![]() The site was used as a high school in scenes from “Licorice Pizza.” (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)įat Bernie’s Pinball Palace was filmed at “My Creative” on Devonshire St. A woman enters Portola Middle School in Tarzana on Wednesday, Dec.8, 2021. She largely ignores him…but then the sparks are ignited and, well, see the movie, folks.īelow: The school scene was filmed at a real school, Portola Middle School in Tarzana - not far from where director Paul Thomas Anderson lives. In the film, it’s picture day at his high school, and she works for the photographer. The site was used as Councilman Joel Wachs (played by actor/director Benny Safdie) in his Canoga Park campaign office when he ran for mayor, in a scene from “Licorice Pizza.” (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Īlana Haim and Cooper Hoffman at Portola Middle School in a scene from “Licorice Pizza.” (Melinda Sue Gordon/MGM via AP) School dazeĪbove: At the beginning of the picture, a self-absorbed Gary Valentine - played by first-time actor Cooper Hoffman - meets Haim for the first time and tries to impress her with his innate coolness (not!). People walk across Sherman Way in Canoga Park by a furniture store on Wednesday, Dec.8, 2021. It resides just down the alley from where the extras for the movie got all decked out in their 1973-era garb. At lower right, that’s Daily News columnist Dennis McCarthy interviewing Wachs about his social life.īelow: “The Sofa Place” was the real-life location of Wachs’ election central. ![]() Haim is just coming in to serve as a volunteer. (Photo MGM)Ībove: Here’s a glimpse of the movie’s take on longtime Valley politician Joel Wachs’ campaign headquarters when he ran for mayor of Los Angeles in 1973. Dennis McCarthy, right, and Alana Haim in a scene from the film “Licorice Pizza”. ![]()
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