Sean Baker’s underappreciated 2012 film “Starlet” filmed mostly in the San Fernando Valley in California. The old lady’s house where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with the much younger Jane (Dree Hemingway) can be found in North Hollywood.
LOCATION: 11541 Albers St, North Hollywood, CA 91601
The property is largely covered by trees, just as depicted in the film.
Jane and Sadie visit the Whitnall Dog Park, which is surrounded by power lines.
LOCATION: 5801 Whitnall Hwy, Los Angeles, CA 91601
The nail salon Jane visits can be found in Winnetka.
The Wormwood house from the 1996 Danny DeVito directed film Matilda can be found in Whittier, California. The house and especially the yard have changed a bit from how they appeared on screen, but there is still some resemblance.
LOCATION: 15811 Youngwood Dr, Whittier, CA 90603
Trunchbull’s house can be found in Pasadena. The address is on E Crary St, but the back of the house faces that direction and the perimeter is surrounded by a wall, so you won’t see much from there. The front side of the house is actually around the block on Layton St, which dead-ends into the driveway of the home. The same house has also been seen in the films “Catch Me If You Can,” “Hocus Pocus,” “Scream 2” and “The Midnight Hour.” Unfortunately, the property owners have since posted no trespassing signs near the end of Ladyton St, making it much more difficult for pedestrians to see the house anymore.
LOCATION: 2186 E Crary St, Pasadena, CA 91104 (front of the home faces Ladyton St)
The 1991 action film “Point Break,” directed by Kathryn Bigelow, was filmed mostly around Southern California, with a few late scenes filmed in Oregon and Hawaii.
Early in the film, the FBI agent Pappas, played by Gary Busey encourages his new partner Johnny Utah, played by Keanu Reeves, to learn to surf. Believing the bank robbers they are pursuing to be surfers, they discuss the need to infiltrate the tight-knit surfer community in order to gain leads as to the thieves’ identities. These scenes were filmed at the Manhattan Beach Pier.
LOCATION: 2 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
While surfing, Johnny meets Tyler, played by Lori Petty and the two strike up a romance. Johnny visits her at her work, which was filmed at Neptune’s Net in Malibu. A famous biker and surfer restaurant, the same place was also seen in “The Fast And The Furious.”
LOCATION: 42505 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90265
Utah begins frequenting a variety of beaches, in hopes of identifying the robbers, who call themselves the Ex-Presidents. One of the beaches he checks out is Dockweiler Beach in Playa Del Rey. Utah can be seen near the El Segundo Power Plant, just past W Grand Ave.
LOCATION: 12001 Vista Del Mar, Playa Del Rey, CA 90293
Johnny is washing off after surfing, when another crew approaches and attacks him. Bodhi, played by Patrick Swayze, intervenes as the two fight off the rival crew. These scenes were filmed at Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu.
LOCATION: 35000 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90265
Later in the film, Utah is ordering sandwiches when the Ex-Presidents pull up right behind him and proceed to rob a a bank. This was filmed in Culver City, with the Culver Hotel seen in the distance (where the opening of “Last Action Hero” was filmed).
LOCATION: Main St, Culver City, CA 90232 (facing toward Culver Blvd)
The building where the bank was located has been remodeled and is now separated into several business spaces.
LOCATION: 3849 Main St, Culver City, CA 90232
After the robbery, Utah and Pappas pursue the Ex-Presidents in a car chase. The chase continues into the Westfield Shopping Plaza in Culver City, as the cars enter from Slauson Ave towards what is now a Macy’s department store.
LOCATION: 6200 Slauson Ave, Culver City, CA 90230
They hook a left in the parking lot and drive past what is now a Trader Joe’s.
LOCATION: 6150 Slauson Ave, Culver City, CA 90230
The cars race up and down the aisles of the parking lot, which is located beneath the Marina Fwy (CA-90).
LOCATION: 6000 S Hannum Ave, Culver City, CA 90230
The cars then drive down Westfield Dr and head towards S Hannum Ave, where Pappas crashes into a security gate, stalling out the car. Utah exits the car and continues on foot.
LOCATION: Westfield Dr / S Hannum Ave, Culver City, CA 90230
The thieves blow out a tire as they turn right onto S Hannum Ave.
While made to look only a short distance away, the Ex-Presidents pull off into a gas station, which was actually located in Redondo Beach. Bodhi torches the car by lighting a gas pump and using it as a flame thrower. Now on foot, Utah catches up and tackles him. The gas station is no longer there, replaced by a surf shop on N Catalina Ave. This can be slightly confusing, as the same surf shop uses a multiple buildings along the block, including across the street on N Broadway. The correct location of the former gas station is at the intersection of Beryl St and N Catalina Ave.
LOCATION: 600 N Catalina Ave, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Most of the buildings seen in the background of the gas station, such as the Crowne Plaza, are still there and match up with the film.
LOCATION: Beryl St / N Catalina Ave, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Bodhi runs from Utah and the foot chase begins as the two race across N Broadway, located behind the former gas station. This triangular rooftop building can be seen in the background, which is another property of the surf shop. The other side of the street, where the two begin running down the narrow, residential corridors, has been remodeled.
LOCATION: N Broadway / N Catalina Ave, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
The ending of the foot chase, with a conflicted Utah reluctantly passing on the opportunity to shoot at Bodhi, was filmed over at Ballona Creek, a concrete water channel and bike path, which runs through Culver City.
The 1988 Garry Marshall film “Beaches” filmed at Cottage 13 at Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Beach. The cottage looks a bit different now than how it appeared back then, but there is still some resemblance.
Parking is tricky in this area. While you can drop off and pick up fairly close to the beach, the closest proper parking lot (the Los Trancos Parking Lot) is across the street and charges a fee. You’ll have to walk the rest of the way or wait for a shuttle, which also charges a fee. There’s no exact address to the cottage, but some GPS systems do identify it as the “Beaches Film & Media Center.” It’s the last cottage at the end, past The Beachcomber restaurant.
LOCATION: Beaches Film & Media Center, Newport Beach, CA 92657 (just past The Beachcomber restaurant at 15 Crystal Cove, Newport Coast, CA 92657)
Crystal Cove kindly honors their film history with a sign marking it as the cottage from the movie. There a film museum inside, celebrating not only “Beaches,” but many other productions at the beach, which date all the way back to the silent era.
The cottage is owned by the State of California and is completely open to the public.
Much of the 1994 film “Color of Night” takes place at a mansion belonging to Bob, played by Scott Bakula, but which is occupied by Bill, played by Bruce Willis, for the majority of the film. The house is known as the Circles on the Point mansion and can be found directly across from Point Dume in Malibu, California.
The mansion has appeared in several other productions, including the TV series “GLOW” and “Jean-Claude Van Johnson,” as well as the low-budget 2000 drama “Ritual.” It is also worth noting that the house of Tony Stark in the “Iron Man” films, while a CGI creation, was superimposed to be located at Point Dume, which is directly across the street from this home, making it the closest actual residence Stark’s fictional home.
Here is the driveway to the house, which is seen several times in the film, including when Bill opens the mailbox to discover a rattlesnake inside. It’s no longer the same mailbox, as the one seen in the film was built into a rock, but it’s located in the same area.
LOCATION: 29377 Cliffside Dr, Malibu, CA 90265
Here is a view of the front of the house. The circular opening on the left is where arguably the most famous scene from the film takes place; Bill’s sex scene with Rose, played by Jane March. The camera pulls back through the opening as the two fall into the pool. The pool is the same one shown in the film, but is not visible from the street.
Point Dume is directly across the street, which is also seen in the film, when Bill and Bob ride their bikes up the trail.
LOCATION: Point Dume, Cliffside Dr / Birdview Ave, Malibu, CA 90265
Bill meets Anderson, played by Eriq La Salle, as the Grand Central Market in Downtown Los Angeles. A popular eating spot, Grand Central Market has appeared in many films, including “La La Land,” “Busting,” “National Treasure,” “Midnight Run” and many more.
LOCATION: 317 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Bill visits Casey and climbs the fire escape to enter this building. It is perhaps most famously know and the location of Paddy’s Pub from “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” although the view on that show is from Palmetto St and the angle seen here is from Mateo St.
In the 2012 comedy “This Is 40,” a spin-off of “Knocked Up,” the story follows the life of a married couple, Pete and Debbie, played by Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann. The same house was used for the couple in both films and can be found in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The property is gated, with a long wall running along the front, so visibility is difficult. From the right angle, however, it can still be seen.
LOCATION: 531 N Bristol Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Unfiltered Records, the record label where Pete works, can be found in Venice. It’s just a couple doors down from the bar in “Bad Santa.”
LOCATION: 1118 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Pete’s father Larry, played by Albert Brooks, lives at this Studio City home.
LOCATION: 12718 Valley Spring Ln, Studio City, CA 91604
The house from the 1990 Bill Cosby comedy “Ghost Dad” can be found in South Pasadena, California. Located on Bushnell Ave, the road is famous for many iconic movie homes, from such films as “Back To The Future” and “Teen Wolf.”
LOCATION: 1621 Bushnell Ave, South Pasadena, CA 91030
Elliot works at the Eastern Columbia Building in Downtown Los Angeles. The same building has appeared in the films “Predator 2,” “(500) Days Of Summer,” “I Wanna Hold Your Hand,” “The Last Hour” and more.
LOCATION: 849 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Elliot rides in a taxi cab than nearly crashes into a train in Port Hueneme, California, about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The same intersection and train tracks also appear in the film “Back To The Future Part III.”
LOCATION: S Ventura Rd / Shoreview Dr, Port Hueneme, CA 93041
The 2012 Steven Soderbergh film “Magic Mike” depicts the behind the scenes life of a stripper played by Channing Tatum, loosely based on the actor’s own experiences in the world of male stripping.
The film was shot mostly in the Tampa, Florida area. The group performs at Club Xquisite, where they are led by Dallas (Matthew McConaughey). The club was actually a composite of two separate buildings. The exterior was filmed at Wilson’s Sports Lounge in St. Petersburg.
LOCATION: 3030 4th St N, St. Petersburg, FL 33704
The interiors were filmed across the country at the former Platinum Live in Studio City, California (11345 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604), which shut down not long after the film was shot.
