JUNIOR
Fantasy about male pregnancy; Scenes filmed at Stonepine Resort in Carmel Valley and at Big Sur.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny Devito, & Emma Thompson
Ivan Reitman and Universal Films
FILM Destination: Carmel Valley
POCO LOCO
Working title was “Rancho Fandango,” romantic comedy, modern version of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” about two sisters who argue over whether a ranch they have inherited should be turned into an organic farm or a tennis resort; First feature film for Koons of Mill Valley, who produced a series of educational films on early child development in the 1980s; Koons on Valentine’s Day in 1994 married rock music legend Jerry Garcia, the lead guitarist and spiritual leader of The Grateful Dead; Two cousins, co-producer and co-writer Ellen Osborne of Oakland and Production Manager Ellen Devine of San Francisco, both graduated from Peninsula High School and are related to Samuel Morse, founder of Pebble Beach, Osbrone as a granddaughter and Devine as a great-niece, Osborne graduated from Santa Clara School in 1971 and Devine from York School in 1981; Production dominated by women in an attempt to give women an avenue of opportunity in a largely male-dominated industry; Cast drawn from San Francisco Bay Area Theatrical Circles; Low-budget production (under $ 1 million) released to film festivals and universities; Premiere at George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch in Marin County; Scenes filmed in Carmel Vallet (for six weeks in September and October 1992), primarily at the Holman Ranch and also at Rancho San Carlos, The Hastings Natural History Reservation and River Ranch.
Susan Brecht, Sandra Chapin and Meeka Schmalle
Directed by Deborah Koons (also co-producer); Mill Valley-based Signs of Life Films
BASIC INSTINCT
A murder mystery, billed as a psychological thriller; Controversial because of its portrayals of gay and lesbian murders; Rated R because of explicit sex and violence; Oscar nominee for Musical Score and Film Editing; Scenes filmed at Carmel Valley Village, Carmel Highlands, and Garrapata Beach south of the Highlands; Garrapata Bech stood in for Marin County’s Stinson Beach.
Michael Douglass, & Sharon Stone
Paul Verhoeven Films
THE MUPPET MOVIE
The Muppets travel across the United States to Hollywood for a movie deal; Oscar nominee for Musical Score and Song (“The Rainbow Connection”); Scenes filmed at Rancho San Carlos Road, Santa Lucia Preserve in Carmel Valley (The Muppets go singing “Moving Right Along” and driving in an old Jalopy truck through a grove of mossy live oak trees, which doubled for Louisiana Swampland). There was a Big Bird scene on Foster Road near 68, at S. Davis Road driving in circles, as well a filming along River Road driving past lettuce fields.
Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzi Bear and the rest of the Muppet Gang, The creators of Puppeters Jim Henson, Frank Oz and Company
James Frawley Films
ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN
Story about children with powers from another planet being chased by a millionaire; Scenes filmed in Carmel Valley, Big Sur and Pebble Beach (including the Crocker Mansion).
Eddie Albert, & Ray Milland
John Hough and Disney Films
SLEEPER
Comedy about a health food store owner who is frozen and wakes up 200 years later; Scenes filmed at Rancho San Carlos in Carmel Valley; Bob Swanson was an extra in the film.
Woody Allen & Diane Keaton
Allen, and United Artists Films
CHANDLER
Detective story; A hardboiled aging private eye is hired to find and protect a missing government witness sought after by the gangsters; Scenes filmed at Rancho San Carlos in Carmel Valley, Highlands Inn and Pebble Beach.
Leslie Caron, & Warren Oates
Paul Magwood and MGM Films
KINGS GO FORTH
(1958) War drama about two GIs who fall for the same woman; Scenes filmed at Yankee Point, Palo Corona Ranch with Frank Sinatra, in Pear Orchard in Lower Carmel Valley, and the Fish Ranch in Carmel Valley.
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood
Directed by: Delmer Daves and United Artist Films
