Movies shot in Portland, Oregon

[democracyindanger]

My Own Private Idaho
Mr. Holland's Opus
The Secretary
Elephant

That's all I got. Am I missing any? "Animal House" was shot in Eugene, but it's not Portland. I only bring that up to say that "Animal House" was shot in Eugene, which makes U of O even more awesomer than it already is.

[Omphaloskepsis]

1. My dentist is about three blocks from the "Animal House"

It is boarded up and empty right now.

[BlueIris]

2. "Body of Evidence."

Godawful shite with Willem Dafoe and Madonna. Horrible.

[KT2000]

3. Zero Effect

with Ben Stiller and Bill Pullman

also - Drugstore Cowboy

[BlueIris]

4. Although "BoE" was the only one I knew off the top of my head, I Googled around

and found a few more. Parts of "The Hunted" were filmed in Portland. Other movies filmed in Portland include "Untraceable," "Cinema 21," "Feast of Life," "Mr. Brooks" and "Navy Diver."

Apparently, a lot of films shot in Portland kinda...suck.

[Thew]

5. couple more I can think of...

The Hunted
Bandits

[DarkTirade]

6. I coulda sworn the Goonies was shot in that area

or at least the beach scenes. I'll have to look that up.

[brook]

7. Goonies

shot over in and around Astoria. Some beach scenes were re-shot in Bodega Bay. Maverick shot quite a bit in the Columbia Gorge. We stayed at the hotel across from the Lloyd Center. I think the Ninja Turtles movie was done in Astoria also.

[BrklynLiberal]

12. Kindergarten Cop was also shot in Astoria.

What a beautiful place!!!

[brook]

18. Right.

I forgot that one. Astoria is beautiful. I loved Portland. In fact the parts of Oregon that I've seen are all quite nice.
The Oregonians are none too fond of Californians though.:(

[BrklynLiberal]

21. My fantasy life included getting one of those old Victorian mansions right on the coast...with the

forest right behind me, and the beach in front of me.
My plan was to open a bookstore-cafe on the bottom floor, with reading spots all over the grounds, and lots of windchimes, my dogs running all over.
I would live upstairs, of course...where the view would be breathtaking from all the windows, all year round.
Sadly, it has not come to pass................yet???

[brook]

22. Beautiful fantasy.

For awhile, I subscribed to the local paper and thought similar thoughts. Real Estate was a real bargain back then - my last impression is that gentrification bumped prices quite a bit. Of course today's economic scene may have impacted
things in a downward direction. You might check it out online at the Daily Astorian.com.

As it is, I'm semi-retired on the California coast and near my children so it's all good.

[BrklynLiberal]

25. I used to go to a special newstand every Monday at lunch time where I could get the Sunday Oregonian

I actually looked at real estate and jobs....It seemed so real.

Perhaps it can still happen.

Your life sounds pretty good...anywhere on the coast is good for me.
I am going to check out that website. Thanks.

[DarkTirade]

19. So right near there.

I saw some beaches there that may very well have been some of the ones that were shot for that film... they sure as hell looked like it. :) Probably not, there's a lot of coastline there and I don't know exactly where I was. My sister was showing us around the area.

Got a nifty picture of me standing on one of the rocks and doing the Karate Kid crane kick/balancing on one foot pose. :P

[callous taoboy]

8. Drugstore Cowboy

[MrCoffee]

15. You beat me to it

[quadriga]

9. Mr Brooks

Jackass and let's just go ahead and say The Simpsons.

[Javaman]

10. Sleepless in Seattle.

:rofl: LOLOLOLOL

[cloudbase]

11. The Tonya Harding

wedding night video.

[grace0418]

13. I don't know any more movies but just wanted to say that I was *just* thinking about

how much I love Portland earlier today. I would love to move there.

:hi:

[AngryAmish]

14. Disorderlies

[devilgrrl]

16. self-delete

:blush:

[HEyHEY]

17. Was it supopse to be in the east? I never figured that out

[kwassa]

20. and how many of these were directed by Gus Van Sant?

Portland's local auteur.

home town director.

[JanMichael]

23. Parts of "Reds"?

At least the first part of the movie was set there but I'm not sure if it was shot there.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

24. Come See the Paradise

Old Town stood in for 1940s Los Angeles.

Also Men of Honor, I think, and Love at Large, for which I watched a scene being filmed in Pioneer Courthouse Square. They did the same ten-second sequence about eight times, trying to get it exactly right.