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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

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:

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Fontainebleau Hotel Miami

The famous Fontainebleau Hotel.

According to movie-locations.com this is the hotel from the Jerry Lewis flick The Bellboy:



AND it's the hotel in Goldfinger where Jill Masterson talks to James Bond (and eventually gets killed by Oddjob and painted gold.)



Plus the hotel appeared in Scarface.

Monday, June 6, 2011

The 7-11 from WarGames




Here is a location that hasn't changed much over the years. It's a 7-11 located at:
41440 Big Bear Blvd Ste A
Big Bear Lake, CA

In the movie War Games this is where the FBI arrests Matthew Broderick. You can briefly see the McDonalds in the background:

Monday, March 22, 2010

The Theater from Muppets Take Manhattan

In The Muppets Take Manhattan Kermit and company put on a show at the Biltmore Theater in NYC. The Biltmore is today called The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Google link here.

The Hospital from Muppets Take Manhattan



In the Muppet film The Muppets Take Manhattan Kermit gets hit by a car and winds up in the hospital. He emerges from the hospital with amnesia. The hospital was then labeled The Fifth Avenue Hospital. Today it is the Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center.


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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Oceans Eleven: Santa Monica, CA


In this scene Clooney and Pitt dine at a restaurant with a view of the large canon near the Santa Monica Pier. The restaurant is currently called Lobster.

Google link here.