Los Angeles · one night · filmed autumn 2006
Hill, Cera and Mintz-Plasse in October 2007, two months after release. Zip the night
One night, spread across a city: a school in El Segundo, two shops in Glendale, a bar in Westchester, parties in Northridge and Brentwood, and a mall the next morning.
The sleepover · written after the first draft
The night in the film runs from a school in El Segundo to a mall in Culver City, by way of Glendale, Westchester, Northridge and Brentwood. The first draft stopped at the party. The two sleeping bags on Evan’s floor, and the morning at the mall, came later. Pull the zip up through the night.
The first draft ended after the party; the sleeping bags and the mall were written when Apatow felt the friendship story was unfinished.
The Ringer: How Superbad Was Born, by Andrew Gruttadaro (30 August 2017)
Distances are straight lines between mapped places, computed from OpenStreetMap coordinates; the three homes are not mapped.
Unzipped. 9 places, one night. Pull the zip.
Zipped: 0 of 9 · 0 km mapped
Nothing zipped yet. The first stop is a school on Main Street, El Segundo.
Clark Secondary, as the film calls it
On screen the school is in El Segundo. In life it was in Vancouver: the film is loosely based on the writers’ last year at Point Grey Secondary.
El Segundo High School, Main Street: where Jules asks Seth to her party.
640 Main Street, El Segundo
The film’s Clark Secondary is El Segundo High School; Jules invites Seth to her party here.
The school’s front entrance is seen in the film.
It has played a school in other films too, WarGames among them.
A working high school. Look from Main Street and don’t go in during the school day. The photograph is Recreation Park nearby, not the school.
Glenoaks Boulevard · Victory Boulevard · Overland Avenue
The boys are too young to buy drink and have promised to bring drink to a party. None of it goes to plan: one loses his nerve in a supermarket, another is knocked to the floor when a shop is robbed. Here are the shops as they are.
1717 West Glenoaks Boulevard, Glendale
Jons plays Good Shopper, the supermarket where the boys weigh up how to get drink for the party.
Seth loses his nerve and backs out.
Jons still lists a store at 1717 West Glenoaks Boulevard.
A working supermarket; Jons still lists it at this address. The photograph is Grandview Branch Library nearby, not the store.
1700 Victory Boulevard, Glendale
It plays TJ’s Liquor, where Fogell is knocked down when the shop is robbed and meets two police officers.
Filmoblivion says it was a real liquor store, and puts the scene where Seth is hit by a car in the same car park.
CSUN’s page puts that collision in Northridge instead, at Community Street and Jamieson Avenue.
A shop on Victory Boulevard; we haven’t confirmed it still trades under this name. The photograph is the Los Angeles River nearby, not the shop.
4273 Overland Avenue, Culver City
Seth and Evan browse a corner shop’s magazine rack here.
It is close to Sony Pictures Studios, where the production was based.
A corner shop on a busy road. Go in as a customer or not at all. The photograph is the Culver City Movie Tower round the corner.
Officers Slater and Michaels
Seth Rogen was first meant to play Seth. By the time it was made he was too old and too big for the part, so he played Officer Michaels, with Bill Hader as Officer Slater. Rogen suggested Hader after the two got on while making You, Me and Dupree.
Rogen first slated as Seth; played Michaels; Hader as Slater.
Rogen suggested Hader.
The Ringer: How Superbad Was Born, by Andrew Gruttadaro (30 August 2017)
7420 La Tijera Boulevard, Westchester
The Buggy Whip played Bailey’s Bar & Grill, where the officers and Fogell watch the security tape of the robbery.
It closed for good in 2013.
Filmoblivion says the building was demolished in 2017.
It also turns up in The Doors, Blow and Date Night.
The restaurant has gone and there is nothing of it to see. The photograph is St. Jerome Church, further along La Tijera Boulevard.
Northridge and Brentwood
Both parties and Evan’s house were filmed in family homes. We name the streets, show a public view nearby, and leave them off the map. The campus where several scenes were shot is open to visitors.
Community Street, Northridge
After a lift from a driver who turns out to be unreliable, Seth and Evan end up at a rowdy house party here.
Movie Locations and CSUN give the house number as 17111; Filmoblivion gives 17711.
A private home. It is not mapped, and the photograph is a crossroads elsewhere in Northridge, not the house or its street.
North Cliffwood Avenue, Brentwood
The party the boys spend the night trying to reach was filmed in a house on North Cliffwood Avenue.
The officers break it up, and Fogell is led out in handcuffs.
A private home. It is not mapped, and the photograph is Brentwood’s post office on Barrington Avenue, not the house.
Rayen Street, Northridge
CSUN’s page says the scenes at Evan’s house were shot on Rayen Street, Northridge.
Seth sleeps over at Evan’s at the end of the night, and the two make up.
The sleepover wasn’t in the first draft, which ended after the party; Rogen and Goldberg wrote it when Judd Apatow felt the story was unfinished.
A private home. It is not mapped, and the photograph is the CSUN campus in Northridge, not the house or its street.
18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge
Several scenes were shot on the campus, one of them in a car park.
The campus welcomes visitors to its galleries, theatre and the Valley Performing Arts Center.
A working university with galleries, theatre and the Valley Performing Arts Center open to visitors. Check parking before you go.
Westfield Culver City · the next morning
The morning after, the night behind them. Evan plans to live with Fogell at college, and Seth has known for weeks.
The mall, the next day, separate ways; Evan and Fogell’s college plans.
The mall sequence was added after the first draft.
The Ringer: How Superbad Was Born, by Andrew Gruttadaro (30 August 2017)
6000 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City
The next day Seth and Evan meet Jules and Becca at the mall, and the friends go their separate ways.
The mall scene was filmed at Westfield Culver City.
Like the sleepover, the mall was added after the first draft, to finish the friendship story.
A working shopping centre with Macy’s, Target and a dining terrace. Westfield lists it at 6000 Sepulveda; OpenStreetMap labels 6600.
Culver City
The mall where the friends go their separate ways, at 6000 Sepulveda Boulevard: Macy’s, Target, a dining terrace and free Wi-Fi.
Plan a visit
10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City
The production was based at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.
Sony runs a two-hour guided walking tour of the lot, Monday to Friday, for $55; reservations are required and children must be 12 or over.
A working studio lot. Inside only on the guided tour: two hours on foot, Monday to Friday, $55, ages 12 and up, booked ahead.
Culver City · $55 · Monday to Friday
A two-hour guided walk round the lot where the production was based. Ages 12 and up; under-18s with an adult; book ahead.
Book the tourSan Diego Comic-Con · 28 July 2007
Rogen and Goldberg started the script at 13, sure they could beat the films on television. By the time both lived in Los Angeles it was seven years old; they were 23 when filming began.
Started at 13; seven years old by Los Angeles; 23 at production.
The Ringer: How Superbad Was Born, by Andrew Gruttadaro (30 August 2017)
Judd Apatow picked Jonah Hill on the set of Knocked Up; Jay Baruchel suggested Michael Cera. Christopher Mintz-Plasse came from flyers put up in Los Angeles high schools. It was his first film, and Emma Stone’s.
Hill, Cera and Mintz-Plasse’s casting.
The Ringer: How Superbad Was Born, by Andrew Gruttadaro (30 August 2017)
Film debuts of Mintz-Plasse and Stone.
Greg Mottola directed and gave the cast room to improvise. Wikipedia gives the budget as $17.5–20 million and the takings as $169.9 million in one place and $170.8 million in another.
Mottola gave the actors room to improvise.
The Ringer: How Superbad Was Born, by Andrew Gruttadaro (30 August 2017)
Budget and box office.
6925 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
Superbad premiered here on 13 August 2007, four days before it opened across the US.
The theatre opened in 1927 and has carried the TCL name since 2013.
Nearly 200 handprints, footprints and signatures are set in the forecourt.
The forecourt is on the pavement of Hollywood Boulevard and free to walk into; the cinema runs as a cinema.
Hollywood
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10 places you can visit. The three family homes are named but not mapped. Don’t try it in one night.
10 places you can visit across Los Angeles and in Vancouver. Private homes are not mapped.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working high school. Look from Main Street and don’t go in during the school day. The photograph is Recreation Park nearby, not the school.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A corner shop on a busy road. Go in as a customer or not at all. The photograph is the Culver City Movie Tower round the corner.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The restaurant has gone and there is nothing of it to see. The photograph is St. Jerome Church, further along La Tijera Boulevard.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working shopping centre with Macy’s, Target and a dining terrace. Westfield lists it at 6000 Sepulveda; OpenStreetMap labels 6600.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working studio lot. Inside only on the guided tour: two hours on foot, Monday to Friday, $55, ages 12 and up, booked ahead.
640 Main Street, El Segundo
The film’s Clark Secondary is El Segundo High School; Jules invites Seth to her party here.
A working high school. Look from Main Street and don’t go in during the school day. The photograph is Recreation Park nearby, not the school.
4273 Overland Avenue, Culver City
Seth and Evan browse a corner shop’s magazine rack here.
A corner shop on a busy road. Go in as a customer or not at all. The photograph is the Culver City Movie Tower round the corner.
7420 La Tijera Boulevard, Westchester
The Buggy Whip played Bailey’s Bar & Grill, where the officers and Fogell watch the security tape of the robbery.
The restaurant has gone and there is nothing of it to see. The photograph is St. Jerome Church, further along La Tijera Boulevard.
6000 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City
The next day Seth and Evan meet Jules and Becca at the mall, and the friends go their separate ways.
A working shopping centre with Macy’s, Target and a dining terrace. Westfield lists it at 6000 Sepulveda; OpenStreetMap labels 6600.
10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City
The production was based at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.
A working studio lot. Inside only on the guided tour: two hours on foot, Monday to Friday, $55, ages 12 and up, booked ahead.
Stay
A 1924 hotel in Culver City, walkable to the studio.
Culver City
A 1924 landmark hotel at 9400 Culver Boulevard with 46 rooms and suites, walkable to the Sony lot. Rates on booking.
See the hotelGo there
Sony’s studio tour, Westfield Culver City, and marketplace tours round Hollywood.
Culver City · $55 · Monday to Friday
A two-hour guided walk round the lot where the production was based. Ages 12 and up; under-18s with an adult; book ahead.
Book the tourCulver City
The mall where the friends go their separate ways, at 6000 Sepulveda Boulevard: Macy’s, Target, a dining terrace and free Wi-Fi.
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The 2007 Lakeshore Records soundtrack on CD.
Various artists · CD, 2007
The Lakeshore Records soundtrack, released on 7 August 2007.
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Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
13 of 13 places · 13 of 13 Moments
640 Main Street, El Segundo
At Clark Secondary, filmed at El Segundo High School, Jules invites Seth to her party.
4273 Overland Avenue, Culver City
Seth and Evan browse a magazine rack at the Overland Mini Mart.
1717 West Glenoaks Boulevard, Glendale
At Good Shopper, filmed at Jons Market, Seth loses his nerve and backs out.
1700 Victory Boulevard, Glendale
At TJ’s Liquor, filmed on Victory Boulevard, Fogell is knocked down in a robbery and meets two police officers.
7420 La Tijera Boulevard, Westchester
The officers and Fogell watch the robbery’s security tape at Bailey’s Bar & Grill, filmed at the Buggy Whip.
Community Street, Northridge
After an unreliable driver gives them a lift, Seth and Evan end up at a house party in Northridge.
North Cliffwood Avenue, Brentwood
The party they spent the night trying to reach, filmed on North Cliffwood Avenue, is broken up by the officers.
Rayen Street, Northridge
Seth sleeps over at Evan’s and the two make up; the scene was written after the first draft.
18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge
Several scenes, one in a car park, were shot at CSUN.
6000 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City
The next day, at the mall, Seth and Evan meet Jules and Becca and go their separate ways.
10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City
The production was based at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.
6925 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
Superbad premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on 13 August 2007.
5350 East Boulevard, Vancouver
The story is loosely based on the writers’ last year at Point Grey Secondary, Vancouver, in the 1990s.
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