OVER THE TOP Filming Locations | Sylvester Stallone
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The creator visits several filming locations used in the Sylvester Stallone film Over the Top. The tour begins at Pomona College, which served as the Summit Crest Military Academy in the movie. The creator explains how specific scenes, such as the military graduation and Lincoln Hawk's arrival in his semi-truck, were filmed in the courtyard and near the school entrance. He also discusses the history of the 1963 orange semi-truck used in the production. The journey continues to a coffee shop in Sylmar, which stood in for Dimitri's Cafe. Here, the creator identifies the exact spots where the arm wrestling matches occurred and where the character Mike was kidnapped. The video concludes with a visit to the Olive View UCLA Medical Center, the location used for the scene where the characters visit the hospital after the mother's surgery. The creator also mentions the Beverly Hillbillies mansion and the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas as locations that could not be visited due to privacy or access restrictions.
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I still think it's a great movie which was it good question
the world don't meet you halfway don't mean nobody halfway you want something you got to go out and take it
I love that movie always have loved that movie I don't care if Stallone doesn't think it's great I think it's great
it's one of the first things I think of when I think of his name so it's classic over the top
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