>>> YOU KNOW THE SAYING LOCATION IS EVERYTHING, AND WHEN IT COMES
TO THE MOVIES, MAKING HOLLYWOOD
IS PRIME REAL ESTATE.
>> IT CERTAINLY IS, AND SO MANY
FILMS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS
JUST AS MUCH A PART OF THE
ACTION AS THE ACTORS.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT WE DID, WE
CALLED UP OUR PAL, JASON
KENNEDY, WITH SOME OF THOSE
ICONIC LOCATIONS.
>> WE HAD SO MUCH FUN SHOOTING THIS PIECE.O MUCH FUN SHOOTING
THIS PIECE.
EVERYWHERE YOU TURN IN L.A. IS A
MOVIE LOCATION.
SO I SPENT A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH MY FRIENDS TOURING THE CITY.WITH
MY FRIENDS TOURING THE CITY. MY WIFE, LAUREN, WHOS HERE WAS
WITH ME.
WITH ME. SOME OF THE LOCATIONS YOURE
GOING TO RECOGNIZE, OTHERS NOT
SO MUCH.
SO MUCH.
IT WAS COOL.
TAKE A LOOK. >> THEY CALL LOS ANGELES THE
CITY OF ANGELS.
I DIDNT FIND IT TO BE THAT
EXACTLY.
EXACTLY.
>> LOS ANGELES IS A LOT OF THINGS, HOME TO GLITZ, GLAMOUR,
AND A DUDE.
>> THE BIG LEBOWSKI IS SHOT ALL
OVER L.A.
OVER L.A.
>> THIS IS JOHNNYS WHERE JOHN GOODMAN JUST WANTED TO ENJOY HIS
COFFEE.
COFFEE.
>> IM FINISHING MY COFFEE. >> ITS ALSO WHERE MR. ORANGE
MET HIS SUPERIOR AND RESERVOIR
DOG.
>> THE LA BREA TAR PITS, ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC SHOOTING ONE OF
THE MOST ICONIC SHOOTING LOCATIONS IN L.A.
ITS WHERE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
WENT FOR A SWIM IN "THE LAST
ACTION HERO" AND WHERE THE EARTH
ERUPTED IN 1997S "VOLCANO."
ALL OF L.A. IS A MOVIE SCENE.
THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL PLAYED HOST
TO FRANK SINATRA AND GENE KELLY
IN "ANCHORS AWAY" IN 1945 AND
BOULMICHE IS NOW A DESTINATION
AFTER THIS SCENE IN "PRETTY
WOMAN."
WOMAN."
>> BIG MISTAKE. BIG, HUGE.TAKE.
BIG, HUGE. >> HOW WAS BUSINESS.
IT WASNT A MISTAKE FOR YOU AT
ALL, HUH?
ALL, HUH? >> IT WAS GREAT FOR BUSINESS.
>> AND NO PLACE IS MORE POPULAR
THAN DOWNTOWN L.A.
THATS WHY I BROUGHT MOVIE EXPERT NIKKI NOVAK FROM FAN
DANGO AND MY BUDDY, MATT, TO
HELP ME EXPLORE.
>> I DONT KNOW IF YOU GUYS
REMEMBER "500 DAYS OF SUMMER".
>> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> BUT THIS IS THE BENCH AND SAID THIS IS MY FAVORITE SPOT.
>> WE ALSO SWUNG BY ANGELS
FLIGHT.
FLIGHT.
>> "LA LA LAND" WAS SHOT HERE. >> NEXT WAS THE MILLENNIUM BUILT
MORE HOTEL WHERE MORE THAN 250
MOVIES HAVE BEEN SHOT.
>> THIS IS A PRETTY FAMOUS SCENE
FROM "BEVERLY HILLS COP."
>> YES, DO YOU HAVE A
RESERVATION FOR AXLE FOLEY?
>> IVE SHOT TWO TV SHOWS HERE
RIGHT HERE IN THIS SAME SPOT.
>> "GHOST BUSTERS" WAS SHOT
HERE.
HERE.
THIS IS WHERE SLIMER GOT PUT IN THE BOX.WHERE SLIMER GOT PUT IN
THE BOX.
I LOVE THE LINE BILL MURRAY SAID.E THE LINE BILL MURRAY
SAID.
>> WE CAME, WE SAW, AND WE KICKED IT., WE SAW, AND WE
KICKED IT. >> NEXT UP, THIS HIDDEN GEM IN
THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN.
>> ITS ACTUALLY EASY TO WALK BY
THE HOTEL BARCLAY, BUT THERES
REALLY COOL THINGS THAT HAPPENED
HERE.
HERE.
>> GETTING THE BRANGELINA VIBE?
THIS IS WHERE THEY SHOT THE FIRST SCENE FOR "MR. AND MRS.
SMITH."
SMITH."
>> THIS IS WHERE HELEN HUNT GAVE
JACK NICHOLSON HIS MEALS IN "AS GOOD AS IT GETS."S MEALS IN "AS
GOOD AS IT GETS." >> BUT THE MOST ICONIC LOCATION
IS THE GRIFFITH PARK
OBSERVATORY.
OBSERVATORY.
>> THIS IS A PRETTY ICONIC
PLACE.
WHAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL?
>> FIRST AND MOST OBVIOUSLY, ITS LOCATION, LOCATION,USLY,
ITS LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.
LOCATION.
THIS PLACE WAS A SET FOR HOLLYWOOD MOVIE BEFORE IT EVEN
OPENED.
OPENED.
IT WAS A GENE AUTRY SINGING COWBOY WESTERN SCIENCE FICTION
MYSTERY CALLED "THE PHANTOM
EMPIRE."
EMPIRE."
>> AND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS ITS CONTINUED TO BE A GO-TO LOCATION
FOR FILMS, WITH TWO OF THE MOST
FAMOUS BEING "REBEL WITHOUT A
CAUSE" WITH JAMES DEAN AND MOST
RECENTLY, "LA LA LAND."
>> BUT THIS IS THE SPOT RIGHT
HERE FOR BOTH OF THOSE MOVIES.
THIS WAS THE DRIVEWAY.
>> THIS IS EXACTLY IT.
>> THE OBSERVATORY IS A COMBO
PLATE OF MOVIE HISTORY AND
ROMANCE.
ROMANCE.
YOU CAN HAVE A QUIET MOMENT WITH
A LOVED ONE IN THE SAME PLACE
JAMES DEAN HAD A KNIFE FIGHT IN
"REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE."
OR SIMPLY REVEL IN A MOMENT IN
THE CITY OF STARS.
>> LOOK AT THIS VIEW. >> IVE SEEN BETTER.W.
>> IVE SEEN BETTER. >> ITS THE WORST.
>> LOOK AT THIS VIEW.
>> IVE SEEN BETTER.
>> THIS IS THE WORST.
>> LOOK AT YOU AND YOUR LOVER.
>> SHOUTOUT TO MY SWEET WIFE AND
NIKKI FROM FANDANGO AND MATT
LANTER.
LANTER.
>> BY THE WAY, WE LEARNED A LOT TOO.Y THE WAY, WE LEARNED A LOT
TOO.
>> IM HERE FOR YOU. >> DONT FORGET TO TUNE INTO E!