Yet another movie wraps at Caesars Palace

Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

Saturday, July 16, 2011 | 2 a.m.

Lucky tourists were treated to two big star sightings this week on the Strip.

Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand were in town to film a movie tentatively titled “My Mother’s Curse.” The plot tells the story of an inventor played by Rogen who brings his mother (Streisand) along on a road trip as he tries to hawk his latest creation.

The set was closed to the public, but looky-loos were able to sneak a few peeks as the stars shot scenes in and around Caesars Palace. Filming started Wednesday and ended early Friday. A marathon shoot took place late Thursday into Friday morning. All local filming was done at Caesars.

The Vegas shoot marks the end of production on the movie. It has been filming in Los Angeles for the past several months.

When it is released, “My Mother’s Curse” will join a long legacy of films that use the iconic Caesars Palace as a backdrop. Here are some others:

The Hangover

Caesars Palace becomes ground zero for a debaucherous weekend shared by a group of friends in town for a bachelor party. The now-infamous suite where three of the buddies wake up to find a baby and a tiger was modeled after the hotel’s Emperors Suite, and scenes of the guys in the lobby, pool, elevators, front drive and roof of Caesars all were shot at the resort.

The cast and crew spent 15 days filming in Nevada, boosting the local economy by $4 million. The movie also filled more than a few local movie theaters. It was the 10th highest-grossing film of 2009.

Memorable quote from Alan Garner, played by Zach Galifianakis: “This isn’t the real Caesars Palace is it? Did, umm ... did Caesar live here?”
/AP
Iron Man

The blockbuster superhero movie wrapped filming in June 2007 with a shoot at Caesars. Crews set up in the front drive, lobby and casino of the resort. In one scene, the Caesars Palace logo can be seen clearly on a lectern during an awards ceremony Robert Downey, Jr.’s character Tony Stark blows off.

Las Vegas resorts don’t typically clear out customers to make room for Hollywood, so filmmakers shot scenes during “dead hours,” from midnight to 1 p.m. Still, several tourists stumbled across the action. A few even made movies of their own.
/The Associated Press
Ocean's Eleven

Caesars Palace makes a cameo in the beginning of the film during a flashback about previous failed casino heists. But the all-star crew of robbers don’t plan to hit Caesars in this flick. They focus instead on the Bellagio.

The movie was a smash success (unlike its 1960 Rat Pack predecessor) and sparked two sequels. But those didn’t bring the cast back to Las Vegas. Both “Ocean’s Twelve” and “Ocean’s Thirteen” included minimal filming in Nevada.
/AP
Fools Rush In

Salma Hayek plays a Caesars Palace photographer in this flop of a romantic comedy that also stars Matthew Perry. Perry’s character comes to Las Vegas to build a nightclub — the movie was released in 1997 when Vegas construction was on the rise — and meets Hayek at a local restaurant. He beds her the same night and three months later discovers she’s pregnant. In true Vegas fashion, the pair get married in a quickie ceremony officiated by Elvis.
/AP
Rain Man

Key scenes of this classic starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise are filmed in Caesars Palace. Most notably, Cruise’s character Charlie brings Hoffman’s Raymond, an autistic savant, to Las Vegas to win money counting blackjack cards. The brothers stay and play at Caesars.

Hotel visitors can still sleep in the suite where the movie was filmed. The two-story Emperors Suite includes matching master bedrooms, a dining room, wet bar and significant price tag.
/AP
Oh, God! You Devil

George Burns’ 1984 dark comedy-fantasy is the third and final installment of the “Oh, God!” series and features Burns playing both God and Satan. Burns’ dual character cuts a deal with a struggling musician who sells his soul for a taste of success.

The film climaxes with a poker game between God and Satan at Caesars Palace. God bluffs, and Satan folds.
/AP
Rocky III

The third installment of the Rocky series begins with Rocky Balboa as the new heavyweight champion of the world. An opening montage fills viewers in on what happened between “Rocky II” and “Rocky III” and includes footage of Rocky, played by Sylvester Stallone, defending his title during a fight at Caesars Palace.

Did you know? “Rocky III” is the only movie in the series in which Rocky loses a fight by knockout.
/AP
The Electric Horseman

This 1979 adventure romance starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda tells the story of a cowboy-turned-huckster trying to regain his self-respect. In one of the movie’s pivotal scenes, Redford’s character, Sonny Steele, rides his horse down a show ramp at Caesars Palace, through the casino, onto the Strip, then off into the desert. Both are adorned with flashing light costumes.

And to answer everyone’s question: Yes. A live horse actually rode through Caesars Palace.
/AP
History of the World — Part I

Mel Brooks’ parody of the “historical spectacular” film genre features a stand-up philosopher named Comicus who lands a gig at Caesars Palace. Hijinks ensue, the characters take over Caesars, and Comicus eventually stumbles into a private room where the Last Supper is taking place.

Audiences loved Brooks’ take on world history. The movie was a box office success, grossing more than $31 million when it was released in 1981.
Photo by Joe Lederer/AP
2012

This end-of-the-world movie wasn’t actually filmed at Caesars Palace or even in Las Vegas, but producers destroyed the Strip and its resorts anyway.

The movie tells the story of a family trying to survive the apocalypse.

After fleeing Los Angeles, they land in Las Vegas only to find the Earth literally crumbling around them. Filmmakers used modeling and computer-generated imagery to build an imaginary Caesars and Strip, then demolish it. Producers complained that Vegas was the most difficult locale to replicate. (The movie also shows such landmarks as the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil being destroyed.)