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* CaliforniaDoubling: "Philadelphia" is actually Charleston, South Carolina. The "docked" ships you see are at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots_Point Patriot's Point]], and you can even see the first nuclear powered mercantile vessel, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah NS Savannah]] there in the film (it was moved from there in 1994), a huge anachronism.

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"Philadelphia" is actually Charleston, South Carolina. The "docked" ships you see are at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots_Point Patriot's Point]], and you can even see the first nuclear powered mercantile vessel, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah NS Savannah]] there in the film (it was moved from there in 1994), a huge anachronism.anachronism.
** Various places in Tooele and Salt Lake counties in Utah play the role of Nevada.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JohnCarpenter was attached to the project early on, but hit a snag while writing the screenplay, unable to come up with a good direction for the third act.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: "Philadelphia" is actually Charleston, South Carolina. The "docked" ships you see are at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots_Point Patriot's Point]], and you can even see the first nuclear powered mercantile vessel, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah NS Savannah]] there in the film (it was moved from there in 1994), a huge anachronism.

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