Parks in Movies

[alexr]

Sorry if this has been done before however What theme parks/amusment parks have you seen in movies and was it a good or bad film.
Heres One I know of, The Parole officer features the big one in it. Also what is the park from Tom Hank's Big?

 

[Snoo]

Rollercoaster.

 

[RCF]

Rollercoaster.

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National Lampoon.

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

Kennywood in Adventureland, and then I think it was some park in Georgia for Zombieland.

 

[Waffleman]

Beverly Hills Cop 3 is almost entirely set at Canada's Wonderland (I think)
And it also includes the "Disaster!" ride from Universal Studios Florida (with aliens).

 

[davidm]

^ no; its Great America (Ca version)

Edit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109254/locations

 

[Waffleman]

Aah, I didn't think it was Canada's Wonderland, it's just my brother always told me it was.

 

[Darren B]

IOA was the set for Bring it on...In it to win it, And even used the Duelling dragons as part of the storyline, gotta love a chick flick with a bit of coaster action

 

[Intricks]

IoA was also part of the newer version of House on Haunted Hill (or something along those lines). Circus Circus was in Baby Geniuses (old disney flick), Richie Rich has the one coaster from Six Flags Great Adventure, Iron Wolf, featured in it, and I want to say it was Viper from SFMM (I THINK it was Viper, I could be entirely wrong) that was featured in the horrid Final Destination 3. Those are all the ones that I can name off the top of my head. I know I have seen more, just not sure or 100% positive on them.

 

[furie]

Spy Kids 2 had the opening scene at Six Flags Over Texas, heavily modified of course :lol:

 

[madhjsp]

theres final destination 3
roller coaster
beverly hills cop 3
zombieland
adventureland
california man

 

[davidm]

This topic comes up from time to time

There used to be quite a good list on the http://www.coaster-net.com/sl/movietvappearances.php but that page is "not found" now.


EDIT : Just found their updated list page; http://www.coaster-net.com/special-list ... pearances/

 

[Intricks]

Oh, the second Silent Hill movie has a small amusement park in it, I just can't remember which park it is ><

 

[Ashstrodamus]

There was a coaster in True Romance but I'm not sure where it is located.

 

[furie]

Wasn't it Knotts Berry or SFMM? It was in the LA area wasn't it?

 

[Ben]

Oh, the second Silent Hill movie has a small amusement park in it, I just can't remember which park it is ><

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[rollermonkey]

Also what is the park from Tom Hank's Big?

Playland Park, in Rye, New York.

One of the only decent sized parks run by a government body (Rye County Parks & Recreation, IIRC) there is some complaint that it is tax supported and typically doesn't turn any profit.

 

[davidm]

I watched Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans last night (obv. set in New Orleans) and there was a traffic accident scene with Mega Zeph rather prominantly in the background.

In fact the scene would have been shot on the roadway (the service road rather than the main road) behind the ride in this pic from rcdb.

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And just to repeat what I posted earlier there is a long list of these HERE

 

[marc]

Smokey and the Bandit also went into a theme park and went through a coaster but I cannot remember which film number it was

There was a Wonder Women also at SFMM.

 

[Anonymous]

I have seen several theme parks (Tokyo Dome, Sea Paradise, Tobu Zoo, etc...) in Japanese dramas...