Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Filming Locations Guide

Quentin Tarantino returns with his 9th film, a beautiful masterpiece about the making of movies. Set against the backdrop of the Charles Manson murders in 1969, the story goes for a tour through Los Angeles, in the golden age of a hippie Hollywood about to change forever.

The movie contains a pantheon of celebrity stars, headed by Leonardo DiCaprio as actor Rick Dalton, Brad Pitt playing stuntman Cliff Booth and Margot Robbie portraying Sharon Tate. Burt Reynolds, Al Pacino, Damian Lewis, Luke Perry, Timothy Olyphant and Dakota Fanning complete the main cast.

These spoiler-free filming locations guide to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is expanding and complementing the info delivered by Fandango and other sources linked below:

The production shut down a couple of times Hollywood Boulevard between Cahuenga and Cherokee for shooting. Some 1960s neon signs and historical facades were recreated, including the Pussycat Theater (Hologram USA), the Vine, the Vogue and the iconic Chinese Theatre (where the film premiered on 22nd of July).
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The bar where DiCaprio and Pitt meet up with Al Pacino is the classic restaurant Musso & Frank Grill at 6667 Hollywood Blvd. Image courtesy of Columbia Pictures and Google Maps

The industry of the Spaghetti Western thrives at Melody Movie Ranch in Santa Clarita, the same Westworld filming location where the hit HBO series is shot. A night shoot took place at the nearby Saugus Speedway. The scenes of Rick recording The F.B.I. TV show were set in Cameron Nature Preserve at Puerco Canyon (Malibu). Image courtesy of Columbia Pictures and Google Maps

Rick lives near Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski house at 10050 Cielo Drive.
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His friend Cliff lives in a decrepit trailer next to a drive-in in Van Nuys, that was filmed in the Paramount Drive-in Theatres on Rosecrans Avenue. Image courtesy of Google Maps

The party is held at the real Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills, where magazine founder Hugh Hefner used to live until his death in 2017. Image courtesy of Columbia Pictures and Google Maps

Margot Robbie (Sharon Tate) goes to the movies in the Fox Bruin Theater. This historic landmark is located opposite the Regency Village Theatre in the intersection of Weyburn and Broxton, in the heart of Westwood Village. Image courtesy of Columbia Pictures and Google Maps

Some ugly modern buildings were removed digitaly from the background of the Capitol Records Building, in this shot taken from Ivar Ave. Image courtesy of Columbia Pictures and Google Maps

Pussycat is hitchhiking in front of Jackalope Pottery at 2018 W Burbank Blvd.
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Very little is left from the original sets of the Corriganville Movie Ranch, where movies and tv shows like Fort Apache or The Lone Ranger, were produced. The site was transformed into Corriganville Park in the late eighties, and appears in the movie as The Spahn Ranch. Image courtesy of Columbia Pictures and Dave Spindle - Map

Manson family members pioneered the art of dumpster-diving in the Super A Foods store at 2925 Division St. (Glassell Park). Image courtesy of Google Maps

Once Upon a Time was shooting exterior shots outside the landmark theater Pacific Cinerama Dome, at 6360 Sunset Boulevard. Image courtesy of Columbia Pictures and Google Maps

The psychedelic Age of Aquarius Mural at 6230 Sunset Boulevard was restored, originally painted in 1968 for the opening of the musical Hair at the Aquarius Theatre. Image courtesy of Google Maps

The Chili John’s in Burbank is retro diner restaurant also featured recently in the TNT series I Am the Night.
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A long-defunct Taco Bell at 14093 Newport Ave in Tustin was restored to its original condition by crew members.
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According to costume designer Arianne Phillips, there's a scene in Joseph’s Café, doubling as Pandora’s Box. Image courtesy of Google Maps

A sequence with paparazzi was filmed at Cicada Restaurant, situated on the ground floor of the dazzling Art Deco James Oviatt Building. Image courtesy of Floyd B. Bariscale - Map

Rick and Cliff go to get drunk in Casa Vega at 13301 Ventura Blvd (Sherman Oaks).
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Tarantino used El Coyote restaurant in Beverly Blvd, the same place where the victims of the Manson Family had their last supper on the night of August 8, 1969. Image courtesy of Columbia Pictures - Map

Al Pacino was also starring in another great movie of 2019: Check out our article about The Irishman filming locations following this link.

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