City of industry, ca back to the future mall parking lot. Back to the future fans make pilgrimage to puente hills mall. The puente hills mall in the city of industry, california was the filming location of twin pines. Original scene from the first back to the future movie this is the scene where the delorean is introduced for the first time, serving as a time machine made by doc brown. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Back to the future is a 1985 american science fiction film directed by robert zemeckis and written by zemeckis and bob gale.
But back to the future makes them work, both because the film piles them on with reckless aplomb and because the very idea of a countdown is so integral to. The interesting thing down below is to see how much the trees have grown in the 18 years since this scene was filmed for back to the future part iii. This is in griffith park near the greek theater the greek, cars partially blocking view, you can zoom in, tree, street lamp and bench. The twin pines lone pine sign is obviously gone since it was only a prop for the film and not the actual name of the mall which happens to be puente hills mall. Back to the future 1985 filming location 12 youtube. It is directed by robert zemeckis, written by zemeckis and bob gale, produced by steven spielberg, and stars michael j. Jul 12, 2019 theres a reason why starcourt mall, the principal location for much of stranger things season 3, looks so real. It was where marty mcfly accelerated his delorean to 88 miles per hour on the early morning of oct. Marty invents rock n roll and sets his parents up at the school dance in back to the future, which was actually filmed at a humble location quite near universal studios. Back to the future, a worldwide cultural phenomenon and the highestgrossing film of 1985, is an adventure, comedy, scifi american film directed by robert zemeckis, written by robert zemeckis and bob gale.
Twin pines mall, later known as lone pine mall, was a shopping mall where dr. The ultimate back to the future filming locations map. It just changes the malls name from twin pines to lone pine. Lone pine mall in the 1985 film back to the future. Burbank, ca the school enchantment under the sea dance was filmed at hollywood united methodist church, 6817 franklin avenue, hollywood, ca the main street used in gremlins is the same one used in the back to the future movies. The spot where they filmed the twin pines mall scenes for back to the future, out at the puente hills mall in city of industry, ca.
The car park from the film is in the south east corner of the mall. In back to the future, the mall where marty and the doc first meet to test the time machine is called twin pines mall. Oct 21, 2015 thirty years ago, back to the future filmed at the puente hills mall. Last night, the puente hills mall in industrythe back to the future filming location that stood in for the twin pines mall in the serieshosted. The back to the future tour by the big waste of space by wesley treat. Jan 11, 2018 near the end of the movie, when marty returns to 1985, he races to the mall to save doc brown from the libyans, and the sign is a little different. The site where the mall was filmed for the movie is. Marty mcfly michael j fox has to engineer his own parents romance after being whisked back from the 1980s to the 1950s in this enjoyably slambang fantasy film. Filming locations include arleta, burbank, chino, city of industry, newhall and whittier, ca. Filming locations for puente hills mall from back to the future, with location maps, descriptions and location images.
The delorean lands back in 1955 and marty crashes it into a garage located at golden oak ranch, which belongs to disney and was also a filming location for the waltons and the original parent trap. Instead filming was completed on the universal studios backlot, where they had more control. The filming location of back to the future in city of industry united states at puente hills mall credits. Marty has a brainwave about how to generate the power needed to get back to 1985, and shows doc the flyer he was given, which jennifer had written i love you on the back of, with her number.
These scenes were shot in the mall parking lot of on the south side of the puente hills mall, with the camera looking north towards what was then a jc penny store. Back to the future rob on location filming locations. The delorean lands back in 1955 and marty crashes it into a garage located at golden oak ranch, which belongs to disney and was also a filming. This film was being edited while back to the future part iii 1990 was being filmed. Back to the future conspiracy theory connects the trilogy. Three new anchors, burlington coat factory, 24 hour fitness and wells fargo, were nonexistent in the puente hills mall when back to the future was filmed in. Two years were spent building the sets and completing the scripts for this film and back to the future part ii 1989. The back to the future locations archive by justin willits and anthony peggs. The fifties neighbourhood of martys parentstobe is also pasadena. This is just off colima road, in between the macys and the 24 hour fitness. Emmett brown chose to show marty mcfly the new delorean time machine he had invented. In the trilogy, hill valley is seen in four different time periods 1885, 1955, 1985 and 2015 as well as in a dystopian alternate 1985.
Filming location of doc browns garage or at least the facade in 1985 and the opening credits of back to the future. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the film released july 3, 1985 that turned a delorean into the coolest car an 80s kid could ever want, l. Theres much more to stranger things starcourt mall than. Fox as teenager marty mcfly, who accidentally travels back in time from 1985 to 1955, where he meets his future parents and becomes his mothers romantic interest. Back to the future was directed by robert romancing the stone zemeckis, who shows not only a fine comic touch but also some of the lighthearted humanism of a frank capra. Puente hills mall served as a filming location for the fictional. The section of the parking lot used to film scenes from back to the future are in the south portion of the parking lot. For back to the future, the producers considered filming the town square scenes in the real city of petaluma, california, but soon realized it would be prohibitively expensive and impractical to alter a real place to suit the different eras. Fox, christopher lloyd, lea thompson, crispin glover and thomas f.
Before he retired after the appropriately titled last holiday, pav worked on a number of landmark films, including ghostbusters, poltergeist, e. In fact, it probably isnt all that exciting for anyone else. This scene was shot not far from the burger king, at mccambridge recreation center in mccambridge park, at 1515 glenoaks blvd, in burbank. It is most famous for serving as the filming site for the twin pineslone pine mall for the 1985 movie back to the future starring. In the back to the future trilogy, the present date is october 26, 1985 2015 is the future, 1885 and 1955 are the past. Trespassing on private property is an offence usually backed up with heavy fines for offenders and to do so to take photographs is not encouraged. Theres a series of open water canals there running through the floor. The may store featured in the movie became robinsons may in 1993 when jw robinsons was acquired by may corporation. Back to the future trilogy back to the future part ii. Twin pineslone pine mall 20 of 21 found this interesting interesting. Back to the future is a 1985 american sciencefiction adventure film.
Problem is that after doc grabs the flyer, we can see the back of it, and its totally blank. My gym is at the mall where they filmed back to the future. This is the car park where einstein becomes the worlds first time traveler and martys adventure starts. Back to the future sticker pack of 50 stickers film stickers for laptop, funny stickers for laptops, computers, hydro flasks, water bottles back to the future 4. Theres absolutely no way that the back to the future movies could contain any references to terrorist attacks that wouldnt take place for another 11 years. Back to the future 1985 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Back to the future part ii and back to the future part iii. The first of the popular scifi adventure series, this heartwarming comedy follows american teenager marty mcfly michael j. Exactly twentyfive years later on october 26, 2010, the back to the future trilogy was released on bluray in a 25th anniversary edition. Back in 1955 doc brown was living in a fairly large house, not in a garage next to a burger king. Song 85 twin pines mall universal pictures film music.
A handy guide to the filming locations of back to the future. If you enjoy easter eggs like these, back to the future is a great movie, because its loaded with them. Marty invents rock n roll and sets his parents up at the school dance in back to the future, which was actually filmed at a humble location quite near. Puente hills mall served as a filming location for the fictional twin pines mall later lone pine mall in the 1985 film back to the future. Back to the future 1985 1 burger king in the opening credits, 545 n victory blvd victory blvd and cypress ave, burbank, ca. Colima road, city of industry, california, usa back to back to the future filming locations. Many of these locations are privately owned, and may be viewed only from a distance. Back to the future tourism travel guide at wikivoyage. A few years back i saw a daily light car jacking near the sears parking lot. Thirty years ago, back to the future filmed at the puente hills mall. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Back to the future filming locations part 1 seeing stars. A few of the locations were later reused for the other two films. The house of george crispin glover, where marty pays a nighttime visit as darth vader, is 1711 bushnell avenue in south pasadena.
They were both filmed over the course of eleven months. A worldwide cultural phenomenon and the highestgrossing film of 1985, back to the future launched one of the most successful franchises in universals history, including two theatrical sequels, an animated television series, a theme park ride, toys, comic books, video games and apparel. This film location and back lot is owned by disney and permission in advance is required if you want to visit the set. The exterior shots and some interior scenes at hill valley high school were filmed at whittier high school in whittier, california. Theres a series of open water canals there running through the floor stocked with nervous koi. Thanks to jonathan lim the town including the building where the clock tower stood is in the universal studios backlot and can be seen on daily tours at the park. Used a couple of times in the movie, this is where the mcfly family live in 1985. Back to the future 1985 filming location 22 youtube. The exteriors for doc browns house were shot at t gamble house. The house of george crispin glover, where marty pays a nighttime visit as darth vader, is. Fox after he is accidentally sent back from 1985 to 1955 by crackpot inventor doc brown christopher lloyd. These were all filmed in october 2015, the same time period that is depicted in back to the future ii. In the film, doc brown christopher lloyd uses the malls south parking lot visible in the above photograph to stage his time travel experiments with the delorean time machine. Hill valley is the fictional town in california as shown with the clock that serves as the setting of the back to the future trilogy and its animated spinoff series.
You can see those actual gates on display during the universal studios tram tour. Back to the future s success led to two film sequels. Where was back to the future filmed discover the back to. Back to the future movie filming locations the 80s movies. The former jc penney is now a burlington coat factory. Back to the future twin pines mall filming location youtube. Most notable scenes are marty returning home from school to find biff has wrecked the car and at the end of the movie where doc brown returns. Back to the future at puente hills mall filming location. Fox and christopher lloyd reprise their roles as marty mcfly and doc emmett brown in back to the future part ii, a steven spielberg presentation of a robert zemeckis film. Back in time, marty comes across a problem when he disrupts his future parents first meeting.
This is a list of known filming locations used in universal studios back to the future trilogy. That jc penny store seen in these scenes is now a 24hour fitness gym. Martys mothers home, 1727 bushnell ave south pasadena, ca 91030. The twin pines mall later the lone pine mall is actually the puente hills mall in the city of industry. On wednesday, fans gathered at the mall called twin pines mall in the movie to celebrate oct. Back to the future filming locations chase scene at. Actual southern california locations where back to the future was filmed click here for an interactive map of all b. Its not openly commented on in the film, but once he gets back to the future, the name of the shopping center has been changed to lone pine mall.
The movie, in fact, resembles capras its a wonderful life more than other, conventional timetravel movies. In this scene, the doc reminisces about the location and recalls when the land was owned by old man peabody who had a crazy idea about breeding pine trees. Inside, the film s twin pines mall sign is on display. This is where marty makes the right choice, and decides to back out of the race that would have gotten him into an accident. Back in 1955, marty seeks out the younger doc brown. We then see marty skateboarding down his home street, past those aging lyon estates gates. Gwinnett place mall goes back to the future for stranger things. High quality back to the future gifts and merchandise.
With that in mind, take another look at that sign when marty arrives back at the mall near the end of the film. It is most famous for serving as the filming site for the twin pineslone pine mall for the 1985 movie back to the future starring michael j. So its just a little bit ironic that a portion of the mall has literally gone back to 1985, courtesy of. Jun 09, 2012 back to the future 1985 filming location 12 herve attia.
Paul pav was in charge of all of those back to the future locations, as well as the ones used for the film s two sequels. Back to the future is the most perfect blockbuster ever. Now, the inside of the mall, at least for the back to the future fan, isnt as exciting as the parking lot. Why this back to the future set looks familiar, and other. Back to the future mall parking lot parking lot used for doc browns time machine road tests in 1985s back to the future. Back to the future movie filming locations the 80s. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Paul pav was in charge of all of those back to the future locations, as well as the ones used for the films two sequels. The hill valley town square scenes were shot at courthouse square, located in the universal studios back lot. Part 3 actual southern california locations where back to the future was filmed click here for an interactive map of all b.