Thursday, July 4, 2013

Cobra (1986)

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They don't make 'em like this anymore, do they?  Since I was going to be visiting Piru, I thought I would check out some other locations for Sylvester Stallone's violent vehicle, Cobra.

First up, the opening scene in the grocery store...







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Next up, the gas station stop, a location used in many films, my favorite being Friday the 13th Part V, of course....



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The next series is locations shot up in Piru, California.   A very small town that is featured in lots of films (Twilight Zone: The Movie, True Blood, Big Mama's House, Return of the Living Dead Part II, Dark Night of The Scarecrow, etc.)....

The old bridge into town....


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The church...

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The police station...

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This is the spot where the motel was located.  I'm not sure if it ever existed or was just built for the movie....




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And the stretch of road where the car chase/shootout took place.  Of course in the movie it takes several minutes to go down this road, while in reality it would only take 60 seconds...






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UPDATE November 2013:  While on my latest trip I decided to stop by a few more locations.   Here is one of the Venice canals bridge seen in the film...



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UPDATE November 2013:  And the apartment seen in the film...







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20 comments:

  1. Osmar DaouDecember 14, 2013 at 9:40 PM

    I visited rocky locations in 2012. Now I would like to visit Cobra locations. Could you share the address with other fans ?
    Thanks in advance.
    My website: www.stallone.com.br
    Osmar Daou from Belem, PA - Brazil

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    1. RobertDecember 14, 2013 at 11:33 PM

      Sure thing, the store is at 2727 Manhattan Beach Boulevard in Redondo Beach. The apartment is at 5 Westminster Avenue in Venice. The small town seen in the film where the motel is Piru, California.

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  2. AnonymousApril 23, 2015 at 3:58 PM

    Brilliant research! love this film.

    Do you know where the car park is in the scene at night where the song angel of the city starts to play

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    1. StevieMay 16, 2016 at 6:19 PM

      I would love to know this location also?

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    2. godhead/vMarch 2, 2018 at 6:43 PM

      That scene was filmed on the car park that used to be on the lot directly across from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, where the Walt Disney Concert Hall is today, on First St, downtown Los Angeles. In the shots of Stallone you can see the Department of Water and Power building behind him, to the north.

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  3. Moviegoer71September 30, 2015 at 2:37 AM

    The Venice apartment was also used as Timothy Hutton's character Christopher Boyce's apartment in John Schlesinger's 1985 film "The Falcon and The Snowman" :)

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  4. Moviegoer71September 30, 2015 at 2:47 AM

    The Venice apartment was also used as Timothy Hutton's character Christopher Boyce's apartment in John Schlesinger's 1985 film "The Falcon and The Snowman" :)

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  5. UnknownSeptember 6, 2016 at 9:44 PM

    I live in Piru where Cobra was filmed. The hotel was built by the film crew from the ground up and destroyed as seen in the movie. We were teenager's and watched the filming everyday.

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    1. RobertSeptember 12, 2016 at 9:00 AM

      That must have been great, thanks for the info!

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    2. Sérgio V MeloDecember 31, 2019 at 2:37 PM

      The internet is fascinating. In 2019 here, reading as posts and comments. I'm 40 years old and I really like old movies. Stalone Cobra aired on a TV channel with today's data, 12/31/2019 and I watched it again. Thank you guys! I'm on google maps now. I live in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais - Brazil

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  6. UnknownNovember 19, 2016 at 4:10 PM

    hi. do u know the address and the name of the building they used as the interior shot of the police station and the interior and exterior of the hospital and they old bottle co. plant used in the opening sceen and the coffee shop where the lady closes and gets murdered by the bad guys??? All these scenes are from the movie cobra. I if u can tell me the address are cross streets and what towns they where filme in?

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    1. UnknownSeptember 1, 2017 at 11:09 PM

      I guess ur busy. I thought u might could help

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    2. RobertSeptember 17, 2017 at 11:22 AM

      As we just talked on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, you could have asked/reminded me then.

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  7. UnknownMarch 13, 2017 at 10:40 AM

    Legal, bom trabalho .

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  8. AnonymousJune 26, 2017 at 7:06 PM

    Gracias por la investigacion y compartir el resultado,algun dia me gustaria visitar estos bellos lugares

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  9. AnonymousDecember 13, 2017 at 8:03 PM

    You forgot the most famous of them: 1960´s TV serie The Fugitive. See the episode "The Shattered Silence" (1967), whose ext scenes were shot in Piru, CA. Great pics anyway, thaks for share.

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  10. AnonymousAugust 11, 2018 at 1:42 AM

    coffee shop,'mugs up' is on mateo st. next to the 10 freeway in downtown l.a. still there i believe

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  11. UnknownMay 2, 2020 at 7:00 PM

    GREAT JOB thanks

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  12. AnonymousOctober 16, 2022 at 1:36 AM

    so what was the full address for the 3940 building that was a brick buildng?

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    1. RobertOctober 16, 2022 at 9:32 AM

      Not sure which one you are referring to here, but all the info is on my website here: https://www.set-jetter.com/ontheset/cobra

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