Search results
Why not stay in the same hotel where your favorite movie or television show was filmed? In Burbank, you can do just that at the Safari Inn in Burbank’s Media District. This hotel has been the backdrop for the following iconic movies: 1. TRUE ROMANCE [1993]
Jan 13, 2018 · Living in Los Angeles, it’s easy to take for granted some of the iconic locations in Southern California – but, as we have lost a number of them in recent years, I wanted to eyeball one of the coolest locations in “beautiful downtown Burbank”, the legendary Safari Inn!
Mar 15, 2013 · In the 2005 movie Coach Carter, the Safari Inn was where the Richmond High School basketball team stayed – and snuck out to go party – during the Bayhill Tournament Championship. The real life interior of two of the Safari’s room were also used in the filming.
The fabulously kitsch motel, where Clarence and Alabama hide out, is The Safari Inn, 1911 Olive Boulevard, near Buena Vista, just north of the Disney Studios in Burbank – though the leopardskin interior isn’t for real. You can also see the Safari in Ron Howard’s Apollo 13.
- Detroit, MI 48242
Filmed at: SAFARI INN. 1911 W Olive Ave . The Safari Inn’s most notable onscreen appearance was in 1993’s True Romance, where it masqueraded as the supposed Hollywood-area motel where Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) and Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) stayed while visiting L.A.
Experience one of Burbank’s most beloved midcentury icons. Built in the 1950s, The Safari Inn, a Coast Hotel deftly combines retro appeal with a very modern sense of comfort and convenience.
It’s actually in Los Angeles: the Safari Inn, 1911 Olive Boulevard, near Buena Vista, just north of the Disney Studios in Burbank. This Sixties-themed motel with illuminated ‘African’ sign can also be seen as Clarence and Alabama’s hideaway in Tony Scott’s film of Quentin Tarantino’s True Romance.
