Rush (1991)




Rush was released into theaters on January 17th, 1992. Filming locations include Freeport, Houston, Humble, Kemah, Missouri City and Richmond Tx. It was directed by Lili Fini Zanuck. It was the only feature film directed by Zanuck, who also had a very successful career as a producer. Jason Patric, who was in The Lost Boys, four years prior, played the lead of Jim Raynor. It also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, who was in The Hitcher, five years prior. Greg Allman, of The Allman Brothers Band, played the films main antagonist. Rush is a gritty, realistic look into the world of the 1970's drug trade and I personally think it's a great film. It features an amazing soundtrack, with songs like All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix, Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd and I Fall to Pieces by Patsy Cline. It's most notable song, however, is Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton. Clapton wrote the song in honor of his four year old son, Conor, who had died tragically on March 20th, 1991 when he fell to his death from the 53rd-floor window of a New York City apartment building. Overall, Clapton contributed ten songs to the films soundtrack. The films first DVD release was on December 3rd, 2002. Also, a huge thanks to Craig Busch for helping me find most of the locations from the film.


The Yellow Rose/Driller's Club - 3818 Farm to Market 359 Richmond, Tx. 77406
(The Swinging Door)

It was established in 1973 by Steve and Ward Onstad. The entrance used in the film is located in the rear of the building (north side).


All "Now" pictures taken in 2020.





Police station - 115 W. Higgins St. Humble, Tx. 77338
(Humble Police Department Photo Enforcement)

The brown brick building Jim walks past was demolished in 2007. However, the building he walks into is still there today. Also still there, is the Denny's that can be seen in the background.


All "Now" pictures taken in 2020.





Jim's house - 803 Marina Bay Dr. Kemah, Tx. 77565

The house has been there since at least 1953.


All "Now" pictures taken in 2020.



Kristen's apartment - 219 Marshall St. Apt. 210 Houston, Tx. 77006

At the time of my visit, they were the Court of Charleston Apartments. The apartment complex has been there since at least 1962. The complex is gated so the only picture I could get was through a small hole at one of the gates.


2020


Walker's house - Jordan St. and Shield St. Houston, Tx. 77017

The entire neighborhood was removed in the 90's. Flint Hills chemical plant can be seen in the background.


2022


Dodd and Nettle meet Walker - North side* of 700 N. San Jacinto St. Houston, Tx. 77002
 
This area has changed drastically since filming took place. The curved building they park next to was demolished in 2010 and the Harris County Joint Processing Center was erected in it's place. The train tracks were also removed and converted into the Heights Bike Trail. The large building seen in the far distance of the first screenshot is the University of Houston-Downtown, which is still there today.


All "Now" pictures taken in 2020.



Down-Town Grill - N. 3rd St. and Calhoun St. Richmond, Tx. 77469

This area of Richmond is known as "Mud Alley". The buildings seen in the film were demolished one by one as the years went by, until none were standing. One of the last ones to go was the building with the Down-Town Grill sign on it, which was demolished in 2006. The building Kristen walks by in the second screenshot (Lone Star Saloon) burnt down in November of 2008, but it was rebuilt in 2009. The fire hydrant seen in the film is still there and looks exactly the same, with the exception of being re-painted. 


All "Now" pictures taken in 2020.



Dodd's house - 3611 La Costa Rd. Missouri City, Tx. 77459

The 2,810 square foot house was built in 1976.


2022


Walker's hanged - 4149 Milton St. Houston, Tx. 77005

The 3,243 square foot house was built in 1991 (obviously).




Shipley Do-Nuts - 8802 Stella Link Rd. Houston, Tx. 77025

It's been there since at least the 1970's. It's been remodeled since filming.


2020


Jim and Kristen exit city hall  - 901 Bagby St. Houston, Tx. 77002
(Houston City Hall)

Houston City Hall was designed by architect Joseph Finger and built in 1939. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18th, 1990. They exit from the east-side of city hall into Hermann Square.


2020


"Tears in Heaven" - Next to* Gulf Beach Dr. Freeport, Tx. 77541
(Treasure Island)

At the time of filming, there was a fishing pier at the location. However, in 2008 Hurricane Ike destroyed it and forever changed the topography of the beach. Kristen ran south along the beach.


2020

6 comments:

  1. I love this show, I'm watching it now took forever to find a place to order it, was actually kinda hard to find. I'm glad I did I love the realness of the movie.

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  2. The park sam elliot and Jennifer meet is Brazos park Rosenberg tx still there

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  3. Craig Busch who you mentioned was the location manager for the film. I often wonder if he still remembers me some 33 years later. I worked for Central Park Patrol, a private security company that provided most of the security services needed by different film producers in the Houston area. Hilario "Larry" Gomez and I were the top two officers at the company in 1990, so we were posted on the high priority jobs, movie production falling into that category. Craig and I worked together many times, not just on "Rush". Thanks for putting this on the world wide web! It brought back great memories. I certify that the information you provided is 100% accurate to the best of my knowledge and I found no discrepancies. Jason Lockhart Sr, Tomball, Texas, March 7, 2023.

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  4. I lived in the neighborhood next to where walker lived my friend grand parents lived next door to that house. His grandparents where the last ones to sale there house. It was sad everyone was being forced out by the Hill company some got hardly anything for their house

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  5. Does anyone know where the one artwork piece in the dining room of the house they were staying undercover comes from? It's the one that has two women/men in what appears to be orange hats or maybe towels sitting facing one another. Would love to know who the artist is.

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  6. This is Awesome!! Thanks for your work to put this together. Rush is my favorite movie of all time and I have memories of seeing it with my girlfriend in college and how much the music in the film meant to me.

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