Wilmington, NCMovie & Television
Filming Locations

Corey Feldman

Coleman Ettinger’s House

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.Ike (Harry Dean Stanton) smoking as he walks passed Coleman’s backyard

The house of the Coleman Ettinger (Jason Robards) and his wife Gena (Piper Laurie), as seen from the front and also from the behind with New Hanover High School behind it. The alley that the gang wanders down throughout the movie is just behind the backyard.

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.The gang doing their morning ritual of trespassing

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.Swinging away in Coleman’s dreams on his front porch
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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.Bobby (Corey Feldman and Lainie (Meredith Salenger trying to recreate that dreamy magic in the backyard

At 13th and Princess, the other end of the block from Coleman’s house is where Leanie bikes back home from dance class at school, before then turning into Coleman’s front yard into the backyard. She is seen biking past these same three houses repeatedly (5 times, I counted), but from different angles to give the impression she is biking past several different houses.

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The Alley Behind Coleman’s House

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Used several times throughout the film, initially it is where the gang originates from before they traipse through Coleman’s (Jason Robards) yard and flowerbed.

It’s actually behind the location for Coleman’s house, which is also right across from New Hanover High School, the school they attended. Most of the cast walked down this alley at one point in the movie.

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Crane Shot to Restaurant Balcony

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.A popular spot to film

Early on, Coleman (Jason Robards), Gena (Piper Laurie), and Ike (Harry Dean Stanton) have some pleasant small talk on the character establishment train with a full stop at this balcony table.

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.The shot starts with a view looking up Market Street from Water Street

When I watched this film, I almost thought I saw it before because there was another movie which used that same exact balcony table at the same restaurant, and most likely was also a crane shot. I just can’t figure out what film it was, I thought maybe with Richard Dreyfuss, but that isn’t matching with anything he was in.

Later in the movie, Bobby/Coleman (Corey Feldman) and Lainie (Meredith Salenger) revisit this location during a montage.

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.Wining and dining? Aren’t they a bit young for alcohol?

This location itself has been many different restaurants over the years. A past bandmate used to work in the kitchen there when it was Roy’s Riverboat Landing.

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