They filmed the "Grinch" movie out here in Simi Valley, CA. The housing was built next to the hills, a flipping purple color that you could see from the freeway and you could not ignore it. I remember driving past it and knowing what it was-out here any huge production that throws the world out of balance scares everyone-and wondering what people living in the area thought.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/...ng.drseuss.ap/


Another two movies that I saw and loved are, "Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence" That was a movie set in a POW camp run by the Japanese during WWII and
"Midnight Clear", that movie was about a truce between American and German soldiers during Christmas, Quirky movies but worth a look!