I AM...DEAD HOUSE EXTERIOR SET

I AM...DEAD HOUSE EXTERIOR SET

 

The exterior of the house used throughout "I Am...Dead" existed as you see it in the movie.  Nothing was altered except a light fixture was covered ith fake ivy.  What you don't see in the black-and-white is the pink paint color (See Image Above) or the chain link gate to the left.  The house, built in the 1940s shortly after WW2, is located in Palm Springs, right across the street from the Associate Producer's house, which was used as a "Green Room" for makeup, costumes, lunch, etc.  The production company rented the house for four days total (that included one night).  The shooting schedule at this location started just as you saw in the movie, with a newspaper boy walking up the driveway. 

 

Then, the first car was shot in the morning as the main characters arrived from the funeral.  The afternoon shoot was around Mr. Tompkins arriving in his car.  The evening shoot involved the first car again.  The second day of shooting was centered around Mr. Tompkins and Julia. As is often the case with location shooting, we had to work around cars driving by, telephones, dogs barking and planes circling overhead.  Next to the front door was a live Christmas tree which had a bird's nest inside, complete with chirping baby birds.  The home owners requested that the birds not be disturbed, so you hear bird frequently throughout the exterior shots.

 

The home owners were inside the house for most of the shoot.  The only part of the interior of the house that was used in the film was the Doctor's office scene which was filmed in the dining room area.  Curtains were hung on the windows, but the rest of the furnishings belonged to the house owners -- and one of the owners was the man who played the Doctor, a man named Dov.