Eighties Movie Locations That Really Exist, Movies Beginning with D

This is a list of places that are in movies, but have a real life counterpart. Please try and be as specific as possible in describing where something is and when it appears in a movie. I don't want just city names where filming took place so much as I want landmark type buildings.

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Damien Omen II
The military school in the movie is the former Northwestern Military Academy in Fontana (Lake Geneva), Wisconsin. The school merged with St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin where it is now located. The old Northwestern campus is owned by a Chicago business woman who hopes to tear it down and build condos. Currently the building still stands but has been unoccupied for almost five years and is crumbling on the inside and out. The only occupants are birds (Just like in the movie). Many local kids have broken into the building and destroyed portions on the inside. The current owner fearing one of these trespassers could be seriously hurt inside the crumbling building has placeed a caretaker onsight (the old teachers' apartments next door) to protect it. The caretaker has a huge dog that he makes the rounds with. Watch out!
Ft. Myers, Fl. The very beginning when they show the empty streets except for the zombies is located in downtown Ft. Myers. It's north of Naples, South of Sarasota on I-75. The actual shots of the steps of a bank building and an old arcade are still there, somewhere around Main Street or 1st.
Dead Poet 's Society
The entire movie was shot in and around New Castle, DE. The school is St. Andrews in Middletown, DE, and they hit other landmarks such as Hagley Museum (first DuPont Plant/Family Estate), and Glasgow High School.
The scenes shot in the classroom were shot in Salesianum High School in Wilmington, Delaware
Many of the outdoor scenes, including the gazebo and the scene where Christopher Walken is shot, were filmed in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario Canada. It is near Niagara Falls. A lesser known movie "The Experts" with John Travolta was filmed at the same location.
Desperado
The bar scene was filmed at the Corona Club in Ciudad Acuna Mexico, right across the border from Del Rio Texas. Many other shots were around the town at the church in the town square.
The store at which Madonna trades in her pyramid jacket for the rhinestone boots is called the "Love Saves the Day" shop and it's located at 119 2nd Ave, (@ 7th) NYC, NY 10003
The movie was also filmed in and around Lake Lure NC.
Actually the hotel is the same one used in the Movie somewere in time
Mountain Lake Resort in Va. is where they filmed the lodge, dining room, gazebo, lawn scenes, and Baby's cottage.
The outdoor scenes where Baby learned the lift were filmed in the mountains of Lake Lure, NC, not far from Asheville. These scenes include the log,the field and the water.
Don't Go In The House
The last scence of the movie where Michael is getting beat by his mother. The house is on the corner of North Ave and Calton ave in New Rochelle NY. Right across the street from New Rochelle High School
The Down & Out In Beverly Hills House is located at 802 N. Bedford drive Beverly Hills, CA.
Was actually filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, chosen for its storybook setting. The high school was New Hanover High School in Wilmington. Thalian Hall was the setting for the opening and closing scenes, and Roy's River Boat Landing was the restaraunt that Geena and Coleman frequent.


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