Hollywood Sign - Imitations

Imitations

  • In May 2008, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce licensed exclusive rights to Plymouth Rock Studios of Massachusetts to merge “Hollywood” with “East”, creating Hollywood East, a new industry trademark that represents the growing film industry in New England. The studio plans to find a site in Plymouth, Massachusetts for the permanent installation of the sign.

Other cities have imitated the sign in some way.

  • Macduff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland has a Macduff sign.
  • A Hollinwood sign was erected in Hollinwood, which is near Manchester in the United Kingdom, to celebrate the city's twinning with Los Angeles. The sign was erected during the night and then taken down by the Highways Agency, as the sign was considered a distraction.
  • In March 2010, it was announced that the Wellington Airport in New Zealand would erect a WELLYWOOD sign on the hillside of the Miramar Peninsula. This was to reflect the film-making community in Wellington, notably Weta Digital which produced effects for Lord of the Rings, King Kong, and Avatar. Wellington mayor Kerry Prendergast felt confident in proceeding with the production of the sign, having been given the blessing of Weta's Sir Peter Jackson and Richard Taylor, but the proposed sign's widespread unpopularity with local residents has persuaded the airport staff to consider alternative ideas.
  • On the old Hòn Tre island near Nha Trang, Vietnam, there is a large VINPEARL sign advertising a resort.
  • Basildon, in Essex, England, erected its own Hollywood-style sign in March 2010. It is on a hill near the turnoff for Basildon on the A127. It stands at 5 ft (1.5 m) high and is part of a £400,000 project to spruce up the town.
  • In 2010 Paddy Power, a large Irish betting company, erected a 270 ft (82 m) wide and 50 ft (15 m) high Hollywood-style sign reading Paddy Power on Cleeve Hill, in the regency town of Cheltenham, as part of a publicity campaign for Cheltenham Festival. It became the world's largest free-standing sign of its kind.
  • The town of Bowen in Queensland, Australia erected a Bowenwood sign on a hill near the centre of the town. This was to celebrate the town's being a major filming location for the 2008 film Australia.
  • The neighborhood of Caurimare, in southeast Caracas, has a Caurimare sign.
  • In September 2010, the Faraya village in Lebanon, known for its year-round tourist attractions, erected a sign reading FARAYA on a mountain. The sign took its inspiration from the Hollywood sign and was made by Faraya residents as a tribute to their village.
  • Students of the Tampere University of Technology (Tampere, Finland) temporarily erected a large Herwood sign atop a cliff in the suburb of Hervanta (nicknamed Herwood among locals, albeit after Sherwood Forest in England and not Hollywood) as a part of their annual May Day pranks in 1996.
  • In the locality of Hammarstrand in northern Sweden there is a Hammarstrand sign, erected in 2007 as part of a television show.
  • The Paris Métro's Bonne Nouvelle station features signage fashioned similar to the Hollywood Sign, in tribute to the neighborhood's contribution to the cinematic and theatrical arts.
  • Entertainer Dolly Parton has many times cited the Hollywood Sign as the impetus behind her own Dollywood theme park, telling Spin Magazine in 1986, "When I first saw the Hollywood sign, I thought, how wonderful would it be if I could change the 'H' to a 'D' for the day."
  • Montego Bay, Jamaica has a large Red Stripe sign in the hills, similar to the Hollywood sign.
  • There is a miniature Hollywood Sign atop the small hill in Valmaotsa village, Laeva Parish, Tartu County, Estonia.
  • The name of Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, is spelled in large white letters on the western cliff of Analamanga Hill.
  • The Endless Caverns in New Market, VA have a mountain sign http://www.flickr.com/photos/jared422/3739419553/
  • The Spanish phrase "Tu Mundo Es Liberty" (Your world is liberty) is on a hill in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
  • Batley, in West Yorkshire, England, has a sign reading "Legends" on a small hill to the side of Bradford Road. "Legends" being the name of am American themed local bar.
  • Gundersheim in Germany has a Vineyard called Höllenbrand with a sign that shows the name.
Mosgiel, New Zealand.
Braşov, Romania.
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Think Blue sign in the mountains north of Dodger Stadium.
Mutanj, Serbia.
Hervanta, Finland.
Hammarstrand, Sweden.
Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Keelung, Taiwan

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