The Great Gatsby (1974)

dir. Jack Clayton

Nick (Sam Waterston) going across the bay to visit his cousin Daisy Buchanan (Mia Farrow) – Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island stands in for the body of water separating the fictional Long Island peninsulas, East and West Egg (Great Neck and Port Washington peninsulas in real life.)

Nick is greeted by Tom Buchanan (Bruce Dern) – Hammersmith Farm, 225 Harrison Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. The mansion in the background was just a false front, and the camera carefully kept it out of focus. The estate was at one time owned by the Auchinclosses, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s mother and stepfather. The mansion also served as the site of John F. Kennedy’s 1953 wedding reception and as the summer White House from 1961 to 1963.

Hammersmith Farm also provided the dock with the flashing green light that Gatsby is so obsessed with.

The Buchanans' mansion exterior – Heatherden Hall, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. It’s located in Pinewood Studios where most of the mansion interiors were also filmed.

"Valley of Ashes" and Wilson’s Garage – these were sets built on a Pinewood Studios backlot.

Tom’s mistress Myrtle (Karen Black) wants to buy a puppy – 1st Avenue at East 59th Street, New York, New York

The New York apartment that Tom keeps for Myrtle – 125 Riverside Drive, New York, New York.

Jake Gatsby’s (Robert Redford) mansion – Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. Architect Standford White modeled it after Louis XIV's Grand Trianon at Versailles. The estate was originally built for Nevada silver heiress Theresa Fair Oelrichs. It is now owned by the Newport Preservation Society, and is open to the public. Unfortunately, it's not allowed to take pictures inside the mansion.

The oceanfront part of the estate doesn’t have an arch. It was put up there for the filming.

Nick's cottage was constructed on the grounds of Rosecliff. Trees and shrubs were removed from between the cottage and the mansion so that Nick would be able to see Gatsby's parties from his porch.

Nick talking with Jordan (Lois Chiles) – 100 Broadway, New York, New York

Trinity Churchyard, 74 Trinity Place, New York, New York

The flashback of Gatsby and Daisy’s first romantic encounter – Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, Rhode Island.

Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, Jordan and Nick coming to the Plaza Hotel – 768 5th Avenue, New York, New York

See also...

The Wings of the Dove

Howards End

A View to a Kill (1985)

dir. John Glen

James Bond (Roger Moore) is sent to Siberia to locate the body of 003 and recover a microchip – Jökulsárlón, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland

The ski chase – Vedretta di Scerscen Glacier in the Alps on the Swiss-Italian border.

The MI6 Headquarters – Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London SW1, United Kingdom

Bond and Sir Godfrey Tibbett (Patrick Macnee) watch Max Zorin's (Christopher Walken) horse winning a race – Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire, United Kingdom. The course is closely associated with the British Royal Family, and hosts some of the most prestigious competitions in the United Kingdom. The racecourse was redeveloped in 2004-2006, and the grandstand no longer looks the same.

Jardins du Trocadéro, Avenue des Nations Unis, Paris, France.

Bond meeting with Aubergine (Jean Rougerie) – Le Jules Verne Restaurant, Eiffel Tower, Avenue Gustave Eiffel, Paris, France.

Zorin’s henchwoman May Day (Grace Jones) parachutes herself from the top of the Eiffel Tower.

Bond borrows a taxi – Avenue Gustave Eiffel, Paris, France.

Bond chasing May Day – Pont d'Iena steps, Paris, France.

May Day lands on a boat – Pont des Invalides, Paris, France.

Bond driving through the bridge and jumps onto a bateau-mouche – Pont d'Alexandre III, Paris, France.

Bond is released after causing a lot of damage to Paris – Palais de Justice, 3 Quai de l’Horloge, Paris, France..

Bond and Tibbett travel to Zorin's estate – Château de Chantilly, Chantilly, Oise, France. The château houses the Musée Condé and the Living Museum of the Horse, and is open to the public.

Tibbett is assassinated at a gas station – Avenue du Maréchal Joffre at Rue de l'Embarcadère, Chantilly, Oise, France.

Zorin invites Bond to race with him steeplechase-style – Langley Park, Billet Lane, Iver, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Zorin and May Day drown Bond’s car in a lake – Wraysbury Lake, Welley Road, Wraysbury, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Bond arrives in San Francisco – Fisherman's Wharf as seen from Pier 45, San Francisco, California

Bond meeting with CIA agent Chuck Lee (David Yip) – Tarantino's, 206 Jefferson Street, San Francisco, California

Lee tells Bond about Zorin’s oil-pumping station – Fisherman's Wharf near Jefferson Street, San Francisco, California. The famous Fishermen's Grotto restaurant is seen in the background.

Zorin’s oil-pumping station – Oil tanker docks south of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, Richmond, California

Bond surprises Pola Ivanova (Fiona Fullerton) as she emerges from the Bay – Keller Beach Park, Richmond, California

Bond and Ivanova visit a Japanese spa – 1711 Buchanan Mall, San Francisco, California. The structure on the left is the Peace Pagoda designed by Yoshiro Taniguchi and presented to San Francisco by its sister city Osaka in 1968.

Bond meets again with Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts) – San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, California.

Stacey’s mansion – Dunsmuir House and Gardens, 2960 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland, California. The estate is open to the public, and is often rented for weddings and other events.

The fire truck chase – Market Street at Davis, San Francisco, California.

Potrero Avenue at 17th Street, San Francisco, California.

The fire truck chase’s ending – Third Street Bridge, San Francisco, California.

Zorin’s mine – Amberley Chalk Pits Museum, Houghton Bridge, Station Road, Arundel, West Sussex, United Kingdom. The mine interior was a gigantic set constructed at Pinewood Studios.

People looking at Zorin’s airship flying over the city – Jackson Street at Battery, San Francisco, California.

The final confrontation – Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California.

See also...

The Living Daylights

The Bourne Identity