"The Terminal"

Watched The Terminal on ABC last night. The opening shots were in the
now closed (to scheduled passenger flights) Mirabel Airport Terminal in
Montreal. The next shots identified as the "In-Transit" lounge were in
another terminal. Anyone know where? Or was this just a set?

Thanks

Hi,

It was a set as shown on DVD's special features cheers....pappa

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Watched The Terminal on ABC last night. The opening shots were in the
now closed (to scheduled passenger flights) Mirabel Airport Terminal in
Montreal. The next shots identified as the "In-Transit" lounge were in
another terminal. Anyone know where? Or was this just a set?

Thanks

Or was this just a set?

It was mostly just a big working set.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminal

* Most exterior shots and those featuring actual aircraft were shot at
Montréal-Mirabel International Airport: additional interior shots were also
done there including the mezzanine overlooking the immigration desks and the
baggage carrousels directly behind them, the jetways showing Aéroports de
Montréal signs, and many Air Transat planes in the background, when New York
is not one of their regular destinations. Additional pre-production shooting
was done at Los Angeles International Airport and at Spielberg's offices at
Amblin. Montreal is also mentioned on the loudspeaker at the beginning of
the flim, about the point where the police officer tells Victor to wait in a
special line.

* Spielberg travelled around the world to find an actual airport that would
let him film for the length of the production, but could not find one. The
Terminal set was built in a massive hangar at the Palmdale Regional Airport.
The hangar, part of the US Air Force Plant 42 complex was used to build the
Rockwell International B-1B bomber.

* The set was built to full earthquake construction codes and was based on
the Düsseldorf International Airport. The shape of both the actual terminal
and the set viewed sideways is a cross section of an aircraft wing.

* Everything functioned in the set as in real life. There was real food, ice
cream and coffee in the appropriate outlets. The escalators were purchased
from a department store that went bankrupt.

* The design of the Terminal set as noted by Roger Ebert in his reviews and
attested by Spielberg himself in a feature by Empire magazine was greatly
inspired by Jacques Tati's classic film Playtime.

Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada

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Watched The Terminal on ABC last night. The opening shots were in the
now closed (to scheduled passenger flights) Mirabel Airport Terminal in
Montreal. The next shots identified as the "In-Transit" lounge were in
another terminal. Anyone know where? Or was this just a set?

Thanks


It was a set.