Where was Animal House filmed?
1978 film by John Landis
Animal House (1978) was filmed in Eugene, Cottage Grove and University of Oregon — 3 recorded filming locations in the United States. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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Filming locations
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Eugene
🇺🇸 United States
city in and county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States
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Cottage Grove
🇺🇸 United States
city in Lane County, Oregon, USA
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University of Oregon
🇺🇸 United States
public research university in Eugene, Oregon, USA
“The film National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) was filmed on the university campus and the surrounding area.” Wikipedia
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 9 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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Los Angeles
🇺🇸 United States
seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
“After he consulted with other senior administrative colleagues who advised him to turn it down due to the lack of artistic merit, the college campus scenes set at Berkeley were shot at USC in Los Angeles.” Wikipedia
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University of Southern California
🇺🇸 United States
private university in Los Angeles, California, United States
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Portland
🇺🇸 United States
seat of Multnomah County, and largest city in state of Oregon, United States
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Denver
🇺🇸 United States
consolidated city-county and capital of the U.S. state of Colorado
“The first preview screening for Animal House was held in Denver four months before it opened nationwide.” Wikipedia
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University of Missouri
🇺🇸 United States
public research university in Columbia, Missouri, USA
“Every place that had 'the look' said, 'no thank you.'" The University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) gave consent to shoot the movie at the college, but President Herbert W. Schooling withdrew permission to film there after reading the script.” Wikipedia
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Columbia
🇺🇸 United States
city in and county seat of Boone County, Missouri, United States
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Springfield
🇺🇸 United States
city in Lane County, Oregon, United States
“Staying at the Rodeway Inn motel in adjacent Springfield, an old piano was moved from the lobby into McGill's room, which became known as "party central." James Widdoes, who played Hoover, remembers, "It was like freshman orientation.” Wikipedia
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Johnson Hall
🇺🇸 United States
historic building at the University of Oregon, USA
“Not knowing the story, they were bemused to see a horse being led into Johnson Hall.” Wikipedia
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Dexter
🇺🇸 United States
unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States
“The nearby Dexter Lake Club was used in the filming of the road trip scene in the 1978 movie Animal House.” Wikipedia
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- The General 1926
- Pulp Fiction 1994
- The Dark Knight 2008
- Back to the Future 1985
- Fight Club 1999
- The Terminator 1984
- Interstellar 2014
- The Avengers 2012
- The X-Files 1993–2018
- How I Met Your Mother 2005–2014
- Blade Runner 1982
- Spider-Man 2002
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- Battlefield Hardline
- 24: The Game
- Duke Nukem
- Mario Kart Tour
- Hotel Dusk: Room 215
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction per its source work 2022
- Track & Field
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Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Animal House have?
3 places recorded on Wikidata, and 9 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
The General (1926), Pulp Fiction (1994), The Dark Knight (2008), Back to the Future (1985) 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.