"Oppenheimer"

Florence Pugh and Cillian Murphy stroll by a Berkeley movie theatre in Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" (Universal, 2023). The Sierra Madre Playhouse in Sierra Madre was standing in for a theatre they called the Parkside. It's a shot appearing on IMDb. 

 

The film also stars Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Alden Ehrenreich, Scott Grimes, Jason Clarke, Kenneth Branagh and Tom Conti. Hoyte Van Hoytema was the cinematographer. The production design was by Ruth De Jong. 

See the page about the Sierra Madre Playhouse on the Los Angeles Theatres site for more about the theatre.

 

During prep and filming:

 

The Playhouse dressed for the shoot. Thanks to the the theatre for including this photo in a post about the film on the Sierra Madre Playhouse Facebook page.

 

 

 

Florence and Cillian in front of the theatre. The poster is for "Midnight," a 1939 release with Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore and Mary Astor. Photo: Sierra Madre Playhouse

 

 

Thanks to Dave Lessig for including this shot in his Facebook post when he shared the images from the Sierra Madre Playhouse. He comments: 

 

"Sierra Madre was also supposed to have been where we were gonna see Tom Shafer driving the Pacific Bus Museum's 1932 Twin Coach, but that footage wound up not making the final cut." 

 

Visit the Facebook page for the Pacific Bus Museum in Sacramento. Also see a page about this particular East Bay Motor Coach Lines vehicle on the PBM website.

 

"The Parkside Theater presents The Best Entertainment in Town - Always a Good Value." Photo: Sierra Madre Playhouse. Thanks!

Other recognizable L.A. area locations used by the film include the Biltmore Hotel, the basement of the Subway Terminal Building, and the Ebell Club on Wilshire for various meeting rooms, a lecture hall, and corridor shots. 

On IMDb: "Oppenheimer"