🏙 Towns & cities
Petaluma
city in Sonoma County, California, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 38.2458, -122.6314
Petaluma 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.
“Much of the 1973 movie American Graffiti directed by George Lucas and produced by Francis Ford Coppola was filmed in Petaluma.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Petaluma 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.
- American Graffiti 1973
- Cujo 1983
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Howard the Duck
1986
“The location scout was stumped for a location for the sequence; after she described what she was looking for, a telephone repairman working in her office in San Francisco suggested Petaluma, California for the scene.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Petaluma?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Petaluma, including American Graffiti (1973), Cujo (1983) and Howard the Duck (1986). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Petaluma?
American Graffiti (1973), covered by 48 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Petaluma?
Petaluma is in the United States, at 38.2458, -122.6314.
What other filming locations are near Petaluma?
San Rafael, Skywalker Ranch, San Anselmo, Richmond 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 Robert Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0.