Where was Moonraker filmed?
1979 film by Lewis Gilbert
Moonraker (1979) was filmed in Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, Venice and Pinewood Studios — 4 recorded filming locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Brazil. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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Filming locations
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🏙 Towns & cities
Los Angeles
🇺🇸 United States
seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
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🎬 Studios & sets
Pinewood Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
British film studio and television studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
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🏙 Towns & cities
Venice
🇮🇹 Italy
capital city of Veneto, Italy
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🏙 Towns & cities
Rio de Janeiro
🇧🇷 Brazil
city of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 12 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
Palmdale
🇺🇸 United States
city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
“Much of the film was shot in the cities of London, Paris, Venice, Palmdale, California, Port St. Lucie, Florida, and Rio de Janeiro.” Wikipedia
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🎬 Studios & sets
007 Stage
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
sound stage located at Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
“The main shooting was switched from the usual 007 Stage at the Pinewood Studios to Epinay and Billancourt Studios in France, because of the high taxation in Britain at the time.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Iguaçu Falls
🇦🇷 Argentina
waterfalls on the Igazú River on the border of Misiones, Argentina and Paraná, Brazil
“The Iguaçu Falls, in the south of Brazil, was used in the film, although as Q notes, the falls were supposedly somewhere in the upper basin of the River Amazon.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Kennedy Space Center
🇺🇸 United States
US space launch site in Florida
“All of the space centre scenes were shot at the Vehicle Assembly Building of the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, although some of the earlier scenes of the Moonraker assembly plant had been filmed on location at the Rockwell International manufacturing plant in Palmdale, California.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Sugarloaf Mountain
🇧🇷 Brazil
peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
“Sugarloaf Mountain was a prominent location, and during filming of the midair cable car sequence in which Bond and Goodhead are attacked by Jaws, stuntman Richard Graydon slipped and narrowly avoided falling to his death.” Wikipedia
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🎬 Studios & sets
Billancourt Studios
🇫🇷 France
film studios located in Paris
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Vaux-le-Vicomte
🇫🇷 France
Nicolas Fouquet's castle in Maincy
“For example, the property was used as the California home of the main villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker.” Wikipedia
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Château de Guermantes
🇫🇷 France
château
“The remaining interiors, including some of the scenes with Corinne Defour and the drawing room, were filmed at the Château de Guermantes.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Amazon
🇵🇪 Peru
river in South America
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🏙 Towns & cities
Port St. Lucie
🇺🇸 United States
city in St. Lucie County, Florida, United States
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Tikal
🇬🇹 Guatemala
ruins of major ancient Maya city
“The exterior of Drax's pyramid headquarters in the Amazon rain forest near the falls was actually filmed at the Tikal Mayan ruins in Guatemala.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lake Berryessa
🇺🇸 United States
reservoir in Napa County, California, United States
“The skydiving sequence was coordinated by Don Calvedt under the supervision of second unit director John Glen and was shot above Lake Berryessa in northern California.” Wikipedia
Places whose own article says it was shot there
1 place 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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Port St. Lucie United States
“Part of the James Bond film Moonraker was shot in Port St. Lucie, on the St. Lucie River.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in California, Florida, Guatemala, 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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Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Moonraker have?
4 places recorded on Wikidata, and 12 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 4 countries.
In which countries was Moonraker filmed?
the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy and Brazil.
Was Moonraker filmed at a studio?
Yes. Pinewood Studios, recorded on Wikidata as a filming location.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Pulp Fiction (1994), The Dark Knight (2008), Back to the Future (1985), Fight Club (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.