Film locations in Sonoma County, California

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Film locations in Sonoma County, California are a diverse set of sites throughout this California county, where all or parts of notable motion pictures have been produced. Due to the scenic and varied aspects of Sonoma County, a large number of films have been made within this County. Some of the earliest U.S. filmaking occurred in Sonoma County such as the 1914 production 1914 Salomy Jane and Bronco Billy Anderson produced in 1915. Many of these films are classics in American cinematography such as the 1947 film The Farmer's Daughter, starring Joseph Cotten and Loretta Young, and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds produced in 1963, which was also partially filmed in adjacent Marin County. Many other more modern classics have used Sonoma County as a filming venue, including the 1990 production of the Flatliners and the 1992 film Basic Instinct. A few of the other representative films produced partially in Sonoma County are:

[edit] Representative film locations

Sonoma County has hosted several major motion picture films:

Bodega

Cloverdale

Cotati

Glen Ellen

Occidental

  • 1993 Nowhere to Run - Taylor Lane and Occidental with farmhouse and pond scenes.

Penngrove

Petaluma

Rohnert Park

Russian River

  • 1914 Salomy Jane - Guerneville, Monte Rio (also Marin County, near Mount Tamalpais).
  • 1995 Braveheart - Along the river.
  • 1942 Holiday Inn - Village Inn Lodge in Monte Rio as the "Holiday Inn" with tons of artificial snow.

Sebastopol

Santa Rosa See: Santa Rosa

Sonoma

  • 1973 American Graffiti - Schellville along Highway 121 between Napa and Petaluma.[2]
  • 1978 Magic of Lassie - Hop Kiln Winery.
  • 1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream - Sonoma (also Oakland, San Bruno, San Francisco, and Marin.
  • 1996 Scream - Sonoma Community Center on East Napa Street.[3]
  • 2001 The Animal - Sonoma City Hall as Police Headquarters; Historic Plaza.

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Flatliners filming locations
  2. ^ "Behind the Scenes of American Graffiti". PETALUMA CELEBRATES AMERICAN GRAFFITI. Retrieved on 2006-10-24.
  3. ^ Stack, Peter (1996-12-20). "FILM REVIEW -- Satirical `Scream' Is Out for Blood -- and Lots of It", San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved on 2007-01-27. 
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