This outdoor pool / tank area is used for most of the time as a studio car park. However, when required for production, the cars are moved, and 950,000 gallons of water is pumped in (at a cost of around $30,000 per fill!).
The most striking feature is the 175 feet x 75 feet sky backing which can be painted as required by the production, or left colored blue or green for CGI replacement.
The tank is positioned where the former Western Town set was located until 1979.
Seen on Screen: Paramount Studios [Tank]
| Title | Released | Director | IMDB |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ten Commandments [Feature Film] | 1956 | Cecil B. DeMille |  |
| Stage 08, Stage 14, Stage 15, B Tank [parting of the waters, reversed flooding from two water tanks] | |||
| History of the World Part I [Feature Film] | 1981 | Mel Brooks | |
| Stage 32 - a tank / pool under the stage floor was constructed by Howard Hughes for parties, was last used for this film. | |||
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home [Feature Film] | 1986 | Leonard Nimoy | |
| Blue Sky Tank | |||
| The Truman Show [Feature Film] | 1998 | Peter Weir | |
| Stage 01, Stage 02, Stage 15 and the B Tank [finale] at Paramount | |||
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Feature Film] | 2008 | David Fincher | |
| Live action material for the boat sequence was shot in the B Tank on the Paramount front lot. | |||