Episode 1 Brother's Keeper

[Matt5]

25 minutes ago, airtommy said:

I have a question.  I always thought the famous closing shot of the opening montage was filmed from Watson Island.  I thought CGlide or DanJ had determined that many years ago.  I thought I remember them saying that the shot was taken before the taller bridge to the Port was constructed, which is why we don't see it.    But now I see on CGlide's site that it was filmed from Dodge Island/Port of Miami.   Am I wrong?  Was this always known?

Actually yes it was filmed on Port of Miami/Dodge Island you can see from the proximity(near the bridge) - Don’t know what that tells you about the shot I posted (must be Watson Is).

[Matt5]

I‘d say yellow (Opening credit montage), purple (Pilot Only shot).

[airtommy]

18 minutes ago, Matt5 said:

I‘d say yellow (Opening credit montage), purple (Pilot Only shot).

 

Yes, that looks right.  The pilot-only shot is very wide angle, with Freedom Tower included, maybe tough to re-create with an ordinary camera?

Edited January 19, 2019 by airtommy

[Matt5]

3 minutes ago, airtommy said:

Yes, that looks right.  The pilot-only shot is very wide angle, with Freedom Tower included, maybe tough to re-create with an ordinary camera?

What I find strange about the Pilot shot is that they used stock footage it is a very Miami Vice looking shot with the colors etc . But with the absence of the Wachovia building it was not filmed for the Pilot. They rarely used stock footage of Miami (LA yes) Im thinking some of the aerial Port of Miami /Cruise ship shots we saw in the closing montage looked quite old and I couldn’t recall seeing the Wachovia building then either.

[Matt5]

21 hours ago, airtommy said:

Yes, that looks right.  The pilot-only shot is very wide angle, with Freedom Tower included, maybe tough to re-create with an ordinary camera?

From “Leap of Faith” on Port of Miami by the bridge showing the rough angle we see in the opening credit montage for the whole 5 years.

[Dadrian]

Totally unrecognizable today, right? So many new buildings. 

I couldn’t even see the Suntrust building from the causeways in 2016. 

[airtommy]

1 hour ago, Matt5 said:

From “Leap of Faith” on Port of Miami by the bridge showing the rough angle we see in the opening credit montage for the whole 5 years.

Yes, that's a perfect match!  The spacing and angles are just right.

[airtommy]

From his pics it seems that CGlide has nailed the location where Leon walks out of the restaurant to his car, but he doesn't list the exact address so I want to clarify it.

http://www.miamivicelocations.org/page6.html

Leon walks out of 1454 Washington Avenue with his bag of fried chicken.  He turns right and walks south. 

Leon passes a produce store at 1452 Washington Ave.  Crockett is sitting in a genuine Ferrari Daytona the only time in the series:

Then he walks past an alley with a red gate. 

That alley has changed.  The gate is now gone and the fire escape stairs have been replaced with a more substantial permanent staircase.  The same spot today:

In "Nobody Lives Forever" Izzy is selling shoes in front of that produce store until C&T drag him into the alley.

 

Edited February 26, 2019 by airtommy

[airtommy]

Cut #5 of the "In the Air Tonight" driving scene:

http://environment.netronline.com/site.php?eid=110008331527&stid=11&ctid=360

NCR CORP CERCLIS Site

EPA Identifier: 110008331527 CERCLIS ID: 110008331527 Location: 25.804501, -80.189358 Address: 2915 BISCAYNE BLVD MIAMI, FL

[Matt5]

23 minutes ago, airtommy said:

Cut #5 of the "In the Air Tonight" driving scene:

http://environment.netronline.com/site.php?eid=110008331527&stid=11&ctid=360

NCR CORP CERCLIS Site

EPA Identifier: 110008331527 CERCLIS ID: 110008331527 Location: 25.804501, -80.189358 Address: 2915 BISCAYNE BLVD MIAMI, FL

Wow - great find, they were northbound ?

[airtommy]

11 minutes ago, Matt5 said:

Wow - great find, they were northbound ?

No, southbound.   Camera looking east.

https://goo.gl/maps/5PrChE3bRcQ8XNFD8

[Matt5]

6 minutes ago, airtommy said:

No, southbound.   Camera looking east.

https://goo.gl/maps/5PrChE3bRcQ8XNFD8

Interesting at NE29th Street the last part of the block - did they go past the whole building or just 2915?

 

 

Edited April 20, 2019 by Matt5

[airtommy]

On 4/20/2019 at 3:04 PM, Matt5 said:

Interesting at NE29th Street the last part of the block - did they go past the whole building or just 2915?

One of the cool things about this scene is the long time between camera cuts.  This one is a very long clip - about 13 seconds.  Tubbs is loading his shotgun and then Crockett asks "How much time we got?"  and then Tubbs says "25 minutes".  They start about at 30th Street and go south a long way, maybe 5 blocks, very tough to tell.

[airtommy]

It looks like a good match to me.

2nd floor window shape and spacing looks right

notice the wide arches over the ground floor windows/doors

Edited April 22, 2019 by airtommy

[Kladdagh]

Sharp Eyes ... 

[airtommy]

Jan Hammer's "Chase" driving scene:

Edited January 19, 2020 by airtommy

[mjcmmv]

Yikes, DJ sure knows how to express rage!!! Great shots!

[airtommy]

Hammer's "Chase" drive, cut 6:

[Matt5]

1 hour ago, airtommy said:

Hammer's "Chase" drive, cut 6:

That’s one distinctive building if it’s still there on Biscayne or NW42nd.

[Matt5]

On 4/24/2019 at 3:54 PM, airtommy said:

Hammer's "Chase" drive, cut 6:

@airtommy and @miamijimf I’m happy to walk the stretch 36th to 16th on Biscayne (again!) to see if this location is still there.

[miamijimf]

9 hours ago, Matt5 said:

@airtommy and @miamijimf I’m happy to walk the stretch 36th to 16th on Biscayne (again!) to see if this location is still there.

That would be cool Matt is you have time.

[Matt5]

I was thinking about the last scene in this episode shot on the I95 Julia Tuttle Cswy near 36th St headed to the beach, the Pilot was shot from March to April 1984. 

Then one of the first scenes from “Heart of Darkness”,  the second filmed episode, also shot on the same stretch from July 12-July 25, 1984,

This Causeway was also featured in “ The Fix” and some Ferrari drive scenes in various episodes including “Forgive Us Our Debts”.

Edited May 10, 2019 by Matt5

[Matt5]

On 4/24/2019 at 3:54 PM, airtommy said:

Hammer's "Chase" drive, cut 6:

This building I couldn’t see at all between NE35th to NE16th on Biscayne Bvld. I’m going back today so will look for the other ones. This stretch of Biscayne has seen some demolition and new buildings but on the other hand there are a lot of old buildings there still from during and before our show.

The only one it could be would be this before some renovation perhaps,  it has some of the features of above but not all.

https://goo.gl/maps/iwe7vBgMBitYavv89

Edited May 12, 2019 by Matt5

[Matt5]

In passing Miami Beach a few times in the last month I have noticed the Miami Beach Resort and Spa Hotel (the famous Doral) on Millionaire’ Row at 4833 Collins Avenue has been closed and the driveway boarded up on both sides. This famous hotel was featured in background scenes and in the opening credits of the Pilot as well as in the opening teaser montage of “Trust Fund Pirates”. 

Amazing history. No doubt part of why it was chosen to appear in the Pilot opening credits.(Rear beach scene in the 4800 block looking north).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Beach_Resort_and_Spa

Edited June 11, 2019 by Matt5

[daytona365]

On 1/17/2019 at 12:46 AM, Matt5 said:

(1) Miami River, looks like Conference Centre/ Hyatt.

 

a different version of the same shot shows that the building seems to have not a lot of floors as there is a glimpse of the sky above it. The Convention Center / Hyatt doesn't fit IMO. It rather looks like a parking garage or something. Who knows if it's Miami at all.