Liar Liar (1997) The Filming Locations - Then & Now Around Los Angeles / Jim Carrey Comedy
Filming Locations from Liar Liar 1997 Starring Jim Carrey
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welcome everyone adam the woo here
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today's adventure begins in downtown l.a
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but i will be going traversing across
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the greater los angeles area
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to procure and to find the filming
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locations
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of the 1997 comedy starring jim carrey
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directed by tom shadiak
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it's really hard to believe that it's
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been well over two decades since
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this came out i used to watch this
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consistently with my roommate
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back then oh yeah i've seen it many many
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times and now i am here
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to find where it all took place
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beginning right here i'm inviting you to
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join me
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shall you now obviously i will be going
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to these spots a little out of the order
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as how they are shown in the movie
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just based on time factor around getting
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around town
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all in one day but the opening scene
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took place
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right here on these very stairs
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at the base of city hall which i cannot
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get too far up i can only go up to the
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first level but
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i'll do my best under current situations
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one clever easter egg if you want to
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call it one of the lawyers from
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the oj trial was seen right here
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he delivered a line as
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jim perry walked down these very stairs
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you can see the windows over there the
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stained glass
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kind of hidden in the shadows are still
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the same
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as well as who he was representing in
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the trial
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which was a deleted scene he talked to
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and the guy said you want your jacket
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back he said no
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you're going to need it again and again
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quite a bit took place in this area
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including the sidewalk here where the
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poles and the trees
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match up where he did not want to give
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this guy any change whatsoever it says
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the court building signage was right
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there that could have been
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just a set piece that they place but you
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do see
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this particular unique formation on the
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trunk of that tree
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right beside it there could have been a
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set piece or
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possibly been replaced this is not
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a court building it is the city hall
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however
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very impressive would like to get a
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little closer
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i have to abide by that even though
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there are a few other people up there
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who have
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kind of hopped over the i don't know
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what they're doing but i will not be
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i will not be taking my chances that's
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when he's yelling at him right here you
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can see the railing
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off in the distance there to the left
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that's still there
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and he was yelling at the guy right
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there you can see these bricks the way
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the formation of this
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still lines up upon closer inspection
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you can see
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the holes where the railing used to be
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they have redone and reshape the
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extension
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so you look at the way those markings
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are
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looking downward this has all been
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rebuilt
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over the past couple decades and
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extended out this concrete section has
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been
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extended out as well
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but other than that pretty much
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identical
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all up there a little later on he wasn't
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having the best
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of days uh this lady
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put a dollar bill in his hand right
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there and it was
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it was the second pillar over there
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not the first one but the second and the
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behind it still matches up and i think
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there's even another unique item
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that i can show notice a slight
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indentation
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a blemish if you will right here on the
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little upper section just like a little
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dot
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that still remains even current day
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you have to look really closely
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now you can see that that little dot
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right there
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on the upper circle while the top circle
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before the pillar begins i have to have
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a keen eye but it's there
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you can even kind of see the the lamp
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and the window behind jennifer tiller
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here she's looking in confusion
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as to what her attorney is doing or
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thinking
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she is let me zoom in just a bit
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there you go there's the the lamp and
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it's kind of hidden in the shadows but
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it's up there
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that's where that's where they were
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standing
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and as he stood up to greet them and
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discussed the case
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you could see this building behind him
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later on towards the very end they use
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the same building
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around the side for when he exited with
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his secretary who bailed him out same
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building
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just not the front facade
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around around that side
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and even though there is this fence up
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it is open and i'm not seeing any kind
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of signage
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so i'm just going to walk in here now
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over here
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where this flower bed now is is where he
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gave the gentleman the money at the end
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and ran
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off down that direction
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yelling i love my son
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i have a feeling i'm going to be asked
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to leave this area
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but he was right over here at this
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staircase
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when he walked down
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i think just landscaping is in here at
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the moment that's why the
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that's why it was open right there
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they have added this railing here in the
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middle which was not
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here at the time
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and the formation here along the
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sidewalk is still the same
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through all the cash and the change
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so take all the money but it's not going
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to make you happy
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i'm paraphrasing
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notice the angle of the branches
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leading down the pathway there
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i stated they added this little little
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garden over here
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that was not there at the time pretty
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cool
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would not have been able to get in here
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if they weren't doing a little yard work
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but there's the
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there's the brickwork there let's see
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right down here
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build a sign what
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this would be the angle that it's not
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seen where he had been running directly
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towards me
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in a very good mood this is what you
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would have seen if
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you were standing here while they were
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while they were recording that
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it's about a half mile walk or so
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parking around here was a little
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difficult so instead of trying to drive
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fine parking again downtown excited to
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walk there's a pretty it's a pretty good
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incline
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might not show up on camera but it's a
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good little elevation walking up this
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once again showing these a little out of
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sequence but he speeds through the red
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light
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right here at first street
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and that was not a red light that
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vehicle
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broke no laws thankfully still quite a
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bit remains
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you can match up
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now i had assumed where he pulled out of
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the parking structure in a hurry
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was on this block but after after a
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little research i figured out it's not
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it was
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a few blocks up yep i believe this is it
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located near this fountain on the
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fountain but this the structure
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otherwise said fountain
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corner of hope and third that general
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vicinity
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and as that car pulls out from the same
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spot
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right here these little these little
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items
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on either side are still there
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looks as if it's been repainted but yeah
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it would have pulled out
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right here these are the same ones
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caused a little bit of a traffic
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accident
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has turned not that way
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but sped off in that direction i'd have
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to stand in the middle of the road so
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just going to be here on the curb but
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notice the trees
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over there that he
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that he zoomed by
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those are them
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and the railing up here is the same
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stuff as seen here
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and i thought that was a satellite dish
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at first
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but now that i'm on site and i found it
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i realize above
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the railing it's not a satellite dish
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but
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a piece of art i am now going to walk
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the three quarters of a mile
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back to my car and drive to the next
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spot so it's way across
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town trying to get a little bit better
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view at this
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for walking back down the hill getting
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my steps in
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not only that but also
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not too far big the foot i'd say about
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seven miles or so to the next spot
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at 1100 westminster ab in alhambra
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is where fletcher reed went to pick up
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his car after
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it was impounded the brick building that
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the wording was inscribed upon
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used to sit right over there attached to
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the the metal
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structure that has been torn down but
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everything else over there
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behind that fence line still remains
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everything across the street
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looks completely different with the
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exception of the telephone poles
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however where he is ranting to the
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mechanic
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notice this building here with the with
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the arched
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angle of the roof there's a little bit
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of a shadow here
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but this is the building
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and windows still still look the same
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it's been repainted
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right over there is where they pulled
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the pull the car out a very drastic
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measure
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and he stated how they had scratched the
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vehicle which they denied
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also the precise spot where he realized
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that his son
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was the reason why he can't lie and the
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wish was made
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and it's tough to see but those windows
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over there was where he was standing in
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front of
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only three miles over to the next spot
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in located in south pasadena
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near the corner of highland and meridian
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which is a road that's used in quite a
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few
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productions over the years is audrey's
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house
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it's been repainted but the driveway is
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still in the same spot
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and the archway there with the foliage
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over it
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and the brickwork and the unique trees
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are all still here gotta love south
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pasadena
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the way the branches angle downward
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really adds to the perspective
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when they showed it on screen and
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in the front yard is where max is
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playing baseball with jerry
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also these are the exteriors of where
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the birthday party was
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he made the wish and fletcher pulled up
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in a taxi cab right along this road as
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well
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and down at this end when he pulled up
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near the beginning said
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maximilian
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in this very driveway with that tree in
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the background
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is your name maximilian
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hello kitty is your name max also
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back then the sidewalk had a little
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it was kind of broken there's a root
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system had
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popped up the concrete looks like that
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has been fixed
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that palm tree in the distance is still
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there as well as the
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way this this tree forks upward
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had nothing to do with the broken
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sidewalk but he did trip on the curb
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right there the cat is showing
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showing where that sidewalk was kind of
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bent upward
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the taxi pulled up right here he jumped
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out
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looks like the fence in the background
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there has been changed
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you see the planters as well as
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the driveway all still still identical
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so much took place right here in this
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front yard
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quite a bit in fact they never really
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explained why the wish
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came true or why it was meant to be this
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they leave it up to the viewers
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imagination but if i was going to make a
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wish
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of any sort i would probably do so
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on this property worked for max
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and now two miles out of south pass and
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to
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pasadena proper
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the buses were parked right here
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adjacent to to this spot
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and max's mom stated he had something to
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tell him
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right here next to this planter
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at the backdrop of this building
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but one thing i find very fascinating is
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down this way where fletcher thought his
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son could undo the wish
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was around the back of the property
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looking for this corner
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with the brickwork up top with a little
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window next to it
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and also this staircase it should be
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back here
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there's that window and the brickwork
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you faintly see it through this mesh and
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that staircase is
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right over there looks a lot different
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but right about
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there is where he had a secondary
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birthday cake
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told his son to blow out the candle and
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take the wish back
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it did not work and fletcher got slapped
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right there all right now a 15-mile
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commute
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over to the next spot
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give or take 15 or so yeah big the foot
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there certainly are a lot of palm trees
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in this area it was all the way over
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here on the corner of
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laurel grove and ventura court
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just off ventura boulevard where he was
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pulled over
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began near downtown and quite a ways
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away you can see the the brickwork there
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is that brickwork and he would have
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pulled up right
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along there and stopped about where
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those two vehicles are
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this gives a better perspective the
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railing
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from the restaurant over there
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so remains also
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the angle of the structure and street
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signs
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and parking meters still here
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parking meter there street signs
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right up there glistening in the sun
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the angle of the building has been
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repainted
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from what it was back in 97 they
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probably filmed it in 96
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movie came out in 97 over his shoulder
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is a very
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bountiful tree right there on that
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corner
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when he told the officer he had unpaid
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parking tickets a full glove box
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full looks as if during production they
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place
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they place boards over these windows
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right here
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there are now either that or they've
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added these glass
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windows since then those could be seen
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right along there but this section was
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all boarded up and painted
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as seen here
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there's the parking meters and only
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about a mile away
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also on ventura boulevard
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is where proposed
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to audrey it was located
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right behind these doors well those are
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windows but the doors
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are up here i've heard that this
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establishment has closed doesn't appear
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to be open at the moment
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yep looks as if all the tables chairs
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nothing going on inside there it is
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closed
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that's captioning not
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on available corner is where one of the
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driving scenes was where she was talking
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on the phone just after he was at his
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office
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and he broke the other phone and called
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back
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with a shell of a telephone it was all
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shattered
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she was driving right through here on
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the corner of mary ellen avenue
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and valley vista you can see the street
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it was easy to figure out because if you
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look closely 10 miles from here
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to the next spot onto avenue of the
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stars and century city
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right up here past this overpass
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walkway overpass and this is the same
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circular driveway that jerry pulled up
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to pick up
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max
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jim carrey was standing right over there
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in that area they built an awning
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you can really see that other than that
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well that's not there but they had a
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doorman it was over there in that
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very corner one of my favorite lines
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and jerry tells max they're gonna put
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some oil on the baseball glove and
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wrap a big rubber band around it hey
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great gift dad
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thanks son
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this building stood in for two different
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things his office
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and the exit to his apartment drinking a
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piping hot
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cup of coffee and that saint walked max
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over to the vehicle which would have
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parked right about there and drove out
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the circle driveway
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parking is a little difficult around
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here so i'll just show this from
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the vehicle but this what you're looking
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at
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is right back over in there let me zoom
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the entrance to his office where he
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doesn't want to give
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any change to those that are asking
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off to the final spot
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about 10 miles away going to lax los
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angeles international
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airport
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hyatt regency over there used to be the
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wyndham
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hotel you can see it down there at the
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end this is the general perspective
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even though the airport has been
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completely remodeled
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and where he went through the checkpoint
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does not look the same
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this does to some extent with that hotel
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there in the distance
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and he would have pulled over
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and gone through the checkpoint i know
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big the foot
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totally different current day
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let me at least drive over here and see
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though you never know
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do you see
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