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SARAH CONNOR'S CRYPT: JUST A MEMORY! Connor's crypt is peaceful once more! Reported By: René de Jong Monday, June 10, 2002 Schwarzenegger fan Lauri Lesh writes TheARNOLDFANS about her trip to the Whittier cemetery: shooting location of T3's crypt heist. Unfortunately the cemetery shoot has wrapped but she was able to at least give us our first mages of Sarah Connor's crypt in it's original state. Without the facade of the enriched set design you saw earlier, these photos of the plain original "crypt" structure gives you an idea of the talent and imagination going into T3. Lauri Lesh: Hi ArnoldFans, I live in Whittier, and I know they are filming some T3 stuff here - at least they were yesterday (Rose Hills Cemetery) and today (Friday, June 7th) I drove by and saw all the trucks and catering etc... I don't know where you live - but I've driven through the cemetery on a few occasions - the older section where they are filming is really peaceful and pretty - there is not usually anything "current" going on in this section. All the stones are above ground in this area where as the remainder of rose hills (which is one of the, if not "the" largest cem's) are the plaque on the ground type headstones. I "think" the building they are showing in the pictures (the crypt) is now just a maint building, but it appears it used to be maybe where the intake was as there is a circular driveway leading up to it etc....but if it's the building I think it is, it's not really a crypt. Seeing how I don't feel like doing the stuff I should be doing, thought maybe I would drive up there early this am and confirm it's where I thought it was shot. I thought about stopping where I saw all the trailers and catering stuff uptown Whittier last night and asking for more info - but chickened out. On Saturday I went back to the cemetery with my digital camera to see if I could take any good pictures for TheARNOLDFANS. So I went to the place where all the trailers, caters etc ...were the evening before and they were all gone :-( I knew I should have gone back that night.  Click on the image for a larger version! Anyhow, I printed out all of the images I was able to find on the web that showed T3 at the Cemetery. I went there and took a bunch of pictures (trying to take shots from where the T3 ones were taken).  Click on the image for a larger version! I was able to see that the big headstone they show when Arnold is carrying out the coffin which was put there by the crew. It's not really there. There are a few other things that you can see where they had built stuff (mostly grass was ripped up then replaced and stuff like that. Figured out that the stainglass window he breaks through is actually something they built added on to the original structure. It was still neat and fun taking the pictures, and they will be neat to reference when the movie comes out....  Click on the image for a larger version! As you can see on some of the pictures you can see where the grass is all dead... It had been pulled up for them I assume then planted back in later. The one patch to the side (left as you face building) is where they had a fake headstone - the place where I'm betting he comes bursting out of the window is just behind the tree you see like a little access way - electrical box on the wall etc. Right in front of that was a big patch of grass maybe 6x6 where it looks like they had something built (which is confirmed in the pictures).  Click on the image for a larger version! It's a neat location - and it is a mausoleum - I was thinking that it was not. Took pictures through the window, by pressing the camera against very dirty windows (it's locked) in case they had any interior shots in the movie.  Click on the image for a larger version! Found a lot of screws and nails, little pics of wood, evidence of shrubbery and trees being cut to accommodate what they were doing etc....so to me it was interesting (plus saw a couple of deer - and tons of squirrels).  Click on the image for a larger version! Disappointed I didn't know about this sooner." Lauri Lesh ---------- |