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Final Destination (2000)
Where Final Destination says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A New York airport shot in Vancouver, and a Paris street built in Victoria
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Scenes and places
Boarding Flight 180 at JFK (2000)
Alex boards with his classmates for their senior trip to Paris. Before take-off he has a premonition that the plane will explode in mid-air.
Set in John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York — Alex Browning boards Volée Airlines Flight 180 with his classmates for their senior trip to Paris. Google Maps · Apple Maps
JFK is New York's main international airport; here Vancouver's airport plays its part.
Filmed at Vancouver International Airport — The crew used Vancouver International Airport as the stand-in for JFK. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Inside Flight 180 (2000)
Alex panics as the first details of his vision come true. A fight with Carter gets both of them, and five others, removed from the plane.
Set in Volée Airlines Flight 180, cabin and take-off — Events from Alex's vision begin to happen on board, and a fight breaks out between Alex and Carter Horton.
The cabin is a set, not a real aircraft in flight.
The school memorial (2000)
Students and teachers gather under the shadow of the crash. Alex slips away to speak with his best friend Tod.
Set in Memorial service for Flight 180 — The school gathers for a service for the people who died on the flight.
A town-sized grief scene staged in the British Columbia capital.
Filmed at Victoria, British Columbia — Wikipedia says the memorial was filmed in Victoria; the exact spot is not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Tod's bathroom (2000)
Tod is alone in his bathroom when a small everyday slip sets off the first death. It is ruled a suicide, and Alex does not accept that.
Set in Tod Waggner's house, bathroom — Tod is alone at home after the memorial service.
An ordinary family house, with a bathroom as the stage.
The funeral home (2000)
Alex and Clear slip in at night to see Tod one more time. The mortician catches them and tells them the survivors have upset a larger design.
Set in Funeral home — Alex sneaks into the funeral home to examine Tod's corpse.
A funeral home that the film uses as its one calm, quiet stop.
The café and the bus (2000)
The group argues over whether Tod's death and the crash are connected. Terry storms out and steps into the street.
Set in A café, and the street outside — Alex and Clear meet the other survivors at a café, where a heated argument breaks out.
The scene that turns the mystery into a countdown.
Filmed at Victoria, British Columbia — Wikipedia places the death scenes in Victoria; the café street itself is not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Ms. Lewton's kitchen (2000)
Alex works out that Death is going in a fixed order and races to warn the teacher who is next. A chain of small events in her own kitchen reaches her first.
Set in Valerie Lewton's house — After a news report on the cause of the explosion, Alex concludes that Death is reclaiming the survivors in the order they would have died.
A teacher's ordinary kitchen, filmed as one of the death scenes.
Filmed at Victoria, British Columbia — Wikipedia places the death scenes in Victoria; the house is not named. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The train crossing (2000)
Carter stops on the tracks to show Alex that nothing is coming for him. The test becomes a race to get everyone out.
Set in A railroad crossing — The remaining survivors drive through town as Alex explains the situation, and Carter stops his car at a train crossing.
A rail crossing; no source names its location.
The cabin (2000)
Alex hides at the cabin and realises his seat change threw off the order he had worked out. He sets out to find out who is next.
Set in A secluded cabin — While hiding in a secluded cabin the next day, Alex realizes that he miscalculated the original death sequence.
A cabin used as a hiding place, near a friend's home.
Filmed at Victoria, British Columbia — Wikipedia says the forest scene was filmed in Victoria; whether the cabin is that same location is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Clear's car (2000)
Alex arrives at Clear's house with the FBI agents behind him. He finds her trapped in her car with loose cables and spilled gasoline around her.
Set in Clear Rivers's house and car — Alex rushes to Clear's house to save her while the FBI agents pursue him.
A suburban driveway.
Paris, six months later (2000)
Alex goes to Paris with Clear and Carter to celebrate. While they talk about their ordeal, he begins to see that saving Clear changed the order.
Set in A Paris café — Six months later, Alex travels to Paris with Clear and Carter to celebrate their survival.
Paris here is a street built in a Canadian city square.
Filmed at Bastion Square, Victoria — A Paris street was built as a set in Bastion Square; the ending was filmed there over four nights. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Alex Browning — A high school student whose premonition empties seven seats before Flight 180 explodes.
- Clear Rivers — A classmate who believes Alex when no one else does.
- Tod Waggner — Alex's best friend, removed from the plane with him.
- William Bludworth — The mortician who tells Alex that Death has a design.