In what state was the Inn located?
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Connecticut, Great film!
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Yes, they mention Louisiana several times in the movie. It's a bit unrealistic, though because we don't usually have that much snow here in Louisiana in December. White Christmases are not common, and we usually don't have a good snow until very late December or January. That much snow on the ground is usually what we have from January until March or April. There's no guarantee, though, some years it starts snowing before Thanksgiving, and doesn't stop until spring.
I did like the authentic Cajun accent of the guy in the sleigh that brought Linda Mason to the Inn.
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It's pretty funny that this is a movie about CT, because it was filmed in my home town of Monte Rio, CA, next to the Russian River.
The Inn is called the Village Inn. It's been partially rebuilt several times because of the Russian River's regular floods.
It's a beautiful old building nestled in the redwoods of California ... and beautifully restored.
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Are there any pictures other than what is on the Monte Rio website (which are kind of blurry) of the inn? does it look anything like the inn from the movie any more? do you know how much of the movie was shot there?
From the movie, it looks like all of the inside shooting was done at the inn except for the musical numbers. I think the outside inn shots were done in a Hollywood studio.
So many floods have hit the inn since the 70's, a lot of what was on the first floor: bar, restaurant & kitchen, got moved up.
Sonoma County's notoriously corrupt planning department has allowed Santa Rosa and other cities to develop unchecked on floodplains like the Laguna de Santa Rosa ... so that natural wetlands no longer exist and runoff from cement and asphalt shoot right into the river.
I haven't been able to find a lot, but I did find these:
http://www.iloveinns.com/innlink.php?innID=33183&city=Monte+Rio&state=CA
This is a good pic from across the river:
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I think the Inn interiors were also filmed on the sound stage (made pretty clear by the "movie within the movie" that allows you to see behind the scenes). My guess is that the only scenes filmed at the Village Inn were the scenes were Gus, then Linda drive their cars into the river.
The Inn as it appears in the film may have been modeled after that to which you refer, but with the exception of a few shots (Gus and Linda, and later Linda and Lila, in the river, for example, which may well have been shot there), almost the entire film was soundstage-bound, including the Inn "exteriors."
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On the DVD commentary or one of the featurettes, it's mentioned most of the film was done in a soundstage, and it looks, too. Not that I'm complaining. I like what they did to dress up that soundstage.
Holiday Inn was supposed to be located in Midville, Connecticut.
Louisiana? Surely you jest!
It was filmed entirely indoors in a soundstage at Paramount in Los Angeles. It was not filmed at Monte Rio--that is a myth.
shareMy question is, where's the REAL one?! I mean, why hasn't anyone opened an ACTUAL Holiday Inn, inspired by the film? Or even suggested it?!? It sounds like a wonderful business idea, but would take at least a few people working together to get running...hey, anyone interested?
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They did, and it's very famous:
http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/HolidayInnPostcard2.jpg
The hotel chain was named for the Holiday Inn in the movie, if not exactly "inspired" by it. As for opening an inn that's literally only open on holidays, I don't think that's a very successful business model, unless it operated as a bed and breakfast the rest of the year, or if you count things like Windston Churchill Day and National Watermelon Day as holidays.
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