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Los Angeles International Airport in popular culture

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Numerous films and television shows have been set or filmed partially at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), at least partly due to the airport's proximity to Hollywood studios. Film shoots at the Los Angeles airports, including LAX, produced $590 million for the Los Angeles region from 2002 to 2005.[1]

1960s–1980s

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1990s

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2000s

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2010–present

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  • In a 2010 History Channel episode of Life After People, the Theme Building and LAX Control Tower are shown what would happen to them after years of neglect.
  • The 2011 episode titled "The Middle Men" from the British science fiction television show Torchwood: Miracle Day, featured LAX.
  • In the final season premiere of Lost, notably titled "LA X", the alternate timeline sequences are mostly set in LAX, which was the intended destination of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815.
  • Los Angeles International Airport also featured in the Brett Ratner film Rush Hour, where Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) board a United Airlines Boeing 747-400 bound for Hong Kong.
  • The LAX Theme Building influenced the stage set up for the U2 360 Tour.
  • In the video game Destroy All Humans!, a majestic base appears to be similar to LAX.
  • LAX was featured as a playable stage in the 2003 video game Midnight Club II.
  • In 2015 science fiction action film Terminator Genisys, in the post apocalyptic future setting, the ruins of LAX becomes one of Skynet's concentration camps, where it also houses its prototype time machine.
  • In the 2017 drama film All Eyez on Me, the main character, Tupac Shakur, is shown flying into LAX airport when going to California.
  • In the 2020 action film Tenet, LAX's Tom Bradley International Terminal served as a stand-in for Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. An Asiana Airlines A380 is also seen in the film.
  • In the epilogue of the American animated television show Amphibia, Sasha Waybright arrives at LAX to pick up Marcy Wu from the terminal in order to visit Anne Boonchuy and celebrate Anne's birthday.

References

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  1. ^ Tony Barboza (January 22, 2007). "L.A. airports fly high with film shoots". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ a b Chris Woodyard (September 9, 2004). "Lights! Camera! Security! Huh?". USA Today. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Peppard, Alan (10 September 2004). "Best of weather for lunch". The Dallas Morning News. Dallas, Texas. Actress Heather Locklear will be on to talk about her new NBC airport drama, LAX, which shot its pilot in the Dallas/Fort Worth area (with Alliance Airport impersonating LAX).