Holy smokes, the car chase scene is about the best I've witnessed. Easy to see how Jim Cameron was influenced by these locations for T2:Judgement Day. Thanks for documenting these locals (is it "locals" or spelled exotically like "localles"?). Peace and love to the Crucial household!
To Live and Die in LA was one of my favorite 80's movies to watch on rented VHR tapes. Growing up on the east coast this was what I thought LA looked like. I now live in Southern California and have been to every location shot in the movie from Palmdale to San Luis Obipo to San Pedro and of course LA.
I also had a VHS copy that a father's friend gave to me. I watched it until I wore it out. RIP Darlanne Fluegel. I enjoyed her performance as William Peterson's informant girlfriend.
Lucky you !! I am Belgian.. hope to visit California in the near future but by the looks of it.. especially LA, .. it seems really dangerous. Since you live there, can i ask if you think it's safe to visit as a tourist at the moment ?
Dutch cameraman Robbie Muller shot this movie, really great stuff, fantastic movie, saw it in the theatre in january 2020, Muller’s wife was there and told some interesting stories about the shoot. She even had the crew jacket with her! Great work on this video and all your location items, LOVE IT👍
Such an underrated classic. I still have soundtrack on vinyl that I bought from musicland in 1987. Thanks for putting this video together! Musta been a lot of work! Amazing job!
The best film locations content on TH-cam and pretty much the whole internet. Thanks again for your work. Can't wait for this channel to get bigger so you can maybe travel and do locations in other states and countries. Would love to see you do: Breakin 2 electric bogaloo, Back to the future, Cool as Ice, Risky Business, Home Alone... man I can go on and on. Thanks again!
Reshoots has done the best Back to the Future and Electric Boogaloo location vids I've seen so far. : P th-cam.com/channels/zpZMC0HZw5p6hQxRZaaCiQ.html
Wanna convey a belated THANK YOU for going into great detail(s) in showing the locations and/or buildings that are now vs/ what they looked like during the movie. And insofar as movies go, "To Live And Die In LA" is not only one of my all-time favorite flicks, but it's also "criminally" underrated. IMO, the car chase scene is still the best in movie history.
Very cool. You covered a lot of locations. One of my favorite 80's movies. I just watched it again 2 days ago and so you doing the locations is an amazing coincidence. I remember the first time watching the movie and i was shocked when Master's bodyguard shot Jimmy dead with a shotgun blast to the chest. I wasn't expecting that. That was so brutal! It kinda set the tone for the movie. Great upload. Thanks!!
It's also weird to see a cop going all psycho to avenge the demise of his partner. That also was part of the 'tone' of the movie. It gave me the creeps how Chance behaved... like exploiting his informant in many ways...causing massive traffic jams and horrible accidents, kidnapping a federal plain clothes officer to get his flash cash for the deal with Masters. I mean how dirty can a cop be ? They could've named the movie Bad Lieutenant 2.... 😂
Great movie! True story my buddies cousin works for Willem directly for a long time now ive never met him but he called once I happened to be at a cookout with them and I could hear him on speaker it was awsome!!!!! He's one of my favorite actors
I saw this film with my father the day it opened at the Mann National in Westwood. I loved it. This film also surprised me in the way events unfolded. I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen this Friedkin masterpiece from 1985. It's a great L.A. movie and a time capsule of the city in the mid-eighties. It's based on a novel by Gerald Petievich, a former Secret Service/Treasury agent who has written several good novels including The Sentinel made into a film with Michael Douglas and Money Men adapted as Boiling Point with Wesley Snipes and Dennis Hopper. But his best book is Earth Angels about an undercover cop from the LAPD's controversial CRASH unit taking down an East L.A. Gang. Absolutely badass novel. Brian DePalma should make it into a movie NOW.
Thanks for paying respect to this much beloved movie of mine! Several major interests and hobbies are inspired by this movie from trains and the darker side of Downtown and the LA River onward.
Awesome! Thanks for the upload! I was a young Marine during the filming of this movie! I was stationed at Camp Pendleton and I remember the Airport being sectioned off for the filming. I was going to Lexington Kentucky on leave. So cool.
I just came across this and it brought back a FLOOD of memories. I was in the navy and my ship was in the former Long Beach Naval Shipyard!. My GF at the time was an "aspiring actress" who had a bit part in the movie. I watched the filming of Chance as "he" ( or the stunt ) drove off the San Pedro bridge. WHAT A SCENE! the movie is one of my favorites and the soundtrack I still pay to this date!
Wonderful episode ! More over bc so much is still there. I just love this movie. I saw it for the first time in the 2000s but it brings me back to that 80s feel more than some of the movies which i had seen back in the 80s. Love the soundtrack... it's on my playlists now. It is just one of those very underestimated 80s gems.
I lived at 5050 woodman and hung out at my neighbors house apt 5 many times. Yup the interior was filmed inside. The tenent knows about it too and has a copy of the movie😊
You must be a la native...new to your channel...i saw this when it came out in 85 i was 12.. i just so happen to have this movie in my phone lol. Obviously 1 of my all time favourite movies...thank you for bringing us this work, i hope your able to do more. Damian
Excellent video, Dude. Longtime Pasadena native. Useless trivia: The house that was Max Waxman's office was, around the time of filming, a chiropractor's office/home. The Union 76 gas station at Walnut and Los Robles (pronounced by non-Hispanic Pasadenans as "Las Robels" for some reason) went through a number of changes to become an Arco station which currently sells cash only gas (debit cards OK) at the lowest price in Pasadena. The guy who played Max Waxman, Christopher Allport, died, along with two others, in a southern California ski resort avalanche in 2008.
Just got my DVD of To Live And Die In L.A. from eBay and about to enjoy it on Themis Saturday night. Decided I’d have to revisit it again after watching you location’s video
Totally awesome video about my all time favorite movie. Thank you so much for taking the time to put it together. Cheers 🍻 from Montreal Quebec Canada 🇨🇦
La Bamba and this video just placed 80s Life above Grimm, Daze, Woo, Scott and History Hunters. We won't talk about Attia. Fabulous researched materials and infos and damn entertaining actually. Well done Now I'm excited to see your next post
I actually think better than those mentioned and I'm a fan of all of them. This was well researched, well filmed, well edited and well narrated. Loved the matching angles too.
Another GREAT video!!!.....So just because of this movie I had to do the Vincent Thomas Bridge when I visited L.A. last Year, I crossed over it twice with the top down, What a Rush!!!
What an amazingly incredible movie it was. A real edge of the seat crime thriller👍💯 Saw it with my late pop when it initially debuted in theaters back in early November of '85??
I watched this movie just to watch your video; it was an amazing movie with an awesome soundtrack, and a unexpected story, loved it; and your video makes it better :)
I never get tired of watching this movie it's brilliant! Really enjoy your "then and now" videos they're very well done and witty too. Any chance of a then and now video for Miracle Mile one of my all time favourite films!
Amazing job, well done! I'ill use this footage if someday I visit L.A. and I will do all this locations tour. Thanks! This film haunt me since many years
thank you for doing this. was always wondering about locations of this awesome underrated film. as amazing as your terminator and falling down filming location editions. take care.
Great Stuff. As Always. WE LOVE IT.... WE LOVE L.A. ha. Remember the Classic...Video. Randy Newman. You are Knocking it Out of The Park.. Great Job Again..
The location a 11231 S. Main was also used in the movie colors. The location of the seen where the two guys were talking with some guys playing basketball in the background was a few blocks north of there. At 107th street elementary school. Your videos bring back a lot of memories. Thank you 😊
Excellent video! Note: if anyone finds themselves out film spotting and goes to where the gym is on Beverly blvd in LA, Swingers Coffee Shop across the street has excellent food.
In 1990 I went to Shipwreck Joey's Cabaret to photograph the building and the bridge. I uploaded them to my photo site. So glad I went. BTW, it was the same building used in Fight Club. Too bad you didn't find Masters house. That looked pretty posh. Thanks for the upload.
Absolutely brilliant, I haven't seen this film for many many yrs, going to have to give it a re watch now I've seen this. I know I've requested a few films but I'm gonna add another to the list . How about Beverly hills cop 2 as it's my fav out of the 3 films. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks for all the hard work that goes into making these videos
Thank you so much for posting this...alot of work on your end and with google maps it's all easy. I never knew that the warehouse he was printing is in Palmdale, I always thought it was way out in the Mojave.
Thanks for taking the time & effort to find these movie locations. I can't remember who used it first but I find the church stakeout in the rain looks very similar a scene in miami vice. Maybe a superfan can say what episode it is.
Fantastic video!. Great to see those places from the film, some of them are completely unchanged. Seems kinda eerie standing there on the scene of where it all took place nearly 40 years ago. I’d be there all the time if I lived there, as it’s in my top 5 of all time. Best US cop film ever, hands down. I love ‘lethal weapon’ and Miami vice, but this wipes the floor with both of those. Great job!
Great soundtrack even greater movie!!!! One of my top five favs of all time, William Petersen was awesome along with William Defoe…..INCREDIBLE MOVIE
Yeah, agree. A top 5 all timer for me too!
Also future Quantum Leap actor Dean Stockwell, also awesome as the shady lawyer.
Holy smokes, the car chase scene is about the best I've witnessed. Easy to see how Jim Cameron was influenced by these locations for T2:Judgement Day.
Thanks for documenting these locals (is it "locals" or spelled exotically like "localles"?).
Peace and love to the Crucial household!
OMG! One of my favourite movies ever! Wang Chung.... Great soundtrack! Thank you!
My pleasure. Thank you
To Live and Die in LA was one of my favorite 80's movies to watch on rented VHR tapes. Growing up on the east coast this was what I thought LA looked like. I now live in Southern California and have been to every location shot in the movie from Palmdale to San Luis Obipo to San Pedro and of course LA.
I also had a VHS copy that a father's friend gave to me. I watched it until I wore it out. RIP Darlanne Fluegel. I enjoyed her performance as William Peterson's informant girlfriend.
Lucky you !! I am Belgian.. hope to visit California in the near future but by the looks of it.. especially LA, ..
it seems really dangerous. Since you live there, can i ask if you think it's safe to visit as a tourist at the moment ?
@@alainvosselman9960 LA is not really any more dangerous than any other big city. Just be smart.
Dutch cameraman Robbie Muller shot this movie, really great stuff, fantastic movie, saw it in the theatre in january 2020, Muller’s wife was there and told some interesting stories about the shoot. She even had the crew jacket with her! Great work on this video and all your location items, LOVE IT👍
Sadly, he passed away in 2018.
Highly underrated 80s film. Great soundtrack and gritty.
Great film! Unfortunately it's not well known
One of my all-time favourite movies. Great music. Powerful stuff.
Such an underrated classic. I still have soundtrack on vinyl that I bought from musicland in 1987. Thanks for putting this video together! Musta been a lot of work! Amazing job!
The Music by Vector Hold was Excllent and the Video an Outstanding peice of work
The movie was lost to time for a while , a bit more iconic these days, truly a hidden jem, excellent job with the locations...great movie!
Great job! I saw this when it came out in 1985 when I was 12. It still remains one of my all-time favorites.
Thank you for watching
The best film locations content on TH-cam and pretty much the whole internet. Thanks again for your work. Can't wait for this channel to get bigger so you can maybe travel and do locations in other states and countries. Would love to see you do: Breakin 2 electric bogaloo, Back to the future, Cool as Ice, Risky Business, Home Alone... man I can go on and on. Thanks again!
Nick P is also good too
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. We will be traveling soon, I hope
Reshoots has done the best Back to the Future and Electric Boogaloo location vids I've seen so far. : P
th-cam.com/channels/zpZMC0HZw5p6hQxRZaaCiQ.html
Wanna convey a belated THANK YOU for going into great detail(s) in showing the locations and/or buildings that are now vs/ what they looked like during the movie. And insofar as movies go, "To Live And Die In LA" is not only one of my all-time favorite flicks, but it's also "criminally" underrated. IMO, the car chase scene is still the best in movie history.
Thank you very much, I appreciate it. And I agree about it being underrated
I hear they had to close the Long Beach (710) Freeway for 6 consecutive weekends to get the shot! Agree. It's the best Chase Scene ever!
I’ve never seen this movie and this is still fire!!!!!
Going to watch the movie tonight FYI
Thank you. You'll enjoy it
Good luck, I couldn’t finding it streaming anywhere online 🤷
See it at all costs!! From the most die hard fan.
Very cool. You covered a lot of locations. One of my favorite 80's movies. I just watched it again 2 days ago and so you doing the locations is an amazing coincidence. I remember the first time watching the movie and i was shocked when Master's bodyguard shot Jimmy dead with a shotgun blast to the chest. I wasn't expecting that. That was so brutal! It kinda set the tone for the movie. Great upload. Thanks!!
Awesome. Yeah the ending is a huge shock. Thank for for watching
It's also weird to see a cop going all psycho to avenge the demise of his partner. That also was part of the 'tone' of the movie. It gave me the creeps how Chance behaved... like exploiting his informant in many ways...causing massive traffic jams and horrible accidents, kidnapping a federal plain clothes officer to get his flash cash for the deal with Masters. I mean how dirty can a cop be ? They could've named the movie Bad Lieutenant 2.... 😂
Great movie! True story my buddies cousin works for Willem directly for a long time now ive never met him but he called once I happened to be at a cookout with them and I could hear him on speaker it was awsome!!!!! He's one of my favorite actors
That's cool!
This was a fantastic movie that had a big impact on me in the 80s. thank you for posting this video.
My pleasure. Thank you
I hate to see that lovely bridge gone now! It was amazing to see it
I saw this film with my father the day it opened at the Mann National in Westwood. I loved it. This film also surprised me in the way events unfolded. I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen this Friedkin masterpiece from 1985. It's a great L.A. movie and a time capsule of the city in the mid-eighties. It's based on a novel by Gerald Petievich, a former Secret Service/Treasury agent who has written several good novels including The Sentinel made into a film with Michael Douglas and Money Men adapted as Boiling Point with Wesley Snipes and Dennis Hopper. But his best book is Earth Angels about an undercover cop from the LAPD's controversial CRASH unit taking down an East L.A. Gang. Absolutely badass novel. Brian DePalma should make it into a movie NOW.
Anything with William Defoe is fantastic! Thanks!😀
Thanks for paying respect to this much beloved movie of mine! Several major interests and hobbies are inspired by this movie from trains and the darker side of Downtown and the LA River onward.
Awesome! Thanks for the upload! I was a young Marine during the filming of this movie! I was stationed at Camp Pendleton and I remember the Airport being sectioned off for the filming. I was going to Lexington Kentucky on leave. So cool.
Thank you for watching
Well, that was a labor of love...thanks for doing a great job of putting that together!
I just came across this and it brought back a FLOOD of memories. I was in the navy and my ship was in the former Long Beach Naval Shipyard!. My GF at the time was an "aspiring actress" who had a bit part in the movie. I watched the filming of Chance as "he" ( or the stunt ) drove off the San Pedro bridge. WHAT A SCENE! the movie is one of my favorites and the soundtrack I still pay to this date!
One of my favorite movies ! Man does everything look different today then it did in the 80’s
Awesome job. Such a underrated film.
Thank you
My favorite film of all time.
This is a great film, greetings from Poland 🇵🇱
Wonderful episode ! More over bc so much is still there. I just love this movie. I saw it for the first time in the 2000s but it
brings me back to that 80s feel more than some of the movies which i had seen back in the 80s. Love the soundtrack... it's on my playlists now. It is just one of those very underestimated 80s gems.
Great video! That film is one of my '80s favorites. The car chase scene is epic.
Thank you
I lived at 5050 woodman and hung out at my neighbors house apt 5 many times. Yup the interior was filmed inside. The tenent knows about it too and has a copy of the movie😊
My favorite movie of all time. The cinematography on the car chase scene is spectacular.
You must be a la native...new to your channel...i saw this when it came out in 85 i was 12.. i just so happen to have this movie in my phone lol.
Obviously 1 of my all time favourite movies...thank you for bringing us this work, i hope your able to do more.
Damian
Great Vid again as always. My father and I watched this together as a rental in the late 80’s. Dare I say, it still stands the test of time.
Thank you
I love to live and let die at LA it’s my favorite movie thanks man
Thank you
Excellent video, Dude. Longtime Pasadena native. Useless trivia: The house that was Max Waxman's office was, around the time of filming, a chiropractor's office/home. The Union 76 gas station at Walnut and Los Robles (pronounced by non-Hispanic Pasadenans as "Las Robels" for some reason) went through a number of changes to become an Arco station which currently sells cash only gas (debit cards OK) at the lowest price in Pasadena. The guy who played Max Waxman, Christopher Allport, died, along with two others, in a southern California ski resort avalanche in 2008.
Just got my DVD of To Live And Die In L.A. from eBay and about to enjoy it on Themis Saturday night. Decided I’d have to revisit it again after watching you location’s video
love this movie, and thanks for showing where the scenes were filmed!
One of my favorite movies. Thanks for finding the filming locations.
I'm surprised at how much appears the same.
Great background music used in this! Great content made for Gen-X!
Thank you!!
Extra good music for this one, Vector Hold.
Totally awesome video about my all time favorite movie.
Thank you so much for taking the time to put it together.
Cheers 🍻 from Montreal Quebec Canada 🇨🇦
Absolutely my pleasure. Thank you so much for watching
Loving the new synthwave music upgrade. Your channel's getting real tight, good stuff Kurt
Thank you so much... thank you for noticing
La Bamba and this video just placed 80s Life above Grimm, Daze, Woo, Scott and History Hunters. We won't talk about Attia. Fabulous researched materials and infos and damn entertaining actually. Well done
Now I'm excited to see your next post
Wow.. just wow. Thank you so much. I really appreciate every word.
I actually think better than those mentioned and I'm a fan of all of them. This was well researched, well filmed, well edited and well narrated. Loved the matching angles too.
Another GREAT video!!!.....So just because of this movie I had to do the Vincent Thomas Bridge when I visited L.A. last Year, I crossed over it twice with the top down, What a Rush!!!
What an amazingly incredible movie it was. A real edge of the seat crime thriller👍💯 Saw it with my late pop when it initially debuted in theaters back in early November of '85??
The detail and thoroughness of your video just earned my sub. Great stuff 👍
Thank you very much, I really appreciate it
Awesome video on one of my favorite movies! Good job.
Thank you so much!
Cool insight into a great movie, possibly one of the 80s best. Thanks!
Excellent video mate👍👍
Thank you so much
It is amazing how cities change over time
Very cool
Much change..some constant
Cool times, back then L.A was great. To live and die in L.A had one of the best car chases filmed.
Wow! AWESOME!!! Been looking for this forever!😉
Awesome. Thank you for watching
I watched this movie just to watch your video; it was an amazing movie with an awesome soundtrack, and a unexpected story, loved it; and your video makes it better :)
I never get tired of watching this movie it's brilliant! Really enjoy your "then and now" videos they're very well done and witty too. Any chance of a then and now video for Miracle Mile one of my all time favourite films!
Thanks for this episode. I tried buying Billy Petersen a drink once, he declined. Still great to meet him though.
Absolutely one of the coolest channels on TH-cam!!! Great Content
Thank you so much!!
Thank you, Kurt. This is one of the best.
Dude - I could totally hug you right now! Thanks for doing this!
My pleasure. Thank you
Another awesome vid Kurt.
Top work 👌
Thank you so much
Great before/after views. Thanks for posting!
Loved the film, great video, thanks.
Absolutely love your work! Really enjoyed this one, haven't even seen it and guess what I'm watching tonight, I love LA movies. Ta.
Amazing job, well done! I'ill use this footage if someday I visit L.A. and I will do all this locations tour. Thanks! This film haunt me since many years
Awesome, thanks for making this excellent video.
Love this movie. Great work, thanks.
Great breakdown. Thanks for sharing.
thank you for doing this. was always wondering about locations of this awesome underrated film. as amazing as your terminator and falling down filming location editions. take care.
Fantastic job on this!!
Thank you so much!
Great Stuff. As Always. WE LOVE IT.... WE LOVE L.A. ha. Remember the Classic...Video. Randy Newman. You are Knocking it Out of The Park.. Great Job Again..
Thank you so much! And yes, definitely remember the song and video
The location a 11231 S. Main was also used in the movie colors. The location of the seen where the two guys were talking with some guys playing basketball in the background was a few blocks north of there. At 107th street elementary school. Your videos bring back a lot of memories. Thank you 😊
Yep. I show it in my colors video. Thank you for watching
Excellent video! Note: if anyone finds themselves out film spotting and goes to where the gym is on Beverly blvd in LA, Swingers Coffee Shop across the street has excellent food.
Good video and one my best 80’s movies and you did good job of locations in my home city 👍🏽
Thanks for the memories.
My pleasure thank you
Fantastic research. I've loved this movie since it came out.
Well done! Keep them coming.
Thank you
Thanks for filming this, it was so interesting. You got yourself a new sub
Awesome! Welcome!! Thank you so much
So so so cool :) Thank you
Awesome ! One of my favourite movies
Wow!!!! Awesome work.
Thank you
One of my favorite movies. Thank you for preparing this interesting video.
Great work on this video 👍
Thank you!
In 1990 I went to Shipwreck Joey's Cabaret to photograph the building and the bridge. I uploaded them to my photo site. So glad I went. BTW, it was the same building used in Fight Club. Too bad you didn't find Masters house. That looked pretty posh. Thanks for the upload.
Awesome. Thank you.
My pleasure. Thank you
I was like 10 years old when they filmed that movie close to my house on 20th and Mesa in San Pedro in 84
Awesome! I would have loved to have grew up out there at that time. Only got to visit there twice around the time when the film was released.
Absolutely brilliant, I haven't seen this film for many many yrs, going to have to give it a re watch now I've seen this. I know I've requested a few films but I'm gonna add another to the list . How about Beverly hills cop 2 as it's my fav out of the 3 films. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks for all the hard work that goes into making these videos
Thank you! And I've got that one on the list.
Awesome brings bk memories I have this movie and loved it always wanted to know the locations thank u
Great job great movie location work
Great work
Thank you so much for posting this...alot of work on your end and with google maps it's all easy. I never knew that the warehouse he was printing is in Palmdale, I always thought it was way out in the Mojave.
Amazing !!
I'm a real fan of to live and die in LA I like how they show all the locations that are still there even in recent times I guess in the year 2024.
Another great ep!
Thank you!!
I ws gonna comment "I'd like to see a video like this for Repo Man" and then I though I should search the channel first...glad I did!
Another BANGER!!!
Excellent research 🧐 BRAVO 🙌
Thank you!!!
Thanks for taking the time & effort to find these movie locations. I can't remember who used it first but I find the church stakeout in the rain looks very similar a scene in miami vice. Maybe a superfan can say what episode it is.
Very interesting video, thanks for doing it
My pleasure. Thank you
Fantastic video!. Great to see those places from the film, some of them are completely unchanged. Seems kinda eerie standing there on the scene of where it all took place nearly 40 years ago. I’d be there all the time if I lived there, as it’s in my top 5 of all time. Best US cop film ever, hands down. I love ‘lethal weapon’ and Miami vice, but this wipes the floor with both of those. Great job!