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From Hearst By Sarah Linn | [email protected] Castle un-soaked beaches. Sleepy small DeMille’s 1923 epic “The Ten to the Stowns. Winding countryroads and Commandments” to the popular Guadalupe- acres upon acres of oak-covered hills, “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy. Nipomo sand dunes and majestic ocean bluffs. The region has doubled for Maine Dunes, the No wonder Hollywood loves the and the Midwest, ancient Rome and Central Central Coast. America in the 21st century. San Luis Obispo County has In honor of the Oscars, televised Coastis provided the backdrop for countless live tonight on NBC, we’ve tracked apopular commercials, television shows down several examples of Central backdrop and films ranging from Cecil B. Coast movie magic. Read on.
Talk about the fast and the furious.AngryCholame residentscomplained when stuntmen screeched down rural roads while filming “The Junkman.” The1982movie,shotinparts of Paso Roblesand Shandon, includesatributetoactor JamesDean, who died in acar crash near Cholame. HEARST CASTLE Hearst Castle stood in foran CHOLAME ancient Roman villa in Stanley Kubrick’s 1960 film MOVIESFILMED COUNTYWIDE “Spartacus.” TheCentral Coast’srolling hills and lush grasslands doubled for PASO the Ia Drang Valleyin“WeWereSoldiers,” Mel Gibson’s2002 Vietnam Wardrama, left.Castand TO ROBLES crew membersfilmed in MorroBay, PHO Camp Roberts and Fort Hunter Liggett. CAMBRIA SandraBullock playedapolice NTRIBUTED detectiveonthe trail of two CO teenage killersin2002’s “Murder Scream queen Jeanne Carmen fell by Numbers,” filmed in LosOsos, prey to the title creature in “The Giant killer spidersinvaded the quiethamlet MorroBay and SanLuis Obispo. of Cambria in “Arachnophobia,” starring Jeff MonsterofPiedras Blancas,” a Daniels and John Goodman. Filmed herein1990, 1959 horror movie filmed in Cayucos. SteveMartin and Rick Moranis teamed the creature featurehighlighted CoastUnion MOVIEWEB up for1990’s “My Blue Heaven” a High School, Moonstone Beach and Adelaida. ATASCADERO wackycomedy about amob informant and his straightlaced FBI handler.Atascadero, Paso Roblesand SanLuis Obispo all served as elementsofasleepyCalifornia town. CAYUCOS Beau Bridgesand Maud Adams strolled “Personal Best” director RobertTowne picked Baywood Park, Los down aMorroBay boardwalk in 1971’s Osos,MorroBay High School and CalPoly as settings forhis movie When Walter “The Christian LicoriceStore.” The about atrack star (Mariel Hemingway)vying forthe national team. Matthau and MORRO movie follows atennis champ who falls Atwistedkiller takeshis victims on a “Midnight Ride” through Jack Lemmon BAY foraprettyphotographer. reunited for GroverBeach, MorroBay,Pismo Beach and SanLuis Obispo in this 1992’s “The Film noir classic “The Lady from 1990 thriller.Mark Hamill, best known as Luke Skywalker in “Star Odd Couple Shanghai” features footage shotat Wars,”starred as the psychotic hitchhiker who preyed on acop II,” theyset MorroRock. RitaHayworthstarred (Michael Dudikoff)and his wife. alongside OrsonWelles, who also up shop in Rick Moranis returned to the Central Coastasamisfitfootball wroteand directed the 1947 film. ºthe sunnyLos coach in 1994’s “Little Giants,” filmed in ArroyoGrande and San Osos Valley. LOS Luis Obispo.The comedy alsostars Ed O’Neill, CalPoly alum John Madden and profootball players EmmittSmith, TimBrown, and OSOS BruceSmith. SANLUIS Disneyfilm MONTAÑA OBISPO crewsbuilt a52- DE ORO foot lighthouse STATEPARK on aPoint Buchon blufffor AVILA 1977’s “Pete’s BEACH Dragon,” about aboy and his scaly friend. PISMO Montaña de BEACH OroState Park ARROYO substituted for GRANDE Passamaquoddy, Tragedy struck during the filming of the Maine. 2003 BruceWillis action movie “Tears of the Sun” near Oceano.Aparachuting stuntman missedhis target, landed about OCEANO 300yards offshoreand drowned. Panned by criticsand shunned by fans,2007’s “I Know WhoKilled Me” earned star Lindsay Lohan three Golden RaspberryAwards(awarded to the worstmoviesofthe year). Still, the thriller showedoff such local landmarksas the Fremont movie theater,San Luis Obispo High School At the beginning of 2007’s and the MorroBay powerplant. “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’sEnd” Captain Jack Sparrow slidesdownalocal sand GUADALUPE- dune to land in the sparkling NIPOMO DUNES Pacific Ocean. Localfans flocked to the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes to catchaglimpse of star Johnny Depp and company. WEB
VIE Archaeologists arestill digging OTHER MOVIESFILMED LOCALLY MO plasterset pieces out of the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, “Of Miceand Men”(1939): Filmed at Hearst “Aria” (1987), filmed at Madonna Inn. the setting of Cecil B. DeMille’s Ranch and in SanLuis Obispo. “My Cousin Vinny” (1992): Filmed in 1923 Biblical epic “The Ten “California Dreaming” (1979): Filmed in Avila Atascadero. Commandments.” Beach, MorroBay and SanLuis Obispo. “PatriotGames” (1992): Filmed “ToLiveand Die in L.A.”(1985): Filmed at in MorroBay.
TO Theshifting sands alsoserved California Men’s Colony. as the backdrop for1921’s“The “The Whole TenYards”(2004): Filmed at the PHO Sheik” and itssequel, “The Son “Commando”(1985): Filmed at Hearst Castle Oceano Dunes. of the Sheik,” both starring silent and in SanLuis Obispo. SOURCE: IMDB.COM film heartthrob Rudolph Valentino. NTRIBUTED TRIBUNE FILE PHOTOS CO