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Guest Post: 80s Movies Filming Locations in L.A.
You could say I'm a bit of an eighties nerd. I run the world's largest retro websites doyouremember.co.uk, I've written a book all about the 80s and I spend way too much time listening to 80s music and watching 80s movies. So you can probably imagine my excitement when I got the opportunity to jet off to L.A. on a mission to track down the filming locations of some of the very best movies of the eighties.
A business meeting in California gave me the opportunity to stay with some friends in San Diego for the weekend and these good and very patient friends of mine kindly agreed to spend a long day driving me hundreds of miles around L.A. hunting down cool photo opportunities.
When the good people at retro t-shirt store TruffleShuffle.co.uk heard about my forthcoming mission, they kindly agreed to give me the matching movie t-shirts to wear in each location. They have the coolest t-shirts in the world - seriously!
So at the weekend, after all the business meetings were concluded, I threw on my first 80s t-shirt and headed off in search of the first stop on our circular tour - Doc Emmet Brown's house from Back to the Future.
Next up was Elliott's house from E.T. (the Extra-Terrestrial)
The Jumpers of Christmas Past...
The world has literally gone crazy for kitsch, Cheesy Christmas Jumpers (or ugly jumpers as some people like to call them).
We have been hooked ever since Colin Firth fashioned a rather fetching Reindeer Jumper in Bridget Jones Diary, but it doesn't end or even begin there. The cult of the Christmas Jumper has reigned for quite some time now. Ever since grannies decided to take up knitting needles, keeping themselves busy with increasingly intricate, vivid, sparkly and even 3D, festive woolen fantasies, people have been either proudly flaunting this festive fashion or begrudgingly obliged to wear it at family functions.
If it seems all too familiar, you will probably recognise the deliberate fashion faux-pas from some of your favourite movies and TV shows. Remember these?
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 76!
Call Dr Legg it has to be the blinking Weekend!
So as we dramatically slow motion walk towards our fighter jet, helmet in one hand. So we can coolly but casually adjust our aviator shades let us be your heroic, slick back haired, F-16 Tom-Cat Pilot. As we hit a montage of us high fiving our wingman for retro movie greatness, weâll take off and tail spin for cinematic awesomeness before an aerial assault of celluloid magnificence.
Have a happy retro weekend!
SATURDAY 16th NOVEMBER
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) ITV London 3:45pm-6:05pm (2 hours 20 minutes)
The rebels are scattered across the galaxy after the Empire launches a devastating attack on their secret base. Luke Skywalker searches out a Jedi master to complete his training, while Han Solo and Princess Leia are relentlessly pursued by Darth Vader's space fleet. Sci-fi adventure sequel, with Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Alec Guinness and David Prowse.
Brand New Junk Food. Now that's food for thought....
Few things make the TruffleShuffle office as happy as a piping hot portion of Junk Food Clothing. As we've come to expect from the L.A based brand, this collection takes a pinch of vintage style mixes it with a spoonful of fashion and seasons it with a healthy dose of quality to create some amazing new Superhero, Music & Movie T-Shirts for him & her.
Here's a couple of my faves....
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 75!
Kneel before Zod! Itâs only the Weekend!
So like a cheap and trusted fast food service. let us be your Takeaway dealer of generic foreign descent as we prepare for you the most unhealthy, mouth salivating concoction of mighty mega movie greatness, we'll deliver to you free of charge within 10 miles cinematic awesomeness then we'll hand you a grease filled bag full of celluloid wonder. Mmmm tasty!
Have a happy retro weekend!
SATURDAY 9th NOVEMBER
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) ITV London 3:15pm-5:35pm (2 hours 20 minutes)
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 74!
Slugs, snails and puppy dogs tails it has to be the weekend!
So hidden away in the darkness at the tail end of Midnight. Inside a damp dingy cave, let us be your coven of haggard, wicked witches. Some tall, some short, some fat and some thin with boils and ragged clothes, topped off with pointed slightly askew hats, each one equal in their evilness to the last.
Stand in horror as we mix a potion to find retro movie greatness, before reciting the spell for cinematic fantasticness then finally we'll bask in the wickedness that is celluloide wonder.
Have a happy retro weekend!
SATURDAY 2nd November