Mar 13, 2014 6:30 AM

Gallery: See What Famous Movie Locations Look Like Today With This Nifty App

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Back to the Future- 545 Victory Blvd WIRED 1985
The exterior for Doc Brown's garage in *Back to the Future* (1985) was built in a Burger King parking lot. The next image shows what it looks like today. (Expand the gallery to fullscreen for the best experience.)
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Back to the Future- 545 Victory Blvd WIRED Today
Today that garage is gone—but the Burger King remains.

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Big Lebowski- 8017 W 3rd St WIRED 1997
The opening shot of 1998's *The Big Lebowski* tracked a tumbleweed past this taco shop. Today...
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Big Lebowski- 8017 W 3rd St WIRED Today
...it's a gas station. Progress!

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Blues Brothers-15097 Leavitt Avenue WIRED 1980
The Dixie Square Shopping Center was the backdrop for a memorable car chase sequence in 1980's *The Blues Brother*. Today...
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Blues Brothers-15097 Leavitt Avenue WIRED Today
...all that remains are lampposts and a driveway divider.

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Diamonds are Forever- Fremont Street and N Casino Blvd - Las Vegas WIRED 1971
*Diamonds Are Forever*, the 1971 James Bond movie, careened down Fremont St. in Las Vegas. Today...
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Diamonds are Forever- Fremont Street and N Casino Blvd - Las Vegas WIRED Today
...it's closed to cars and roofed over. (Still has the loosest slots in town, though.)

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Do The Right Thing- Stuyvesant and Lexington Ave WIRED 1988
The corner of Stuvesant Ave. and Lexington Ave. in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood acted as a backdrop for 1989's *Do The Right Thing*. Today...
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Do The Right Thing- Stuyvesant and Lexington Ave WIRED Today
..there's a building in front. (But you can still see the mural.)

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Ferris Bueller- North Dearborn and West Schiller Street WIRED 1985
In 1986, Ferris Bueller spent part of his day off impersonating the Sausage King of Chicago here. Today...
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Ferris Bueller- North Dearborn and West Schiller Street WIRED Today
...it's just some building. Phew, glad that architecture graduate degree could finally come in handy.

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Ghostbusters- 129 Mulberry WIRED 1984
On their way to bust ghosts in 1986's *Ghostbusters*, the titular crew swung by venerable Greenwich Vilalge Italian restaurant Umberto's Clam House. Today...
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Ghostbusters- 129 Mulberry WIRED Today
...it's a different Italian restaurant. NOT SO VENERABLE NOW, ARE YA? (Don't worry, Umberto's just moved across the street.)

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Taxi Driver- 620 8th Ave WIRED 1975
In 1976, Travis Bickle hung out here in *Taxi Driver*. Today...
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Taxi Driver- 620 8th Ave WIRED Today
...it's the site of the New York Times Building. So much for a rain coming to wash the scum off the streets, we guess.

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The French Connection- 138 Delancey WIRED 1971
Ratner's, a deli on Manhattan's Lower East Side, was a popular kosher deli that popped up in 1971's *The French Connection*. Today...
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The French Connection- 138 Delancey WIRED Today
...it's a place you [trust for the rest of your life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1DCw9gXTCw&t=0m24s).

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Vertigo- Eddy & Gough WIRED 1958
Jimmy Stewart went all over San Francisco in 1958's *Vertigo*, incluing the intersection of Eddy and Gough. Today...
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Vertigo- Eddy & Gough WIRED Today
...it's drastically different. The Lutheran church in the background was destroyed in a fire in 1995.

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