Movie locations around the world part 9

Welcome to part 9 of my quest for finding movie locations around the world. Left images are from the actual films and to the right are my visits to the spots.

You may also be interested in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 and Part 8.

Mission Impossible 6 (2018)

Mission Impossible 6: Rue de Montpensier, Paris

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is being followed by Ilsa (Rebecca Ferguson) past the plaque honouring playwright Molière…

Mission Impossible 6: Rue de Montpensier, Paris

…before he goes west into the colonnade.

Mission Impossible 6: Palais Royal, Paris

Not surprisingly, she founds him in the garden of Palais Royal…

Mission Impossible 6: Palais Royal, Paris

…where they have a clandestine meeting beneath the trees.

Mission Impossible 6: Quai Saint-Michel, Paris

Ethan have another secret meeting with White Widow (Vanessa Kirby) on the passageway along the quai near Notre Dame.

Mission Impossible 6: Rue de Nevers, Paris

After their truck gets stuck at Rue de Nevers, allegedly the narrowest street in Paris, Ethan and Walker (Henry Cavill) get on their motorbikes which just happens to be parked at the right spot.

Tenet (2020)

Tenet: Linnahall, Tallinn

The first scene of Christopher Nolan’s time-busting movie features Linnahall, a concert hall in the harbour of Tallinn, posing as the Kiev Opera House.

Tenet: Tjuvholmen, Oslo

But soon they are off to Oslo, as Robert Pattinson and John David Washington walk down Tjuvholmen Allé…

Tenet: Opera House, Oslo

…and have a chat on the roof of the Opera House.

The Italian Job (1969)

The Italian Job: Palazzo Carignano, Turin

The Italian Job is without a doubt the most famous movie to be shot in Turin, and well-known over all of northern Italy. The scene everybody knows is the car chase with the small Fiat Dino Coupes, built at the Fiat factory in Turin. It all starts with the vehicle swap inside the Palazzo Carignano…

The Italian Job: Palazzo Carignano, Turin

…where Michael Caine and his merry band gets behind the wheel of the three Fiat cars…

The Italian Job: Galleria Subalpina, Turin

…which are driven down the stairs of the Galleria Subalpina…

The Italian Job: Piazzo Castello, Turin

…before exiting the galleria with a sharp turn onto Piazzo Castello…

The Italian Job: Piazza San Carlo, Turin

…where they finally drive south in the elegant arcade alongside Piazza San Carlo. This is where the famous “chicken grab” scene takes place, which has been re-enacted many times (most recently by chef Gino D’Acampo as he visited Turin during his Italian Express show from 2019).

The Italian Job (2003)

The Italian Job: Piazza San Marco, Venice

In this remake, inferior to the suave original, Donald Sutherland and Marky Mark Wahlberg discuss business in Venice. They start in front of the two columns at Piazza San Marco…

The Italian Job: Piazza San Marco, Venice

…before continue walking along the Molo quay.

Excalibur (1981)

Excalibur: Cahir Castle, Cahir, Ireland

This classic fantasy tale by John Boorman has a lot of scenes from Cahir Castle in southern Ireland. The walls of the castle were stormed by the knights and Arthur himself was knighted while kneeling in the cold moat. Cahir Castle has been the location for several movies, such as Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 drama Barry Lyndon. It was also featured as Camelot in The Green Knight (2019), as well as the Ridley Scott movie The Last Duel (2020).

3 Days to Kill (2014)

3 Days to Kill: Rue de l’Abreuvoir, Paris

Ethan (Kevin Costner) is determined to make his daughter Zooey (Hailee Steinfeld) enjoy his bike present. He starts by carrying her bike along Rue de l’Abreuvoir, one of the most photogenic streets in Paris.

3 Days to Kill: Louvre, Paris

He slowly discovers that there are other things in life to take care of as well….

3 Days to Kill: Louvre, Paris

…such as sharing a sunrise over Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois from a (normally closed) gate in the Louvre.

John Wick 3 (2019)

John Wick 3: Avenue Mohamed Zerktouni, Essaouira

John Wick (Keanu Reeves) leaves New York city for Morocco. Even though he goes to “Casablanca”, the scenes are actually from the port city of Essaouira.

John Wick 3: Avenue Mohamed Zerktouni, Essaouira

He casually walks down the bazaar while everyone is staring at him. Kind of how I felt walking there too.

John Wick 3: Grand Central Station, New York

Naturally, it doesn’t take long before he is back in the Big Apple, busy killing people in front of the clock in Grand Central Station.

John Wick 4 (2023)

John Wick 4: Saint-Eustache, Paris

John Wick (Keanu Reeves) goes on a gory rampage of “gun fu” all across Paris. In a rare moment of tranquility, he enters the church Saint-Eustache to have a chat with Caine (Donnie Yen)…

John Wick 4: Rue Foyatier, Paris

…before causing mayhem in familiar places, such as the long stairs at Rue Foyatier.

Spartacus (1960)

Spartacus scene: Hearst Castle, San Simeon

The original Spartacus movie with Kirk Douglas is one of the classic “sand and sandals” spectacles from the golden age of Hollywood. The Hearst Castle in Californian village San Simeon was transformed into the villa of Crassus. The legendary Laurence Olivier stars as the wealthy Roman, walking by the Neptune Pool built by William Randolph Hearst in the 1920s….

Spartacus scene: Hearst Castle, San Simeon

…before proceeding up the ornate stairs to the main house.

Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

The International: Quai Tournelle, Paris

Woody Allen and Goldie Hawn walks down the stairs from Pont de la Tournelle to the quay…

The International: Quai Tournelle, Paris

…where they perform the infamous gravity-defying dance scene.

Ronin (1998)

Ronin: Rue Drevet, Paris

The movie starts with Robert De Niro walking down the long stairs at Rue Drevet in Montmartre, before meeting the crew inside the bar on the corner. The building has been demolished and the interior was all in a studio, but it’s a nice scene.

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Saving Private Ryan: Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy

In the emotional intro scene, the digitally aged character of Matt Damon walks across the endless fields of white crosses in the American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. This is located close to the Omaha beach and other places where the action took place during Operation Overlord in 1945.

The International (2009)

The International: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Clive Owen steps into the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue, instantly recognized from the architecture, before having an extended gunfight along the ramparts.

Carlito’s Way (1993)

Carlito’s Way: Grand Central Station, New York

Another movie with several New York locations is Carlito’s Way, where Brian De Palma tried to repeat his success with Scarface and do a sort of spiritual successor. This means that we have a lot of scenes where Al Pacino is involved in shootouts, such as the dramatic scene in the escalator of Grand Central Station.

Once (2006)

Once: Harry street, Dublin

The merry couple meet up with some buskers next to the Phil Lynott statue on Harry street, next to the busy Grafton street.

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Homeland: National Museum of the American Indian, New York

Just as the first Ghostbusters movie, the lacklustre sequel is filmed in New York city. The museum where it all happens is the National Museum of the American Indian, located in the old U.S. Custom House.

The Quiet Man (1952)

The Quiet Man: Derryerglinna, Ireland

In the middle of nowhere in the countryside of westernmost Ireland, this old bridge can be found. This is were John Wayne got off his wagon about 70 years ago.

Cast Away (2000)

Cast Away: Red Square, Moscow

Tom Hanks plays the overly ambitious postman, who starts the movie with a job just outside the Kremlin Walls on the Red Square of Moscow. The historic Kremlin Clock on the Spasskaya Tower can be clearly seen in the background.