Filming Location
Victorville has been used for commercial filming several times:
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939), was partially filmed in Victorville
- The Harvey Girls (1942), partially filmed at Iverson Ranch
- It Came From Outer Space (1953), filmed in Victorville and the surrounding desert; Victorville served as the setting for the fictional town of "Sand Rock, Arizona".
- Grand Theft Auto (1977), starring Ron Howard
- The Hills Have Eyes (1977) by Wes Craven
- The Hitcher (1986), starring Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, and Jennifer Jason Leigh, was filmed at the Outpost truck stop. Many local residents were used as extras.
- Lethal Weapon (1987) filmed at El Mirage Dry Lake west of Victorville
- From Dusk till Dawn (1996), the restaurant scene early in the movie
- Face/Off (1997), portions filmed at Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville
- Breakdown (1997) starring Kurt Russell, filmed in downtown Victorville
- Contact (1997), also partially filmed in Victorville, with some local residents used as extras.
- Play It to the Bone (1999) filmed partly in The New Reflections concert venue in Downtown
- Times Like These music video by the Foo Fighters (2002) was filmed on D Street between Victorville and Apple Valley.
- Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) was filmed in The New Reflections as well
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) was partially filmed in Victorville
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