Update: April 13, 2010 ~ Fillmore, CA has been added as a filming location for Water for Elephants. This location was most likely added because of the availability of the Fillmore and Western Railroad, since much of the story takes place on a traveling circus train. This is exciting news!



这是那个地方一些简要介绍
Water for Elephants begins shooting May 22, 2010. Santa Paula, Calif. is said to be one of the locations where filming will take place. Apparently this city is a popular film location. (from various Internet sources) Here are some interesting details about Santa Paula:
The City of Santa Paula, California is located 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles (about an 1 hour20min. drive) and 14 miles east of Ventura and the coastline of the Pacific Ocean. Santa Paula is the geographical center of Ventura County, situated in the rich agricultural Santa Clara River Valley. The City is surrounded by rolling hills and rugged mountain peaks in addition to orange, lemon and avocado groves.


Santa Paula was the early film capital of California when Gaston Melies brought his Star Film Company to the city in 1911. The popular early silent film maker turned out more than a dozen one- and two-reelers with names like The Ghost of Sulphur Mountain and Oil Well Romance. By 1915 the action had shifted to Hollywood where early filmmakers like Jack Warner were making stars of actors named Chaplin, Mix, and Pickford.
Santa Paula early success as a film center was just a harbinger of its coming popularity with filmmakers. One of the epic miniseries of the 1970s, The Thorn Birds, starring Richard Chamberlain, was filmed in part in Santa Paula (look for the train station). In the ensuing years, many films and commercials have sought out locations in the city because of its authentic 50s downtown and the wide availability of varied historical settings. Many locales in the city date to the late 1800s and early 1900s. Santa Paula Airport, founded in 1930, still has that barnstorming look of the early days of aviation. The city’s 1887 Santa Paula Train Depot is one of the very few original Southern Pacific Railroad Depots serviced by antique trains today. The countryside surrounding Santa Paula evokes a bygone era with its orchards, ranches, and oilfields.S
The town of Santa Paula, California is served by the rails of the Fillmore and Western Railroad, a preserved line with a particular penchant for working for the TV and movie industry (several episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer were filmed there, amongst others). The Union Pacific railroad have trackage rights over the Fillmore and Western, at least as far as Santa Paula.

拍摄地点是圣保拉，位于加州洛杉矶西北部65英里，凡吐拉市东14英里，座落于圣克拉拉河谷。

圣保拉很早就为电影人所喜爱。70年代非常火的一部电视剧荆棘鸟有部分就是在圣保拉拍摄的。其后很多年也有很多电影人喜欢在这里拍戏，因为这里五十年代风格的商业区和很多的历史古迹。这里很多的地方都能追溯到19世纪末，20世纪初。
圣保拉机场鉴于30年代，仍然保留着昔日的风貌。
1887年建立的圣保拉火车站是南太平洋铁路中极少的仍然使用旧式列车运营的火车站。


小R才过完生日没多久就开始新戏了，真辛苦啊