🏞 Landscapes & nature
La Brea Tar Pits
protected area
🇺🇸 United States · 34.0631, -118.3558
La Brea Tar Pits is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 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.
“The tunnels were built out of structural steel, metal rod, plaster and concrete to endure the fire effects, and had its design based on the La Brea Tar Pits, with Muto describing them as "just the sort of place in which a creature from another planet might feel at home".”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names La Brea Tar Pits 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.
- Species 1995
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Volcano
1997
“Filming sites include MacArthur Park, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the La Brea Tar Pits.” Wikipedia
- Land of the Lost 2009
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at La Brea Tar Pits?
3 productions are recorded as filmed at La Brea Tar Pits, including Species (1995), Volcano (1997) and Land of the Lost (2009). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at La Brea Tar Pits?
Species (1995), covered by 38 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is La Brea Tar Pits?
La Brea Tar Pits is in the United States, at 34.0631, -118.3558.
What other filming locations are near La Brea Tar Pits?
Long Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Ambassador Hotel and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
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 Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.