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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
Here’s a compilation of screen shots from the 1988 film “Rain Man” starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman and photos of some of the locations, taken by me. John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge / Cincinnati – Covington Here is a scene where they are crossing the Roebling Bridge between Ohio and Kentucky: Here is a photo I took of the bridge: Pompilio’s Restaurant – Newport, Kentucky There was a scene filmed at Pompilio’s Restaurant. Here is the exterior from the film: I took this photo last year. It looks so much less barren now! Here’s the interior of the restaurant, a scene when they are ordering their pancakes from their waitress: Sally…