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What's SHOT in Vegas...

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1What's SHOT in Vegas... Empty What's SHOT in Vegas... Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:47 pm

AGEsAces

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Another thread got me wondering how popular Vegas has been in the
movies.

Here's a list of the movies shot there:

Released Title Comments
1960 Ocean's Eleven
1964 Viva Las Vegas
1970 Elvis: That's the Way It Is
1971 Diamonds Are Forever
1982 Things Are Tough All Over
1984 Starman
1986 Desert Bloom
1992 Cool World Directed by Ralph Bakshi.
1992 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid Locations Used: Hard Rock Cafe, various casino-hotel exteriors
1993 Saved by the Bell:Wedding in Las Vegas
1994 The Stand Locations used: Downtown Las Vegas
1995 CasinoLocations used: Riviera, The Landmark Hotel and Casino
1995 Leaving Las Vegas
1995 Showgirls Locations used: Forum Shops, Riviera, Stardust
1996 Mars Attacks! Locations used: Las Vegas Strip, Landmark Hotel
1997 Vegas Vacation Locations used: The Mirage, MGM Grand
1997 Con Air: Locations used: Sands Hotel
1997 Fools Rush In
1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Locations used: Las Vegas Strip, Riviera and Imperial Palace
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998 Lethal Weapon 4 Minor role: I-215, then unopened, doubled as a Los Angeles freeway
1998 Speedway Junky Locations Used: Las Vegas Strip, Desert areas beyond Vegas, Other various areas
1999 Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box IMAX 3D, Locations used: Siegfried and Roy Theater at The Mirage
2000 Pay it Forward The school scenes were shot in Centennial High School and other locations in Las Vegas were used, primarily the northwest section of town.
2001 Rush Hour 2 The last appearance of the Desert Inn which was used for shooting most of this movie before it was imploded.
2001 Ocean's Eleven Location used: fountains at Bellagio
2001 Rat Race Location used: The Venetian
2001 The Mexican Minor role
2001 Memento Minor role
2001 America's Sweetheart
2002 Getting There
2003 The Cooler
2003 Looney Tunes: Back In Action
2004 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Locations used: Monte Carlo, Fremont Street
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Locations used: Treasure Island
2005 Lucky You Locations used: Binions
2006 Rocky Balboa Locations used: Mandalay Bay
2007 Ocean's Thirteen
2007 Knocked Up Locations used: Cirque de Soleil
2008 21 Location used: Riviera Hotel and Casino, Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino
2009 The Hangover Location used: Riviera Hotel and Casino, Caesars Palace
2010 Somewhere Locations used: Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino
2010 Kites(Bollywood Film) Will be released on Apr-2010

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2What's SHOT in Vegas... Empty Re: What's SHOT in Vegas... Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:03 pm

grumpy old man

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And like I said in that thread Leaving Las Vegas is my fav... The Ocean's movies are also entertaining.

Now do the same with Winnipeg as the location...

3What's SHOT in Vegas... Empty Re: What's SHOT in Vegas... Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:03 pm

AGEsAces

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Or we could go with just movies SET in Vegas...
ironic some of the movies on this list are not on the one above...and vice-versa

Released Title Comments
1957 The Amazing Colossal Man A Nuclear Mutant terrorizes Vegas!!!.
1960 Ocean's Eleven The Rat Pack plans an elaborate heist of 5 casinos in one night.
1964 Viva Las Vegas With Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret starring, this was a perfect postcard from the city of shows and gambling.
1971 Diamonds Are Forever James Bond investigates a diamond smuggling pipeline and a reclusive billionaire.
1978 Corvette Summer Mark Hamill plays a car-loving geek who searches for his school's stolen Corvette.
1987 Over the Top Sylvester Stallone plays a truck driver.
1988 Rain Man Tom Cruise's character exploits Dustin Hoffman's character, who is an autistic savant, by using his amazing memorization skills to win big on Blackjack at Caesars Palace. Directed by Barry Levinson
1988 Midnight Run Robert DeNiro plays a bounty hunter escorting a Mafia accountant (Charles Grodin) into custody.
1991 Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991 Bugsy Directed by Barry Levinson.
1992 Cool World Directed by Ralph Bakshi.
1992 Honey, I Blew Up The Kid A giant 2 year-old toddler causes havoc on Fremont Street.
1992 Honeymoon in Vegas Written and directed by Andrew Bergman.
1993 Indecent Proposal Robert Redford pays $1,000,000 for one night with Demi Moore.
1994 The Stand Locations used: Downtown Las Vegas
1995 Casino Main characters played by Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci based loosely on mob real life figures Frank Rosenthal and Anthony Spilotro
1995 Showgirls Filmed at the Stardust and other locations throughout Las Vegas. Directed by Paul Verhoeven
1995 Leaving Las Vegas Nicolas Cage plays an alcoholic who wants to drink himself to death. He spends his last days with a hooker.
1995 Leprechaun 3 Warwick Davis The Leprechaun is on the loose again, this time trying his luck in Las Vegas.
1996 Swingers The two main characters make an ill-fated trip to Vegas early in the film, to help one forget a recent breakup. Exterior of the Stardust is shown, however interior casino shots were in the Fremont Hotel & Casino.
1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Filmed at the Riviera Hotel and Casino and on the Strip
1997 Con Air Starring Nicolas Cage
1997 Vegas Vacation Starring Chevy Chase
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompsons famous novel about the "Death of the American Dream".
1998 Speedway Junky An aspiring race car driver named Johnny (Jesse Bradford) gets stuck in Vegas and meets a group of street hustlers, one of whom, Eric (played by Jordan Brower), a gay hustler, falls in love with Johnny.
1998 Very Bad Things Black comedy directed by Peter Berg. The bachelor party scenes are set in Las Vegas.
1999 Go Life begins at 3 AM.
1999 Jack of Hearts
2000 Pay It Forward A young student at a public school in Clark County tries to start a movement to motivate people to help other people.
2001 3000 Miles to Graceland A gang of criminals dress as Elvis impersonators for a robbery. Kurt Russell played Elvis in a made for TV movie in 1979. Seeing Russell dressed as Elvis again was a treat for many in the audience.
2001 Rush Hour 2 Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) track the villain Ricky Tan (John Lone) to his Red Dragon Casino in Las Vegas where he plans to swap real U.S. money in winnings with fake printed money to jeopardize the U.S. economy.
2001 Ocean's Eleven Remake of Ocean's Eleven (1960 film) starring George
Clooney
, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, et al.
2003 The Cooler Comedy / gangster film about an unlucky man (William H. Macy) hired by a mob-run Vegas casino to kill off the lucky streaks the high rollers.
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2007 Resident Evil: Extinction Film adaptation of Capcom's game series Resident Evil
2007 Ocean's Thirteen Sequel to Ocean's Eleven and Twelve
2007 Lucky You Starring Drew Barrymore and Eric Bana, about a man trying to win the 2003 World Series of Poker tournament
2008 The Grand Featuring an ensemble cast including Woody Harrelson and Cheryl Hines, about a poker tournament played at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas
2008 21 Based on the book Bringing Down the House about the real life MIT Blackjack Team
2008 What Happens in Vegas Romantic comedy film starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher.
2008 Crazy Girls Undercover B-Movie, spy adventure starring Clive Robertson and Nikki Ziering.
2009 The Hangover Buddy comedy starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, and Heather Graham.

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