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Just watched this movie which was great except for maybe just one too many twists at the end. Was skimming through locations and searched on our forum and it seems there is no designated thread. Without trying to do a full guide yet, here is a couple of things to start. A location I loved was the Van Ryan mansion, it's just a really grand home: In a scene where upset Kelly is walking from the dock back into the home with her mother, you can catch a glimpse of tall port cranes, which makes the bridge and road behind the ladies the MacArthur causeway, and along with the curving of the house lot's edge and relative distance puts it into the only two options possible: southeast ends of either Palm or Star islands. There is only one home there matching the overall layout and architecture, but earlier we can also catch the house number on the gate - 40: Which seals the deal for 40 E Star Island Dr. A beautiful home built in 1925 and overlooking Miami Beach, it is currently owned by a Turkey-born tycoon. Here is a location which is a mystery. @airtommy brought up that scene by the end of the movie in a different thread. Could it be Virginia Key or Crandon beach? One of these was certainly used in the movie (Suzie murder and investigation), easily identifiable by this structure: Though there was trellis added into the columns since then, which was a good beautification for this pavilion, it looked abandoned in the movie. Both Virginia and Crandon have these: So you'd think it would make perfect sense to shoot the other beach scenes there, but indeed the hotel (or "hotel") in the movie is not a structure existing on these beaches today, and I couldn't find anything different on late 90s aerials either. I am also suspicious because while Crandon generally matches the beach look, the beach doesn't have these short palm trees (I'm sure @Tom knows what they're called) we see in the scene planted everywhere: Unless they are exactly in fact the palms currently existing on Crandon beach, and that's how they grew over the last 25 years. Like these: Now, if it was a real hotel, maybe we could get a hint from a possibly real hotel towels, but I can't get a resolution good enough to read what's on them: @miamijimf @Matt5 Looking forward to any more thoughts.

during "Like a hurricane" filming, DJ as chauffeur for some kids (AFAIK this was a "make a wish" foundation request).

Amen ... send money

Wow, I totally whiffed on those posts. My apologies. Here's another screenshot to keep things going:

Probrably very expensive to get the rights to feature Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie etc. In 1984 and 1985 they were so mainstream and there music was everywhere — so I think it a good choice Michael Jackson songs didnt appear in Miami Vice. They did feature Lionel Richie’s fall 1983 smash “All Night Long ( All Night ) “ in the pilot extensively but it was not the original version.

Love Aventura it has a quietness about it as it’s away from Miami Beach and just off the causeway. Miami Vice certainly liked this location too in Season 1 and 2. The best.

Yep, these are solved, please see confirmations above.

I don't have anything to add. Crandon Park seems to be the only wide beach with palm trees, so it must have been there. The only elevated structure there is the Crandon Park Cabanas, but that looks wrong and it hasn't changed since the 1980s. CGlide has covered most of this movie: http://www.floridamovielocations.org/page41.html

DP and Camera operator are different jobs. Contner was DOP and Bravo the operator.

Sorry for the confusion, I am a different poster and compared my own jacket to that of MichaelAce, and I think that his tailor did a really great job. Here is a showcase of what I mean: On mine the shoulder is rotated outwards, and by changing the slope (right side, just pinned) it looks more like the usual shoulder drape of a jacket. Cheers everyone!

Fast paced - and directed by Chip Chalmers who was an assistant director on the show. Good strong guest stars and locations including exclusive shooting at the Port of Miami in the early part of 1989. 10 out of 10

So great they used two slightly different shots of the same California location - obviously done in post production in LA.

If I might respond to your final comment about the fit of the shoulders. I believe the difference is that the shoulders on your jacket are more heavily constructed, which is the norm actually, but not present here with DJ’s jacket. Notice how it rounds over his shoulders whereas yours comes to more of a point. This is because of the padded lining added in the shoulder by your tailor. DJ’s likely had little to none, so it drapes more like a windbreaker jacket than a constructed one. If it were possible to put both coats on hangers next to each other, the difference would be even more obvious.

What a great action ! "Make a Wish" Foundation is amazing

The best.

Bartender at the beginning of “buddies” was wearing this shirt

And they had taste when they picked those "off the radar" bands...unlike far too many shows.

Not sure, but according to Tubbs, it wasn’t machine washable. Speaking of Tubbs, wasn’t this shirt in our prop reuse thread somewhere? Seems like Tubbs wears it, too. I could be mixed up with one of his other prints, though.