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Question by Carmon
Submitted on 9/10/2003
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Where was Gilligans Island filmed?

 
 

Answer by Gary T.
Submitted on 9/24/2003
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Fanning Islands

 

Answer by Wrong Way Feldman 
Submitted on 10/20/2003
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The actual island they showed for the island scenes was off the coast of Florida. However, most of this highly subtle and intellectual comedy was filmed in Southern California

 

Answer by pcat
Submitted on 12/26/2003
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From looking at the opening intro footage my guess is the scene with the S.S. Minnow leaving port is somewhere in the Florida Keys...I think the Island is also somewhere in the Keys

 

Answer by Andy
Submitted on 12/31/2003
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Actually the real "Gilligan's Island" is in the middle of Kaneohe Bay, located off the coast of Oahu in Hawaii.  The SS Minnow Sat sail from Ala Moana State Park in Wakiki HI.

 

Answer by paul
Submitted on 1/6/2004
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The  Island shown, is indeed off Oahu,..it is called coconut island. As for the scene in the first episode, where the minnow is on the beach.....that was filmed in Malibu, and the palm trees are fake. The rest of the show was filmed at CBS studios.

 

Answer by Jack Spratt
Submitted on 1/9/2004
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The actual footage was shot on location on the Island of the damned which was shot on the island of Dr Morrow which was shot on the Island of the lost which was shot on the Island of Love which was shot on the Island of No Return which happened to be shot on Fantasy Island Which........../........./.../../..////..../.      

 

Answer by Betty Yake
Submitted on 1/14/2004
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On an island very near Nassau, New Providence.  It could have been on the north end of Eleuthera Island which is just east of New Providence.

 

Answer by dave mogensen
Submitted on 1/22/2004
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The pilot episode was filmed on a real island - island of Kauai.The actual series was filmed at CBS Studios on the back lot, where they built a lagoon especially for the series right next to the Hollywood Freeway.

 

Answer by u kno
Submitted on 3/29/2004
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in texas on the east coast

 

Answer by JOHN J
Submitted on 4/2/2004
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BETTY K ABOVE WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK. MY WIFE AND I LEARNED ON OUR HONEYMOON THAT THE ISLAND THAT YOU SEE FROM THE SKY ON GILLIGANS ISLAND IS IN FACT NEAR THE BAHAMAS, BUT IT IS CALLED SALT CAY. CAY IS PRONOUNCED "KEY". OF COURSE THE ACTUAL FILMING WAS MAINLY ON A SOUND STAGE IN HOLLYWOOD.

 

Answer by ANNIE
Submitted on 4/20/2004
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PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS

 

Answer by ERIC M
Submitted on 4/23/2004
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JOHN J IS CORRECT, WENT TO SALT CAY ON MY HONEYMOON VIA CRUISE AND THEY SAID THAT IS WHERE THE SHOW WAS ORIGINALLY TAPED

 

Answer by Maffu
Submitted on 5/13/2004
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According to Sherwood Schwartz on the comments from the 1st disk of the Season 1 DVD, the shipwreck scene was on an island in the Hawaiian chain (sorry, but I forget the actual name), and he mentions how difficult it was to find an island with no cars, highways, electrical lines, etc.  The picture of the island from a distance during the credits is another island, if I remember correctly.  I'll have to rent the DVD again to get all the info.

Might also interest you to know he mentions the scene in the beginning where the SS Minnow is sailing through the harbor - in the distant background is a flag at half-mast.  This scene was taken shortly after JFK was shot.

I highly recommend the DVD series - watch the pilot episode with the comments on.

 

Answer by Bear
Submitted on 5/17/2004
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I too was told when I was in the Bahamas that it was an island off the coast of Paradise Island.

 

Answer by Jimbo
Submitted on 5/26/2004
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The island in the opening shot is indeed coconut island in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu HI.  I'm currently living on the island which now consists of a marine biology research facility.

 

Answer by simtim
Submitted on 5/31/2004
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The season 1 DVD "special features" does indeed state it is Coconut Island.  I've seen it, just off of Kaneohe Bay on Oahu, and it does seem to fit the general dimensions.  Of course, this is just for the opening and closing credits.  The majority was filmed in a studio.

 

Answer by Paul S
Submitted on 6/13/2004
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When I lived in Hawaii, I was told the bay was a private one not far from the town of Kapaa, on the island of Kauai.

 

Answer by kellyjo
Submitted on 6/21/2004
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On an island in the Bahamas outside of Nassau!

 

Answer by LILICO
Submitted on 6/30/2004
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It was filmed in South Beach in IRAQ, before the war.

 

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