Saturday, April 26, 2014

Twilight Fans: A Tour of All Things Twilight in Forks, Washington






Welcomes You.

Forks is the setting for











It all started at Forks High School,
where Edward saved Bella's life.







Bella's dad, Charlie Swan,
is the Police Chief of Forks.




Stephenie Meyer wrote Twilight without ever visiting Forks.  The Chamber of Commerce designated two houses with similar features as Bella and Edward's homes.










Bella Swan's house
at 775 K Street.






 





654 East Division Street is designated
as Edward Cullen's house.

The owners of the Miller Tree Inn
added the Cullen name to 
the mailbox.










Edward's home

The owner, as "Esme," Edward's
vampire mom,  leaves messages
on a white board on the front
porch from the Cullen family.




Twilight fans who have seen the movies and haven't read the Twilight books are startled to find out that Bella and Edward's homes aren't the ones they saw in the movies.







Bella has several visits there
during the Twilight series.











Forks Outfitters is considered
to be Newton's Olympic
Outfitters, where Bella worked.






Thriftway is where
Bella did the family
grocery shopping.












A replica of Bella's truck
is at the Forks Visitor







The Twilight movies were filmed in the Portland, Oregon area and in California.  Getting the details correct was very important to producers of the Twilight films.  Still shots were taken of the Forks Town Hall, Community Hospital and the High School to provide details for filming locations.  The Forks Police Department worked with the film producers to provide accurate logos, uniforms and badges for the movies.  

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