Inside the 20th Century Fox Studios Lot
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- čas přidán 12. 05. 2017
- Taking a leisurely stroll around the Fox Studios lot in L.A. on a quiet Saturday morning. Only a few people work on Saturday, so I had the whole place to myself. The thing that makes Fox unique from the other Hollywood studios are the murals painted on the sides of the buildings and soundstage, representing various movies and TV shows made by Fox. So many iconic movies and TV shows have been filmed at this studio over the years:
"The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), "Rebecca" (1940), "Song of Bernadette" (1943), "Laura" (1944), "State Fair" (1945), the original "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947, and its 1997 remake), "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947), "The Robe" (1953), "Cleopatra" (1963), "The Sound of Music" (1965), "Hello Dolly" (1969), "Patton" (1970), the original "M*A*S*H" (1970), "The French Connection" (1971), "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972), "Romancing the Stone" (1984), "Cocoon" (1985), "Die Hard" (1988), "Predator" (1987) and "Home Alone" (1990), "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), "Return of the Jedi" (1983), "The Orville," "How I Met Your Mother," "Prison Break," "Bones," "House," "The X-Files," "Arrested Development," "Perry Mason," "NYPD Blue," "The Simpsons," "Charlie's Angels," "Batman" (1966-68), "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), "Lost in Space," "The Love Boat"...to name just a few. - Zábava
I spent 25 years working at 20th Century-Fox, and was even an unofficial historian producing a 2hr. documentary to celebrate the studio's 75th anniversary in 2010... It was a great studio lot, but when the likes of Rupert Murdoch came along it was never great again.
Today, all studios are just indifferent rental lots and the days of employees feeling like they have a home are long gone. It used to give me goosebumps driving through the studio gates each day, I felt both proud and fortunate to have worked 40 years in HOLLYWOOD.
I enjoyed the best years and met so many of the best people!
Kinda curious, Diehard called the black tower the Nakatomi tower, How many of its floors were used for production offices of directors and producers?
That was a fake name... the tower had just been built, no tenants had moved in, it was empty to film.@@Spokavriel
@@grahamhill6340 I know, it was seen incomplete in some TV shows and movies before that. I was curious about its use after filming that movie. You don't make that much space without putting it to use more than once ;)
I worked for 20th Century-Fox Television in Houston. When I moved to Los Ángeles I would spend days there. The sound stages, old bungalows, commissary old and the new Fox executive buildings. Great memories!
You are living my dream.
❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you I never got to experience this visiting LA always a dream
That's exactly how it looks when I just to work there♥️♥️♥️👍... At the end of the video, my truck shows too😂
That’s nice
"The 1928 permit to build there was held up by UCLA who didn't want industrial uses in the area. When Fox got the go ahead they built the core of Movietone City in 90 days using 3 crews that worked in 3 eight-hour shifts around the clock and opening 10/28/1928....<
>"Eight sound proof stages, housed two apiece in four buildings, represented an unprecedented engineering achievement. Because the main problem in recording sound is eliminating unwanted noise, and because the basis of sound is vibration, the new studio had to be completely stable. Consequently they were designed as buildings within a building. The four outermost structures were huge concrete shells anchored on piers stretching two hundred feet long and reaching eighteen feet into the ground. Inside each shell, separated by a wide, dead air space, was another entirely separate concrete building suspended by steel rods from the roof of the exterior building. Within each interior building, using the same system of suspension and dead airspace, were two soundproof stages. Believed to be the first, absolutely soundproof silent spaces on earth...." <
-Vanda Kraft, "The Man Who Made The Movies" 2017
Thats right... it was the very first HOLLYWOOD studio built for sound. I spent 25 years at 20th Century-Fox.
@@grahamhill6340 I was a publicist for 20thCF from 1988 to 1995. On the lot 1987-1991. I still miss it. Glad it was saved from the Disney sale.
The physical studio lot was never going to be part of the Disney purchase because of the Fox Network setup and the historic registry of the original buildings, but like I said earlier 20th Century-Fox really died in spirit when Murdoch came into the picture...
So many retirees said the same thing, and I've interviewed people who have spent fifty years of their lives working there under so many administrations. I'm retired and I was third generation movie industry.@@apollocobain8363
They actually no longer have Fox in their name. Just 20th Century Studios. Great tour!
Still 20th Century Fox is a far better name, I blame Disney for that crap.
@@nas0518 I wish 20th Century Fox did do studios tours because i believe that disney wouldn't buy it if it did and they do amazing films people would be more aware where the name really comes from and has nothing to do with Fox news I learnt that Paramount's stars originally meant the actors and actresses who joined the studio in 1916 from my tour guide at Paramount's studio tour
I miss the Grand Entrance on Pico.blvd. and Motor Ave. The Archway. The guard gate. "20th Century Fox" sign . Now , it's hidden around the back with lots of security. I Delivered rental cars for T.V. productions such as "Charlie's Angels" and other Lorimar Productions. MGM in Culver City too. I met Jaclyn Smith .She drove the rental car .in a scene right there in the backlot.
Great music!
Woow! It looks exactly the same when I saw it.
6:05 , this street gives me legit emotions!
The main street where Bones was filmed, nice.
This a whole city but i love it at the front entry as an adult spend money for activities and date night and celebrity hosting gig
Maybe I missed it because everything went by so quickly, but did this video show the Newman Scoring Stage, named after both Alfred and Lionel Newman?
Stage one, you'll notice a topiary cello outside the loading door, created by K. Jones
Nice landmark
They recorded this video on my 17th birthday!
Wow.😀😇
At 4.11 above studio 8 pretty sure that is Fox plaza A.K.A Nakatomi Plaza from Die Hard movie
It absolutely is!
In what site is the ron stefaniuk studio?
Is this where the "Daniel Boone" television series (1964-1970) was filmed?
That was William Fox Studios on Western Blvd...same place where they shot the original Perry Mason series.
Lucky for you
Does anyone know where slappy is cause fox studios took him so they could continue the series but never did
I was disappointed that they didn't do studio tours I went on holiday to LA recently and did Warner Bros, Paramount and Universal studio tours I believe Disney wouldn't take much advantage of it if they did do studio tours more people would be aware that the Fox part is someone's surname like the Warner Part in Warner Bros.
Did anyone from Fox reach out to you about making this video? Did you have permission?
Anyone know what happened to the old Western street where Richard Widmark and Robert Mitchum roamed? I guess it was knocked down years ago.
Where's The 20th Century Fox statue
I dont think so...
Is it possoble to visit the lot like Universal?
2:00 stage 9 the home of mash.
Wheres the TCF Structure?
“Rebecca” was not a 20th Century-Fox film, nor was it shot on that studio’s lot. It was filmed at the former Ince Studios lot in Culver City, then known as Selznick International. In 1956, when “Rebecca” was re-released after David O. Selznick had sold interest in his films, “Rebecca” its distribution was handled by Fox, but that’s all.
Now this studio is no longer....sad...Nice to have more studios competing with each other than a few...
Actually, Disney is still using the studio. It's just being leased by the Murdochs.
@Dusk Raccoon Yes. Confusing, I know.
@Dusk Raccoon I have no idea to tell you the truth. And yes, both 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios) and the Fox network still produce programming together. For example, they currently co-produce a show called Bless the Harts, which is executive produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
@Dusk Raccoon I know. I thought it was a mistake for them to buy ABC personally.
disney should have left that studio alone.
How can you enter fox studios?
Unless studios give public tours, you generally have to be working on the lot to get access. I work there from time to time.
@@trylikeafool oh I understand. On what occasions are you most likely to get public access?
Is there any visit to the year that they do or something like that?
Sadly, the studio got renamed back in 2020.
Now the Disney studios sad
Joaquin Rivera yes
20th Century Studios actually
@@BuzzworthyMedia have they rebranded with new signage at the front of the studio?
How come they don't have a fully crafted 20th century fox statue
Hi Tyler, I think you mean the 20th Century Fox logo at the beginning of their films. That’s just an animation; it doesn’t actually exist.
@@trylikeafool Now that Disney owns Fox, maybe they can construct an actual 20th Century Fox statue at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
@@trylikeafool Yeah. I really want to build this at the top of the Fox Studios lot.
lost in space in 60s
20th century no longer has fox in their name but 20th century studios is located at Fox studios
Fantastics Studios.
Wait Where's The 20th century fox Starue?
If you mean their logo that you see at the beginning of their films, they don’t have an actual statue. That’s just an animated logo.
I need a Dramamine after all that.
Did Disney owned the 20th Century Fox Studios?
They own the film companies but the lot was never sold.
I HATE DISNEY.😡🤬😡🤬
@@TheMatthewick DUDE STOP JUST DEAL WITH IT OR I'LL REPORT YOU!!!
@KC_and_Carl 20th Century had great history though! They didn't need Disney.
We got to create a new lifestyle. We past just seeing it in music videos we gave the income and revenue to live it everywhere everyday
The Dream Factory
Trademark FOX all Caught up now - deadpool
If Murdoch didn't sell Fox to Disney
Where de satue
It doesn't actually exist, it's just an animation for their opening logo
So that`s tcf hollywood in real life
How can universla have simpson than when its a fox production
Melicia This is Fox Studios, not Universal.
Its on universal too dont understand why when its a fox show
Melicia Fox licenses it to Universal for the theme park, and I’m sure they get a lot of money from the deal.
Melicia no because at Universal studios They have the Simpsons ride
Fox is better than disney
Sad Disney occupies this place it thankfully only has a 15 year lease Fox wouldn’t SELL the historic lot !!! Yayyyy
I don't even like the idea of Disney even owning Fox.
If Universal owned the company, that would have been fine since they already have Simpsons there at their theme parks.
Can you just drive on the property if you ask them to
Connor Morris No, you need to be working on the lot to have access. I don’t know if Fox gives tours to the public, but I’m sure they have info about that on their website.
Some of their shows were cancelled
20th century fox sports
I HATE DISNEY.😡🤬😡🤬
I know why but just don't be mad
Stop with that nonsense about hating Disney and get used to it.
Kinda boring - just a bunch of stage structures.