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  • Demolition Man // 1993: Park Place, Irvine. The corporate mall...

    Demolition Man // 1993: Park Place, Irvine. The corporate mall doubled for a futuristic city in the Sylvester Stallone movie.

  • Accepted // 2006: Chapman University, Orange. The campus stands in...

    Accepted // 2006: Chapman University, Orange. The campus stands in for phony South Harmon Institute of Technology created by Justin Long in the comedy co-starring Jonah Hill.

  • The Endless Summer // 1966: Capistrano Beach, Dana Point. Various...

    The Endless Summer // 1966: Capistrano Beach, Dana Point. Various non-surfing shots, as well as the iconic beach image on the poster were captured here.

  • American Pie 2 // 2001: Main Street, Seal Beach. The...

    American Pie 2 // 2001: Main Street, Seal Beach. The boys drive through a beachside town on their way to summer vacation.

  • Beaches // 1988: Crystal Cove State Park. The beach house...

    Beaches // 1988: Crystal Cove State Park. The beach house getaway of Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey is one of the historic Crystal Cove cottages.

  • Borat // 2006: The Outlets at Orange (formerly The Block)....

    Borat // 2006: The Outlets at Orange (formerly The Block). Borat finally meets Pamela Anderson at the now defunct Virgin Megastore.

  • Rain Man // 1988: Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center –...

    Rain Man // 1988: Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center – Brothers Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman say goodbye at the train tracks.

  • The Hangover III // 2013: The 73 Toll Road. The...

    The Hangover III // 2013: The 73 Toll Road. The soon-to-be released sequel to the 2009 hit shut down a stretch of toll road from Costa Mesa to Newport Beach for two days in October 2012.

  • The Ring // 2002: Orange County Register building, Santa Ana....

    The Ring // 2002: Orange County Register building, Santa Ana. Reporter Naomi Watts investigates her cursed videotape in the paper's newsroom and basement.

  • Kindergarten Cop // 1990: Westfield MainPlace Mall, Santa Ana. A...

    Kindergarten Cop // 1990: Westfield MainPlace Mall, Santa Ana. A chase in the beginning of the movie runs through the mall.

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Since the silent era, Hollywood has traveled to Orange County dozens of times for locations less familiar to moviegoers than the overly used Los Angeles area. For example, the Old County Courthouse in Santa Ana remains a regular filming location, and Newport Harbor was where the Minnow sailed from at the beginning of each episode of “Gilligan’s Island.” Here are some of the more notable local filming locations of the last few decades.