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Numerous films and television shows have been set or filmed partially at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), at least partly due to the airport's proximity to Hollywood studios. Film shoots at the Los Angeles airports, including LAX, produced $590 million for the Los Angeles region from 2002 to 2005. == 1960s – 1980s== * In the 1966 musical film ''Hold On!'' there is a riot of teenage girls swarming aspiring starlet Cecilie Bannister at LAX. * In the opening credit sequence to 1967's ''The Graduate'', Dustin Hoffman's character is filmed passing wearily through an LAX concourse connection tunnel to "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel. In the 1997 film ''Jackie Brown'', Pam Grier walks past the same spot to soaring soul music by Bobby Womack. * "L.A. International Airport", a song written by Leanne Scott and first recorded by David Frizzell in 1970, was covered in 1971 by Susan Raye and this version reached No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' Country Singles chart (and No. 54 on the Hot 100 singles chart). The song was re-recorded with updated lyrics in 2003 by Shirley Myers for the 75th anniversary of LAX. * The 1976 Walt Disney comedy film ''No Deposit, No Return'' has scenes shown around the interior and the exterior of the LAX terminal. * The 1980 Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker comedy ''Airplane!'' begins at LAX. Additionally, a twist on the iconic public announcement regarding the "white zone" is parodied in the film's opening scene. * Several scenes of the 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger motion picture ''Commando'' were filmed at the Tom Bradley International Terminal, on the airfield, and in an LAX parking deck. * The 1985 film ''To Live and Die in L.A.'' featured a stunt in a terminal at LAX of Petersen running along the top of the dividers between the terminal's moving sidewalk. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LAX airport in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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