40 Fascinating Facts About Movie Locations That’ll Make You Go, ‘Huh, Neat’

Sorry for ruining that whole ‘suspension of disbelief’ thing
40 Fascinating Facts About Movie Locations That’ll Make You Go, ‘Huh, Neat’

Even when movies rely heavily on green screens, locations are still essential for helping to build the world they’re set in. And “the world” doesn’t necessarily mean fictional places. Period pieces need that authentic vibe from present-day locations, and present-day movies use certain locations to convey messages to the audience. Whether a protagonist lives in a run-down, hellhole of an apartment or a swankier penthouse says a lot about their character.

Today, we’re focusing on the perfect and not-so-perfect places that helped make movies what they were.

Caserta Palace

Why does this look SO familiar? These stairs at Caserta Palace are the Tom Hanks of Italian architecture. This location appeared in blockbusters such

Love, Actually

The Goonies

Field of Dreams

The Haunting in Connecticut

The Force Awakens

The Incredible Hulk

Tommy Boy

Twilight

Amityville Horror

Anchorman

Dallas Buyers Club

The Dark Knight

Django: Unchained

Escape From New York

Half Baked

RoboCop

Spider-Man 2

Clerks

Malcolm X

Pasadena

Hatley Castle

A Christmas Story

The Lady Washington

Super Troopers

THX 1138

The Truman Show

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The Avengers

EuroTrip

The Martian

The Matrix Reloaded

Waterworld

Groundhog Day

Star Wars

Harry Potter

Gone with the Wind

School of Rock

Mission: Impossible III

Session 9

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