Hpgrmln Member Username: Hpgrmln
Post Number: 365 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 - 9:05 pm: | |
I was on IMCDB.org (internet movie cars database)and they have an entry for this movie. One pic is of a yellow Mercury with credits overtop from the very beginning of the film, which is set in Detroit. There is a streetsign in the background. I tried, to little success, to enlargen the picture to try to make out the sign. It looks like the signs may be of Waterman and W. Vernor, though. Does anyone know specifically where the opening of this movie was filmed? http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1 8550-Mercury-Grand-Marquis-197 5.html |
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed
Post Number: 1696 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 - 9:35 pm: | |
That shot appears to be standing on Dix looking back at the intersection of Waterman and Vernor. It was either Vernor or Warren by my guess, and Waterman and Warren don't intersect, so it's gotta be Vernor. |
Jtw Member Username: Jtw
Post Number: 206 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 - 10:06 pm: | |
"enlargen"? is that at all like "embiggen"? after all, a noble spirit embiggens the smallest man. that's about 2 blocks down waterman from Southwest Solutions, and just a couple blocks down vernor from Taqueria Mi Puebla. no info about the film. |
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard
Post Number: 5319 Registered: 10-2004
| Posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 - 10:38 pm: | |
Doubtful if that's Vernor unless Waterman only had a stop sign twenty-four years ago. It's a fairly busy five-way intersection now with three-phase traffic lights. Lopez tire would be at that intersection, and that's a converted gas station. But the store there directly fronts on the corner without setbacks. No way was it Vernor if that's the way it is today. I've been by that intersection literally thousands of times by car or on foot. Most Waterman intersections are jogged instead of going straight across. Maybe it was further down in Delray. One way to determine that by somebody who wasn't there back then would be to use the CULMA or else figure out the location of that Ramsey tavern. (Message edited by LivernoisYard on February 22, 2008) |
220hendrie1910 Member Username: 220hendrie1910
Post Number: 80 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 - 11:26 pm: | |
Nope, it's Waterman and Jefferson, way down by the river:
The bar on the corner is gone, but the Ramsey Polishing building to its west is still there, as is the shacky garage thing on the northeast corner. Despite its desolation, this area looks much less threatening today on Google Maps than it did in the movie. Eating popcorn in Ottawa. |
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard
Post Number: 5320 Registered: 10-2004
| Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 12:04 am: | |
The CULMA 1981 aerial shows the Ramsey bar obviously there. That was an easy one to spot because there are only about five through (and only three arterial) streets crossing Waterman, and Jefferson was the most obvious because of the stop sign. Waterman & (ends at) Jefferson is/was not busy enough to warrant a traffic light, as on Vernor. I've been trying to copy the CULMA shot but my laptop is balking, for some reason the past thirty minutes. Might have to reboot. (Message edited by LivernoisYard on February 23, 2008) |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 4776 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 1:44 am: | |
The Ramsey Bar on Jefferson was memorable to Southwest Detroiters because of the exterior paintings, done on a tight budget by an unknown artist, of what were supposed to be sexy girls girls girls. Unfortunately, the unknown artist had apparently never taken life drawing, and the creatures in the paintings resembled the animals in ancient cave paintings found in Europe. Whenever I passed the girls girls girls paintings of The Ramsey Bar, I felt a connection to my cave dwelling ancestors of millions of years ago... |
Hpgrmln Member Username: Hpgrmln
Post Number: 366 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 6:38 am: | |
Wow, you guys are good. I wasn't able to find any other pictures on there who's location may be easy to identify. This was just about the only other one and Im clueless.Im guessing this is probably in the same area. http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1 8556-GMC-RTS-1979.html |
Hpgrmln Member Username: Hpgrmln
Post Number: 367 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 6:49 pm: | |
Went by there this morning and it looks a lot different in person. Id have never guessed it was the same place as what was on the movie. This is the last one that may be identifiable. Note the brick road. http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_6 421-Plymouth-Fury-1977.html |
Dustin89 Member Username: Dustin89
Post Number: 206 Registered: 07-2006
| Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 12:41 pm: | |
BTW I was watching the Harrison Ford movie 'Presumed Innocent' last night and it had some nice shots of downtown and also driving through the city. |
Karl_jr Member Username: Karl_jr
Post Number: 214 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 2:26 pm: | |
The ddot coach slide was filmed on Michigan ave. around 29th street. |
Gnome Member Username: Gnome
Post Number: 795 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 2:52 pm: | |
hpgrmln that brick road is down in the warehouse district, either Woodbridge or Atwater ... this was shot before the Stroh RiverPlace had been rehabbed so it was a lttle seedy. BTW Eddie never set foot in Motown. |
Orange_barrel Member Username: Orange_barrel
Post Number: 9 Registered: 02-2008
| Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 2:59 pm: | |
I watched the buddy cop movie 'Collision Course" recently (stars Pat Morita and Jay Leno before he got The Tonight Show). The film is set entirely in Detroit during Grand Prix weekend and has great shots from all over town. The city is more than just a backdrop for the story; the plot touches on the tension between Japan and Detroit over lost auto jobs. Be warned though: the cheesy dialogue and the dated music get to be a bit annoying after a while... |