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that Steven Spielberg couldn t find an airport that would allow him to film The Terminal , so he shot it instead in a hangar in a classified complex once used to build the B1-B bomber.

Nov 8, 2022•1 min read

Fun Fact: that Steven Spielberg couldn’t find an airport that would allow him to film ‘The Terminal’, so he shot it instead in a hangar in a classified complex once used to build the B1-B bomber.

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