14 Ekim 2012 Pazar

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

dir. Gus Van Sant

The Idaho road - Route 216 near Maupin, Oregon

Hustling in Seattle – Gatewood Hotel (now closed), 107 Pine Street, Seattle, Washington. It has been converted into an apartment house.

St. Regis Hotel (now closed), 116 Stewart Street, Seattle, Washington. It has been converted into an apartment house.

Mike (River Phoenix) wakes up in the street and meets Hans (Udo Kier) – W. 8th Avenue at W. Galer Street, Seattle, Washington

Waking up in Portland – Elk Fountain, SW Main Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues, Portland, Oregon. The actual sculpture has no rider - Van Sant painted one of his production assistants green, and placed him on top. The engraving at the base was changed to "The Coming of the White Man," as a reference to a Washington Park monument known, in the 1970s and early 1980s, as a marketplace for those seeking late-night male company.

The restaurant where Mike and his friend Scott (Keanu Reeves) hang out – 213 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon. It was a Chinese restaurant at the time but it's Bailey's Tap Room now.

The hotel where the guys squat – Governor Hotel, 614 SW 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon

The robbery under the bridge – St. John’s Bridge, Cathedral Park, Portland, Oregon

Scott and Mike’s motorbike ride – SW Broadway at SW Stark Street, Portland, Oregon

Mike is looking for his mother at the hotel where she used to work – Thunderbird on the River Hotel, 1401 N. Hayden Island Drive, Portland, Oregon. Closed in 2005, the hotel was destroyed by a fire on September 2, 2012. Many thanks to John Denny for pointing out this location.

Leaving for Italy – Boise Airport, Boise, Idaho

Waking up in Rome – Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy

Hustling in Rome – Via Celio Vibenna at Piazza del Colosseo, Rome, Italy

Back in Portland – Henry’s Tavern, 10 NW 12th Avenue, Portland, Oregon

Bob (William Richert) sees Scott and his wife entering a restaurant – Jake’s Famous Crawfish, 401 SW 12th Avenue, Portland, Oregon

The restaurant’s interior is Hubers, 411 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon. It’s the city's oldest restaurant.

7 Ekim 2012 Pazar

The Untouchables (1987)

dir. Brian De Palma

Many thanks to ItsFilmedThere for identifying these locations. Check out this and many other Chicago-based movies over there.

The bomb explosion - 3369 N. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois

Elliot Ness (Kevin Costner) meets Malone (Sean Connery) - Michigan Avenue Bridge, Chicago, Illinois

Al Capone's (Robert De Niro) hotel - Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois

The hotel interior is the upper foyer of the Chicago Theater, 175 N. State Street, Chicago, Illinois

Malone's house - 4600 S. Calumet Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. It has since been demolished.

The police headquarters - The Rookery, 209 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois

The street view near the police headquarters – S. LaSalle Street looking at the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago, Illinois

The post-office raid across the street - City National Bank and Trust Company, 208 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois

The banquet where Capone kills one of his associates with a baseball bat - Blackstone Hotel, 636 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois

Ness' house - 2030 W. 22nd Place, Chicago, Illinois

The Canadian border raid – Hardy Creek Bridge near Great Falls, Montana

Ness confronts Al Capone after the death of one of the Untouchables – Roosevelt University Lobby, 430 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois

The opera house – the Grand Staircase and Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois

The train station shootout - Union Station, 225 S. Canal Street, Chicago, Illinois

Ness confronts Frank Nitti (Billy Drago) - Grand Army of the Republic Rotunda, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois

The rooftop scene - Chicago Cultural Center, Randolph Street at E. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois