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Alton Lennon Federal Building

Coleman and Gena’s Horse-drawn Carriage Montage

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.Coleman (Jason Robards) excitedly points, while Gena (Piper Laurie) endures his senior moment.

This montage was one of many in this movie. It made me wonder if any literary works contain montages.
Coleman and Gena ride on a carriage. They playfully drink wine illegally in public. They walk arm in arm just a few feet away and get blinded by the sun.

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.
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I guess that could work.

Mind you, the balcony that they eat at in the beginning is literally just at the corner, half a block away. They sure maximized their locations on this production. This area is along the Wilmington Downtown Riverwalk, which extends down to the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge.

The other shots are visible in the same map, just spin to the left and you’ll see Battleship North Carolina, and the building they are riding past is the Alton Lennon Federal Building, which is used in many other productions. I remember watching Shirley MacLaine directing the movie Bruno (2000), and there was a guy in a suit as background walking from his start over and over again with each take. I hadn’t experience being an extra yet, but was mesmerized with how it all worked, and thought that guy was funny for walking back and forth forever. I’d learn eventually the mastery of the cross, being sent on a path by an assistant director to add movement in the background.

Later in the movie, Coleman/Bobby (Corey Feldman) and his stolen date Lainie (Meredith Salenger) recreate these same moments.

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.Hmm, should a senior-citizen trapped in a young man’s body be courting a high schooler?

Lastly, this is also the same exact location of the morning Tai Chi, with the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge in the background.

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.Ike (Harry Dean Stanton) and Gena do their best to ignore Coleman’s gratuitous display of public exercise

Bobby and Lainie’s Make Out Spot

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.I swear, they just can’t escape a 1-mile radius for filming this whole movie

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.

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