What beach/city is the final scene in fletch filmed at?
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shareRio De Janeiro, Brazil. I'm not sure exactly which beach, but Copacabana would be the logical choice.
When I first saw this movie in the theaters, I figured that Rio scene was just shot on the strand in LA like the rest of the beach scenes and I didn't pay much attention to the details. (Why would they fly an entire production unit down to Rio to film a 30 second scene).
But, seeing this movie again more recently, they're definitely in Rio, you can see Sugarloaf mountain in the background and the skyline is unmistakeable. So, I'm guessing it went like this:
"Chevy, they're offering 2.5million + 1% of the back end"
"Hmm, make it 3million and move the last scene to Rio so I can get a first class trip out of it"
"Done, and you don't even have to be funny, the script will take care of that"
"Being not-funny isn't going to be a problem"
Thank you for the details. I was in Rio and walked Copacabana last year, so I had a renewed interest in this scene, and certainly felt as though I was channeling Fletch at that moment.
That said, I couldn't remember Rio being specifically mentioned in the film (although no doubt I'm sure it is), I could only remember hearing "South America", and wasn't sure if they perhaps went to Buenos Aires or Rio in the end.
I do agree, by memory, it does appear to be Copacabana as opposed to Ipanema, another 'logical' choice.
I would imagine they flew a skelaton crew down there, off season in winter (it was cloudy and deserted), and Fletch appeared to be filmed in the summer (in hte Northern hemisphere)
I had heard from someone who had seen an early cut of 'Fletch' at a sneak preview years ago, and apparently there was a scene shot on the beach in Rio that involved some sort of a shootout that ended up being cut out, but I've never been able to verify that.
shareHmmm a shoot out would have been very tacked on.
Maybe he did actually give out the credit card number.
(Why would they fly an entire production unit down to Rio to film a 30 second scene).Which got me to wondering: Would it be necessary to send a crew to Rio? It was so short, couldn't they just fly Chase and Wheeler-Nicholson down there and hire a Braxilian crew for a day? I'm sure Brazilians are quite capable of filming a 30-second scene.
One thing that bothered me was the fact that the weather during that scene was overcast. Couldn't they wait for the sunshine for which Rio has frequently? share