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50 Years in Film

Since its opening in 1966, has been a popular site for movie and TV crews, offering incomparable locations and experiences that have captured the imaginations of Hollywood’s top talent. Today Caesars Palace continues to be a pillar for film and TV productions worldwide, shooting over fifty productions per year at the iconic resort. The Early Years 1970 – “The Only Game in Town,” was the first movie filmed at Caesars Palace starring and 1979 – rode on horseback through the Palace Casino in "Electric Horseman," which also starred , Willie Nelson and Valerie Perrine 1988 – The Academy Award-winning " Man," starring and , filmed at Caesars Palace for more than six weeks. Now, more than 25 years later, guests still ask for the famous “” Suite located in the Forum Tower Forum Classic Emperor Suite, unofficially known as the “Rain Man” suite The – Early 2000s 1997 – “Fools Rush In,” a love story starring Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek, was filmed at Caesars Palace 2003 – Romantic comedy “Intolerable Cruelty” starred and Catherine Zeta-Jones inside the resort’s Emperor Suite 2006 – “Dreamgirls,” starring Beyonce Knowles and , featured the famed resort. ’s unforgettable “And I Tell You That I’m Not Going” was set in the resort’s showroom The Recent Years

2008 – The box office blockbuster “Iron Man” featured Academy Award-winner Robert Downey, Jr. in the title role of billionaire Tony Stark seducing a beautiful reporter at the resort’s grand front entrance 2009 – Caesars Palace was featured prominently in the Warner Bros. blockbuster comedy “The Hangover” – a film that went on to be the top-grossing R-rated comedy of all time. In the trilogy’s final installment released in 2013, “Hangover Part III,” the cast returned to Vegas and the hilarity of their misfortunes ensued 2012 – Paramount released the mother-son comedy “The Guilt Trip,” which featured Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand in a cross-country mother-son road trip with a stop along the way at Caesars Palace. 2013 –2014 – Sony Screen Gems’ “Think Like a Man Too” and Summit’s “Step Up All In” featured the gorgeous locations of the resort including the Garden of the Gods Pool Oasis, casino, valet, lobby, villas, suites and more 2014 – Caesars Palace was also displayed in Warner Bros. re-imagining of the cinema classic “Godzilla,” featuring , Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen 2015 – starred as a struggling boxer who takes the ring at Caesars Palace in The Weinstein Company’s “Southpaw” 2015 – ’ “,” was nominated for the Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay , with Adam McKay and Charles Randolph winning the Screenplay statue 2016 – “Knight of Cups” featured and enjoying the Neptune Villa, Bella Luce Terrace, Garden of the Goods Pool Oasis, Brahma Shrine, Caesars front fountains, valet and lobby