At the start of the movie, Harrison Ford
and Josh Harnett are called in to investigate a shooting at
a place called "The Freeway Club".
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Those club scenes weren't shot at an actual club. Instead, the producers
built a club inside the old Broadway Building.
The Broadway is located at the southwest
corner of Hollywood & Vine, at 1645 N. Vine
Street.
The Broadway was the first major department
store built in Hollywood, and was a very popular shopping spot back in
Hollywood's Golden Age. It went out of business ages ago, but the classic
neon sign on top remains.
(The same building is also the location
of the rooftop chase at the end of the movie.) 
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When Josh is telling Harrison that he
wants to be an actor "because it's my bliss... and I have to follow
my bliss", they are getting into a car parked in a lot behind Musso
& Frank Grill, the oldest restaurant in Hollywood (founded
in 1919).
The address is 6667
Hollywood Boulevard, in Hollywood.
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Josh wakes up in bed with a pretty blonde (and surprises her by yelling
"Stella!" just outside their room), we see him pull into the
parking lot of a police station.
That is the very real L.A.P.D.
Hollywood station, at 1358 N.
Wilcox Ave. That's three blocks south of Hollywood Blvd, between
Highland and Vine.
The very same police parking lot is
used later for the scene where Josh tells Harrison about his father being
killed in the line of duty. And it's also the setting for the scene where
a handcuffed criminal (being brought in by the police) grabs a cop's gun
and shoots up the parking lot, before he's tackled by Josh (who has miscounted
the number of bullets left in the gun).
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Harrison & Josh then go to "Sartain
Records" to interview the company owner (Isaiah Washington).
This building is supposed to be located at Hollywood & Vine, but it's
not really. Those shots, taken in the elliptical-shaped glass lobby, and
the scenes outside on the street, where Josh shoots at men stealing (repossessing)
Harrison Ford's car - were actually filmed several blocks southwest of
that famous corner, at the "6565 Sunset Building",
located at 6565 Sunset Blvd, two blocks
south of Hollywood Blvd, and five blocks west of Vine. (The 2002 AFI Fest
was held at this building...).
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 Harrison
meets a friendly madam ("Cleo", played by Lolita Davidovich)
at a red patio cafe. He's there to get info about one of her girls who
worked at Sartain Records and who learned about the killings. On the phone,
he says it's at "Gower & Franklin". Close, but no cigar.
It IS on Franklin, but it's a few blocks east of Gower, closer to Bronson
& Franklin.
The scene was shot at "Birds Café"
at 5925 Franklin Ave., in east
Hollywood, about a mile northeast of Hollywood & Vine.)
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Harrison then takes a meeting
at a beautiful seaside restaurant where he
tries to finalize the sale of Martin Landau's ("Mr. Duran",
the producer) home
to Master P ("Julius" ). But Harrison blows it, and Landau
ends up storming off.
That restaurant is actually Geoffrey's,
located at 27400 Pacific Coast Highway in
Malibu.
(The same restaurant was also seen in the movie "The Player",
with Tim Robbins.)
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