Golden Gate Bridge in popular culture

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As a prominent American landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge has been used in a variety of media.

Contents 1 Books 2 Films 3 Documentaries 4 Music 5 Television titles 6 Video games 7 Other 8 References

Books

• The Golden Gate, a novel by Alistair MacLean in which a kidnapping is staged on the bridge.
• Amazing Grace, a novel by Danielle Steele, in which an earthquake destroys the bridge.

Films

It has featured in the following movies:

• The Abyss (1989)-threatened by a tsunami
• A View to a Kill (1985)-fight on bridge towers
• Basic Instinct (1982)
• Bicentennial Man (1999)-seen intact in the 2200s, with a two-tiered roadway added
• Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
• The Birds (1963)
• The Black Bird (1975)
• The Book of Eli (2010)
• Boys and Girls (2000)
• Brainstorm (1983) – during presentation sequence.
• The Core (2003)-destroyed by unfiltered sunlight
• Dark Passage (1947)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) – the bridge is seen when San Francisco loses its power.
• Dirty Harry (1971)
• Escape from Alcatraz (1978)
• Flight of the Navigator (1986)
• The Graduate (1968)
• Herbie Rides Again (1974) – Herbie drives along the cables of the bridge.
• High Anxiety (1977)
• Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)-dogs walk across it
• Hulk (2003)
• Innerspace (1987)
• Interview with the Vampire (1994)
• It Came from Beneath the Sea (1953)-destroyed by giant octopus
• Love Aaj Kal (2009)
• The Love Bug (1968)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)-destroyed by giant shark
• Milk (2008)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) – a monster/alien robot fight takes place at the bridge.
• Murder by Death (1976)
• National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) – shown as one of the postcards during the opening credits.
• On the Beach (1959)
• The Presidio (1988)
• The Parent Trap (1998)
• The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) – the bridge is seen in some background scenes.
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) - The climatic final battle takes place in the bridge, later the middle part of the bridge was shown in smokes due to the helicopter accident earlier in the film.
• The Room (2003)
• The Rock (1996)
• Skyline (2010)-seen being threatened by an alien destroyer in TV promos
• Star Trek (2009)-seen intact in the 2200s
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
• Sudden Impact (1983)
• Superman: The Movie (1978)-school bus nearly plummets off of damaged bridge, but rescued by Superman
• Terminator: Salvation (2010) – John Conner crosses a damaged version of the bridge on his way to Skynet.
• Time After Time (1979)
• The Towering Inferno (1974)-helicopter flies over bridge in opening credits
• 2012 (2009) – the bridge can be seen in the background when the cruise ship Genesis surges against the pier from an earthquake, although it is in the location of the San Francisco Bay Bridge.
• Vertigo (1958)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) – Magneto switches the position of the bridge so that it connects to Alcatraz.
• Zodiac (2007)

Documentaries

It has been the subject of a 2006 documentary and a 2008-2010 documentary TV series:

• The Bridge – a film about suicides from Golden Gate Bridge in 2004.
• Life After People - a TV documentary series about what happens to the world if humanity suddenly disappears; the Golden Gate Bridge collapses in less than 100 years due to corrosion in its support cables.

Music

• "The Miracle" –- Queen
• "Jumpers" – Sleater-Kinney
• "Golden Gate Jumpers" – Cold War Kids
• "Rambling On" – Procol Harum
• "Ocean Front Property" – George Strait

Television titles

It has also appeared in the opening credits (and/or episodes) in the following television series:

• Nash Bridges
• The Streets of San Francisco
• Angels in America
• Charmed The top of one of the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge was a frequent location in Charmed, and panoramas of the bridge were used in every episode as location establishing shots.
• Eli Stone-destroyed by earthquake
• The Doris Day Show (seen in the opening and closing sequences seasons 2-5)
• Falcon Crest
• Full House (seen in the opening credits)
• Futurama-seen intact in the 3000s, but roadway removed to allow hovercars to glide along it
• Half & Half
• Hotel
• Journeyman (TV series)
• Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
• Monk
• My Sister Sam
• Phyllis
• Sliders
• Stargate: Atlantis
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Severely Damaged in an attack on San Francisco.
• Star Trek: Voyager
• Star Trek: Enterprise
• That's So Raven
• 10.5 (miniseries)-destroyed by earthquake
• Too Close for Comfort (in one episode, Henry Rush is mistaken for a jumper when trying to get rid of several severely overdue library books by throwing them off the bridge).

In addition, a potential terrorist attack against Fort Point underneath the bridge was a key plot point in the final episodes of the third season of The West Wing.

Video games

It has also appeared in the video games:

• Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
• San Francisco Rush 2049
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Homefront (video game)
• Driver
• Vette!
• Pilotwings 64
• Battletanx
• Red Alert 2
• Midtown Madness 2 - the player can drive over the bridge.
• Microsoft Flight Simulator X - one can fly over and around the bridge.
• Godzilla Unleashed
• Cruis'n USA
• Blur
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - a replica of the Golden Gate Bridge mixed with the model of the Baybridge is featured on 2 Special Ops missions.
• Various Sim City games
• Homefront - you play in the bridge as Korean Troops take over San Francisco. The front supports of the bridge are damaged in the final level.

Other

• The Golden Gate Bridge was a featured Santa Cam location for the 2002 NORAD Tracks Santa tracking season.^[1]
• Former NBC/My Network TV affiliate KRON-TV used an animated version of the Golden Gate Bridge as their legal ID in the 1970s and 1980s.^[2]

References