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One of my very favorite "college" films was Miracle Mile. It always made great late night viewing and I loved the is-it-true-or-not storytelling. If you haven't seen it yet, do so now!
While I had popped by the diner and tar pits before, I thought on my latest trip I should do a true locations visit, so here we go. First up, the La Brea Tar Pits and museum....
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I love Pan Pacific Park, just wish I could have seen "Xanadu" for myself before it burnt down. Otherwise, the performance area looks the same...
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The May building, now home to the Hollywood Costume Museum....
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Thanks to my friend, Rayen, for pointing out that I easily missed the Chateau Marmont as Harry's apartment...
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And good ol' Johnie's. Not much has changed except for the sign. I'm not sure when the last time it was ever really open as it is now just used for filming...
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Back to the museum, this is the area where Harry pushed Julie in the shopping cart...
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The spot by the stairs where they go running....
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Running down the stairs towards the street....
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A shot of the helipad building as they exit the museum....
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Here is where Julie sees her parents together for the last time....
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The entrance to the helipad building....
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Another quick shot of the museum as Harry goes looking for help....
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One of my favorite location spots was the oh-so-80's gym....
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A long shot from outside the gym, and to where a parking garage used to be....
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Here's the spot where Harry goes after Julie up the street....
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Some shots of the diner from where the department store used to be...
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And a few more shots as Harry & Julie make their way back to the diner...
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The diner's final appearance in the film....
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This area has changed the most, but this is the sidewalk Harry & Julie run down to make one last attempt to get to the helicopter....
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I didn't get a good shot during the visit, so here's a Google street view image of where they set up the electronics store....
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Barely in the movie but getting opening credit is Kelly Jo Minter!
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Blu-ray cover art!
Great blog entry! So glad this is finally coming out on Blu Ray in July. With an alternate ending, and commentaries!
ReplyDeleteAnd I am glad you were able to use the elevator shots. I just wish I could have taken the elevator to the roof. JDR :-)
Where did you hear its coming out on blu ray in July??
ReplyDeleteim looking all over the place!!!
Where did you hear it was coming out on blu ray in July???
ReplyDeleteIm searching all over the place!!
I love this movie!! You kids fancy a tubesteak??
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=16041
DeleteHad a milkshake at Johnie's in late 1991 or early 1992, must have closed shortly after. Of course we were inspired to go there because of the movie! One of my favorite movies, I enjoyed your blog.
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ReplyDeleteThis is how from long time i was searching for Miracle Mile the great site at end by visiting your website my search comes to an end this post post really full of knowledge which is really mean to me thanks for sharing this amazing post.....!
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Great blog!!!
ReplyDelete2018 and I only have discovered the Miracle Mile last night! Yes it’s true. I’m not a big film buff, originally from the UK I now live in Australia. Last week I came across the short film Kung Fury. I spent time searching all the soundtracks from the movie. One was called Nuclear by lost years. I searched it out on YouTube. I cam across one with a video, in the bio it said the footage was from the film Miricle Mile. So at 11pm last night at the age of 45 I watched Miricle Mile for the first time! The cafe scene is simply outstanding, it should go down as one of the greatest scenes in cinema. I must have watched about twenty times already. This evening I have been looking at sound tracks and film locations and came across your website! A great post you must of had some fun doing it! Thank you for sharing. Best regards David Goddard
That is awesome. It's a great movie. At one time it seemed a bit dated with the threat of nuclear war, but with our current 'president', it is all too real!
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