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Mar 28, 2014 · The movie "Cool Hand Luke" used the designation of Road Prison 36 for the fictitious Florida chain gang camp where Paul Newman underwent his travails. The real Road Camp 36 was no Hollywood set.
- ‘Apollo 13’
- ‘The Birdcage’
- ‘Body Heat’
- ‘Caddyshack’
- ‘Cocoon’
- ‘Cool Hand Luke’
- ‘Deathdream’
- ‘Dolphin Tale’
- ‘Edward Scissorhands’
- ‘The Florida Project’
Filmed on location, at least partially, at Kennedy Space Center, “Apollo 13” is Ron Howard’s gripping retelling of the near-disastrous 1970 attempt by NASA to return to the moon. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan all turn in memorable performances, with Harris and Quinlan earning Oscar nominations.
South Beach serves as the setting for director Mike Nichols’ and screenwriter Elaine May’s blockbuster remake of the Franco-Italian comedy “La Cage aux Folles.” The inspired casting finds Robin Williams and Nathan Lane playing a gay couple trying to pass themselves off as straight for the benefit of their son. One of the funniest films of the ’90s,...
Largely shot in Palm Beach County and set during a fierce Florida heatwave, “Body Heat” is a “Double Indemnity”-inspired serving of neo-noir mastery starring Kathleen Turner as the femme fatale who wants her husband murdered by her lover (William Hurt). The film marks the directorial debut of Lawrence Kasdan, who was born in Miami Beach.
One of the most hilarious and quotable movies ever made, Harold Ramis’ slobs-versus-snobs classic “Caddyshack” – featuring killer comedic performances by Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight and Bill Murray – filmed its golf scenes at Rolling Hills Golf Club (now the Grande Oaks Golf Club) in Broward County, with the dinner scene shot at the...
While St. Petersburg’s reputation as “God’s waiting room” didn’t get any help from this film, Ron Howard’s “Cocoon” remains a heartwarming sci-fi fantasy featuring an all-star cast including Don Ameche, who won an Oscar. The film spawned the 1988 sequel “Cocoon: The Return” (with filming in Miami), while Howard returned to Florida for the hit 1989 ...
Set and, at least partially, shot in the Sunshine State – it’s based on a book by safecracker Donn Pearce, who did a couple of years in the Florida Dept. of Corrections chain gangs after being arrested in 1949 – “Cool Hand Luke” stands out in the prison movie genre thanks to a tour-de-force performance by Paul Newman, whose endearingly boyish smirk...
Filmed in Brooksville, this horror movie provides a potent take on both the classic tale “The Monkey’s Paw” and the then-ongoing Vietnam War, following a soldier killed in combat who answers his mother’s pleas that he come back home – which he does, but as something not quite human. The film was directed by Bob Clark, whose fascinating career also ...
One of the most endearing family films of the past decade, “Dolphin Tale” stars Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd and the bottlenose dolphin Winter, with a screenplay based on her real-life story: Winter lost her tail after becoming entangled in a crab trap line and the team at Clearwater Marine Aquarium worked with Hanger Clinic to develop a prosthet...
Pasco County served as the pastel-colored backdrop for this Tim Burton film about a scissor-handed outcast clad in all black (Johnny Depp) who suddenly moves to the suburbs. If not quite Burton’s best film, “Edward Scissorhands” may offer his definitive misfit toy protagonist. It also marks the final onscreen film appearance of Burton’s idol, Vince...
Sean Baker’s film follows an impoverished community living in a motel on the outskirts of Walt Disney World, chronicling their struggles honestly but sympathetically. Along with some excellent child performances, it features a wonderfully warm turn by Willem Dafoe as the motel manager, earning a well-deserved Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
Jan 17, 2019 · The Truman Show. 1998 Publicity photo. Jim Carrey is an unwitting celebrity in this take on reality TV, beautifully filmed in Seaside, a master-planned community located in Florida’s panhandle between Panama City Beach and Destin. Many of the movie’s 300 extras were residents of Seaside.
State Road 62 ( SR 62) is a 37-mile (60 km) state highway in Manatee and Hardee counties in the US state of Florida that passes through scrubland from Parrish to near Bowling Green . Route description. Sign for eastbound SR 62 in Duette, February 2012.
- 37.433 mi (60.243 km)
Posted by Ra Moon. Set in the fictional Glass Key in the Florida Keys, Road House was filmed primarily in the Dominican Republic. Inspired by the 1989 film of the same name starring Patrick Swayze, the new movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Elwood Dalton. In this remake, Dalton is a troubled former UFC fighter who becomes entangled in a web of ...
Florida ( / ˈflɒrɪdə / FLORR-ih-də) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east; and the Straits of Florida and Cuba to the south. About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of ...
The original version of Florida State Road 563 was a secondary route that ran north of US 92 along Dakota Avenue until Parkview Street, where it ran east to US 98. The segment between Lake Wire and what is today hidden Florida State Road 600 was part of former State Road 35A. The road was extended southbound along a new arterial in 1975 towards ...
