Stadiums in Film: Stadium Locations in Movies and TV

[redspork02]

*STAPLES Center (Los Angeles, USA) - Entourage, where the guys go see the LAkERS and a U2 Concert.

*Dodgers Stadium (Los Angeles, USA) - Dodger Stadium was the site of a brief moment in the 1971 movie, "Omega Man," in which Charlton Heston was rescued by Rosalind Cash.

*2003 movie The Core, the Space Shuttle makes a crash landing in Los Angeles after flying over Dodger Stadium during a game.

*2006 Superman Returns movie, was filmed at Dodger Stadium, where he rescues the plane in mid- field.

*Transformers, an empty Dodger Stadium is depicted being hit by one of the Autobot's protoforms crashing through the upper deck and landing in the outfield.

*A scene from the 2007 movie Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was also shot at Dodger Stadium

*A Baby Ruth TV commercial seen in the summer of 2007 and in the post-season tournament, in which 50,000 fans are humming "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" due to their mouths being full of the candy bar, was shot in Dodger Stadium.

*The Rose Bowl (Los Angeles, USA) Pasadena-
On June 18, 1988 Depeche Mode played their last concert of the Music for the Masses tour at the sold-out Rose Bowl in front of 80,000+ people. The concert was recorded and filmed for the album and documentary movie 101 which was released in 1989.

*Angel Stadium (Anaheim, USA) - is used in the Disney Film Angels in the Outfield

*L.A. Sports Arena (Los Angeles, USA) - Ali with Will Smith and Rocky were partially filmed at the former home of the CLippers.

*California Speedway (Los Angeles, USA) Fontana, Thousands of car commercials and the Lindsay Lohan flick called Herbie.

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Off the top of my head:

Two Minute Warning - Coliseum, LA
The Replacements - M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore


Also, in my trivia section:

In an episode of Porridge, an inmate who escapes follows instructions to find the buried proceeds of his earlier robbery. The spot is under the centre circle at Elland Road, Leeds. The episode ends with the gag that just as he finds the box and unearths it late one night, the floodlights are switched on and he's re-arrested.

[Smoker]

Angels in the Outfield (1951)



Forbes Field was built in 4 months in 1909. \
Pittsburgh Pirates, USA.

[ingstad]

Wonderful postcard this one of Pittsburgh's ballpark.

I think 4 months it's a record-time, in spite of the building's methods of the 1909. Nowadays, built a stadium takes at least 2 or 3 years.

[ingstad]

What's up? It's Christmas time: there are holidays to see stadiums in the movies

So you can see the old version of Olympia Stadion in Berlin in The Quiller Memorandum (UK - 1966)

[Wezza]

Originally Posted by Marco_

Goal! 2 The Impossible dream
Santiago Bernabeu

I was just about to add that one! Watched the movie today.

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(Showing my age, here!)

I guess I must have always had an interest in stadiums from a young age because I always remember the scene in the titles of 'Mork & Mindy' in the stadium, where Mork (Robin Williams) is stood on the crossbar of the goal.



Having found it on YouTube, it shows less of the stands than I remember, so I'm going to open this question to the forum: Do you know which stadium it is? Can you attempt a guess from the little visual information shown?

According to wikipedia, the series was set in Boulder, Colorado, but given that it was probably filmed in or around Hollywood, perhaps a venue in California is likely.

Anyone prepared to hazard a guess?

[en1044]

nope, looks to have been shot on location in Boulder. Its Folsom Field at the University of Colorado.

[BobDaBuilder]

When's the movie coming out?

[www.sercan.de]

is the guy above an ape?

[MRichR]

No, Robin Williams is just very hairy, especially back then lol.

It was definitely shot in Boulder at the University of Colorado. Nanu nanu

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I'm sure there was a thread about this once but I've looked and can't find it.

Anyway, I've just watched 28 Weeks Later and the climax involves a rendezvous at "Wembley Stadium".

Anyway, when it gets to that point, the shape and layout of the tiers clearly show that the location was the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.

I found this gif on the web to show how they took a picture of a pristine Millennium Stadium and photoshopped it up to match the colours and seat pattern of Wembley - complete with a pitch that looks like it's been neglected for - well 28 weeks.



Over to you, film/stadium afficionados!

[en1044]

i know that baseball movies never seem to want to use the right stadiums. For example, the movie Angels in the Outfield used the Oakland Coliseum for the action but uses Anaheim Stadium in exterior shots. This happens in a ton of movies but this came to my mind first.

[Benjuk]

There's a little English film called "Purely Belter" that features both St James' Park and The Sunderland Stadium of Light.

Lots of stadiums, including, St James' Park, used in "Goal!", obviously.

Telstra Dome used in an awful Nic Cage movie the title of which escapes me (did a big bike jump in it). Bad. Nice stadium though - I can see it from my window right now.

[trmather]

Jimmy Grimble used Maine Road, I remember that much.

[en1044]

Originally Posted by Benjuk

There's a little English film called "Purely Belter" that features both St James' Park and The Sunderland Stadium of Light.

Lots of stadiums, including, St James' Park, used in "Goal!", obviously.

Telstra Dome used in an awful Nic Cage movie the title of which escapes me (did a big bike jump in it). Bad. Nice stadium though - I can see it from my window right now.

Ghost Rider

[Indiana Jones]

Major League, featuring the Cleveland Indians, is supposed to be at the Old Cleveland Municipal Stadium.



But it was mostly filmed at Milwaukee County Stadium.




In the movie "The Rock" a missile with a chemical warhead flies over Candlestick in SF.


The Waterboy had the final "Bourbon Bowl" filmed at the Citrus Bowl.



However the marqee is clearly Candlestick in SF.




In Godzilla, Godzilla lays eggs in Madison Square Garden.



I think they blew up this scale model.




And the greatest sports movie of all time, Hoosiers, was filmed at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

[Indiana Jones]

Rudy, a shitty movie , was correctly filmed at Notre Dame Stadium.






My favorite, Green Street Hooligans , was probably at Upton Park?

[Beware]

I'm " dating " Myself. Poster (below) of a 1976 action/suspense movie filmed at the, famous, Los Angeles Coliseum.... AND the eerie movie trailer....



(image from upload.wikimedia.org)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbne4i1Wo1c

[en1044]

Originally Posted by Indiana Jones

Major League, featuring the Cleveland Indians, is supposed to be at the Old Cleveland Municipal Stadium.



But it was mostly filmed at Milwaukee County Stadium.



In the movie "The Rock" a missile with a chemical warhead flies over Candlestick in SF.

And dont forget Major League 2, which was filmed at Camden Yards

In The Rock, they say the missle is headed towards Oakland and the radar shows the same thing, even though they used Candlestick instead of the Oakland Coliseum.

Just some fun facts