Where was A View to a Kill filmed?
1985 film by John Glen
A View to a Kill (1985) was filmed in Paris, San Francisco and Pinewood Studios: 3 recorded filming locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, France. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Part of the James Bond film series · the Eon James Bond series
Filming locations
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Towns & cities
San Francisco
United States
city and county in California, United States
“The rest of the major filming was done at Fisherman's Wharf, Dunsmuir House, San Francisco City Hall and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.” Wikipedia
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Studios & sets
Pinewood Studios
England
British film studio and television studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
“The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in London, Iceland, Switzerland, France and the United States with the budget initially being $35 million.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Paris
France
capital and most populous city in France
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 20 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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Towns & cities
London
England
capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
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Landscapes & nature
Great Britain
United Kingdom
island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe
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Landscapes & nature
Seine
France
river in France
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Streets & squares
Golden Gate Bridge
United States
suspension bridge on the San Francisco Bay
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Landmarks & buildings
San Francisco City Hall
United States
city hall for the City and County of San Francisco, California, USA
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Landmarks & buildings
Ascot Racecourse
England
horse racing venue in England
“Principal photography began with the horse racing scenes at Ascot Racecourse on 1 August 1984.” Wikipedia
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Studios & sets
007 Stage
England
sound stage located at Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
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Towns & cities
Oakland
United States
city in and county seat of Alameda County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
San Francisco Bay Area
United States
metropolitan area in California, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Eiffel Tower
France
tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France
“Several French landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, its Jules Verne restaurant and the Château de Chantilly were filmed.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Jökulsárlón
Iceland
glacial lake
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Towns & cities
Ascot
England
town in Berkshire, England
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Castles & palaces
Château de Chantilly
France
Opulent chateau in Chantilly, France rebuilt after the Revolution, with a major art collection, equine museum & gardens.
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Towns & cities
Fisherman's Wharf
United States
neighborhood of San Francisco
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Towns & cities
Chantilly
France
commune in Oise, France
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Landmarks & buildings
Dunsmuir House
United States
Historic Estate in Oakland, CA
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Towns & cities
Boissy-Saint-Léger
France
commune in Val-de-Marne, France
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Landmarks & buildings
Amberley Museum
England
open-air industrial museum in West Sussex, United Kingdom
“The scene in which Bond and Sutton enter the mineshaft was then filmed in a waterlogged quarry near Staines-upon-Thames and the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum in West Sussex.” Wikipedia
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Streets & squares
Lefty O'Doul Bridge
United States
bridge in San Francisco
“The Lefty O'Doul Bridge was featured in the fire engine chase scene.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Piz Scerscen
Switzerland
mountain
Places whose own article says it was shot there
4 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Vatnajökull Iceland
“The glacier was used as the setting for the opening sequence (set in Siberia) of the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill, in which Bond (played for the last time by Roger Moore) eliminated a host of armed villains before escaping in a submarine to Alaska.” Wikipedia
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Ascot Racecourse England
“The racecourse has been used for filming many times – most notably three times in James Bond productions, the first being in A View to a Kill (1985), where Bond (played for the last time by Roger Moore) was beginning his mission to defeat Max Zorin (Christopher Walken), whose horse was racing there.” Wikipedia
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Champ de Mars France
“Champ de Mars was used as a filming location in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill, in which Bond (played for the last time by Roger Moore) drove a Renault 11 taxi which he had hijacked at the Eiffel Tower in pursuit of a mysterious assassin, later revealed to be May Day (Grace Jones).” Wikipedia
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Fisherman's Wharf United States
“Numerous other films have used Fisherman's wharf as a filming location, notably, the 1962 film noir Experiment in Terror and the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in California, Iceland, Switzerland, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable (a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote), so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
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- The Birds 1963
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Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does A View to a Kill have?
3 places recorded on Wikidata, and 20 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 3 countries.
In which countries was A View to a Kill filmed?
the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
Was A View to a Kill filmed at a studio?
Yes. Pinewood Studios, recorded on Wikidata as a filming location.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Ant-Man (2015), All About Eve (1950), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.