Editing Manhattan Beach, California (section)

==In popular culture==
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'''Filming locations'''
*''[[1408 (film)|1408]]'' (2007) [[John Cusack]]'s character surfs in El Porto waves.
*''[[2012 (film)|2012]]'' (2009) Cracks appear down the middle of 45th Street.
*The 1983 Taylor Hackford film ''[[Against All Odds (1984 film)|Against All Odds]]'' was filmed along The Strand and on the beach.
*[[George Jung]] of ''[[Blow (film)|Blow]]'' (2001) film.
*The [[CBS]] series ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', at Manhattan Beach Studios and one episode was taken at [https://web.archive.org/web/20180120180417/http://www.citymb.info/city-officials/parks-and-recreation/parks-and-facilities/polliwog-park Polliwog Park].
*The TV show ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' used Mira Costa High School as the image of the school portrayed in the TV show, and the Manhattan Beach Pier was also commonly shown in the intro of the show.
*''[[Indictment: The McMartin Trial]]'' (1995)  Closing scene filmed on Manhattan Beach Pier.<ref name=I95/><ref name=imdb/>
*''[[Jerry Maguire]]'' (1996) In the movie, Dorothy's ([[Renée Zellweger]]) house is in the Gas Lamp Section on 23rd Street.
*The [[Fox Network]] series ''[[The O.C.]]''
*The scenes set inside Governor Swan's mansion in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' were shot here.
*''[[Point Break]]'' (1991) In the movie, [[Keanu Reeves]] buys his [[surfboard]] from a shop located on the Manhattan Beach pier.
*''[[Starsky and Hutch (film)|Starsky and Hutch]]'' (2004) In the movie, Starsky (Ben Stiller), can be seen stretching under the pier.
*''[[Tequila Sunrise (film)|Tequila Sunrise]]'' (1988) [[Mel Gibson]]'s character lives on the beach near the pier.
*[[The CW Television Network]] series ''[[Veronica Mars]]''.
*The TV show ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]''.
*The movie ''[[Airborne (1993 film)|Airborne]]''.
*The video for the song "[[White Walls]]" by [[Macklemore]].
*The movie ''[[Mac & Devin Go to High School]]'' and scenes from the music video "[[Young, Wild & Free]]" by [[Snoop Dogg]] and [[Wiz Khalifa]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Snoop Dogg kicked off local school campus {{!}} ABC7 San Francisco {{!}} abc7news.com|url=https://abc7news.com/archive/8134381/|last=ABC7|website=ABC7 San Francisco|language=en|access-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref>

'''Other'''
*Manhattan Beach is mentioned in the song "[[Surfin' U.S.A.]]" by [[the Beach Boys]]. Group members were from the adjacent city of [[Hawthorne, California|Hawthorne]].
*The [[Manhattan Beach Open]] volleyball tournament in Manhattan Beach is known as "The Championships, Wimbledon of Beach Volleyball." The names of the tournament champions are inscribed in plaques along [[Manhattan Beach Pier]]. This event usually takes place in August and airs on national TV.