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I was working on updating my pre vice movie site yesterday with info obtained from a reader when I got "sidetracked" looking at a different unknown location from the same movie. Smokey and the Bandit 3. Originally suspected this location but somehow passed on it. Spent hours looking elsewhere over time and then yesterday revisited it with a different view point and bam. I was able to confirm a scene where Big and Little Enos picnic on the side of the road waiting for Justice and Jr. to drive by was filmed in John U  Lloyd State Park, Dania Beach. I am updating the site with the info. I strongly suspect they filmed the fishing scene in the john boat where Jr. hooks Justice was also filmed in the park but I have not been able to confirm that yet.

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Just started working on BN 96, Odd Man Out. At the start we see them burning Madeline's license but there are some serious problems indicating that their prop manager or creator was more than a bit clueless compared to Miami Vice's.

 

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So aside from the obvious issue date of 06/17/2001 and not expiring for 11 years then not even doing so on her birthday there were clear errors in her license number so I decided to take a couple minutes to decode it. The number is L252 784 65 554 1. So most will right away see her name is Westen but the license indicates her last name starts with L. Then 252. This indicates the second consonant (first 2) is guttural or sibilant, Q,C,G,J,K,S,X,OR Z. Then the third consonant would be nasal (5) M or N. The next consonant of the last name would be (2) guttural or sibilant again. Florida only goes out this far so the last name could be longer. Then we have 784 indicating her first  and middle initial. In this case S. D. Then her year of birth is indicated to be 65 or 1965. Not a match either. Then 554 indicating her month and day of birth along with gender. Over 500 so female. At least they got that right. Then subtract 500,divide by 40, add 1, remainder is days so this indicates her birthday is 02/14/1965. Not a match either. Finally the 1 of course tells us she is not alone. There is another licensed operator in florida with the same first and middle initial, same last sounding name born on the exact same day. So I did it for fun, maybe to critical but that was either just lazy or dumb work by BN. At least it should have started with a W and had the correct year of birth.

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On 5/14/2017 at 8:12 PM, C Glide said:

Jim, the safe house may be in the same area of Brickell as the smuggler's house but I have not found it.

 

The safe house is the same as Schmidt's house because the interior shots from earlier episodes match but at least this makes finding possible. Still not a lot to go on but I'll keep looking.  I doubt that the closed circuit TV images that Jessie is watching are actually views of the outside of the safe house.

 

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On 5/14/2017 at 8:12 PM, C Glide said:

Jim, the safe house may be in the same area of Brickell as the smuggler's house but I have not found it.

 

I've scrolled around the neighborhood but Schmidt's house looks almost too modern for that neighborhood.  I've send screencaps to a friend who lives relatively close to the Smuggler's house on S. Miami Ave but I'm not optimistic about it.

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I will take some time in the near future to look more closely for the safe house. Been in several episodes so maybe it was up for sale when they filmed which would make sense.

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4 hours ago, C Glide said:

I will take some time in the near future to look more closely for the safe house. Been in several episodes so maybe it was up for sale when they filmed which would make sense.

Good thinking.  Has that Coconut Grove feel.  Probably close to another filming location since travel time is money.

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Just updated BN 73 Better Halves. Now two pages with lots of pictures from my recent trip. All episodes from the first 6 seasons are published. On to the final season.

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On 4/30/2016 at 4:41 PM, Tommy Vercetti said:

I just found out the 1989 Richard Dreyfuss film Let It Ride was filmed at Hialeah Race Track

Also, the ending of The Sopranos episode 'Calling All Cars' had a brief scene at the Fontainebleau. 

Afraid no Jim. Most of the film is at the track and other scenes are mostly interiors so there isn't much in the way of locations. The shots of the track are good though

I haven't seen this movie yet, but one of the lead actors is David Johansen.  We saw Johansen on Miami Vice singing "King of Babylon" on the party boat in "Dutch Oven".

 

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In Glades and other episodes we see a row of shacks at Jimbo's Place on Virginia Key:

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As mentioned in @miamijimf 's book  "The Magic City", those shacks were built for a 1980 B-grade Sci-Fi movie called "Island Claws".

https://horrorpedia.com/2014/08/23/island-claws-1980-sci-fi-horror-movie-overview/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080933/

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One actor in the movie is Raymond Forchion.  He played the CIA goon in Stone's War and had a tiny role in the OCB for a few of the early S1 episodes.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285468/?ref_=tt_cl_t8

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9 hours ago, airtommy said:

In Glades and other episodes we see a row of shacks at Jimbo's Place on Virginia Key:

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As mentioned in @miamijimf 's book  "The Magic City", those shacks were built for a 1980 B-grade Sci-Fi movie called "Island Claws".

https://horrorpedia.com/2014/08/23/island-claws-1980-sci-fi-horror-movie-overview/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080933/

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One actor in the movie is Raymond Forchion.  He played the CIA goon in Stone's War and had a tiny role in the OCB for a few of the early S1 episodes.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285468/?ref_=tt_cl_t8

Cool information!  I just noticed the Delorean parked to the right in the first pic. 

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2 hours ago, miamijimf said:

Interesting observation.  I'll add it as a footnote in the next edition of my book, if that's OK.

 

Of course!

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On 10/18/2008 at 6:16 PM, Tommy Vercetti said:

A Hole In The Head (1959)

The Bellboy (1960)

Surfside Six (1960-61) (TV)

Goldfinger (1964)

Flipper (1964-68) (TV)

The Jackie Gleason Show (1964-70) (TV)     

Thunderball (1965)

Clambake (1967)

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

The Godfather Part II (1974)

Lenny (1974)

Airport '77 (1977)

Black Sunday (1977)

Crime Busters (1977)

The Champ (1979)

Caddyshack (1980)

Super Fuzz (1980)

Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)

Abscence of Malice (1981)

Body Heat (1981)

Porky's (1982)

Eureka (1983)

Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)

Cease Fire (1983)

Scarface (1983)

Miami Vice (1984-89) (TV)

The Mean Season (1985)

Porky's Revenge (1985)

Flight of the Navigator (1986)

Band of the Hand (1986)

Whoops Apocalypse (1986)

Cocoon: The Return (1988)

Police Acadeny 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)

Glitz (1988) (TV)

Beaches (1988)

Switching Channels (1988)

Married To The Mob (1988)

Cat Chaser (1988)

Let It Ride (1989)

Miami Blues (1990)

The Take (1990) (TV)

Wiseguy season 4 (1990) (TV)

Only Fools and Horses: Miami Twice (1991) (TV)

Cape Fear (1991)

Chains of Gold (1991)

Under Suspicion (1991)

The Bodyguard (1992)

Moon Over Miami (1993) (TV)

South Beach (1993) (TV)

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

Drop Zone (1994)

The Specialist (1994)

True Lies (1994)

Bad Boys (1995)

Fair Game (1995)

Just Cause (1995)

The Perez Family (1995)

Miami Rhapsody (1995)

The Birdcage (1996)

Blood and Wine (1996)

Striptease (1996)

Up Close and Personal (1996)

The Substitute (1996)

Plato's Run (1997)

Holy Man (1998)

Out of Sight (1998)

Wild Things (1998)

There's Something About Mary (1998)

Any Given Sunday (1999)

Analyse This (1999)

Random Hearts (1999)

Ali (2001)

In The Shadows (2001)

Going To California (2001) (TV)

Big Trouble (2002)

CSI: Miami (2002- ) (TV)

Jackass: The Movie (2002)

The Hours (2002)

Out of Time (2003)

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

Bad Boys II (2003)

Meet the Fockers (2004)

Red Eye (2005)

The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)

Transporter 2 (2005)

Wild Things 3 (2005)

Miami Ink (2005- ) (TV)

Hogan Knows Best (2005-2007) (TV)

Miami Vice (2006)

Cocaine Cowboys (2006)

Dexter (2006 - ) (TV)

Jackass: Number Two (2006)

Burn Notice (2007- ) (TV)

Reno 911!: Miami (2007)

Confessions of a Shopaholic (2008)

Brooke Knows Best (2008- ) (TV)

Marley & Me (2008)

Public Enimies(2009)

Up In The Air (2009)

Love You Phillip Morris (2009)

Charlie's Angels (2011) (TV)

Magic City (2012-) (TV)

Step Up 4: Miami Heat (2012)

 

Just reading this now - great list!  Only Fools and Horses is really good and funny (good British comedy!).  Some of the baddies were in MV episodes too.

 

 

 

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Here's a 1979 Italian film called Squadra Antigangsters. It has scenes shot in Miami and the Everglades and it stars Tomas Milian. He was in Miami Vice as Octavio Arroyo in Bought and Paid For.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq2Oh6COtKE&t=4158s

Great locations in this film and a chance to see how Miami looked in the late '70s.

Tomas Milian = Great actor and the best Cuban actor ever. He lived in South Beach in his later years. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3m6oPVt_ak
(Spot the Miami Vice location in this vid)

He was also in the Miami movie Cat Chaser. See the picture on page 14 of this thread.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_Milian

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Some more miscellaneous movies filmed in Miami:

Haunts of the Very Rich (TV)
The Money Pit
Mr Nanny
The Pest
The Funhouse
8MM
The Shining (TV)
Day of the Dolphin
Fires Within
Midnight Crossing
Eyes of a Stranger

More recent movies shot in Miami:
Speed Kills, Rock of Ages, Pain & Gain, Step Up 4: Miami Heat, War Dogs, Chef,
xXx: The Return of Zander Cage, White Boy Rick, Iron Man Three, Stuck On You, Driven,  Old Dogs,
Magic City (TV), Charlie's Angels (TV)

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On 1/19/2015 at 9:42 PM, C Glide said:

Just updated my site with newly found location of isolated road where Mr. Solo gets whacked in Goldfinger. http://www.floridamovielocations2.org/page2.html

This is a fascinating scene to study because the landmarks are so different.  Not only are most of the businesses gone, but there is no record of them having existed.  It looks like a completely different city than Miami in the 1980s.

This cut of the driving scene is unknown:

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I think they are driving westbound on I-195 underneath I-95.

The camera is looking east:  https://goo.gl/maps/ay2jht9M2HZUETSM6

 

 

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Some people are claiming that after Oddjob drives into the lot, the rest of the scene was filmed in England.  I'm skeptical. 

The crane operator is black, much more likely in Miami than England in 1964.

The two cranes look the same (but maybe all cranes look like that).

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I've seen people referring to these trees as unrealistic for Miami.  To me, they look exactly like Miami (like on the background we see when the Daytona gets blown up).  The same type of shrubbery is growing on this property today.

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51 minutes ago, airtommy said:

Some people are claiming that after Oddjob drives into the lot, the rest of the scene was filmed in England.  I'm skeptical. 

The crane operator is black, much more likely in Miami than England in 1964.

The two cranes look the same (but maybe all cranes look like that).

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I've seen people referring to these trees as unrealistic for Miami.  To me, they look exactly like Miami (like on the background we see when the Daytona gets blown up).  The same type of shrubbery is growing on this property today.

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I’ve no idea about the location of these scenes but those First two appear to be different cranes if you look closely at the trusses on each.  Of course, there are two different crane arms in the third picture. 
 

I’d also point out that there was a significant West Indian population in England in the 1960’s particularly in industrial Manchester and Birmingham.  They were Jamaican, Bahamian, etc... as these were all part of the British Commonwealth.  Just providing some more information.

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On 4/30/2016 at 9:41 PM, Tommy Vercetti said:

I just found out the 1989 Richard Dreyfuss film Let It Ride was filmed at Hialeah Race Track

Also, the ending of The Sopranos episode 'Calling All Cars' had a brief scene at the Fontainebleau. 

Was there a scene in the show at the Fontainebleau?

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