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From: dtuttle@uw-june (David C. Tuttle)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: _Back_To_The_Future_: shot where?...
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Date: Wed, 4-Sep-85 19:18:38 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  4 19:18:38 1985
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> From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert)
> Subject: Re: Back to the Future--shot where?
>
>> Does anyone know, or recognize, where Back to the Future was shot?
>> The vegetation, the license plates, and the "Bank of America" in the
>> town square suggest non-coastal northern California.
>> One scene clearly showed a highway sign, for the intersection of (I
>> think) U.S. 8 and U.S. 395.  But there is no such intersection--U.S. 8
>> does not even enter California.  It's possible I don't remember the
>> highway numbers correctly.
>> /Ron
>
>Interstate 8 intersects U.S. 395 in San Diego, CA. --But it is not
>called 395 anymore. It's 15 now. But if they were back in time ...hmmmm

No, it wasn't Interstate 8, but US Highway 8.  And, apparently, this doesn't
even make it to California (although I have yet to get silly enough to
check a map).  I still vote for Lone Pine, CA  (where else can you find
a Lone Pine Mall?!? :-)
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David C. Tuttle
Computer Science Dept.
University of Washington
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