Oak Alley Plantation in Popular Culture
Oak Alley Plantation was used as a location in the following feature films, television shows, and other media:
- Midnight Bayou (2009)
- Primary Colors (1998)
- Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
- The Long, Hot Summer (1985) re-make of 1958 movie
- Dixie: Changing Habits
- The Night Rider (1978)
- Days of our Lives, soap opera, used the plantation as a location for a wedding scene.
- Ghost Hunters investigated the plantation in Season 4, Episode 19.
- Ace of Cakes showed a groom's cake replica of the house and the oak alley.
- Beyoncé's "Déjà Vu" music video and "B'Day" CD insert photos filmed/shot in June 2006.
- The Young and the Restless soap opera, used the location for the characters Sharon Newman and Adam Newman to rekindle their relationship.
- The Sims video-game features an image of the Oak Alley Plantation pathway on the "Travellin' Joe's Expresso Bar" prop, which was included in The Sims Unleashed.
- Stay Alive (2006)
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