Where was The Shape of Water filmed
The Shape of Water
Year: 2017
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
<p>The Shape of Water was filmed in Toronto & Hamilton in Canada.</p>
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Locations
Canal
In movie
Scene where Elisa finds a canal where she plans on releasing the creature when the water levels rise.
Dixie Doug's
In movie
Scene where Giles takes Elisa out for pie after work and he flirts with the guy behind the counter.
Real
Scene was shot The Lakeview is an old-school diner which opened in 1932 which maintains its classic look making it a popular filming location.
Hoffstetler's Apartment
In movie
Scene where Dr. Hoffstetler returns home and finds some men waiting for him.
Industrial Area
In movie
Scene where Dr. Hoffstetler waits in the middle of giant piles of sand for his Russian handler.
Keating Channel
In movie
Scene where Elisa looks for a place to release the Amphibian Man.
Real
Scene was shot The Keating Channel is a 1,000-metre (3,300 ft) long waterway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It connects the Don River to inner Toronto Harbour (Toronto Bay) on Lake Ontario. The channel is named after Edward Henry Keating (1844-1912), a city engineer (1892-1898) who proposed the creation of the channel in 1893. The channel was built to connect Ashbridge's Bay to the harbour; later, the Don was diverted into the channel, and its river mouth filled in.
Klein & Saunders
In movie
Scene where The design of Giles is rejected by the design firm.
Real
Scene was shot Hamilton City Hall was designed by architect Stanley Roscoe in the international style and opened in 1960.
OCCAM Aerospace Research Center (cafeteria)
In movie
Scene where Elisa and Zelda are getting lunch when they are interrupted by Fleming who says they are needed by Strickland.
Real
Scene was shot The eastern wing of the Andrews Building was constructed in 1964 by architect John Andrews as the first new structure for the freshly founded Scarborough College. The brutalist structure is designed with a long hallway running down the center surrounded by balconies designed to resemble a city street.
OCCAM Aerospace Research Center (exterior)
In movie
Scene where Elisa gets off the bus and walks to work.
Real
Scene was shot The first new building constructed on the campus after its founding in 1963, the Science Wing (original the Andrews Building) was design by John Andrews in the brutalist style and completed in 1964. The building, along with the adjacent Humanities Wing/locations/3sj, were constructed with long open hallways down the center with overlooking balconies designed to look like city streets.
Orpheum Theater (exterior)
In movie
Scene where Elisa walks downstairs in the morning and gets a pair of movie tickets from the theater owners.
Orpheum Theater (interior)
In movie
Scene where Elisa goes into the movie theater under her apartment and finds the creature watching the film.
Real
Scene was shot The Elgin and Winter Garden theatres are the last surviving stacked Edwardian theatres in the world. The theatres opened in 1913 as the flagship venue of Marcus Loew's theatre chain and were designed by Thomas W. Lamb. The ground-level Elgin Theatre is decorated in gold and marble with a domed roof while seven storeys above is the Winter Garden Theatre covered in plant murals, garden trellises, and columns designed like tree trunks. The upper theatre was closed in 1928 as the lower theatre was converted to show talkies, and the upper theatre remained closed until the building was acquired by the Ontario Heritage Foundation in 1981.