From the glitzy estates made famous by James Bond to a Manhattan townhouse made famous by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's, movies and TV possess the power to catapult houses into the realm of the iconic. Remember Cameron Frye's midcentury number in the 1986 cult classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Cam's home, of course, is one of the coolest, and certainly most memorable, of the film's many locations, a sleek, glass, cantilevered box teetering in the middle of the woods near Lake Michigan in Highland Park, Ill. The place was listed four times between May 2009 and March 2011, but the property, which first hit the market for $2.3M, hasn't actually sold. And that'sdespite some rather unorthodox pleas for staging furniture made by the listing agents. Anyway, brush up on the history of 16 pieces of showbiz real estate below—and feel free to drop suggestions for the sequel in the comments.
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
The Upper East Side
townhouse made famous by the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Audrey Hepburn sold for $6M, or about $15K over its
ask, in April. The home was listed in December of last year after 11 years under
the thumb of a Merrill Lynch broker.
169 E 71ST ST, NEW YORK, NY 10021
FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
Let's be honest: the
three best things in the 1986 flick Ferris Bueller's Day Off are Ferris' performance of "Twist and Shout," Cameron's
pout, and Cameron's glass box home in the woods. And, well, only one of these
is truly purchasable. The super sleek home was twice listed in Jan. 2011 for$1.65M, but was removed after it wallowed on the market for a few months.
370 BEECH STREET, HIGHLAND PARK, IL
60035
HOME ALONE
The Georgian
Colonial-style home in the suburbs of Chicago was made famous by the 1990
mega-hitHome Alone. Nearly a year after it hit the market,the
quintessential family home sold in March for$1.585M, roughly two thirds of
the original ask.
671 LINCOLN AVE, WINNETKA, IL 60093
THE NOTEBOOK
In the 2004 romance The Notebook, Noah (played by actor, architecture buff, preservationist and everyone's boyfriend, Ryan Gosling) makes
good on his promise to build old flame Allie a white house with blue shutters.
And then everybody cried. Anyway, the real-life version is on Martins Point Plantation on South
Carolina's Wadmalaw Island,according to Hooked on Houses.
1315 MARTINS POINT RD, WADMALAW ISLAND,
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NASHVILLE
The home whose vaulted
ceilings and exposed brick are prominently displayed in ABC's TV showNashville hit the market earlier this month, asking$19.5M Many of the
scenes—including lots of interior shots of the kitchen—take place in this
20,500-square-foot mansion, which plays Rayna James abode.
1358 PAGE RD, NASHVILLE, TN 37205
THE PROPOSAL
While supposedly in
Sitka, Alaska, the real home that served as the set (interiors too!) for 2009
rom-com The Proposal starring the always-adorable Sandra Bullock and
Ryan Reynolds, is actually in Manchester, Mass. A little bit of mountain
Photoshopping and a few interior changes—like adding that beautiful stone
fireplace—transformed the
Colonial into a lodge-style manse. Zillow notes that the
property hasn't changed hands since 1994.
5 GALES POINT RD, MANCHESTER, MA 01944
BEETLEJUICE
The delightfully eerie
abode that stars in the 1988 classic Beetlejuice was actually just a façade until it was purchased and given a
mod upgrade. With a fresh coat of white paint and a sort of odd distended
porch, the home, which was plastered all over the film's marketing materials,
remains recognizable, if obviously altered.
JEWELL LN, CORINTH, VT 05040
ARGO
This gaudy manse has
double the star-power: not only is it home to tinseltown personality Zsa Zsa Gabor but it also plays a role
in the recently-released Argo. The manse, which was listed well over a year ago and still has not sold, plays producer Lester
Siegel's effusive digs.
1001 BEL AIR RD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90077
DALLAS
When it premiered in
1978, the prime-time soap opera Dallas was filmed at this home. The interiors were later recreated on set. The owners decided to sell in 2007,
hoisting the property on the market asking $1.995M. After two years and a
couple price chops, the home eventually sold in 2009.
5020 SWISS AVE, DALLAS, TX 75214
THE FUGITIVE
After more than a year wallowing on the market, the Chicago house that was the
murder scene for the 1993 thriller The Fugitive starring Harrison Ford,
has temporarily given up on finding a buyer, opting instead to find a viable
tenant. The place asks $17K a month for the 6,200 square feet.
336 W WISCONSIN ST, CHICAGO, IL 60614
AMITYVILLE HORROR
This rather unassuming
Colonial in Amityville, N.Y., is where Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed six people as
they slept. The home, made famous by the 1977 horror flick, has changed hands
three times since the 1974 murders. What's more, townspeople have changed the home's address several times hoping sever
the property's connection to the murders, but the pesky real estate media keep
giving away the secret.
112 OCEAN AVE, AMITYVILLE, NY 11701
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
The John
Lautner-designed Elrod House in Palm Springs, Calif., sets the scene for a duel between James Bond and two
scantily-clad assassins in Diamonds Are Forever.
2175 SOUTHRIDGE DR, PALM SPRINGS, CA
92264
ZORRO
When making the 1950s TV
series Zorro, Disney built this adobe hut with wood-beamed
ceilings to serve as the set for many an epic sword fight. The home, perched
within a six-acre plot in Simi Valley, Calif., was listed as early as last month for $699K.
INCEPTION
The Freeman A. Ford House, a turn-of-the-century California abode in Pasadena, played the role of Cobb's (Leonardo DiCaprio) home in
Christopher Nolan's Inception. The home is privately owned, but hasn't changed
hands since 2001, when it sold for $2.5M.
215 S GRAND AVE, PASADENA, CA 91105
THE PARENT TRAP
In the 1998 iteration of The Parent Trap, Hallie Parker, played by a depressingly adorable Lindsay Lohan, live with pops in Napa Valley. The real home is the
Staglin Family Vineyard in Northern California.
1570 BELLA OAKS LN, NAPA, CA 94558
MELROSE PLACE
Behold the real Melrose
Place: the El Pueblo Apartments at 4616 Greenwood Place in the star-studded Los Feliz enclave of Los Angeles.
4616 GREENWOOD PL, LOS ANGELES, CA
90027
By Amy Schellenbaum Date Issued: November 2012
Taken from: http://curbed.com/archives/2012/11/28/16-iconic-homes-ennobilzed-for-eternity-by-movies-and-tv.php
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