Oasis Motel in Gretna, Louisiana, appears in “Dallas Buyers Club”, the 2013 biographical drama starring Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof. In the film, the motel becomes one of the key places connected to Ron’s underground operation, as he begins running his buyers club from a cheap roadside motel room. The setting fits the film’s rough, stripped-down style, giving the story a worn and unsentimental backdrop far removed from the polished image of Dallas. Although the film is set mainly in Texas, much of “Dallas Buyers Club” was shot in Louisiana, with the Greater New Orleans area standing in for Dallas.
The real Oasis Motel is located at 70 Westbank Expressway in Gretna, just across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Its distinctive low-budget motel look made it a convincing location for the film’s depiction of Ron Woodroof’s increasingly desperate fight to access and distribute unapproved HIV medication in the 1980s. Since the release of “Dallas Buyers Club”, the motel has also attracted attention locally for less glamorous reasons, including reports about crime and repeated emergency calls, but for film-location purposes it remains notable as one of the more recognisable real Louisiana locations used in the movie.
Dallas Buyers Club
Although the story in Dallas Buyers Club is rooted in Dallas, the film was shot mainly in Louisiana, with New Orleans serving as the principal filming base.
Brawner Hall
Brawner Hall / the Taylor-Brawner campus in Smyrna is connected to "Scream 7" (2026), where it was used for the fictional Fallbrook Psych Hospital.
Candler Building
Candler Building is best known from "Baby Driver" (2017), where it is used as the First Bank of Atlanta in the film’s opening robbery sequence.
Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Hyatt Regency Atlanta has been used in several films, it appears in Sharky’s Machine, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, Keeping Up with the Joneses and Blockers.
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Atlanta Marriott Marquis has appeared in several major films and television productions. It is used in Manhunter, Flight, The Hunger Games, and many more.
Silver Skillet
Silver Skillet has appeared in Remember the Titans, Trouble with the Curve, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, The Founder, Ozark, First Man and Good Girls.
Buckhead Diner
Buckhead Diner appears in DTF St. Louis (2026), and the building has also been used for other Atlanta-shot productions.
Roughnecks
Roughnecks is a bar and grill on Depot Street in Rio Vista, Texas. The small-town bar has a rustic Texas character, with…
Last Resort Bar
Last Resort Bar in Port Orange, Florida, is a small roadside biker bar with a dark real-life history and a direct connection to "Monster" (2003).
The Ernest Hemingway Home
The Ernest Hemingway Home has appeared in films including "Licence to Kill" (1989) and "The Leisure Seeker" (2017).
Leave a Reply