page_title: Santa Rosa, California
section_title: Film locations
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Rosa, California / Film locations
caption_attribution_description: English: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World movie airplane "Butler" hanger, Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, California
context_page_description: Santa Rosa is a city in and the county seat of Sonoma County. Its estimated 2019 population was 176,753. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Redwood Empire, Wine Country and the North Bay; the fifth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont; and the 27th most populous city in California.
context_section_description: Santa Rosa has served as a location for many major films,  including:
  The Happy Land (1943), shot in Santa Rosa, including the house at 1127 McDonald Avenue, and Healdsburg. This was Natalie Wood's first movie, at age five.
  Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Alfred Hitchcock's personal favorite, filmed at Santa Rosa Railroad Depot, NWP Engine #140, Old Courthouse Square, Public Library, and the house at 904 McDonald Avenue. The 1991 telefilm remake involved eight weeks' filming at a house at 815 McDonald Avenue.
  The Sullivans (1944), shot on Morgan Street.
  All My Sons (1948), shot at the house at 825 McDonald Avenue.
  Storm Center (1956) – Bette Davis spent six weeks on location at the Santa Rosa Main Library, which keeps a collection of clippings. The movie includes scenes from downtown and a house on Walnut Court.
  Pollyanna (1960), featured the Mableton Mansion (also known as the McDonald Mansion), at 1015 McDonald Avenue.
  The Wonderful World of Disney – The "Inky the Crow" episodes (beginning in the late 1960s), filmed in the Fountain Grove area.
  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) – the sequence involving the plane flying full bore, at about 150 knots, through an airplane hangar in less than a second, was shot at the Sonoma County Airport, just north of Santa Rosa.
  The Candidate (1972), directed by Michael Ritchie, shot in Howarth Park and Schlumberger Gallery.
  Slither (1972) – Highway 101 south of Santa Rosa, and Cloverdale.
  Steelyard Blues (1973), shot in downtown Santa Rosa and at the Sonoma County Airport.
  Smile (1975), shot at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium and many other nearby locations. Made into a 1986 Broadway musical of the same name with music by Marvin Hamlisch.
  Little Miss Marker (1980), shot at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.
  Shoot the Moon (1982), used a real Carl's Jr. on Industrial Drive at Cleveland Avenue. Also filmed at Wolf House at Jack London State Historic Park.
  Cujo (1983) – locations include Santa Rosa and Petaluma.
  Smooth Talk (1985) – locations include Santa Rosa shopping malls and Sebastopol.
  Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) – locations include Santa Rosa High School and Petaluma.
  Wildfire (1988) – includes Wood Pontiac & Cadillac on Corby Avenue.
  Wired (1989) – filmed in Santa Rosa.
  Die Hard 2 (1990) – scenes shot at Santa Rosa Air Center.
  Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot! (1992) – shot over a four-week period at Santa Rosa Air Center.
  Phenomenon (1996) – used Santa Rosa Junior College as an establishing shot for UC Berkeley. Also used "The Wagon Wheel" bar on Mendocino Avenue for bar scenes.
  Scream (1996) – scenes show a house on McDonald Avenue, a local grocery store, and the Bradley Video Store on Marlow Road.
  Inventing the Abbotts (1997), shot at Santa Rosa High School, on location in Healdsburg and Petaluma.
  Mumford (1999), shot at Santa Rosa Junior College, other Santa Rosa locations, and in Guerneville and Healdsburg.
  Bandits (2001) – locations included the Flamingo Hotel
  The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)- set in Santa Rosa.
  Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) – filmed in Railroad Square.
  Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) – set in Santa Rosa during the 1980s.
  Bad Ass (2012) – set in Santa Rosa in 1957
caption: Airplane hangar used in the film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
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