Gallery: See What Famous Movie Locations Look Like Today With This Nifty App
Photos by SCENEPAST01Back 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.)
Photos by SCENEPAST02Back to the Future- 545 Victory Blvd WIRED Today
Today that garage is gone—but the Burger King remains.
Photos by SCENEPAST03Big Lebowski- 8017 W 3rd St WIRED 1997
The opening shot of 1998's *The Big Lebowski* tracked a tumbleweed past this taco shop. Today...
Photos by SCENEPAST04Big Lebowski- 8017 W 3rd St WIRED Today
...it's a gas station. Progress!
Photos by SCENEPAST05Blues 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...
Photos by SCENEPAST06Blues Brothers-15097 Leavitt Avenue WIRED Today
...all that remains are lampposts and a driveway divider.
Photos by SCENEPAST07Diamonds 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...
Photos by SCENEPAST08Diamonds 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.)
Photos by SCENEPAST09Do 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...
Photos by SCENEPAST10Do The Right Thing- Stuyvesant and Lexington Ave WIRED Today
..there's a building in front. (But you can still see the mural.)
Photos by SCENEPAST11Ferris 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...
Photos by SCENEPAST12Ferris 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.
Photos by SCENEPAST13Ghostbusters- 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...
Photos by SCENEPAST14Ghostbusters- 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.)
