" The newspaper clipping tipped Maggie off to his origination point, Springwood, marked by a water tower.The X-Men, including Logan, Storm, the Beast, Iceman, Colossus and Shadowcat regrouped and worked as an outnumbered team of six to aid government soldiers defending he lab at Alcatraz near San Francisco, and to combat Magneto""s attacking army.Look, if we""d been in business during the California Gold Rush, where would we have gone? California - right?Sundance: Right.The revelation of Madeleine in the next scene in Ernie""s restaurant is masterfully directed.[Ernie""s supper club was an actual landmark, located at 847 Montgomery St.in San Francisco, but closed in September, 1995.In fact, the interior and exterior shots of Ernie""s in the film were sets.The restaurant was noted for its striking red interior, and later appeared in the Woody Allen filmTake he Money and Run (1969).