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Man on Fire (2004)

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Man on Fire (2004)

Country: USA, UK, Mexico, Switzerland
Language: English, Spanish
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Tony Scott
Screenplay: Brian Helgeland, A. J. Quinnell (Man on Fire book)
Stars: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Giannini, Radha Mitchell, Marc Anthony, Rachel Ticotin, Mickey Rourke
Premiere: 18 April 2004

Filming locations:

Italy

Naples, Campania

Mexico

Mexico City, Distrito Federal
- Churubusco Studios (studio)
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Puebla

United States of America

California
- Los Angeles
Texas
- El Paso

Man on Fire (2004) trailer on IMDb

Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

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Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Country: USA, UK, Hungary, Canada, Spain
Language: English, Finnish, Japanese, Hungarian, Russian, Somali, Spanish
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi , Thriller
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Screenplay: Hampton Fancher, Michael Green, Philip K. Dick (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, Jared Leto
Filming dates: 19 July – 22 November 2016
Premiere: 3 October 2017

Filming locations:

Hungary

Budapest
- Stock Exchange Palace, Szabadság (Liberty) Square (Las Vegas casino)
- Kelenföld Power Station
- Origo Film Studios (studio)
Inota Power Plant
Korda Studios, Etyek (studio)

Iceland

(aerial shots)

Mexico

Spain

(aerial shots)

Andalucía
- El Ejido, Almería (greenhouses aerial shots)
- Sevilla (Solar central aerial shots)

United States of America

Nevada
New York
- New York City (streets)

Iceland (Dyrhólaey and Reynisfjara beach, Southern Region)

Blade Runner 2049 (2017) trailer on IMDb

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Armageddon (1998)

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Armageddon (1998)

Country: USA
Language: English, Russian, Indonesian
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Michael Bay
Screenplay: Jonathan Hensleigh, J. J. Abrams, Robert Roy Pool
Stars: Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Owen Wilson, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, William Fichtner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Keith David, Steve Buscemi
Filming dates: 27 August 1997 – 29 January 1998
Premiere: 30 June 1998

Filming locations:

China

(establishing shots)
Shanghai (establishing shots)

France

(establishing shots)
Paris
- Saint Michel, Paris 5 (establishing shots)
Dinan, Côtes-d’Armor
Ille-et-Vilaine
- Saint-Coulomb
Manche
- Baie du Mont Saint Michel

India

(establishing shots)
Delhi
- Red Fort
Uttar Pradesh (establishing shots)
- Agra (establishing shots)
  - Taj Mahal (establishing shots)

Mexico

Gulf of Mexico (oil rig)

Turkey

(establishing shots)
Istanbul (establishing shots)
- Blue Mosque (establishing shots)
- Ortaköy (establishing shots)

United States of America

California
- Los Angeles
  - Main Street, Downtown (New York street scenes)
  - 4th Street, Downtown (New York street scenes)
  - Barclay Hotel – 103 W. 4th Street, Downtown (53rd Street Station, New York)
  - Los Angeles Theatre – 615 S. Broadway, Downtown (lavish strip club)
  - Shrine Auditorium – 665 W. Jefferson Boulevard (exterior; FBI cars pull up outside a New Orleans bar where Rockhound is hanging out)
  - St. Brendan’s Catholic Church – 310 S. Van Ness Avenue, Hancock Park
- Burbank
  - Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street (studio, asteroid set)
- Carson
  - Fletcher Oil Refinery – 24721 Main Street
- Culver City
  - Culver Studios – 9336 W. Washington Blvd.
- Pasadena
- Edwards Air Force Base
- Torrance
  - Sunrider International 1625 Abalone Ave. (NASA scene)
District of Columbia
- Washington (establishing shots)
Florida
- Cape Canaveral
- Merritt Island
- Titusville
  - Kennedy Space Center
    - Launch Complex 34 (Apollo 1 Memorial)
    - Launch Complex 39A
New Mexico
- Socorro
- Very Large Array (second unit)
New York
- New York City (establishing shots)
  - Flatiron Building – 175 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan (establishing shots)
  - Queensboro Bridge, Manhattan (establishing shots)
  - Grand Central Station, Manhattan (establishing shots)
South Dakota
- Badlands National Park (asteroid surface)
- Interior
Texas
- Houston
  - Johnson Space Center – 2101 NASA Rd. (Johnson Space Center, Neutral Buoyancy Lab, Historical Apollo era Flight Control Room)
  - Ellington Air Force Base (T-38 jet training scenes)
- Aubrey (establishing shots)
- Denton County
  - Denton (establishing shots)
- Pilot Point (establishing shots)
- Sanger (street scenes)

Armageddon (1998) trailer on IMDb

Action, Thriller

Fast & Furious (2009)

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Fast & Furious / Fast & Furious 4 (2009)

Country: USA, Japan
Language: English, Spanish
Genre: Action, Thriller
Running time: 107 min
Director: Justin Lin
Screenplay: Chris Morgan
Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, John Ortiz
Filming dates: 20 February – 13 June 2008
Premiere: 12 March 2009

Filming locations:

Dominican Republic

Mexico

Panama

Panama City

United States of America

California
- Agua Dulce
- Los Angeles
  - 722 E Kensington Rd (Dom’s house)
  - San Pedro
  - W 8th St & S Hoover St
- Long Beach
- Lucerne Valley
  - Soggy Dry Lake
- Pasadena
  - 310 W Green St
- Universal City
  - Backlot, Universal Studios – 100 Universal City Plaza (studio)

Fast & Furious (2009) trailer on IMDb

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Jumper (2008)

July 15, 2020 Agata 40thousandkm 2 Comments

Jumper (2008)

Country: USA, Canada
Language: English, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Doug Liman
Screenplay: David S. Goyer, Jim Uhls, Simon Kinberg, based on: Jumper by Steven Gould
Stars: Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Max Thieriot, AnnaSophia Robb, Diane Lane, Michael Rooker, Samuel L. Jackson
Filming dates: 28 August – 8 December 2006
Premiere: 6 February 2008