{"id":1712,"date":"2008-05-14T16:18:29","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T15:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2008-05-14T20:09:34","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T19:09:34","slug":"real-life-locations-used-in-famous-sci-fi-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2008\/05\/14\/real-life-locations-used-in-famous-sci-fi-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Real life locations used in famous Sci-Fi films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oobject.com\">Oobject<\/a> has posted an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oobject.com\/category\/15-scifi-movies-15-famous-architectural-locations\/\">interesting list<\/a> of real life locations used in notable sci-fi films.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oobject.com\/category\/15-scifi-movies-15-famous-architectural-locations\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1714\" title=\"Oobject sci-fi locations gallery\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/oobject-sci-fi-locations-gallery1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The list includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oobject.com\/15-scifi-movies-15-famous-architectural-locations\/battersea-powerstation-1984\/2578\/\">Battersea Power Station<\/a><\/strong> (used in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_film\">1984<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Children_of_Men\">Children of Men<\/a>):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oobject.com\/15-scifi-movies-15-famous-architectural-locations\/battersea-powerstation-1984\/2578\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1715\" title=\"battersea-power-station-in-london\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/battersea-power-station-in-london.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ennishouse.org\/\">Frank Lloyd Wrights Ennis House<\/a><\/strong> (used in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blade_Runner\">Blade Runner<\/a>):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oobject.com\/15-scifi-movies-15-famous-architectural-locations\/frank-lloyd-wright-ennis-house-blade-runner\/2575\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1716\" title=\"blade-runner-frank-lloyd-wright-ennis-house\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/blade-runner-frank-lloyd-wright-ennis-house.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/blade-runner-frank-lloyd-wright-ennis-house.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/blade-runner-frank-lloyd-wright-ennis-house-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/architectureforsale.com\/address.php?property_ID=92\"><strong>The Sculptured House<\/strong> in Colorado<\/a> (used in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sleeper_(film)\">Sleeper<\/a>):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oobject.com\/15-scifi-movies-15-famous-architectural-locations\/sculptured-house-sleeper\/2580\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1717\" title=\"sleeper-sculptured-house-colorado\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/sleeper-sculptured-house-colorado.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/sleeper-sculptured-house-colorado.jpg 442w, https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/sleeper-sculptured-house-colorado-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tikal\">The Tikal Mayan Ruin<\/a><\/strong> (used as the rebel base of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yavin_IV\">Yavin<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Wars_(1977)\">Star Wars<\/a>):\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oobject.com\/15-scifi-movies-15-famous-architectural-locations\/tikal-mayan-ruin-star-wars\/2573\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1718\" title=\"tikal-mayan-ruin-star-wars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/tikal-mayan-ruin-star-wars.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Reagan_Building\">The Ronald Regan building in Washington DC<\/a><\/strong> (used in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minority_Report_(film)\">Minority Report<\/a>):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oobject.com\/15-scifi-movies-15-famous-architectural-locations\/ronald-reagan-building-washington-minority-report\/2581\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1721\" title=\"minority-report-regan_building\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/minority-report-regan_building.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Griffith_Observatory\">The Griffith Observatory in LA<\/a><\/strong> (used in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Terminator\">The Terminator<\/a>):<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oobject.com\/15-scifi-movies-15-famous-architectural-locations\/griffiths-observatory-terminator\/2574\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1720\" title=\"the-terminator-griffith-observatory\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/the-terminator-griffith-observatory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/the-terminator-griffith-observatory.jpg 444w, https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/the-terminator-griffith-observatory-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oobject.com\/category\/15-scifi-movies-15-famous-architectural-locations\/\">Check out the full list over at Oobject<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca\/faculty_projects\/terri\/484_film_allmovies.html\">A list of films with interesting architecture at the University of Waterloo<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/architechnophilia.blogspot.com\/\">Architechnophilia<\/a> &#8211; blog on architecture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oobject has posted an interesting list of real life locations used in notable sci-fi films. The list includes: Battersea Power Station (used in 1984 and Children of Men): Frank Lloyd Wrights Ennis House (used in Blade Runner): The Sculptured House in Colorado (used in Sleeper): The Tikal Mayan Ruin (used as the rebel base of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[178,171,173,177,175,172,176,115,174],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}