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  2. Fort Point National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    The most famous example is Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 thriller Vertigo, wherein Kim Novak's character jumps into the San Francisco Bay in an apparent suicide attempt. In Point Blank, the 1967 John Boorman noir movie starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson, it is shown as the location for the "Alcatraz Drop" at the closed Alcatraz Prison. However ...

  3. Golden Gate Bridge in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Golden Gate Bridge in popular culture. As a prominent American landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge has been used in a variety of media, often shown or mentioned where San Francisco, California is the setting of the story. This page reveals all the Films, TV series, Documentaries, Video games and others where the Golden Gate Bridge was destroyed.

  4. San Francisco in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Fort Point by the Golden Gate Bridge where Hitchcock's Vertigo was filmed [1]. Depictions of San Francisco in popular culture can be found in many different media. San Francisco is frequently used with its iconic landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and cable cars; [2] social change of the Asian immigration, Summer of Love and the economic California Dream of the Gold Rush and ...

  5. Castro Theatre - Wikipedia

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    1977 [1] Reference no. 100. The Castro Theatre is a historic movie palace in the Castro District of San Francisco, California. The venue became San Francisco Historic Landmark #100 in September 1976. [2] Located at 429 Castro Street, it was built in 1922 with a California Churrigueresque façade that pays homage—in its great arched central ...

  6. Tony Scott - Wikipedia

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    Tony Scott. Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He made his theatrical film debut with The Hunger (1983) and went on to direct highly successful action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Days of Thunder (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991 ...

  7. San Francisco (1936 film) - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $5.3 million [1] San Francisco is a 1936 American musical - drama disaster film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, based on the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The film stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy. MacDonald's singing helped make this film a major hit, coming on the heels of her other 1936 blockbuster ...

  8. Category:Films set in San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    The Falcon in San Francisco. Fallen Angel (1945 film) The Fan (1996 film) Fatal Affair. The Fatal Hour (1940 film) Fathers' Day (1997 film) Fearless (1993 film) The Feminist and the Fuzz. Femmes de Sade.

  9. The Room - Wikipedia

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    The Room is a 2003 American independent romantic drama film written, directed, and produced by Tommy Wiseau, who also stars in the film alongside Juliette Danielle and Greg Sestero. Set in San Francisco, the film is centered around a melodramatic love triangle between amiable banker Johnny (Wiseau), his deceptive fiancée Lisa (Danielle), and ...