Ashland was the perfect town to set Coraline in, the somewhat creepy feel of the town's hilly neighborhoods and Victorian houses perfectly compliments the film and its theme in my opinion. Both the movie and the town are unique in their own right, and together they created a smash hit. View of businesses in downtown Ashland Oregon.. "Coraline," the first feature created by Hillsboro-based animation studio, Laika, was released in 2009 to much critical acclaim and box office success. Recently, Oregon Film reached out to the film's screenwriter and director, Henry Selick, to find out how the movie, based on a book by Neil Gaiman, came to be set in the small southern Oregon town of Ashland. Selick said, "I began.
Ashland is a city in Jackson County, in the State of Oregon. It lies along Interstate 5 approximately 16 miles (26 km) north of the California border and near the south end of the Rogue Valley. It is also the new hometown of Coraline Jones after she moved from Pontiac, Michigan along with her parents. Ashland is at 1,949 feet (594 m) above sea level in the foothills of the Siskiyou and Cascade.. The Pink Palace apartments, located in Ashland, Oregon, U.S.A. (movie), or an unknown location in England (book) is a dilapidated, drab Queen Anne style mansion renovated apartment complex; once a house for one family, divided into several apartments. The house is estimated to be 150 years old, according to Charlie Jones, which is the same age as the beldam is estimated to be. Wyborn Lovat.