Where was Escape from L.A. filmed?
1996 film by John Carpenter
Escape from L.A. (1996) was filmed in Long Beach — 1 recorded filming location in the United States. It is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Filming locations
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 4 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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🛣 Streets & squares
Sunset Boulevard
🇺🇸 United States
thoroughfare in Beverly Hills, West Hollywood and Los Angeles, United States
“Several scenes were shot in Carson, including the Sunset Boulevard and freeway sequences.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Ventura
🇺🇸 United States
city in and county seat of Ventura County, California, United States
“To create the impression of a crowded post-apocalyptic freeway, 250 broken cars were sourced from a junkyard in Ventura.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Carson
🇺🇸 United States
city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
🇺🇸 United States
stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA
“One of the film's most well-known scenes, a basketball challenge where Plissken must make five cross-court baskets at ten second intervals, was filmed at the Los Angeles Coliseum.” Wikipedia
Also shot in these places
- Titanic 1997
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003
- Iron Man 2008
- American Beauty 1999
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011
- La La Land 2016
- Transformers 2007
- The Fast and the Furious 2001
- The Aviator 2004
- Donnie Darko 2001
- Angels & Demons 2009
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2011
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Escape from L.A. have?
1 place recorded on Wikidata, and 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United States.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Titanic (1997), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Iron Man (2008), American Beauty (1999) 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.