.
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shareThe folks who are curious about these locations -- and locations in tons of LA-shot-and-set movies (esp. "LA Confidential") should really check out the essay documentary, "LA Plays Itself." It's a fascinating and grumpy look at how LA locations have been used, and misused, over the years.
shareTo Live and Die in L.A., and also Heat. Though that film was made in the 1990s, it's a veritable L.A. travelogue.
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