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Originally Posted by eroswebmaster
It was probably used for exterior shots in the opening footage..or when scenes opened while the rest was on a soundstage in Hollywood.
it does look like the original island a bit.
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The island you see in the distance at the beginning is an island called "Coconut Island" or Mokuoloe. It is located in Oahu's Kaneohe Bay and is the home of the Institute of Marine Biology. The two tall pine trees in the middle of the island are still standing after all these years.
When you see the "Minnow" sail off to "GILLIGAN'S ISLAND" on that infamous "three-hour tour" (during the opening credits for that sit-com) the boat's supposed to be sailing out of an Hawaiian port. Actually, that harbor scene in the opening credits was shot in east Long Beach, CA., at the Alamitos Bay marina. They added a few palm trees to make it look more like Hawaii.
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND was shot on CBS's Studio City lot in the Valley, four or five miles away from what is actually Hollywood. The back-lot island lagoon (four feet deep with a working waterfall) has since been dismantled. Everything else was filmed indoors on Soundstage 2 with one camera and no audience.