Johnie's Restaurant, "Miracle Mile" - Los Angeles, CA
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N 34° 03.799 W 118° 21.704
11S E 374335 N 3770012
Johnie's Restaurant is located 6101 Wilshire Blvd. City, State: Los Angeles , CA 90048.
Waymark Code: WM8G4V
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2010
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The main characters of this movie meet at this location where Mare Winningham works as a waitress.
The movie was made in 1988...and the restaurant closed in 2000- but it it still there at the intersection of Wilshire and Fairfax.
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Mile_(film))- the film is an "apocalyptic thriller cult film written and directed by Steve De Jarnatt, and starring Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham that takes place mostly in real time. It is named after the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles, where most of the action takes place."
You can see a clip of the movie that shows the restaurant briefly at (
visit link)
The restaurant is was also a Zippy the Pinhead location: see WM8G2W
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