Talk:List of filming locations in and around Vancouver

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Contents 1 United 93 2 Original research? 3 Shot 26 years ago 4 Format change 5 Kamloops? 6 Richmond Sand Dunes 7 Panorama Studios, West Vancouver? 8 night at the museum 9 Images

[edit] United 93

Ok, I have seen the movie United 93 (the made for tv movie that was on A and E) and I can almost swear that the airport shown in the opening scenes is Vancouver International. The floor tile pattern seems to be identical to that eastern most section of the US check in terminal, in that large empty area where they film lots of things. Has anyone else seen United 93 and confirm this ?? If so, I will add it in.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Raindreamer (talk • contribs).

No, but the TV movie Flight 93 (about the same thing) was filmed here. United 93 is the theatrical version; I think you're confusing that one with the locally-made one. I actually auditioned for Flight 93; it was filmed at YVR and at Boundary Bay Airport. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 05:44, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Original research?

I assume that all or most of the entries in the article are based on the editors having seen the film and recognized the location. Isn't that a violation of WP:NOR? At any rate, there should be some kind of citation for all the data, right? --Mathew5000 07:32, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

You can always phone up the BC Film Commission to confirm the locations. They have records for this kind of stuff, and it isn't a big deal to phone them up for that. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/!? 07:43, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

To add to that, I do recall something about the BCFC keeping a list of filming locations. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/!? 08:09, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shot 26 years ago

I saw Out of the Blue (1980 film) at VIFC tonight. I think it was supposed to be set in the US (although that wasn't explicit), but there were many recognizable Vancouver locations. There's one lengthy scene in the Ridge Bowling Alley, and another scene in the "crying room" of the Ridge Theatre, where the main character and her friends are watching some movie. At one point there was a sequence of several short scenes from the downtown peninsula. I think the interior of the Pacific Centre atrium (NE corner of Georgia and Howe) and the exterior of a large Bank of Montreal branch (I think the NW corner of Burrard and Dunsmuir: was the BMO there in 1980?). One scene had her walking by the train tracks near the heliport; the large W atop the Woolworths building was clearly visible. Another scene was on a beach; I'm not sure exactly where that was. --Mathew5000 07:45, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Format change

I'm gonna change the format back to a list format (as opposed to a table format) because it'll be easier for newcomers to edit the list and because this list is getting quite disorganized. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 23:11, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kamloops?

Can we really count Kamloops as "in and around Vancouver"?... - Hinto 05:41, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Good question. Personally, I wouldn't. But there's no article for outside the Vancouver area yet... -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 01:16, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I think we can - It's a location that for the most part would require a base of production in Vancouver, such as Battlestar does.

Yeah, it's an issue in terms of "in and around Vancouver" because the Vancouver film industry "node" services productions in other areas, including Victoria (X-Men especially, cf Hatley Castle and other locations) and Alberta (Brokeback Mountain, Legends of the Fall, The Assassination of Jesse James). I was pondering adding The Pledge, which was primarly shot in Lytton, with some locations in Lillooet; outside Vancouver's 1.25 hr "union zone" but very much a Vancouver-based production; likewise The Grey Fox (also partly shot in Lillooet, Kamloops, Princeton and elsewhere); there's a Richard Gere thing that was shot in the Lions Bay/Brunswick Beach area, also, can't remember its name. Can't add Battle in Seattle yet as it's not in the can (or was it released yet?); it was filmed at various locations in Vancouver...I think the intro paragraph should probably say something about this list includes films based in Vancouver, and may include locations in other areas of the province and (on occasion) Alberta. What's the J.Lo thing shot around Kamloops, anyway? Filmed around the same time as Paycheck, because I remember Ben and J.Lo choppering back and forth to see each other (before he got caught out in Brandi's, that is....). Hmmm. just occurred to me Will Smith dropped by set; I'll check to see if I, Robot is listed under New West, as they used Front Street extensively...Skookum1 20:17, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

And while we're at it, starting with My American Cousin, there's a number of things that have been shot in the Okanagan which were Vancouver-based; rather than specifying towns, e.g. Penticton, Summerland, Kelowna, might be better just to have an Okanagan section; in the case of Kamloops and Lillooet-Lytton we might maybe say "Thompson-Okanagan" although Lillooet's not quite in that (only in weather forecasts is it lumped in that way...). Come to think of it The Journey of Natty Gann was filmed in Pemberton, too, can't remember what else....Skookum1 20:23, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Sigh. Then there's Roxanne and other Nelson-filmed items (more than I can think of at the moment); all Vancouver-based.....Skookum1 20:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Richmond Sand Dunes

I can't quite recall where these are...it was so early in the morning when I had to get there, and I was so tired when I left. I'd thought they were on Annacis but in the biz they're called the Richmond Sand Dunes.....definitely in 10.5, the earthquake-schlock thing where L.A. collapses into the sea, and also in other productions - much more major than 10.5 - since that I didn't accept the work on (too hard to get to, too much damned sand/dust; fine if I was getting scale but not non-union...). But not sure what to call them here, or even exactly what they're properly called and/or exactly located.Skookum1 19:41, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Panorama Studios, West Vancouver?

I'm not even sure the set is still there; the Studios themselves are long shut but I know they were used for something more than McCabe and Mrs. Miller, which it's most famous for and was built for. Don't know enough of its history to even start a stub, but it deserves an article; should I put it in unlinked in the West Van section?Skookum1 03:52, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] night at the museum

The article for Night at the Museum says the museum in the movie was one built on a soundstage in Vancouver, and says nothing about the VAG. Anybody? Bobanny 04:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I know guys who worked on it; they were definitely in VAG but I don't know for how many shots or which scenes...I think the rest was at Vancouver Film Studios (which I won't abbreviate to VFS for obvious reasons...). But I'll ask one of them as we're all going to the premiere of Pathfinder (film) on the 7th, supposedly (my helmet is the one with two downturned horns and a sharp metal nosepiece; you'll notice "me" in a decapitation scene in the shoreline village battle and also in "the killing pond", whipping the hell out of neckchain-bound natives we dragged through it....not sure how I died as a stuntman had the helmet that day. I think I fall off a cliff...which I almost did in real life, though not intentionally...Didn't get cast in Night at the Museum because the big guys in that were all younger stuntmen able to take the blows/falls etc....Skookum1 05:05, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

How many images of filming locations should we place on the articles?--Canadianshoper 22:33, 21 March 2007 (UTC)