Landscapes & nature
Alcatraz Island
island in San Francisco, California, United States of America
United States · 37.8267, -122.4228
Alcatraz Island is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 8 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on. 1 video game is also set here. Published sources name it for more, each listed below with its publisher.
“Most of The Rock was shot on location in the Alcatraz Prison on Alcatraz Island.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Alcatraz Island as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Batman Forever 1995
- Escape from Alcatraz 1979
- The Rock 1996
- The Enforcer 1976
- Alcatraz 2012–
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Point Blank
1967
“To establish Walker's mythic stature, Soderbergh noted in the commentary that the film cuts from a shot of Walker swimming from Alcatraz Island to a shot of him on a ferry overlooking the same island, while a woman on the loudspeaker describes the impossibility of leaving the island.” Wikipedia
- Murder in the First 1995
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So I Married an Axe Murderer
1993
“Set in San Francisco, California, the film features familiar sights and neighborhoods of the Golden State metropolis, including the Golden Gate Bridge, the Palace of Fine Arts and Alcatraz.” Wikipedia
Set here
Video games that take place here. A game is filmed nowhere, so this is where the story is set rather than where a camera stood: a different claim from everything above, and kept under its own heading for that reason.
From published sources
Productions a newspaper, a film office, a broadcaster or the production itself says were filmed at Alcatraz Island, where no wiki records it. Each sentence below was found on its page and read before it was added, and its publisher is linked beside it.
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Boys and Girls
2000
Filming permit: Alcatraz Island San Francisco Film Commission, 2000
Drawn from this place
Video games whose Japanese Wikipedia article names Alcatraz Island as a real place their setting was modelled on. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here: somebody drew it from here. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, which is why it sits under its own heading, and each production’s page links the article the claim came from.
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
United States·under 1 km
prison in the San Francisco Bay
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Towns & cities
Fisherman's Wharf
United States·2 km south
neighborhood of San Francisco
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Streets & squares
Pier 39
United States·2 km south-east
shopping center in San Francisco, California
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Castles & palaces
Fort Mason
United States·2 km south
fort in San Francisco, California, USA
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Streets & squares
Ghirardelli Square
United States·2 km south
Public square in San Francisco, California
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Streets & squares
Fort Mason Tunnel
United States·2 km south
former rail tunnel in San Francisco
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Alcatraz Island?
8 productions are recorded as filmed at Alcatraz Island, including Batman Forever (1995), Escape from Alcatraz (1979) and The Rock (1996). 8 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Alcatraz Island?
Batman Forever (1995), covered by 56 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Alcatraz Island?
Alcatraz Island is in the United States. Its coordinates are 37.8267, -122.4228.
What other filming locations are near Alcatraz Island?
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (under 1 km), Fisherman's Wharf (2 km south), Pier 39 (2 km south-east), Fort Mason (2 km south) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.