Best Movie "Road Scene" That Never Was...

[thenetwork]

On the heels of the Oscars, I am reminded of one of my favorite "realistic" highway scenes that did not take place on a real highway:

The infamous tollbooth scene from the Oscar-Winning movie, "The Godfather".  As realistic (and creepy) the old toll barrier looked (though it could have needed a few more road signs -- curve, ramp speed limit,...), the entire toll plaza was shot at the end of an abandoned airport in Long Island, NY (Mitchell Field).

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That's one thing I liked about many of the older TV shows and movies:  When shooting "on the streets", you could see that they left the grit and grime as is -- it didn't look as if the whole block was washed down before shooting the scene.  And in the case of "The Godfather" scene, they made the toll plaza look "well-used" and really made it look like it was a real facility.

[Jardine]

Have you watched Cronenberg's  Crash ??

(not for everyone, but for his fans, it is a 'road' movie like no other)

[Pete from Boston]

It's been a long time but I remember being intrigued by the scenes of rural parts of Queens in the 1970-something The Great Gatsby with Robert Redford.  Kind of drove home what a big deal the Queensboro was with regard to opening the borough up to development.

[hotdogPi]

Re: Best Movie "Road Scene" That Never Was...

What happened with that post title?

[NE2]

Crapatalk happened.

[webfil]

The entire Duel movie is quite something in matter of roads.

[PColumbus73]

The freeway scene in The Matrix: Reloaded is my favorite. I keep trying to make out the signs that were featured on that highway. I keep thinking that I see an 'Interstate 101' sign before they get on the freeway.