tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366093636851252541.post7329307062433751279..comments2024-03-18T01:04:28.275-07:00Comments on San Fernando Valley Blog: Filming Locations: Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366093636851252541.post-3704545180525228432023-05-11T13:49:37.700-07:002023-05-11T13:49:37.700-07:00Great article! I just wanted to offer a few detail...Great article! I just wanted to offer a few details to clarify a few of the locations as I understand them. <br /><br />According to a Wikipedia article on Mira Costa High School “In 1979, many members of the football and cheerleading squads, attired in their green and gold uniforms, were included as extras in the film Rock 'n' Roll High School.” So Mira Costa was not a filming location. Also, the film was actually shot in (November-December) 1978.<br /><br />IMDb also lists El Segundo High School as a film location, but I can find nothing to back that up.<br /><br />From what I can tell, all the outdoor shots you show here with strings of flags/banners overhead were shot in the quad at Van Nuys High School. The interior scenes involving the gym classes (and science classrooms) were also filmed at Van Nuys High School. On the DVD commentary track (2010 DVD release), it is mentioned that the Arcadia (“Arabians”) gymnastic team performed in the gym scenes. <br />(6535 Cedros Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91411)<br /><br />The interior scenes involving hallway shots with the lockers and vaulted (rounded) ceilings were filmed inside Mount Carmel High School, which, according to Wikipedia, was a Catholic all-boys' high school located near downtown L.A. The school opened in 1934, closed in 1976 (two years before “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School” was filmed), and was demolished in 1983. <br />(7011 S Hoover St, Los Angeles, CA 90044)<br /><br />According to an August 2, 2019 article in Los Angeles Magazine (lamag.com) by Jared Cowan, the scenes overlooking the SFV from Mulholland Drive were filmed at the The Barbara A. Fine Overlook at 11801 Mulholland Drive. On the DVD commentary track (2010 DVD release), Director Allan Arkush would seem to confirm this as he says it is located on Mulholland between Coldwater and Laurel Canyon. (11801 Mulholland Dr, Studio City, CA 91604)<br /><br />The brief scene where Riff (P.J. Soles) and Kate (Dey Young) park Riff’s Mustang and get out in a hurry to use a phone booth (occupied by a man struggling with an engagement ring) was filmed in front of Le Rendezvous Motel at the corner of Sepulveda Boulevard and Haynes Street in Van Nuys. <br />(6501 Sepulveda Blvd, Van Nuys, CA 91411)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8366093636851252541.post-72318840884851890892023-01-25T18:33:23.388-08:002023-01-25T18:33:23.388-08:00The opening scenes were filmed at Van Nuys HS. I g...The opening scenes were filmed at Van Nuys HS. I graduated in 1977 - Vince Van Patten graduated in 1975 - also from VNHS. GARY Gnoreply@blogger.com