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Feb 23, 2024 · Here are 17 abandoned film sets that you can visit. 'Star Wars': Tatooine in Tozeur, Tunisia. Getty Images. Though a real visit to another planet is out of the question for now, fans of Star...
Jun 29, 2021 · 7 abandoned movie and TV sets that are still standing years after the cameras stopped rolling
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- Anna and the King. The Malaysian government was wise enough to turn this film’s locations into tourist attractions. The most spectacular of these was the king’s “Summer Palace,” constructed in the resort area of Pantai Kok, a 675-square-meter faux-palace that took over 100 local workers six weeks to construct.
- Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra. Do you remember the marvelous and grandiose statue of an Egyptian ram in this film? Well, nowadays it’s a huge abandoned movie prop that can be found in Ouarzazate, Morocco.
- Batman (1989) Even though many of us Batman fans thought that the Gotham City of the original Batman was in some studio in Hollywood, the film was shot in Buckinghamshire, England (which now looks like a bombarded ruin by the way).
- Big Fish. Tim Burton’s hard-core fans are probably aware of this but for the rest of us the good news is that the little haunted town of Spectre remains abandoned in Montgomery, Alabama, waiting to feel alive again.
- THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951) Although the cargo ship, originally named “The Livingston,” was built in 1912 for the East Africa British Railways company, director John Huston spotted the vessel on the Ruki River in the Democratic Republic of Congo and wanted to give it the titular role in his Oscar-winning film, The African Queen.
- A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964) Located in the middle of the Tabernas Desert in Almeria, Spain, you’ll find a large abandoned Western frontier that was the shooting location for Sergio Leone’s The Man With No Name Trilogy: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly; A Fistful of Dollars; and Once Upon A Time in the West.
- POPEYE (1980) Popeye Village Malta/Facebook. In 1979, Paramount Pictures and Disney co-produced Popeye with Robin Williams as the titular sailor man and Shelley Duvall as his main squeeze Olive Oyl.
- FULL METAL JACKET (1987) Stanley Kubrick hated to travel, even if a film’s script dictated it. Which meant he had to get extra creative on occasion. Case in point: Full Metal Jacket, which required the director to transform the East London borough of Newham into Vietnam.
Whether tucked away in forests, deserts, or isolated islands, these old movie sets show us more than just how movies were made. They remind us that fame doesn't last forever and that storytelling has a lasting charm.
Aug 27, 2021 · Whether you’re a fan of sci-fi, historical dramas, or blockbuster action movies, you’ll more than likely find a location on this list that you’ll want to see for yourself.
Oct 6, 2021 · Here are ten abandoned movie sets that you can actually visit to get a healthy dose of that spine-chilling terror!🦆 Follow us on Instagram 🦆https://www.ins...
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