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Dockweiler State Beach

12000 Vista del Mar, Playa del Rey
2 cultural moments at this place.

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THE STORIES THAT SHARE THIS ADDRESS

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1991

Movies · 1991 · Kathryn Bigelow

Point Break ↗︎

Filming location · collecting evidence

Pappas collects a hair sample at Dockweiler while the detectives try to identify the robbers’ beach. The open sand and nearby power station distinguish this stop from the Malibu coastline.

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Point Break · Leo Carrillo State Park ↗︎

2013

Movies · 2013 · Spike Jonze

Her ↗︎

Filming location · the beach date

Theodore’s beach outing with Samantha was filmed at Dockweiler. The film’s convenient rail arrival belongs to its imagined future, not a direct station-to-sand connection.

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Grease · Leo Carrillo State Park ↗︎

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People connected here

Keanu Reeves
Actor Scarlett Johansson
Actor Amy Adams
Actor Joaquin Phoenix
Actor Olivia Wilde
Actor · Director Patrick Swayze
Actor Kathryn Bigelow
Director · Writer/Creator Rooney Mara
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