"Quentin loves to immerse everyone into the time frame of the picture," says production designer Barbara Ling, who helped create Tarantino’s 1969-set Hollywood story with as much authenticity as possible. For the scenes in Westwood Village, "a key area in 1969 for anyone living from Hollywood to the beach," the team replaced the Fox Theatre marquee and used period poster boxes.

They also paid close attention to surrounding establishments such as Stan’s Donuts, which is still run by Stan Berman’s family. Researcher Lance Malbon, who pulled images and footage used for reference, "found a small original shot in a newspaper article and we re-created the original Corner Shop," says Ling. "The day we filmed, Stan’s kids brought him to the set. Stan is 90 now, and he just cried out, 'This looks like the day I opened it.'"