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Jim Henson Studios (formerly Chaplin Studios, and A&M Records)

The Jim Henson company are the residents of the former Charlie Chaplin Studios on North La Brea Avenue in Hollywood. One large soundstage remains on the lot, along with a tremendously atmospheric campus of production offices, workshops, development spaces and an exterior courtyard.

The Henson Stage (formerly The Chaplin Stage) is 100′ x 75′ x 27′ high

• History of the studios  

• Big Orange Landmarks blog
• Seeing Stars website
• Official website

Tour of the Studio Lot by a former intern

Productions shot at Charlie Chaplin Studios

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The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited

Mar 31, 2022– Aug 14, 2022

The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited celebrates the legacy of Jim Henson (1936–1990), trailblazing puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, and filmmaker. Featuring more than 150 objects drawn from the beloved worlds of Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth , and more, the exhibition highlights Henson’s groundbreaking work for film and television, his indelible mark on popular culture, and the profound social impact of his work. It also includes material from Henson’s experimental film projects and his early work, presenting him as a restlessly creative performer and technical innovator. While Henson himself was not Jewish, his work celebrates diversity and inclusion, both core values of The CJM. Discover how Henson and his team of builders, performers, and writers created an unparalleled body of work, sharing characters and stories that represent diverse backgrounds and abilities. These stories continue to delight audiences and inspire people of all ages to look beyond differences and cultivate a more compassionate, inclusive world.

Imagination Unlimited  begins with a look at Henson’s early life through images and reproductions of his early drawings and sketches. It then follows the steady rise of his career—from early works and experiments to the famed worlds of  Sesame Street ,  The Muppets , and beyond. Featuring a wide range of artifacts, including more than twenty puppets, character sketches, storyboards, scripts, photographs, film and television clips, behind-the-scenes footage, and costumes, this exhibition offers a rare window into Jim Henson's boundless imagination and ingenuity. Don't miss your chance to see Kermit the Frog, Beaker, and Scooter, from The Muppets ; Bert, Ernie, Grover, and Count von Count from Sesame Street ; Red and Wembley from Fraggle Rock ; Ludo and Fiery from Labyrinth ; and Jen, Kira, and Aughra from The Dark Crystal.

The exhibition was organized by Museum of the Moving Image in collaboration with the Henson family, The Jim Henson Legacy, and The Jim Henson Company, and in cooperation with Sesame Workshop and Disney/Muppets.

View accessible exhibition text, or explore more accessibility resources at The Museum.

Immerse yourself in Jim Henson's magical worlds,  ​​​​​​​The California Aggie

Unlimited Imagination, Puppetry Journal

Jim Henson exhibition reveals the Muppets' ties to the Bay Area, as well as his lesser-known innovations, Bay City News

Sights and Sounds: Muppet Performer Dave Goelz,  ​​​​​​​KALW

Jim Henson’s world—from beloved Muppets to avant-garde experiments—comes to life at S.F. museum,  Datebook

A Deeper Look at Jim Henson, the Man Behind the Muppets, and His Unbridled Innovations, KQED

The Muppets (and more) Take the Museum

What the World Needs Now is Muppet Love,  ​​​​​​​The Economist

Marvelous Muppets: "The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited" at The Contemporary Jewish Museum,  ​​​​​​​The Bay Area Reporter

"The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited" at The CJM,  ​​​​​​​Marina Times

New Exhibit at The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, KCBS

Unlimited Possibility: Jim Henson’s Gift of Imagination,  ​​​​​​​Juxtapoz

Preview: Jim Henson Exhibit at The Contemporary Jewish Museum,  ​​​​​​​Open Color

Gonzo the Great on the Creativity and Collaboration Behind Jim Henson’s Muppets,  ​​​​​​​Forum

The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited is a traveling exhibition organized by Museum of the Moving Image (Astoria, New York) in cooperation with The Jim Henson Company, The Muppets Studio, and Sesame Workshop.

Major support for The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited is generously provided by The Jane Henson Foundation.

Image Credit

Header image: Jim Henson and his iconic creation Kermit the Frog, in front of a mural by Coulter Watt. Kermit the Frog © Disney/Muppets. Courtesy The Jim Henson Company/Museum of the Moving Image. Photo: John E. Barrett.

" It’s time to play the music! It’s time to light the lights! It’s time to meet the Muppets at Walt Disney World tonight!" At least, it could’ve been…

Here at Theme Park Tourist, our Possibilityland series is here to breathe new life into the forgotten theme park concepts that could’ve been – never-built, would-be E-Tickets, lands, and even parks that simply got left on the cutting room floor. Together, we’ve toured the Tomorrowland 2055 that never was, stepped through an alternate reality Disneyland , explored the Beastly Kingdom that Animal Kingdom almost had, took a journey to Disneyland's most inventive lost land,  Discovery Bay , and scaled ten unbelievable Never-Built "Mountains" that could've changed Disney Parks forever. You can find those stories and many more bundled in the Possibilityland section of our In-Depth Library .

Today, we turn our focus to the Disney-MGM Studios as it existed upon its opening in 1989 – underbuilt and not quite ready for show time – and the pet project of then-CEO Michael Eisner that would’ve plussed the park with an entire themed land around the timeless and evergreen cast of Jim Henson's inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational creations... In the early 1990s, Disney-MGM Studios was due to get its first large-scale expansion:  Muppet Studios .

What happened to derail this incredible themed land? Where did its DNA turn up? What’s next for Disney’s most whacky intellectual property? What do you get when you put chocolate pudding in your mother’s shoes? All will be revealed as we dig into the lost concept that could’ve powered up Disney’s movie park.

The story of the never-built Muppet Studios shares an origin story with many of our Lost Legend, Disaster File, and Possibilityland entries: one man, Michael Eisner. When Eisner was brought on board as the new CEO of Walt Disney Productions in 1984, he was put at the helm of a sinking ship. If you can imagine, Disney had been largely directionless since Walt’s death in 1966, and the company had narrowly escaped a handful of buyout and takeover attempts.

Without Walt, the studios had withered – producing fewer and fewer hits, each subsequently tarnishing Disney's brand – and Walt's theme parks had stagnated and became stale. Though it may be hard to believe now, Disney’s brand was in such decline that the company’s future was unclear. Certainly it would’ve occurred to audiences of the 1970s and early ‘80s to wonder aloud, ‘What is Walt Disney Productions without Walt Disney?’

Image: Disney

But Michael Eisner was a man with a vision. Having come to Disney from being the CEO of Paramount Pictures, Eisner's specialty was simple: movies. He was well-versed in the film industry and knew that if he could right Disney’s studios, the rest of the company would fall into place. And boy did he. Beginning in 1989 with The Little Mermaid , Disney's studio underwent what’s often called the Disney Renaissance, when he oversaw hit after hit after hit at the box office in an unstoppable streak of success.

Under Eisner's tenure, Disney also acquired Miramax Films, ABC, and ESPN and partnered with Pixar and Lucasfilm, diversifying and building the renamed Walt Disney Company into the international media conglomerate we know today.

And Eisner was determined to utilize those same strategies – movies, acquisitions, and partnerships – to save Disney’s aging theme parks. He would use movies to transform and grow the parks into destinations fit for the 21st century.

Eisner’s park

In a particularly distressing moment, the just-hired CEO had invited his son Breck to come tour Disneyland with him, only to have Breck rebuke that "that place is for babies, dad." Eisner was rightfully horrified and made it his personal mission to ensure that Disney Parks grew and expanded, becoming places where everywhere – even  teenagers ! – wanted to visit.

So from his first weeks with the company, Eisner was determined to embed himself in Imagineering – the part of the company he admitted to knowing the least about. Imagineers were stunned that the CEO himself would be dropping by to see their concepts, and quickly polished up old models that would now get a second chance at life.

But to Eisner's thinking, movies seemed to be the solution for the parks, too. Given that Disney wasn't making many movies worth seeing in the 1980s, if he wanted to supercharge the parks with the stories young people cared about, he'd need to look beyond  Disney films. And Eisner began reaching out to old industry contacts... 

Image: Disney / Lucasfilm

Given that he’d been the one to personally green-light Raiders of the Lost Ark , Eisner was sure that famed filmmaker George Lucas might be interested in seeing his stories brought to life at Disney. The duo first teamed up with director Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Jackson to produce the legendary Captain EO . They followed it up with a Lost Legend: Star Tours at Disneyland (and would go on to create Indiana Jones Adventure and another  Lost Legend: The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter , too).

This was the proof needed to justify Eisner’s next coup: an entire theme park dedicated to movies, cinema, Hollywood, and seeing “behind the scenes.”

The Disney-MGM Studios opened May 1, 1989 as Walt Disney World’s third theme park. Miniscule by Disney’s standards, the tiny park had but two rides: first, the Great Movie Ride that whisked guests through a century of filmmaking aboard an epic 20-minute dark ride of EPCOT Center proportions, and the Studio Backlot Tour.

The latter purported to be a real behind-the-scenes tour of real working studio facilities… except that film production ceased pretty quickly when Eisner’s dream of turning Orlando into a “Hollywood East” flickered out. And that was the problem. Eisner had banked on the Studio Tour being the selling point for the miniature movie park. When its star began to dim (and quickly), it was clear that the studios would need to shift, re-emphasizing the under-built theme park.

Click and expand for a larger and more detailed view. Image: Disney.

And expectedly, exit surveys showed that visitors liked the Disney-MGM Studios, but one resounding comment repeated: it needed more to do.

Luckily, Eisner was on it. Famous for his laser-like focus and near obsession with projects he deemed his own, the CEO now set his sights on acquiring yet another outside intellectual property for his movie park…

Eisner’s project

Disneyland Park opened in 1955.

That very same year is credited as the birth of another American cultural institution: The Muppets.

Image: Jim Henson Productions

A portmanteau of “marionette” and “puppet,” these colorful creatures were created by puppeteer, artist, voice actor, cartoonist, inventor, screenwriter, and director Jim Henson. Though it began with Kermit the Frog and Rowlf the Dog on Washington D.C.’s local cable channel, the Muppet family gained new life year after year after year, culminating in the 1976 debut of The Muppet Show (above) adding familiar faces like Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, and Animal in a unique sketch comedy hour that took the world by storm.

The 1980s followed with The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, and The Muppets Take Manhattan further cementing the zany characters as American icons.

In 1989, just as the Disney-MGM Studios opened, Eisner began talks with Henson about Disney outright acquiring Jim Henson Productions for $150 million. Eisner wanted to own the Muppets outright, and to acquire Sesame Street as well.

According to insiders, Henson was agreeable on most terms and thought highly of stepping back from the business to instead let Disney handle the numbers while he remained on board as a lead creative consultant. However, as Henson himself only owned 50% of Sesame Street , any deal with Disney would be for the Muppets characters only.

While neither Henson nor Disney were ready to sign on the dotted line, the two entities decided to provisionally move forward with Muppets-themed projects for the new Disney-MGM Studios, in just the same way Disney had partnered with Lucas for Star Tours.

Jim Henson was even on-hand at the grand opening of the Disney-MGM Studios to represent the emerging partnership. 

Already, work was underway on a cutting edge 3D extravaganza featuring Henson's Muppets, but it wouldn't be the last or even biggest Muppet presence in Disney's movie park. Even if it wasn't quite ready in time for the park's opening, their magnum opus together would be a new themed land to bring the Muppets to life as never before: their own Muppet Studios.

On the next page, we'll step into this exciting new land and see the animatronic rats, Frankenstein monsters, flying pigs, explosions, and mayhem that would've been waiting within...

Just your friendly neighborhood fan of tropical hideaways, Victorian boardwalks, mid-century tomorrows, ancient temples, and cursed forests! In between dreaming of Dole Whips, I'm a museum experience developer. I'm also the researcher behind Theme Park Tourist's  Legend Library   – filled with stories of  Lost Legends , Modern Marvels , Declassified Disasters , and more.

Lovely report! Very well detailed, we learned a lot and we would have never spotted the new neon signs hidden message! :-)

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Muppet Studios

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Muppet Studios is a title that has been used in several Muppet projects as the fictional movie studio that produces content for The Muppets. The similarly-named " The Muppets Studio " would later be established as the real subsidiary under Disney that manages The Muppets following their purchase of the franchise in 2004.

• 1 You're the Director
• 2 Muppet*Vision 3D
• 3 Muppets.com
• 4 The Muppets

You're the Director [ ]

Muppet Studios was first seen in the 1988 View-Master Interactive Vision game Muppets Studios Presents: You're the Director . The Muppet's Hollywood film studio is falling behind schedule in the production of numerous films and is in need of help. The studio is going broke, and the bossy head of the studio, Yolanda Steel , focuses on the financials. Depending on the number of retrieved money sacks in the game, the studio is either saved or shut down.

Locations within the facility include Studio Not-To-B.

Muppet*Vision 3D [ ]

The original posters created in 1991 to decorate the Muppet*Vision 3D queuing area featured movie parodies that were produced by Muppet Studios, the name conceptually proposed for what would later become the Muppets Courtyard . [1] These include...

Muppets.com [ ]

Studio map from Muppets.com

The Muppets' official website (c. 2005-2008), was themed around Muppet Studios, a fictional Muppetwood movie studio. The studio featured several locations, including:

• Club Mayhem
• Central Casting
• El Muppetan Theatre
• Muppet Stuff Gift Shop
• Miss Piggy's Trailer
• Soundstage #117
• The Studio Lounge
• Swedish Chef's Kitchen
• Muppet Records
• A fork in the road

The Muppets [ ]

Muppet Studios was a central location in the film The Muppets . The studio is located in Hollywood , just off of Hollywood Boulevard. Walter , Gary , and Mary visit the now-decrepit studio on their vacation. The studio tour guide ( Alan Arkin ) says that Muppet Studios is "where dreams can come true." Tours (originally 50¢) are now $1.50 and poorly attended (the only other attendees are a group of Japanese tourists who think they are on a Universal Studios tour).

The central feature of the studio is The Muppet Theatre , home of The Muppet Show .

A geological survey (along with Tex Richman's sense of smell) says there is oil under the studio. Richman tries to get ownership of the studio under the guise of turning the studio into a Muppet museum.

The Muppets reunite in an attempt to raise the money needed to save the studio.

Signs and locations within the studio include:

• Dr. Honeydew's Laboratory of Fun
• Original Electric Mayhem Bus
• Electrical Dept.
• Fozzie's Joke Room
• Gonzo's Cannonade
• Office of Kermit the Frog
• The Muppet Theatre
• Rowlf's Music Parlor
• Wire & Rope Room

In the film's opening sequence, Walter receives the Muppet Studios Official Guide book for his birthday. The "Muppet Studios Tour Map" in the book shows such additional locations as:

• Beaker's World
• Buffoon Lagoon
• Fozzie's Joke Corner
• Miss Piggy's Couture Tour
• Miss Piggy Plaza

The exterior scenes for Muppet Studios were filmed at the Jim Henson Company Lot , with the exteriors of the Muppet Theater being filmed at the El Capitan Theatre .

See also [ ]

• The Muppets Studio (formerly known as Muppets Holding Company and Muppet Studios) is a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company. Formed in 2004, the studio manages the Muppet characters and trademarks. The studio also serves as the real-life production house for many Muppet projects.
• MuppeTelevision Studio
• KMUP Television Studio
• World Wide Studios

Sources [ ]

• ↑ The Disney Channel Magazine July/August 1990
• 1 Season 54 (2023-2024)
• 2 Sesame Street Episode Guide
• 3 Elmo's World episodes

Muppet Studios (The Muppets)

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Muppet Studios is a central location in the film The Muppets . The studio is located in Hollywood , just off of Hollywood Boulevard. Walter , Gary , and Mary visit the now-decrepit studio on their vacation. The studio tour guide ( Alan Arkin ) says that Muppet Studios is "where dreams can come true." Tours (originally 50¢) are now $1.50 and poorly attended (the only other attendees are a pair of elderly Japanese tourists who think they are on a Universal Studios tour).

Background [ ]

The central feature of the studio is The Muppet Theater , home of The Muppet Show . A geological survey (along with Tex Richman 's sense of smell) says there is oil under the studio. Richman tries to get ownership of the studio under the guise of turning the studio into a Muppet museum but the Muppets reunite in an attempt to raise the money needed to save the studio.

Locations [ ]

Signs and locations within the studio include:

• Dr. Honeydew's Laboratory of Fun
• Original Electric Mayhem Bus
• Electrical Dept.
• Fozzie's Joke Room
• Gonzo's Cannonade
• Office of Kermit the Frog
• The Muppet Theater
• Rowlf's Music Parlor
• Wire & Rope Room

In the film's opening sequence, Walter receives the Muppet Studios Official Guide book for his birthday. The "Muppet Studios Tour Map" in the book shows such additional locations as:

• Beaker's World
• Buffoon Lagoon
• Fozzie's Joke Corner
• Miss Piggy's Conture Tour
• Miss Piggy Plaza

The exterior scenes for Muppet Studios were filmed at the Jim Henson Company Lot , with the exteriors of the Muppet Theater being filmed at the El Capitan Theatre .

Gallery [ ]

• 2 Inside Out 2
• 3 Inside Out 2/Gallery

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Similar artists on tour, concerts and tour dates, about the muppets.

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They’re irresistible! They’re irrepressible! They’re The Muppets starring in their first full-length movie! After a fateful meeting with a big-time talent agent in a Southern Swamp, Kermit heads for Hollywood to be a star. Along the way, a cast of lovable Muppet characters, including the dazzling Miss Piggy, the charming Fozzie Bear and Gonzo the Great, join him to become movie stars, too! Together they rub elbows with some of the biggest names on the silver screen! Then the evil Doc Hopper tries to thwart Kermit’s show biz plans and kidnaps Miss Piggy, Kermit rushes to the rescue and falls right into the evil Doc’s trap! Filled with memorable music, this critically acclaimed comedy is a Muppet classic your whole family will enjoy!

Historian and critic Leonard Maltin provides insights into the films, sharing his one-of-a-kind expertise with fans.

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Moscow Metro 2019

Will it be easy to find my way in the Moscow Metro? It is a question many visitors ask themselves before hitting the streets of the Russian capital. As metro is the main means of transport in Moscow – fast, reliable and safe – having some skills in using it will help make your visit more successful and smooth. On top of this, it is the most beautiful metro in the world !

. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

RATES AND TICKETS

Paper ticket A fee is fixed and does not depend on how far you go. There are tickets for a number of trips: 1, 2 or 60 trips; or for a number of days: 1, 3 days or a month. Your trips are recorded on a paper ticket. Ifyou buy a ticket for several trips you can share it with your traveling partner passing it from one to the other at the turnstile.

On every station there is cashier and machines (you can switch it to English). Cards and cash are accepted. 1 trip - 55 RUB 2 trips - 110 RUB

Tickets for 60 trips and day passes are available only at the cashier's.

60 rides - 1900 RUB

1 day - 230 RUB 3 days - 438 RUB 30 days - 2170 RUB.

The cheapest way to travel is buying Troyka card . It is a plastic card you can top up for any amount at the machine or at the ticket office. With it every trip costs 38 RUB in the metro and 21 RUB in a bus. You can get the card in any ticket office. Be prepared to leave a deposit of 50 RUB. You can get it back returning the card to the cashier.

SamsungPay, ApplePay and PayPass cards.

One turnstile at every station accept PayPass and payments with phones. It has a sticker with the logos and located next to the security's cabin.

GETTING ORIENTED

At the platfrom you will see one of these signs.

It indicates the line you are at now (line 6), shows the direction train run and the final stations. Numbers below there are of those lines you can change from this line.

In trains, stations are announced in Russian and English. In newer trains there are also visual indication of there you are on the line.

To change lines look for these signs. This one shows the way to line 2.

There are also signs on the platfrom. They will help you to havigate yourself. (To the lines 3 and 5 in this case). 

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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

Hotel Pick-up

Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

+ for 3-hour tour

Victory Park

Slavic Boulevard

Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

Museum of Moscow Metro

• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
• + A photo session amongst spectacular Moscow scenery that can be treasured for a lifetime.
• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
• + Expert advice on what to do, where to go, and how to make the most of your time in Moscow.

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• Duration: 1 Hr 30 Mins
• Language: English
• Departure Details : Get to the Biblioteka imeni Lenina (Lenin's Library, Red Line) or Alexandrovsky Sad (Alexander Garden, Light Blue Line) metro station. Use any exit. Find the Kutafia Tower of the Kremlin. The guide .. read more

The Moscow Metro has a long history to it. Also, the city has an extremely beautiful subway. It is very well maintained and is also extremely decorated. Each station and spot has a different artistic aspect to it. On this tour, experience the efficiency of Moscow Metro.

• Roam around the Revolution Square, with magnificent sculptures of the Soviet people
• Visit the Kurskaya Station Lobby, the Hall of Fame of the WWII
• Be awestruck at the Komsomolskaya , with impressive mural mosaics of Russian glorious victories
• See the artistic side of Novoslobodskaya , with the stained glass, although under the ground.

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Take our Moscow Metro Tour and discover why our subway is recognized as the most beautiful in the world!

"They used to have palaces for kings, we are going to build palaces for the people!" said one of the main architects of the Soviet subway.

With us you will see the most beautiful metro stations in Moscow built under Stalin: Komsomolskaya, Revolution square, Novoslobodskaya, Mayakovskaya. Our guide will tell fascinating stories and secrets hidden underground, urban legends and funny stories.

How many babies were born on the Moscow metro? Where is the secret Metro 2? How deep is the Moscow metro? And where did Stalin give his speech in November 1941? Join out Metro tour and find out!

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• If you cancel between 0 hrs To 24 hrs before scheduled tour departure, the cancellation charge will be 100%
• If you cancel between 1 days To 180 days before scheduled tour departure, the cancellation charge will be 0%
• Please note that in case of No show, the cancellation charge will be 100% of the listed tour fare.
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Susan Backlinie, the stuntperson and actress who as a young skinny-dipper out for a nighttime swim off the coast of Amity Island became the shark’s first victim in Steven Spielberg ’s Jaws , has died. She was 77.

Backlinie died Saturday at her home in Ventura, California, her convention agent, Matthew Templeton, told The Daily Jaws website.

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“I didn’t want an actor to do it. I wanted a stuntperson because I needed somebody who was great in the water, who knew water ballet and knew how to endure what I imagined was going to be a whole lot of violent shaking,” Spielberg said in Laurent Bouzereau’s 2023 book, Spielberg: The First Ten Years . “So, I went to stunts to find her, and Susan was up to the challenge.”

“The first thing [Spielberg] said to me was, ‘When your scene is done, I want everyone under the seats with the popcorn and bubblegum,’” Backlinie told The Palm Beach Post in a 2017 interview.

As the director described it in Bouzereau’s book: “She had a harness on. There were two eye rings in it and wires that led to two stakes on the beach [about 50 yards away]. Five crew were on one side and five crew on the other, and they basically pulled Susan. There was a ribbon hanging from the wire, and when it got to one of the stakes, they had to stop pulling and the other team took over and pulled the other way.

“What you didn’t want to have happen was for both teams to pull at the same time. For extra safety, she had the ability to quickly release the wire if something went wrong. It had to be perfectly choreographed to give the impression the shark was pulling her violently to the right and then immediately violently to the left.”

Backlinie worked on the scene for three days in Martha’s Vineyard. “We would film anywhere from 6 or 7 in the morning until 9, because of the light,” she said in an interview last year. “I’ll tell you, I was exhausted at the end of the day.”

Born on Sept. 1, 1946, Backlinie and her family moved from Washington to West Palm Beach, Florida, when she was 10. She was a cheerleader and state swimming champion at Forest Hill High School; after graduating in 1964, she attended nursing school for a year.

According to the Post , she swam as a mermaid at the Weeki Wachee Springs tourist attraction in Florida and worked with wild animals in Miami at Ivan Tors Studios, home of Flipper on NBC. On a national tour with Tors, she shared a stage with Gentle Ben, the bear who would star on the 1967-69 CBS series with Dennis Weaver and Clint Howard.

Backlinie was shooting on location with a tiger in Canada when the Jaws staff found her. She told Spielberg: “If you use me, you could get close-ups during the stunt itself. If you use an actress, she’ll have to hide her face.’”

In the 2010 TV documentary Jaws: The Inside Story , she said that during her scene, “as I would feel my hips go to one side, I would just throw my arms in the opposite direction as hard as I could.

“I also had a pair of fins on because when they would pull me to one side, I would go under, so I had to kick with all my strength to stay above the water. It took a lot of energy, but I was in pretty good shape back then.” Between takes, Spielberg was in an inner tube beside her.

Backlinie also appeared in Two-Minute Warning (1976), A Stranger in the Forest (1976), Day of the Animals (1977) — she was an animal trainer on that as well — The Great Muppet Caper (1981) and a 1982 episode of The Fall Guy before retiring from stunt work.

She and her husband, Harvey, lived on a houseboat in Ventura.

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