Once used by miner Earl Pilgrim in the 1930s, the Stampede Trail became world famous when the book Into the Wild was released.
Once used by miner Earl Pilgrim in the 1930s, the Stampede Trail became world famous when the book Into the Wild was released.
It is in Bus 142, located on the Stampede trail, that Christopher McCandless died on August 18, 1992. A place that became famous at the time of the release of Sean Penn’s film. The abandoned vehicle was once accessible after a difficult walk of more than 32 km, during which several people got lost. Some of them unfortunately lost their lives while trying to reach the site. For this reason, the bus was airlifted on June 18, 2020 to an undisclosed location. It is planned that it will be exhibited at the Museum of the North at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.
Since the dawn of cinema, films have invaded the world and highlighted sometimes unexpected places. Every film location has its secrets. The latter are sometimes as exciting as the feature films themselves.
Did you know that the cemetery where the final duel of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was built from scratch and that no body lies there? Or that the bus ofInto The Wild has been moved to discourage fans from spending the night there? From the story of the construction of The Bridge on the River Kwai to the incredible encounter during the shooting of the last scene ofIndiana Jones and the Last Crusadeembark on an exciting world tour with the greatest stars of the seventh art. Shiver in the real haunted house ofAmityville and discover the terrifying anecdotes of the making ofApocalypse Now in the Philippines. Visit the building of Blade Runner before stopping at Hogwarts and finally landing in Jurassic Parkin the middle of the Hawaiian archipelago. What if we also took you behind the scenes of the making of the Hobbits’ village of Lord of the Rings ?
Produced by a team of pop-culture specialists and enhanced by numerous anecdotes, Cult! movies tells the secrets of the places that made the history of cinema.
