Where was Sleeping Dogs filmed?
1977 film by Roger Donaldson
Sleeping Dogs (1977) was filmed in Coromandel Peninsula, Coromandel and Queen Street, 3 places named in its Wikipedia article, in New Zealand. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as New Zealand. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 3 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
Queen Street
🇳🇿 New Zealand
major commercial thoroughfare in Auckland, New Zealand
“According to Neill's autobiography, one of the first scenes shot where Smith escapes the police van on Auckland's Queen Street was filmed without permits, police permission, or extras during a crowded Friday lunchtime.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Coromandel
🇳🇿 New Zealand
town in New Zealand
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Coromandel Peninsula
🇳🇿 New Zealand
peninsula in New Zealand
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in New Zealand, 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.
Filming locations that are mapped there: New Zealand
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Sleeping Dogs have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 3 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
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.