Joe Pimentel

Photographer, Developer, & Life Ponderer

Pan-Am Shoot

Outside my building. More production trucks. Old VW Beetle This car was tiny. Tall people would need to pull the top down and drive with their heads out.
This is a classic Vespa car. I think it had the same engine as the scooters.
German telephone booth and street signs. I think this says \ The actors rehearsing a scene. Six of the 210 extras they had on this set. 210 extras running up the street.
Fake German police officer. 210 extras ready to hear Kennedy\'s speech on the Berlin Wall.
Margot Robbie as \ Margot Robbie, Christina Ricci and an unknown male actor. Christina Ricci and an unknown male actor. Christina Ricci and an unknown male actor.
Christina Ricci and an unknown male actor. Christina Ricci and an unknown male actor. Christina Ricci and an unknown male actor. Christina Ricci between takes. Director and actresses laughing between takes.
Rehearsing Not part of the filming but this guy decided to perch himself up on the treetops and sleep through the whole thing. My living room and foyer before it was transformed. Our apartment hallway prepped and protected.
My apartment foyer converted into a Berlin hotel room entrance. My living room converted into a hotel bedroom. My living room converted into a hotel bedroom. My living room converted into a hotel bedroom. My living room converted into a hotel bedroom.

The new ABC show Pan-Am decided to use our apartment and neighborhood to record episode 2 of their premiere season. They converted the neighborhood to look like 1963 Berlin, and our living room and foyer into a hotel room.