Peter- I'll answer your question after I get the exact address from my call sheets. The location was in the vicinity of Indian Dunes, the popular 200-acre movie and television location just north of Six Flags Magic Mountain.
Broso- My comments to follow. Hawaii was the best location to film at the time. California was not the same as Hawaii.
As a side note- Who is Paul Sinor? Never talked to the guy and could care less of his thoughts or statements. I taught my Vietnamese background people how to clear a AK-47 and I'm from the South.
Aloha,
Louise Dushkin
Vietnamese Casting Director, Tour of Duty
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: Speaking of the location of season 2. Using
: google maps, what would be the exact
: location of the set and main filming area.
: From what ive gathered from other cast and
: crew, it's somewhere in the Santa Clara area
: near the Newhall Ranch. I just can't for he
: life of me find out where. Your help would
: be apprieciated.
:
: Peter
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: Hi Louise! Great to hear from you. Thank you
: so much for taking the time to answer our
: questions. We can never have enough insight
: into Tour and how things were run behind the
: scenes. I also appreciate all the material
: you have given to the site and the DVD
: release.
:
: Cheers
:
: Peter
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: --Previous Message--
: Aloha Peter,
:
: I noticed your question on this web site-
: (My question would be "Was the idea of
: location change and the introduction of
: women to the storyline greeted with a good
: response from the actors and crew?")
:
: The location change from Hawaii to Valencia
: California after the first season was not
: well accepted by the majority of the actors
: and crew. Zev Braun made this decision to
: save costs and he wanted to use the old MASH
: set located in Valencia California.
: Eventually, it ended up costing more than
: filming in Hawaii due to several reasons.
: Most of the scenes required spraying the
: brown grass and background to look green
: like the jungle and it was difficult to
: transport the crew and extras to the filming
: locations in Valencia. Valencia was cold
: compared to Hawaii; so, many of the scenes
: were filmed in cold temperatures which was
: not pleasant for the actors and crew. In
: Valencia we had to rent and bring all the
: coconut trees, palm trees, bamboo and other
: plants to the set in order to make the
: background look like Vietnam. Hawaii was a
: perfect match to Vietnam where everything is
: green and tropical looking. The ratings
: started to drop after moving to Valencia and
: the air time slots eventually moved to non
: prime time air slots which further impacted
: the ratings. In my opinion had Zev
: continued to film in Hawaii the series would
: have lasted much longer.
:
: Introduction of women to the storyline was
: well accepted by everyone. During the War
: in Vietnam many women were involved as
: doctors and nurses. I don't remember any
: woman reporters in Vietnam however; I worked
: at the front line during the War where most
: reporters were distant from those areas.
:
: Mahalo,
: Louise Dushkin
: Vietnamese Casting Director, Tour of Duty
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