11. Xanadu … Oh, Wait, That Looks Familiar
Most of Citizen Kane’s filming was done on the RKO lot, in what is now Paramount Pictures famous Stage 19. However, Welles did take the shoot on location to film some of the more opulent moments of Kane’s life. Those shots of exotic animals roaming his private zoo and the slowly rolling hills of Kane’s verdant escape are actually taken from San Diego’s Balboa Park and the San Diego Zoo.
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