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| {{w|Zodiac (film)|Zodiac}}
 
| {{w|Zodiac (film)|Zodiac}}
| {{w|San Francisco Bay Area}}
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| {{w|San Francisco Bay Area}}, CA
| San Francisco Bay Area and {{w|Los Angeles}}
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| San Francisco Bay Area and {{w|Los Angeles}}, CA
 
| San Francisco Bay Area, CA
 
| San Francisco Bay Area, CA
 
| According to {{w|Zodiac_(film)#Production|Wikipedia}}, "The San Francisco Chronicle was built in the old post office in the Terminal Annex Building in downtown Los Angeles. A building on nearby Spring Street subbed for the Hall of Justice and the San Francisco Police Department. Production began on September 12, 2005. The filmmakers shot for five weeks in the San Francisco Bay Area and the rest of the time in Los Angeles, bringing the film in under budget, wrapping in February 2006. The film took 115 days to shoot."
 
| According to {{w|Zodiac_(film)#Production|Wikipedia}}, "The San Francisco Chronicle was built in the old post office in the Terminal Annex Building in downtown Los Angeles. A building on nearby Spring Street subbed for the Hall of Justice and the San Francisco Police Department. Production began on September 12, 2005. The filmmakers shot for five weeks in the San Francisco Bay Area and the rest of the time in Los Angeles, bringing the film in under budget, wrapping in February 2006. The film took 115 days to shoot."
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| {{w|The Rock (film)|The Rock}}
 
| {{w|The Rock (film)|The Rock}}
 
| {{w|Alcatraz Island}}
 
| {{w|Alcatraz Island}}
| Alcatraz Island
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| Alcatraz Island, CA
 
| Alcatraz Island, CA
 
| Alcatraz Island, CA
 
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| {{w|Napoleon Dynamite}}
 
| {{w|Napoleon Dynamite}}
| {{w|Preston, Idaho|Preston}}, Idaho
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| {{w|Preston, Idaho|Preston}}, ID
| Preston, Idaho
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| Preston, ID
 
| {{w|Idaho}} (not including Preston)
 
| {{w|Idaho}} (not including Preston)
 
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| {{w|The Sandlot}}
 
| {{w|The Sandlot}}
| Suburban {{w|Los Angeles}}
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| Suburban {{w|Los Angeles}}, CA
| {{w|Salt Lake City, Utah}}
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| {{w|Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City}}, UT
 
| {{w|Idaho}}, {{w|Utah}}
 
| {{w|Idaho}}, {{w|Utah}}
 
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| {{w|Wild Wild West}}
 
| {{w|Wild Wild West}}
 
| The southwest area  
 
| The southwest area  
| {{w|Tucson, Arizona}}; {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico}}; {{w|Pierce, Idaho}}
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| {{w|Tucson, Arizona|Tucson}}, AZ; {{w|Santa Fe, New Mexico|Snata Fe}}, NM; {{w|Pierce, Idaho|Pierce}}, ID
 
| {{w|Nevada}}
 
| {{w|Nevada}}
 
| Set near {{w|Promontory Point}}, UT
 
| Set near {{w|Promontory Point}}, UT
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| {{w|Independence Day (1996 film)|Part of Independence Day}}
 
| {{w|Independence Day (1996 film)|Part of Independence Day}}
| Grand Canyon & Area 51
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| Grand Canyon, Area 51
| Utah / Nevada
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| Utah, Nevada
 
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| {{w|The Truman Show}}<br>but with desert in the background
 
| {{w|The Truman Show}}<br>but with desert in the background
 
| "Seahaven" (fictional place in the Los Angeles, CA area)
 
| "Seahaven" (fictional place in the Los Angeles, CA area)
| Seaside, Florida, and Los Angeles, California
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| Seaside, FL, and Los Angeles, CA
 
| Las Vegas NV, California, Arizona
 
| Las Vegas NV, California, Arizona
 
| If it were filmed in Las Vegas...
 
| If it were filmed in Las Vegas...
 
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| {{w|Tombstone (film)|Tombstone}}
 
| {{w|Tombstone (film)|Tombstone}}
| {{w|Tombstone, Arizona|Tombstone, AZ}}
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| {{w|Tombstone, Arizona|Tombstone}}, AZ
 
| Arizona
 
| Arizona
 
| rowspan="2" | Southern Arizona
 
| rowspan="2" | Southern Arizona
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| {{w|The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz}}
 
| {{w|The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz}}
 
| Kansas, Oz
 
| Kansas, Oz
| Culver City, California
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| Culver City, CA
 
| Kansas, Colorado
 
| Kansas, Colorado
 
| The Judy Garland version, presumably. The earth parts.
 
| The Judy Garland version, presumably. The earth parts.
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| {{w|8 Mile (film)|8 Mile}}
 
| {{w|8 Mile (film)|8 Mile}}
| Wayne County, Michigan
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| Wayne County, MI
 
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| {{w|Duck Dynasty}}
 
| {{w|Duck Dynasty}}
| {{w|West Monroe, Louisiana|West Monroe, LA}}
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| {{w|West Monroe, Louisiana|West Monroe}}, LA
 
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| Northern Louisiana and Mississippi
 
| Northern Louisiana and Mississippi
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| {{w|Miami Vice}}
 
| {{w|Miami Vice}}
| Miami
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| Miami, FL
 
| Television show: Many episodes in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, FL, also Broward and Palm Beach counties, FL; Film: Caribbean, Uruguay, Paraguay and South Florida
 
| Television show: Many episodes in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, FL, also Broward and Palm Beach counties, FL; Film: Caribbean, Uruguay, Paraguay and South Florida
 
| Miami metro area
 
| Miami metro area
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| N/A
 
| N/A
 
| Washington DC, Baltimore, New York City, Philadelphia
 
| Washington DC, Baltimore, New York City, Philadelphia
| Washington DC has a reputation for requiring extensive fees and permits to film within the city. As a result, most movies set in DC are filmed somewhere else entirely. Thus, DC movie backgrounds would only give a viewer an idea of what a generic city would look like.  
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| Washington, DC has a reputation for requiring extensive fees and permits to film within the city. As a result, most movies set in DC are filmed somewhere else entirely. Thus, DC movie backgrounds would only give a viewer an idea of what a generic city would look like.  
 
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| {{w|Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact}}
 
| {{w|Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact}}
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| {{w|Pet Sematary}}
 
| {{w|Pet Sematary}}
| Ludlow, Maine
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| Ludlow, ME
| Hancock, Maine
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| Hancock, ME
 
| Maine
 
| Maine
 
| Misspelled SemEtary in the comic.
 
| Misspelled SemEtary in the comic.
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| Boston, MA
 
| Boston, MA
 
| Boston & New York
 
| Boston & New York
| Boston
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| Boston, MA
 
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