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ago restaurant
from quentin tarantino posted in movies by corporate_sunshine
Ago Restaurant is an upscale Italian (specializing in Tuscan) eatery in West Hollywood. The venture is owned jointly by chef Agostino Sciandri, actors Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken, producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein, and director Ridley Scott.
On October 27, 1997, Quentin Tarantino was going to have lunch with Harvey Weinstein, when he saw producer Don Murphy (Natural Born Killers) waiting for a table on a couch. Tarantino confronted Murphy for comments he made about him in the book Killer Instinct, and ended up slapping Murphy three times before being pulled off of him. Harvey Weinstein convinced Murphy not to press charges, and Tarantino was released from police custody.
Later, on The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show, Tarantino boasted that he ''bitch-slapped'' Murphy. Murphy sued for $5 million, and the case was settled out of court.
the roadhouse
from twin peaks posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
The exterior shots of the popular bar, music venue and part-time courthouse in Twin Peaks were filmed at what is now the Fall City Roadhouse in Fall City, Washington.
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from wesley willis posted in music by ratsnamgod
In his song "Outburst", Willis, a 6'5", 300+ lb man, describes an incident at this location where he has a schizophrenic outburst. Willis claims to have "freaked out a lot of customers" and "also said 'suck my dick' in front of a lot of people". Store manager Jim Simm subsequently threatened to bar Willis from the store for life.
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from the dark knight rises posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Wollaton Hall in Wollaton, Nottingham, England was used as the exterior of Wayne Manor in the third Nolan Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises. The building dates back to the 1500s and is currently a natural history museum. The similar-looking Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire was used for Wayne Manor in Batman Begins.
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from batman begins posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire was used for both the interior and exterior of Wayne Manor in Batman Begins, the first of Nolan's Batman trilogy. The exteriors for the reconstructed Wayne Manor in The Dark Knight Rises were shot at Wollaton Hall, the building that inspired the design of Mentmore Towers in the 19th century.
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