The building with a hole in it from the opening of Miami Vice

I love the opening theme from Miami Vice! There is one thing in the title sequence that always stood out to me:

The girls in bikinis! 

Oh yeah, and the building with a hole in it.

What kind of building is this? I need to know more!

I googled "miami building with hole" and quickly found the answer:
It's called The Atlantis and it is a condo complex.

You can easily see it from the street:


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You can find it at:
2025 Brickell Ave, Miami. Fl. 33129

I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With

This 2006 Jeff Garlin film shot in several locations in Chicago.

The hot dog stand with the "pirate" is:

Budacki's Drive In
4739 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL
(773) 561-1322 ‎

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The ice cream shop where he meets Sarah Silverman's character was located at:
3731 N Clark, Chicago, IL

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The ice cream shop is closed and it's now a Mexican restaurant.

The shot from the movie I really wanted to know existed was the spot where Garlin's character stopped to eat junk food multiple times in the film.

It appeared to be a quiet neighborhood where you could see the scoreboard from Wrigley Field. I wanted to see if it was a real spot of a faked location.

Sadly, I don't have a screenshot but the location does seem to exist right along this street:



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The restaurant from Rocky Balboa

Here is a location that required absolutely no work to find. 

In Rocky Balboa, Rocky owns a restaurant called Adrian's. The real place is the Victor Cafe in Philadelphia.

I got to visit it before Christmas last year and I had a great time. I even got to sit in the same seat as Spider Rico:

The food was great and my waiter sung opera. Really. As I am eating a plate of shrimp my waiter rings a bell and starts belting one out.

Victor Cafe is located at: 1303 Dickinson St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147

The house from The Stupids

The Stupids is about the silliest film I have ever seen. But I like it.Any film with a cameo from Captain Kangaroo can't be all bad.

On the Wikipedia page it mentions the location of the house:

Here is how the house looks in the film:

Checking out Google Earth proves Wikipedia correct. There is the house with its fancy wood trim and weather vane over the garage. It's clearly the cutest house on the block.

I am concerned by the dumpster in the driveway. I can imagine some pieces of movie history may be in that bin.

I don't know if the interiors of the house were used, but the pool was. Here is the Google Earth picture:

Here is a shot from the film where you can see the CGI cat that The Stupids owned:

The Stupids' house is located at 55 Quaker Village Drive, Uxbridge, Ontario.

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Here is the entire film via YouTube:

The Theater from Matinee

The John Goodman film Matinee (1993) takes place mostly in and around The Strand Theater in Key West Florida.

Many websites assume that it's the actual Strand Theater in Key West:

However, nothing matches up.

I checked the credits for the film to see where else the film could have been shot. Along with Key West, they shot in Cocoa... where the Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse still operates today:

This is clearly where the exteriors were filmed. The seating chart and the few interior photos online seem to indicate that the interiors were shot here as well. Maybe one day I will go to Cocoa and check... hopefully they are showing Mant!

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Located at 300 Brevard Avenue, Cocoa, FL 32922
http://www.cocoavillageplayhouse.com/

Bela Ligosi's house from Plan 9 from Outer Space

The house that the Bela opening scene was shot at was actually Wrestler/Actor Tor Johnson's house:

It is located at:

15129 Lakeside St

Sylmar, CA 91342




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Super Fuzz Wendys

In the comedy film Super Fuzz Terrance Hill runs full speed into a red building.

The building is gone, but the Wendy's across the street is still there.

The Wendy's is at:
200 Southwest 8th Street, Miami, FL 33130-3514
(305) 858-6107 ‎

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Here are some side by side shots from the film with Google Street views. You can see the Wendy's has changed a lot but the structure of the building is the same.

You can also recognize the large building in the background.

Sadly the red building is gone, replaced by a shopping center.


The full scene is about 2 minutes into this clip: