MIAMI VICE
CALDERONE’S RETURN
The episode starts with Crockett and Tubbs on a stakeout surveilling a couple in
a nearby high-
This scene was filmed on Brickell Ave. in Miami. The building they are looking at is the now famous Atlantis located at 2025 Brickell. It appears in the opening montages and is very distinctive with the large square pass thru in the center of the building that has the bright red circular stairs, palm trees, and a swimming pool in it. Our guys are watching from 1925 Brickell, approx. 5 stories from the top.
Original air date 10/19/1984
Original title: Hit List
The opening montage is the same as that of episodes 2 + 3.
After the teaser we see Crockett and Tubbs driving by the Dade County Courthouse. We first see them northbound by the V.I.P. Restaurant on NW Miami Ct. Special thanks to airtommy at miamiviceonline for getting this driving scene accurately figured out.
After their failed divorce at the court house, the scene cuts back to the Atlantis.
Fans of the re-
The hit is on. As the limo driver/hit man walks around the limo and reaches inside to put on the gloves, he makes a stupid mistake. He is putting on gloves so no fingerprints are left behind but to get the gloves he reaches in as seen below and with bare hands picks up the stock of the Franchi Spas 12 shotgun. This is the folding stock variant with 8 shot tubular magazine that was fairly new at that time. Gloves may now be useless since his fingerprints are already on the shotgun, unless they get smudged.
The hit-
Hello all,
Thank you very much for the "hello's" I went to one of the above links and found
some....uh... let's see.... interesting "ideas" put forth. I sent an e-
Hello Dean,
Hope this finds you well..........
I was sent a link ( Miami Vice.org ) from a friend who, for want off anything better to do, did a search on my name. I went to the site and made a post clarifying a small but important point to me. When I returned a few weeks later I noticed a link to a site with some other ....... 'miss' info about that 'Mozambique' section. I thought I might contact you and give you the info scoop.
1. The 'Mozambique' was performed because of the " let's be certain he's dead" idea..... plus it was relatively unknown by the general audience at the time.
2. This episode transpired way before the DNA, forensic brilliance, etc. so the prints and DNA in the gloves where not relative at the time.
3. The unloading and dumping of the gun was to separate the character from the action. As soon as he walked away he could be just another employee. Unloading the gun first was to insure that no one picked it up and tried to use it on him as he walked away. Nothing was by accident. It all was thought out. If you watched an episode I did on Nash Bridges 15 years later I did exactly the same thing in the San Francisco airport.
There is no truth to the robbery-
Side bar...... Another reason this clip went into training programs around the country was because of a coincidental airing...... One Friday night in May we, the participants in the Bianchi Cup, where congregating in the bar of the Hilton hotel in Columbia, Mo. watching our favorite new show..... Miami Vice and .... you guessed it... "my" episode. What I remember through all the weird feelings I had during the airing was at the moment I put my hands into the 'surrender' position...... the entire room said "stand by.... ready..... It was a unique moment for me to say the absolute least.
Thanks for your time
Jim Zubiena .
No camera tricks here, that quick draw and double tap was the real deal.
“Grey,83 Camaro, heading north on Brickell.” except they actually head south on Brickell
and do a u-
Filming goof: The wires for the squibs can clearly be seen as the actor falls dead.
They then head northbound on Brickell back toward the Atlantis.
Then under the I95 entrance ramp.
Then there is an interesting shot that I did not notice until October of 2007. In this short cut the image is reversed as was done a number of times in Vice. They are driving on the wrong side of the road.
They are headed southbound on the northbound side of Brickell and are going under the I95 overpass entrance ramp.
Then another scene that I realized in October 2007 was also a reversed image. They drive by the International Tower better known as the Bank Of America building which was under construction at that time. As you look at the car the driver is on the left side.
In the satellite picture above the area between the two yellow lines is what the camera captures. The point where the lines come together is where the camera was located. Tough spot to figure out due to the image being reversed.
Then they come north over the Miami River on US1/SE 2nd Ave.
Then they turn into the Hyatt Regency Miami.
The police car pulls into the Hyatt and the bad guys drive by. They are last seen going up the entrance to I95 past the Bank Of America Building.
It then cuts to Tubbs driving northbound by the Everglades Hotel on US1/Biscayne Blvd. In the capture below right the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College can be seen in the background. We will see this again in episode 19, The Home Invaders, where it is used as the exterior of the Police Station. Tubbs is seen driving from NE 2nd St. to Ne 4th Street.
The Everglades Hotel has been replaced by a new high-
Yellow line is where Tubbs drives. Building surrounded by blue outline is Everglades Hotel. Purple outline surrounds church that we see at the end of this cut.
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Hit List / Calderone’s Return.
1925 Brickell Ave.
Episode 4
If you recognize any of the unknown locations or have something else to add, please let me know at: cglide@floridamovielocations.org
If you recognize any of the unknown locations or have something else to add, please let me know at: cglide@floridamovielocations.org
Then we see them round the corner from westbound on NW 1st Street to southbound on NW 1st Ave. The Bonanza building seen in the background is now long gone.
They stop at W. Flagler St. on the SW corner of the court house.
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