Showing posts with label sierra madre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sierra madre. Show all posts

Sunday, July 31, 2011

I Will Strangle You With My Microphone Wire - The Wedding Singer House


Next time you're in Pasadena you need to swing by the house used in the movie The Wedding Singer.  Just off the beaten path of Lake Ave which runs north and south, head east a few blocks and there you are! 

Later in the movie, Julia is rehearsing her "Hello, my name is Julia Gulia" in the mirror in her room.  Robbie Hart comes strolling up on the street below to confess his love to Julia but becomes discouraged when he sees her happy and smiling through the window.  Julia's house is over in the city of Sierra Madre (not too far from the filming spot for Dude Where's My Car).


I'm a huge fan of Adam Sandler.  I grew up listening to all of his comedy cd's and worshipping movies like Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison and Bulletproof.  More Sandler filming spots to come.

Robbie Hart's sister's house is located at:
1075 E Topeka Street
Pasadena, CA

Julia's House is located at:
41 Sierra Place
Sierra Madre, CA


(thanks to http://www.seeing-stars.com/ for the actual movie shots)

Monday, July 11, 2011

Dude Where's That Location?

I remember being in high school and having two or three "go to" movies that a few of my friends and I would watch. One of these was Dude Where's My Car a true cult classic that is essentially about absolutely nothing. DWMC popped up recently on my instant Netflix, so naturally I had to re-watch it.

On a random Sunday I decided to check out a few filming spots from the movie that I scored from Itsfilmedthere.com. I headed west on the 210 to the town of Sierra Madre, a small town at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains that was quite pleasant.

The first filming spot that I scoped out was the tailor business from the movie when Jesse and Chester first see each other's tattoo and have that complete stoner exchange "dude what does mine say?" "Sweet!" They also get epic Adidas track suits and realize "dude we got cell phones." A clip from that exact scene can be seen here.



 The second filming spot was where Jesse and Chester realize that they got to see Christie B’s “hoo hoo’s” the night before. This is of course just prior to Christie’s boyfriend and his thugs laying down some serious “stoner bashing time.”


(actual movie pictures are screenshots taken from the film. I believe one of these film screenshots is from Itsfilmedthere.com and the other is an original)

The Cleaners/Tailor shop is located at:
81 W Sierra Madre Blvd
Sierra Madre, CA

The Sierra Juice shop is located just around the corner at:
1 Kersting Ct
Sierra Madre, CA