THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
When Steve Carrel flies first class on an episode of "The Office'' and his underlings fly coach, the destination is really Pacoima, Calif., a Los Angeles suburb. When a body turns up in the back of an airplane on "CSI: New York,'' the crime scene is really Pacoima. When couples in "Couples Retreat" flew to Bora Bora, they took off and landed in Pacoima.
Pacoima is home to one of two main suppliers of airplane sets in Hollywood, where scrapped jetliners are brought back to life as commercial jets in warehouses, ready to stage any sort of aviation situation Hollywood can dream up.
The entertainment industry has long had an out-sized interest in airplanes and airports, playing off the fears of crashes, the comedy and frustration of airlines and travel, the pain of separation and the joy of reunion, or just moving stories along by moving characters around. Airplanes are a good backdrop for dialogue, for chance encounters and, of course, for comedy.
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