Thanks for the great video. Just saw a rerun of Beverly Hills Cop 3 & was allways wondering if it was a real themepark or just a decor, built for the movie, as I didn't find 'Wonderworld Themepark' references except for ofc it being featured in the movie... Thanks for showing teh various places, that have changed over the decades since... Makes me want to visit, if I ever manage to travel to the US.
My friend and I took a film class at West Valley and our teacher told us that if we got to be an extra in the movie we got extra credit. So, we got to be there for 2 days of filming. We had a blast. We rode rides and ate free food. And, Eddie Murphy was nice. But, some women were behind me and they were saying that wow! He's so little!!.... Poof, they were booted off the set. It was crazy
So cool, my neighbour Gary was also an extra in the movie but in the opening shots by the entrance. :) I never actually saw him in the movie same as you.
drop zone was definitely there by 96 I lived in milpitas and when I was in 6th grade we took a field trip there it was the first and last time I went on it, previous to that I had been to great america many times I dont know if you remember THE EDGE but it is similar to drop zone except you were in a big cage, I can't recall what year that went away but some of my favorites were top gun, days of thunder, the vortex, Tidal wave, the demon and the revolution, paramounts great America was poppin in the 90s I remember all those carnival games would be packed with people, I havent been there in over a decade but im so glad I was able to grow up and experience that period of time there
Interesting Video! My home park is the sister park in Illinois. Looking at these 2 its ashame to see both parks loose their original theming, but i think this one suffered far worse than the Illinois park.
Pretty cool film crawl - a couple things and probably a minor nitpick but that final shot with the "Welcome Back Uncle Dave" may have been shot on that used to be the train station in Hometown as those steps by Patriot/Vortex's turnaround did not exist. The swings are pretty much where that stage would have been. Other than that, pretty cool! One thing I've done even as a kid is pause that initial establishing shot of the park (crane shot) and see how many things were CGI'd into the park like that tower by Grizzly, castle, volcano, etc. Now, you said you were an extra in that Spider scene, while I know Foley/Murphey was not up there himself, did they actually have anyone up there as a stunt double? And did they actually get the cages rocking that much as they did in the video? Lastly...was a bird cage actually dropped? I remember going there at some point not long after the movie was released and remember seeing one of the spider arms missing a cage...and immediately thought that they did sacrifice one of the cages. I did hear that the filming of this iconic scene lead to an early death of the ride as it was not designed to constantly start and stop, park maintenance was not happy about the excessive stress put on the ride.
They took out Loggers Run The Yankee Clipper AND The Revolution,shit is The Tidal Wave still there?I haven't been there since Stealth was just opening!!
I was an extra in this movie too, Paramount went to my elementary school and told us that they're looking for extra's. My name was pulled out of a hat and I managed to be an extra. Never seen myself in the movie though.
Very fun to watch. Great job.
Thanks for the great video. Just saw a rerun of Beverly Hills Cop 3 & was allways wondering if it was a real themepark or just a decor, built for the movie, as I didn't find 'Wonderworld Themepark' references except for ofc it being featured in the movie... Thanks for showing teh various places, that have changed over the decades since... Makes me want to visit, if I ever manage to travel to the US.
My friend and I took a film class at West Valley and our teacher told us that if we got to be an extra in the movie we got extra credit. So, we got to be there for 2 days of filming. We had a blast. We rode rides and ate free food. And, Eddie Murphy was nice. But, some women were behind me and they were saying that wow! He's so little!!.... Poof, they were booted off the set. It was crazy
So cool, my neighbour Gary was also an extra in the movie but in the opening shots by the entrance. :) I never actually saw him in the movie same as you.
Fascinated by the tremendous amount of open space at that amusement park.
I remember when Top Gun first opened...it was like nothing else. Unfortunately Great America isn't so great anymore...
I have to say: great camera work!
You're a real dedicated documenter. Good job man 👏 👍
great video
drop zone was definitely there by 96 I lived in milpitas and when I was in 6th grade we took a field trip there it was the first and last time I went on it, previous to that I had been to great america many times I dont know if you remember THE EDGE but it is similar to drop zone except you were in a big cage, I can't recall what year that went away but some of my favorites were top gun, days of thunder, the vortex, Tidal wave, the demon and the revolution, paramounts great America was poppin in the 90s I remember all those carnival games would be packed with people, I havent been there in over a decade but im so glad I was able to grow up and experience that period of time there
Interesting Video! My home park is the sister park in Illinois. Looking at these 2 its ashame to see both parks loose their original theming, but i think this one suffered far worse than the Illinois park.
Great video dude!!
Pretty cool film crawl - a couple things and probably a minor nitpick but that final shot with the "Welcome Back Uncle Dave" may have been shot on that used to be the train station in Hometown as those steps by Patriot/Vortex's turnaround did not exist. The swings are pretty much where that stage would have been. Other than that, pretty cool!
One thing I've done even as a kid is pause that initial establishing shot of the park (crane shot) and see how many things were CGI'd into the park like that tower by Grizzly, castle, volcano, etc.
Now, you said you were an extra in that Spider scene, while I know Foley/Murphey was not up there himself, did they actually have anyone up there as a stunt double? And did they actually get the cages rocking that much as they did in the video? Lastly...was a bird cage actually dropped? I remember going there at some point not long after the movie was released and remember seeing one of the spider arms missing a cage...and immediately thought that they did sacrifice one of the cages. I did hear that the filming of this iconic scene lead to an early death of the ride as it was not designed to constantly start and stop, park maintenance was not happy about the excessive stress put on the ride.
It was Marriotts GA when I was young.
Well done!
What about the beginning of the movie, the Detroit scenes, the chop shop?
We have the same park in Canada. It was called paramount Canada's wonderland. Same ride names and everything.
They took out Loggers Run The Yankee Clipper AND The Revolution,shit is The Tidal Wave still there?I haven't been there since Stealth was just opening!!
Haha nope! All are gone!!! I talked about then but cut the clips out. Video was getn too long haha. So sad cause they were awesome rides!
@@ToyHaunterAdventures yeah I agree
I was an extra in this movie too, Paramount went to my elementary school and told us that they're looking for extra's. My name was pulled out of a hat and I managed to be an extra. Never seen myself in the movie though.
Is this Great American from San Jose Bay Area??
Please watch the 1st 2 minutes video. He tells you where he is located. Even mentions an NFL stadium next to theme park.
Do one and two film location
Netflix brought me here.
Uncle Dave
Bhc 3. The worst film😂
This movie is lame