California performs a starring position in “One Battle After Another,” filmed in areas from one finish of the state to the opposite.
Humboldt County has been having fun with its uncommon second within the Hollywood highlight; Sacramento and the Anza-Borrego Desert even have greater than cameos within the Paul Thomas Anderson film.
The descriptions beneath don’t give away any main plot factors — however in case you have zero tolerance for spoilers, see the film first.
The Anza-Borrego Desert
The ultimate chase places three automobiles on a dizzying rollercoaster stretch of desert freeway. There’s some film magic concerned within the perspective, however the “Texas Dip” is an actual place, the place Borrego Springs Highway drops and rises because it crosses a seasonal wash. The low wall the place teenage Willa takes cowl can be actual, an indication asserting “Welcome to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.”
About 10 miles to the northeast, in Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Space, is the eerie canyon the place Col. Lockjaw (Sean Penn) meets up with bounty hunter Avanti.
Humboldt County
Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) makes a frantic cellphone name exterior Murphy’s Market in “One Battle After Another.” (Warner Bros/TNS)
Eureka and Arcata play the a part of Baktan Cross, the fictional group the place Willa (Chase Infiniti) and her father Bob stay. Among the many areas:
• Murphy’s Market, 4020 Walnut St., Cutten. In January 2024, one of many earliest photographs from what was then generally known as “The BC Project” confirmed Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) in plaid bathrobe and wraparound sun shades exterior Murphy’s. The payphone within the scene is a prop; it briefly changed the shop’s water machine. Throughout the road is Babe’s Pizza & Pasta, which was dressed as a Mexican restaurant for the film.
• Eureka Excessive, 1915 J St., Eureka. Willa’s college.
• Raliberto’s Taco Store, 1811 G St., Arcata. It’s within the shadow of the overpass the place Bob flees on foot alongside a freeway.
• Sequoia Park. The escape tunnel from Bob and Willa’s home emerges within the forested metropolis park.
Sacramento
Scenes involving a financial institution theft and the following chase had been shot in downtown Sacramento. The Christmas Adventurers’ headquarters is Ronald Reagan’s outdated home (1341 forty fifth St.), and Lockjaw’s medal ceremony is contained in the Sacramento County Superior Courthouse.
Lompoc
The chapel the place Willa meets Lockjaw is at La Purísima Mission. Taking pictures additionally passed off on the historic mission in San Juan Bautista.
