Positioned on top of the car hood, Bobby/Coleman (Corey Feldman) and Lainie (Meredith Salenger) are just across the river from where so many montages were shot for this movie. That large building is the Alton Lennon Federal Building, which the horse-drawn carriage dragged past with both this couple and Coleman with Gena. The small building to the right is the restaurant also used by both. This is shot in the grassy area behind the parking lot of the Battleship North Carolina tourist site.
This was a puzzler for me as New Hanover High School doesn’t have any fields around it, as it is in an urban setting surrounded by houses and buildings. But then I saw the *barbed wire* fence surrounding the field, not something a school would have, so it must have been a private field. Then I saw it, the odd but distinctive tall brick structure which I’ve long believed is used for fire training, and I knew exactly the location, it had to be Legion Stadium. Mystery solved!
It’s also where Child Protective Services should have paid a visit to see Lainie’s mom, Cherry (Susan Blakely), and Cherry’s grumpy boyfriend Ron (John Ford Coley), who was willing to drug Lainie at her mother’s request. “Family values” goal achieved.
The actor that played Ron might have known the director Marc Rocco, as he previously appeared in another of Marc’s productions filmed in California. In total, Ron has four credited roles on IMDB, this appears to be his only appearance in a production in NC.
Strange that the production didn’t change the house number, it’s the real deal. This house is within the downtown Historic District, and a short walk to all the other filming locations.
