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A32 FEATURE
Thursday 15 February 2018
Make a scene at these places from your favorite films

By MICHELLE LOCKE Vita”) waded in it, evening
Associated Press gown and all. Audrey Hep-
Winter had trespassed into burn (“Roman Holiday”)
spring the day I visited Mi- got her hair cut near it. And
rabell Gardens in Salzburg, Dorothy McGuire (“Three
Austria, where Julie An- Coins in the Fountain”)
drews and the Von Trapp made a wish on it. We’re
children sang and danced talking Trevi Fountain, a
their way through "Do-Re- Rome must-see. Time your
Mi." Snowflakes stuck to my visit early or late; it’s crowd-
nose and eyelashes and ed.
also found their icy way ROCKY
down my neck. Even if you’ve never
Not that I cared. As a fan of watched any of the
"The Sound of Music" since “Rocky” movies (guilty),
forever, I was thrilled to skip chances are you’re famil-
in the footsteps of Maria & iar with the stirring scene(s)
Co., snow and all. where Sylvester Stallone
Turns out visiting the setting bounds up the steps to Phil-
of a much-loved movie is a adelphia’s Museum of Art.
popular pastime, from the Run, walk or just amble your
bar of the Park Hyatt Tokyo way up the 72 steps. Then
("Lost in Translation") to New turn around and enjoy the
York's Cafe Lalo ("You've In this Nov. 21, 2016, file photo, Alex Carrillo Quito of Ecuador imitates the character Rocky Balboa view of the city.
Got Mail"). from the 1976 movie "Rocky," on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in Philadelphia. LA LA LAND, REBEL WITHOUT
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You too can make a scene A CAUSE
at these real-world loca- involves an offseason care- II. There are tours in Lime's strates to Billy Crystal's char- Griffith Observatory, set in
tions connected to classic taker who becomes a ma- footsteps and a Third Man acter, Harry, that he knows the hills above Los Angeles,
films and fan favorites. niac after discovering the Museum with film memo- less about women than he is worth visiting no matter
HARRY POTTER hotel's secrets. Ghost tours rabilia. You can visit the thinks. Be prepared to pay what. The views are spec-
See props, costumes, sets are available and the hotel giant ferris wheel (Riesen- $20 or more for a signature tacular on a clear night. But
and more at the Harry Pot- has installed a hedge maze rad), where Lime and his sandwich. movie fans have extra mo-
ter studio tour in Leaves- (featured in the movie, not former friend, Holly Martins LORD OF THE RINGS tivation. The planetarium
don, north of London. the book). The Stanley was (Joseph Cotten), meet in a Middle-earth has been a inspired the dance scene
"Warner Bros. Studio Tour used during filming of "The showdown that still crack- high point for New Zealand (actually shot on a movie
London — The Making of Shining" TV series and has les with menace. tourism. Scores of tours set) where Mia and Sebas-
Harry Potter" is located next been a location for the WHEN HARRY MET SALLY take in the film's stunning tian waltz among the stars.
to the studios where the movie "Dumb and Dumb- Katz's Delicatessen on landscapes, from beautiful “La La Land” references an-
movies were filmed. er." New York's Lower East Side Lake Wakatipu in the South other movie that used the
Other Potter places include THE THIRD MAN makes a fine pastrami sand- Island to the North Island's setting to dramatic effect,
King's Cross Station in Lon- This noir classic starring Or- wich but a lot of folks show Hobbiton, a former movie “Rebel Without a Cause.”
don, where officials have son Welles as the amoral up here more interested in set for the Shire. A knife fight between Jim
obligingly added a sign for Harry Lime showed the having "what she's having." THREE COINS IN THE FOUN- (James Dean) and Buzz
the fictional "Platform 9-3/4" gritty as well as the pictur- This was the setting of the TAIN, LA DOLCE VITA, RO- (Corey Allen) takes place
complete with a trolley esque side of Vienna in the scene in which Meg Ryan's MAN HOLIDAY at the observatory (follow-
embedded in a wall, and aftermath of World War character, Sally, demon- Anita Ekberg (“La Dolce ing a visit to the planetari-
Leadenhall Market, which um) as does the 1955 clas-
provided exteriors for Di- sic’s wrenching finale.
agon Alley and the Leaky A CHRISTMAS STORY
Cauldron in the first movie. This 1985 movie about a boy
In Scotland, the Glenfinnan who yearns for a Red Ryder
Viaduct is instantly recog- BB gun is a holiday tradition
nizable as the bridge that for many. The Cleveland,
carries the Hogwarts Ex- Ohio, house where Ralphie
press. The Jacobite Steam and his family lived is open
Train passes over the via- for tours and even over-
duct traveling from Fort Wil- night stays with a museum
liam to Mallaig. across the street. (Note: An
THE SHINING annual maintenance clo-
The movie of Stephen sure is Feb. 12-23 this year.)
King's horror novel "The AMELIE
Shining" wasn't shot at The Quirky and charming,
Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, “Amelie,” the 2001 hit star-
Colorado, but it was the ring Audrey Tatou, features
inspiration for creepy Over- several locations in Paris’
look Hotel. King and his Montmartre district. Cafe
wife were the sole guests at des 2 Moulins, where Ame-
the Stanley shortly before lie works, is a neighborhood
a seasonal closing when hangout but you’ll find an
King was visited by a night- In this May 11, 2017, file photo, orders are ready to go out at Katz's Delicatessen in New York. The “Amelie” poster on the wall
mare that germinated into deli was featured in the 1989 film "When Harry Met Sally." and a few other links to the
the ghoulish plot. The story Associated Press film.q