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Saturday Night Fever Filming Locations
I had fun while in New York back in May 2008 tracing the footsteps of Tony Manero, footsteps that walked the streets of Brooklyn to the pulsating rhythm of “Stayin’ Alive.” Of course, Tony Manero, played by John Travolta, is the main character of the film, king of the (paint) store by day and the disco floor by night. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge – Brooklyn, New York The opening of the film starts with an aerial shot of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which connects Brooklyn to Staten Island. From the point of view of the camera, Manhattan is visible in the background. There’s alot of significance to the scene. You can’t see…
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Indiana State Road 236
Not long ago, a fellow roadie from the Indy area (code name “mobilene”) had a post on his blog about an end to end trip he took on Indiana State Road 42. I’ve admired his writings of his road logs and vowed to start documenting some routes in our home state as well. I figure together we should wrap up the entire state by the time we’re in our mid-late 110’s. My first…and hopefully not last…entry is based on a route that goes all the way back to my very beginnings: State Road 236. It stretches from just north of Danville and makes a 41 mile trek through west central…
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Yeah, Rain Man definitely filmed here
From neon-lit motels to classic diners and the streets of Cincinnati, exploring the filming locations from Rain Man felt like stepping right into one of the greatest road movies ever made. We tracked down: 📍 Pompilio’s in Newport, Kentucky 📍 The Big 8 Motel in El Reno, Oklahoma 📍 The Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio And more! There’s something special about visiting places where movie history and Americana collide — especially along the open road. Some locations have changed, while others still feel frozen in time from the late 1980s. John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge / Cincinnati – Covington Here is a scene where they are crossing the Roebling…