Does anyone know where the last scene, in which Yossarian paddles from the shore, was filmed? There's a runway right there, too. I've tried to look at the listed filming locations on satellite view and I can't find that spot. Does anyone know?
Thanks.
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The last scene was filmed where the entire film was shot -- San Carlos, Guaymas, in Sonora, Mexico.
shareI know that is the general area. I was looking for something more specific, as in coordinates, as I've scoured the area and can't find it. Of course, it's entirely possible that the area it was filmed in is completely different now, as in redeveloped.
Time wounds all heels.
In actuality, the film was not shot in San Carlos although the remaining extras were lodged there. An actual runway was built for the film and remains as a tourist attraction to this day. Of course, as is shown in the movie, the runway is near the coastline and is in a westernly direction from San Carlos. The runway should be visible in a satellite shot. Yossarian paddles the raft just off the beach near the end of the runway.
shareSadly, its shape is just barely visible now in the satellite shots. The lower end (near the shoreline) is mostly built over with small houses or other structures, and what survives of the rest of it (on the other side of the road that now cuts across it) is more an "impression" on the earth. It looks like the asphalt is gone or nearly so. They either tore it up or have simply allowed it to deteriorate over these 47 years.
As a private pilot I had the pleasure of flying past it on a flying excursion into Mexico in 1979. The paved runway and unpaved taxiways still looked great. I still have the couple of pictures I took, but I really regret not having taken the time to descend and get some good close ones.
In an early 1970s airport guidebook, the author states "This airport isn't open to the public, but it's a beauty. The movie company will be shooting some more aviation films and they want to keep the pattern clear for their mass formation takeoffs and flyovers." I have no idea if that ever happened.