Films in the Inland Empire

[Urbz]

The Inland Empire has had the honor to host a number of great movies in the past. Here are just a few.

1995
CONGO – Paramount Pictures
Starring Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, Laura Linney and Dylan Walsh
Filmed in San Bernardino

1996
EXECUTIVE DECISION – Silver Pictures/Warner
Home Video
Starring Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, and Oliver Platt
Filmed in Mojave Desert, San Bernardino and Chino

BROKEN ARROW – 20th Century Fox
Starring John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis and Delroy Lindo
Filmed in Barstow and Victorville

INDEPENDENCE DAY – 20th Century Fox
Starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, Vivica
A. Fox, Adam Baldwin and Brent Spiner
Filmed in Fontana

MULHOLLAND FALLS – MGM
Starring Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chris Penn, Treat Williams, Jennifer Connelly, Daniel Baldwin, Andrew McCarthy
and John Malkovich
Filmed in Desert Hot Springs

MY FELLOW AMERICANS – Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Lauren Bacall, Sela Ward and Bradley Whitford
Filmed in Perris

1997
U TURN – Columbia TriStar
Starring Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez, Powers Boothe, Claire Danes, Joaquin Phoenix, Jon Voight and Billy Bob Thornton
Filmed in the Coachella Valley

1998
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK – United Artists/MGM
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, Gérard Depardieu and Gabriel Byrne
Filmed in Riverside

1999
ERIN BROCKOVICH – Jersey Films/Universal Pictures
Starring Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Marg Helgenberger, Scarlett Pomers and Tracey Walters
Filmed in Barstow, Hinkley and Baker

PLAY IT TO THE BONE – Touchstone/Walt Disney Pictures
Starring Antonio Banderas, Woody Harrelson, Lolita Davidovich, Lucy Liu and Robert Wagner
Filmed in Barstow and Baker

DINOSAUR – Walt Disney Productions
Starring D. B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis, Julianna Margulies and Della Reese
Filmed in desert areas around Baker and the Trona Pinnacles

SPACE COWBOYS – Malpaso Productions/Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Cromwell, Marcia Gay Harden, William Devane, Loren Dean and Courtney B. Vance
Filmed in Moreno Valley, Victorville and Adelanto


Upcoming Releases

NEOWOLF – Small Potatoes Productions/Neopartners/Intermedia Artists
Starring Veronica Cartwright, Agim Kaba, Michael Frascino and Heidi Johanningmeier
Filmed in Palm Springs, Yucaipa, Beaumont and Whitewater
Releasing March 2007

DELTA FARCE – Lions Gate Films/Sleeping Marmots Production
Starring Keith David, Bill Engvall, DJ Qualls, Larry “The Cable Guy” and Danny Trejo
Filmed in Adelanto
Releasing May 2007

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLDS END – Buena Vista Pictures
Starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush and Jonathan Pryce
Filmed in Baker
Releasing May 2007

FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER – 20th Century
Fox/Fan Four Two Productions
Starring Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Ioan Gruffudd, Andre Braugher, Julian McMahon and Beau Garrett
Filmed in Baker
Releasing June 2007

TRANSFORMERS (AKA PRIME DIRECTIVE) – DreamWorks
Starring Josh Duhamel, Jon Voight, Anthony Anderson, John Turturro, Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and Rachel Taylor
Filmed in Adelanto and Rialto
Releasing July 2007

BLIND AMBITION – IMW Productions/Subcontinent Films, LLC
Starring Deep Katdare, Jaysha Patel, Christopher Atkins and Vanessa Angel
Filmed in Adelanto
Releasing 2007/8

COSMIC RADIO – Symbolic Entertainment/Cosmic Productions
Starring Gil Birmingham, Seymour Cassel and Ricardo Chavira
Filmed in Idyllwild
Releasing 2007/8

SLIPSTREAM – Blue Sky Media
Starring Anthony Hopkins, Michael Clarke Duncan, Lisa Pepper, Lana Antonova, S. Epatha Merkerson, Christian
Slater, Jeffrey Tambor and John Turturro
Filmed in Palm Desert and Yucca Valley
Releasing 2007/8

[Crater]

I was driving home when i saw a commotion on the closed end of the 210... and what did i see? Optimus Prime. So i watched em film a chase scene, and then blow up a metro bus.

[hunterhorror]

come on Urbs you forgot the original Night Of The Living Dead filmed in Crestline 1968

[kajaah117]

Fast and the Furious had a few shots that took place in the Inland Empire.

Also, David Lynch made a few films named after some locations associated with the Inland Empire. "Inland Empire," "Twin Peaks," and "Mulholland Dr."

[Urbz]

Thanks for the memory jog!