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'Christine' Film Set
Valencia, California

Fake gas station at the corner of McBean Parkway and Valencia Boulevard that was blown up in the 1983 John Carpenter film, "Christine" (from the novel by Stephen King, screenplay by Bill Phillips, starring Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky and 2007 Newhall Walk of Western Stars honoree Harry Dean Stanton).

Contributor Jon Lewis writes: "Various scenes of the film were shot around Santa Clarita including Valencia Liquors on Lyons Avenue and a stretch of Magic Mountain Parkway. A full-size gas station set was constructed (garage bays, gas pumps) on the southeast corner of McBean Parkway and Valencia Boulevard (where the Corner Bakery is today). The night before the photo was taken, the gas station was blown up. The photo was shot looking northeast toward Saugus."

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