Licorice Pizza was filmed in Los Angeles in the United States of America.
Locations
Burbank Boulevard
Scene where In an unique moment of happiness Gary and Alana are running.
Scene was shot (source Los Angeles Daily News)
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Van Nuys Golf Course
Scene where Jack Holden takes Alana with him on the motorcycle after he is persuaded to redo a stunt scene from one of his movies.
Scene was shot (source https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-11-26/paul-thomas-anderson-licorice-pizza-san-fernando-valley)
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Sherman Way
Scene where Alana has just started as a volunteer for the campaign of Joel Wachs. She is impressed by him.
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Devonshire Street
Scene where Gary is waiting for Alana in front of the pinball arcade he just opened.
Scene was shot Paul Thomas Anderson based his story partly on the life of a friend of him, producer Gary Goetzman. he was a former child actor who opened a waterbed store in Encino called Fat Bernie’s. That store later became Fat Bernie’s Pinball Palace, according to a great story in the LA Times.
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Billingsley’s steak house (closed)
Scene where Alana goes out on a date with actor Jack Holden.
Scene was shot Glenn Jr and Drew Billingsley worked at their Fathers restaurant most of their teenage years. In 1969 they opened their first Billingsley's Restaurant in Van Nuys. The famous Billingsley’s closed in 2004, but the building is still there and so are the red leather booths and low bar inside. The movies pretends the characters are at Tail o’ the Clock.
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El Portal Theatre
Scene where Alana and Gary at the movies.
Scene was shot El Portal Theatre is a historic landmark in the San Fernando Valley. It was built in 1926 as a vaudeville house. After the earthquake of 1994 the El Portal was rebuilt. It was opened in January of 2000 by the Actors Alley Acting company in partnership with the building owners Bernard and Judy Kaufman and Gary and Shari Goodgame. The once 1400-seat movie palace now houses three theatres. The photo is a temp screenshot. It was made by Bill Counter while the movie was being shot in Los Angeles. It published for the first time on https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/2020/10/pta-2021.html.