The 1988 John Hughes film, “She’s Having a Baby” was primarily shot in Illinois. However, early in the film Jake and Kristy Briggs, played by Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern, are seen spending their honeymoon driving across the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge in El Prado, New Mexico. The bridge is far removed from most tourist destinations, requiring hours of driving through mountains and winding terrain to reach it. Once you’re there, however, it’s instantly recognizable. The same bridge appeared in the films “Natural Born Killers,” “Twins,” “This Must Be The Place,” “Wild Hogs,” “Vacation,” “Paul,” “Terminator: Salvation,” “The Signal,” “Catchfire” and “White Sands.” It gets extremely windy on this bridge, so much so, you can feel the vibration on the bridge as you stand on it.
LOCATION: Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, US-64, El Prado, NM 87529
The Briggs house can be found in Evanston, Illinois, where Hughes also shot scenes for “Sixteen Candles” and “Uncle Buck.”
The 2015 Cameron Crowe film “Aloha,” starring Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone, was filmed in Hawaii. Much of the film, however, was shot around military bases inaccessible to the general public. One such example is when, early in the film, Gilcrest, played by Cooper, arrives in Hawaii at Hickam Field Base Operations, 800 Hangar Ave, Honolulu, HI 96818.
The Royal Aloha Hotel, where Gilcrest and Ng, played by Stone, stay was filmed at The Breakers Hotel in Waikiki. This is just off the main strip of Waikiki and the hotel is marked with no trespassing signs, so this is as close as we got.
LOCATION: 250 Beach Walk, Honolulu, HI 96815
Gilcrest and Ng are seen driving down Kalākaua Ave in Waikiki, passing Kaʻiulani Ave.
LOCATION: Kalākaua Ave / Kaʻiulani Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815
The house where Woody and Tracy, played by John Krasinski and Rachel McAdams, live is part of Hickam Field’s Fort Kamehameha housing development. It was originally built for Navy housing, but abandoned by 2008. The area remains military owned and closed to the general public. The house can be found at 22 Worchester Ave, Honolulu, HI 96818 (GPS coordinates: 21°19’20.6″N, 157°57’41.6″W).
King Kanahele’s house can be found at Waikupanaha St, Waimanalo, HI 96795 (GPS coordinates: 21°20’21.3″N, 157°44’49.5″W).
The area where Tracy gets food from a food truck with her son is just a parking lot. This is what the area looks like now.
LOCATION: N Nimitz Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96817 (GPS coordinates: 21°19’04.2″N, 157°52’43.5″W)
As they leave, a Global One truck passes in front of them. The buildings seen in the background align with what is seen in the film.
The holiday party scenes were filmed at the Historic Hickam Officers’ Club, 2000 Signer Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96818. This is another military location closed to the general public.
Ng and Gilcrest go on a date in the Chinatown neighborhood of Holonulu.
LOCATION: N King St / Kekaulike St, Honolulu, HI 96817
Ng can be seen jogging at Freedom Tower, 800-898 Manzelman Cir, Honolulu, HI 96818. This is part of Hickam Air Force Base and not open to the general public.
Ng confronts Gilcrest at the Waioli Kitchen & Bake Shop. Ng first enters from this area.
LOCATION: 2950 Manoa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822
The two sit in this area, although the tables aren’t laid out the same way as seen in the film.
Ng is seen leaving from this area.
The two argue in the parking lot, with Ng driving away in this area.
Late in the film, Ng and Gilcrest, rushing to a black ops outpost, drive through this intersection.
LOCATION: N Pauahi St / Maunakea St, Honolulu, HI 96817
The are seen exiting a vehicle to a back room of the command center, which is actually just a grocery store.
LOCATION: 915 Kekaulike St, Honolulu, HI 96817
While never seen from this angle in the film, here is the general area they enter.
Gilcrest stands outside and watches Grace’s dance class.
LOCATION: 1159 Nuuanu Ave, Honolulu, HI 96817
Special thanks to Reel News Hawaii for finding many of these locations.
The 2001 Michael Bay film “Pearl Harbor” was primarily filmed in Hawaii, Southern California and England. In the film, Rafe McCawley, played by Ben Affleck, is accompanied by Danny Walker, played by Josh Hartnett, as he departs a train station to join the front lines of the war in England. These scenes were filmed at Union Station, a train station in Downtown Los Angeles. It has been featured in many films, such as “Blade Runner” “Catch Me If You Can,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” “Species,” “To Live And Die In L.A.,” “Bugsy,” “Nick of Time,” “The Replacement Killers,” “Mike’s Murder,” “The Way We Were,” “Union Station,” “Under the Rainbow” and more.
LOCATION: 800 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
The scenes where Doolittle, played by Alec Baldwin, prepares his pilots to fly short takeoffs were filmed at the north hangar of the Marine Corps Air Station Tustin (72-7 Tustin Ranch Rd, Irvine, CA 92606). There are two hangers located at the air station, which closed back in 1999 and has since been used in many productions, such as the 2009 version of “Star Trek,” “The Hindenburg,” “The Man’s Navy” and “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.” It also appeared in Michael Jackson’s music video for “Hold My Hand,” as well as countless commercials. In 2023, a fire destroyed the north hanger. However, the south hanger, which has been seen in such TV shows as “The X-Files” and “From the Earth to the Moon,” was unaffected by the fire and remains standing.
Evelyn Johnson, played by Kate Beckinsale, leaves a movie theater after she is upset by one of the newsreels. This scene was filmed at the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro, California. The same theater also appeared in many other films, including “Zodiac,” “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” “Babylon,” “Seabiscut,” “Remote Control,” “Win A Date With Tad Hamilton,” “It’s Pat: The Movie,” “Ghosts Of Mississippi,” “Boys And Girls,” “Live By Night,” “Worth Winning,” “Mark Of Love,” “Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here” and “From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks.” It has also appeared in such television series as “The O.C.,” “Party Of Five,” “Melrose Place,” “T.J.Hooker,” “7th Heaven” and “Cousin Skeeter.”
LOCATION: 478 W 6th St, San Pedro, CA 90731
Evelyn and Danny talk next door to the theater at the fictional Black Cat Diner.
LOCATION: 470 W 6th St, San Pedro, CA 90731
Japanese planes are seen approaching Hawaii near Kualoa Regional Park, with a small island known as Mokolii seen on the right. It is a popular photo spot for tourists and very close to the house from “50 First Dates.”
LOCATION: Near Kualoa Regional Park, 49-479 Kamehameha Hwy, Kaneohe, HI 96744
A man is seen riding a motorcycle towards a bunker, where the planes are first detected by American radar. This scene was filmed at Kualoa Ranch in O’ahu. The ranch offers tours and this area can be seen on their film tour. Inside are many props and displays showcasing the many filmed shot at the ranch over the years.
LOCATION: Kualoa Ranch, 49-560 Kamehameha Hwy, Kaneohe, HI 96744
The Japanese planes are also seen passing this area, which is also part of Kualoa Ranch. Kualoa Ranch has been featured in dozens of films, such as “Jurassic Park,” “Jurassic World,” “Triple Frontier” and many more, as well as the television show “Lost.”
The 2001 Wes Anderson film “The Royal Tenenbaums” was filmed in New York. The Tenenbaum house can be found in the northern part of Manhattan, near Harlem.
Bradley Cooper directed and starred alongside Lady Gaga in the 2018 remake of “A Star is Born,” which was filmed largely around Los Angeles. Early in the film, Ally, played by Lady Gaga, quits her job at a restaurant. This was filmed in the kitchen of the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Ally can be seen walking up the loading ramp just past the hotel on S Grand Ave. The same alley can be seen in the film “Chinatown” (on the upper ramp to the right) and from the reverse angle in the film “Seven.”
LOCATION: 530 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Ally’s house can be found in Angelino Heights, almost directly across the street from Dominic Toretto’s house in “The Fast And The Furious.”
LOCATION: 739 E Kensington Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Another view of Ally’s house.
Jack and Ally sit in front of the Super A Foods market late at night as Ally nurses an injured hand. The same market was used in the films “Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood” and “Crossroads.”
LOCATION: 2924 Division St, Los Angeles, CA 90065
The famous Chateau Marmont is where Ally sees the billboard promoting her album release.
LOCATION: 8221 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046
Jack and Ally begin living together in a house near the woods, located in Calabasas. Since filming completed, the property is now surrounded by a fence. However, due to the downward slope of the land from the road, the house is still easily visible from several areas.
LOCATION: 481 Cold Canyon Rd, Calabasas, CA 91302
Jack’s garage, seen in several scenes in the film, is not fenced off and sits very close to the road.
Jack is awoken on the street curb in front of his friend Noodles’ house, supposedly located in Memphis. The real home can be found in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of East L.A.
The home itself is only seen from interiors and side angles from the opposite side of the fence in the film. The same house can be seen as the party house in the 1980s comedy “Teen Wolf” and was featured on an episode of the TV series “This Is Us.” Directly next door is also the house of Chloë Grace Moretz’s character in “(500) Days Of Summer.”
Martin Scorsese’s classic Boston crime saga “The Departed,” a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film “Infernal Affairs,” used a mixture of Boston and New York to comprise the locations of the film. After Warner Bros. purchased the rights to the film, director Martin Scorsese deliberately avoided viewing it until after he completed “The Departed.” Here we’ll take a look at some of the Boston locations from the film.
The Massachusetts State House plays a recurring role in the film, as Matt Damon’s character Colin Sullivan stares in awe at it and rents an upscale penthouse apartment with a view of it’s iconic golden dome at the center of the Boston skyline. The same building was featured in the films “Amistad,” “The Boston Strangler,” “The Verdict” and “Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol.”
LOCATION: 24 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02133
Matt Damon’s penthouse “apartment” isn’t really an apartment at all. It’s the library on the top floor of the Suffolk University Law School. For this obvious reason, the building is never seen from an exterior view in the film, but this is what it looks like from the street. Unfortunately, you must have a university ID to enter the building, so recreating the apartment view from the library is not possible for the public.
LOCATION: 120 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108
Frank Costello, played by Jack Nicholson, lives at this apartment overlooking the east waterfront of the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston. The building is known as Flagship Wharf. Much like Matt Damon’s apartment, the exteriors of this building are scarcely seen in the film. However, some shots of the windows and a view out over the water can be seen as Costello talks on the phone to Sullivan.
LOCATION: 197 8th St, Boston, MA 02129
Outside of Costello’s bar, two of Costello’s crew, Fitzy and Delahunt, stand and observe pedestrians walking by, claiming anyone who avoids looking at the pair are cops. As Billy, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, exits the building without looking at them, Fitzy jokingly says to him “You’re a cop.” Two buildings were actually used for this location; this exterior can be found in Boston, while the interior was an entirely different building in New York (Raul’s, 180 Prince St, New York, NY 10012).
LOCATION: 17 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114
Late in the film, Billy meets Queenan, played by Martin Sheen on a rooftop of what is supposedly 344 Washington Street. There is a hand-drawn sign in front with the numbers 344. Costello’s crew is informed of the meeting and Delahunt mistakenly tells Billy to meet them at “314 Washington.” Despite his error, Billy meets Costello’s crew at the correct address, cluing in Delahunt to Billy’s real identity.
The entrance to real building seen in the film is not on Washington Street, but rather along an alley running between Farnsworth Street and Thompson Place, just north of Congress Street in Boston’s Fort Point.
LOCATION: 11 Farnsworth St, Boston, MA 02210 (this entrance is along a side alley of the building, running between Farnsworth Street and Thompson Place)
Billy narrowly escapes from the rooftop to avoid exposure as an undercover cop. He races down a fire escape into this alley, just beside the entrance seen above. The real building does not have a fire escape, but some skillful editing makes it appear as if this is where the fire escape reaches the streets.
LOCATION: Alley between 11 Farnsworth St and 12 Thompson Pl, Boston, MA 02210
Just as Billy reaches the front of the building, he is shocked as Queenan is thrown from the rooftop. His body falls in front of these windows. Director Martin Scorsese had X marks taped over all the windows, as an homage to the 1932 film “Scarface.”
Billy looks in horror back in front of the building entrance, as Costello’s crew pours out and meet up with him, unaware he was the undercover cop they were just seeking. The police observe the scene and, against Sullivan’s orders, engage in a shootout with Costello’s crew. Billy and Sullivan’s fateful meeting also takes place in this building and on the rooftop.
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