Sydney on Screen: Where Opera Meets Oprah

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"Successful daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful (1987- ) chose Sydney for an on-location shoot in 2007 to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary. Much of the filming took place on the city's waterfront. On arriving for the opening of the international Forrester fashion boutique, Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) makes a beeline for Circular Quay and Bennelong Point to take in the sights. Hit television series Dynasty (1981-1989) featured establishing shots of Sydney in a 1986 episode that saw Alexis Carrington Colby (Joan Collins) travel to the Australian Outback on a surprise visit to see Ben Carrington (Christopher Cazenove)."

"Just past the intersection of Hickson Road with Towns Place, you may recognise the overpass ahead of you featured in The Matrix (1999). In the classic scene shot in front of the overpass, Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) rushes towards and into a phone booth seconds before it is crushed by a truck. When Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) inspects the wreckage, Trinity’s body is gone. The same overpass was used in Kangaroo Jack (2003) and Better Than Sex (2000) starring David Wenham and Susie Porter."

"Argyle Place underwent an incredible transformation during the filming of Mission Impossible 2 (2000) when it stood in for Spain. In one shot, a religious procession celebrating the “Fallas de Valencia” marches up a dusty and gravelled-looking Argyle Street, past the Garrison Church. In another, Tom Cruise runs up candlelit stairs that link Argyle Street to Watson Road. These steps as well as the church can be seen in Playing Beatie Bow (1986)."

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