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Bryan Chernick
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 654
From: Bothell, WA, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted May 09, 2012 03:11 PM
A few miles from my home in Bothell, Washington is an old Catholic Seminary that is now called St. Edwards State Park. it was a location for Frayed as well as some other low budget horror films.
There's a long list of films that were filmed or set in and around Seattle like Sleepless in Seattle, It Happened at the Worlds Fair, An Officer and a Gentleman, The Ring, Singles, WarGames, Harry and the Hendersons, 10 Things I Hate About You and many more.
They also just finished filming scenes for Matt's Chance right here in Bothell.
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James N. Savage 3
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1375
From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted May 10, 2012 05:59 AM
As Clause mentioned, we have the famous "Exorcist" house on Prospect Street NW that was used in the 1974 movie, and of course the long stair case next to it (in fact, my wife and I ate dinner across the street from it two weeks ago ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) ).
Also, I pass the church that was used in the movie "A Man Called Peter", all the time. It sits right at the intersection of New York Avenue and H Street, NW.
I'm about 5 hours from the Monroeville Mall, used in George Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" (1978). I finally visited it a couple of years ago.
There's more, but I'll just go on and on..... ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
James.
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Bryan Chernick
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Bothell, WA, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted May 10, 2012 12:07 PM
Not near my house but two ski resorts that I frequent were locations for movies. On Whistler/Blackomb in British Columbia they filmed Alive on Blackomb peak. Once you've been there you realize the actors did not suffer any hardship like the characters they were portraying, it's a very nice resort.
The other ski area is Timberline on Mt. Hood in Oregon. The old lodge at the ski resort is where they filmed the exterior shots for The Shining. The interior shots and the maze were shot at other locations. The lodge is beautiful inside and out and was built during the depression by the Works Progress Administration. According to Wikipedia several other movies were also filmed or set at the lodge:
The 1941 short musical film, Jingle Belles is set at the lodge.
The 1952 film Bend of the River starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams, and Rock Hudson was partially filmed on the snow above Timberline Lodge, near the Magic Mile chairlift.
The 1960 film All the Young Men, starring Alan Ladd and Sidney Poitier, had some snow scenes filmed at Timberline.
The 1973 version of Lost Horizon, starring Liv Ullman, Michael York, Peter Finch, Sally Kellerman, John Gielgud and Olivia Hussey had portions shot in the Timberline parking lot. Blizzard conditions needed in the film were created by a helicopter. Other scenes were shot in the immediate area while the lodge was a base for the cast and crew.
In 1981, Boris Sagal was directing the TV movie World War III starring Rock Hudson. During filming, Sagal was killed in Timberline Lodge's parking lot when he walked into the tail rotor blades of a helicopter, almost decapitating him.
The 1993 film Hear No Evil was partly filmed at Timberline.
An interesting note is that these two ski resorts are the only two in North America that stay open for skiing every summer.
[ May 10, 2012, 04:51 PM: Message edited by: Bryan Chernick ]
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