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MEDIA/PRESS
New Tour Highlights Peninsula Movie Site
By Esther Trosow
Source: Pacific Grove (PG) PressMonterey, CA -- Thanks to an innovative new concept in the multi-media tourism, you can now watch scenes of movies filmed on the Monterey Peninsula and see the actual location, while seated in a luxury motorcoach.
The brainchild of Monterey native Doug Lumsden, who also operates Monterey Bay Scenic Tours, this is the first of its kind on the continental US.
Tours typically last 2-1/2 hours and include location from films like Play Misty for Me (1971), Turner & Hooch (1989), A Summer Place (1959), A Clash by Night (1952), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Rebecca (1940), and Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).
Small overhead monitors play appropriate scenes as the 32-seat coach passes by the locale. Lumsden narrates, drives, parks, answers questions, cues up the film clips, and leads group sing-and he does this 7 days a week.
The concept really works, although it must perplex observers outside--seeing a busload of tourists fixated on something inside the vehicle while they pass by some of the most stunning scenery in the world.
Highlights of the maiden voyage included a scene from local favorite Clint Eastwood's Play Misty for Me. As the bus turns the corner near The Sardine Factory restaurant, simultaneous views of the stop sign passing by evoked oohs and ahs from the riders.
Nearly 200 films have been made on the Peninsula since 18907, and Lumsden worked closely with the Monterey County Film Commission while planning the tour. Say Greg Robinson, executive director of the commission, "Filmmakers have been drawn to Monterey County locations for decades, finding our locations the perfect backdrop for their shots."
Tours cost $49.00, and reservations can be made by calling (831) 372-6278.
Check available dates and buy tickets online.
To purchase tickets by phone call Zerve at (800) 979-3370 or (212) 209-3370.
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Monterey Bay Scenic Tours, LLC, (parent company of Monterey Movie Tours®) holds a Public Performance Movie License that allows us to show productions onboard our luxury coach. Movie Tours is the trademark of Movie Tours, Inc., a Hawaii Corp. Used by permission. 17-MILE DRIVE®, PEBBLE BEACH, PEBBLE BEACH RESORTS, THE HERITAGE LOGO, THE LONE CYPRESS TREE, and their distinctive images are trademarks, service marks, and trade dress of Pebble Beach Company. Used by permission.
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