Wilmington, NCMovie & Television
Filming Locations

New Hanover High School

High School

Where Jeffery pulls up to pick up Sandy, and her boyfriend spies this from across the street in the tennis courts.

This is a real high school, so don’t go lurking around the campus, but feel free to walk around the public areas.

Also used by:
Dream a Little Dream (1989)

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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