18 Kasım 2012 Pazar

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Arriving in Marrakech - Bab Doukkala and Bab el-Khemis, Marrakech, Morocco

The hotel where the McKennas are staying – La Mamounia Hotel, Avenue Bab Jdid, Marrakech, Morocco

The McKennas (James Stewart and Doris Day) witness the assassination of Louis Bernard (Daniel Gelin) – Jemaa El Fna, Marrakech, Morocco

The Marrakech skyline with the Koutoubia Mosque (center)

Arriving in London – Heathrow Airport, Croydon Road, Hillingdon, Greater London TW6

Looking for Ambrose Chapel – Plender Street at Royal College Street, London N1

The taxidermist shop – 61 College Place, London N1. This portion of the street has been demolished and replaced with a housing complex and a children’s playground.

Ambrose Chapel – St. Saviour's Church, Vicary Street, London SW2. The church hall was demolished and the entire area was replanned during the construction of the Blenheim Gardens Estate.

Hank McKenna is brought to an unnamed foreign embassy – Thorney Court, Palace Gate, London W8. The old building has been demolished and replaced with a luxury apartment complex named Thorney Court.

The assassination attempt - Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7

The embassy interior – Park Lane House, Park Lane, London W1. The house was demolished in 1964 to make room for the London Hilton on Park Lane.

The ballroom where Jo performs Que Sera Sera – Forbes House, 10 Halkin Street, London SW1. Once the residence of Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, since the 1950s the mansion served as the headquarters of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders but the organization sold it to a mystery buyer in 2010. It is most likely to be converted back into a private home.

See also...


Stage Fright

23 Paces to Baker Street

11 Kasım 2012 Pazar

Final Analysis (1992)

dir. Phil Joanou

Doctor Isaac Barr (Richard Gere) goes to testify in court – Los Angeles City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, California

Barr’s office – Still searching for this location

Barr dines with Heather (Kim Basinger) – Hotaling Cafe, 60 Hotaling Place, San Francisco, California

The pathological intoxication scene – Cicada Restaurant, 617 S. Olive Street, Los Angeles, California

Heather is taken to a hospital - Public Health Service Hospital, Presidio, San Francisco, California. This wing of the defunct hospital was demolished in 2009.

The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

The lighthouse – Pigeon Point Lighthouse, 210 Pigeon Point Road, Pescadero, California

Barr watches Heather dining with her husband (Eric Roberts) and is confronted by the latter in the restaurant’s restroom – Bix Restaurant, 56 Gold Street, San Francisco, California

Barr and Heather are waiting for a cab – Hilton Checkers Hotel, 535 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California

Barr comes to see Heather after she has been arrested – San Francisco City Hall (the Grove Street entrance), 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, California

The courtroom scenes - Park Plaza Hotel Ballroom, 607 S. Park View Street, Los Angeles, California

Barr is awaiting the verdict – San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, California

Barr goes to check Freud's works in a library - Powell Library Building, UCLA, 10740 Dickson Plaza, Los Angeles, California

Barr questions the courthouse guard - San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, California

The psychiatric hospital - Public Health Service Hospital, 1801 Wedemeyer Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. The historic 1932 building was rehabilitated for housing and opened in 2010 as the Presidio Landmark Apartments.

Barr meets with Diane (Uma Thurman) - Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell Street, San Francisco, California

Heather recovers the incriminating dumbbell - 1186 Greenwich Street, San Francisco, California

Pepe phones Barr - Greenwich Street at Hyde Street, San Francisco, California

The cable car ride – Hyde Street at Lombard Street, San Francisco, California

Heather gets off the cable car - Hyde Street at Greenwich Street, San Francisco, California.

'Bay Marina' - Presidio Yacht Club, Horseshoe Cove, Fort Baker, San Francisco, California. Fort Baker is located to the east of the Golden Gate Bridge. However, the Pidgeon Point Lighthouse used in the film's climax is located much farther south, in Pescadero, San Mateo County.

See also...


Basic Instinct

Vertigo