Introduction I have always loved the movies. I was raised up on the local Saturday double feature and late night TV classics. Movies are simply a part of my life. And that begins to explain this Special Feature: Movie Locations of the Great Southwest. But it goes much deeper than that. In the early 1990s, “Movie Locations” began as a book project, but my agent and I could never seem to get if off the ground. I brought the manuscript with me when I moved to Santa Fe, because I was still working on it, but not too long after that my agent retired, and I got caught up in a myriad of other things. So, into the trusty file cabinet it went. Last winter, I talked with Aimee about putting the project online... and here it is! Movie Locations of the Great Southwest: An Online Book by Jean. Bigger and better than it ever could, or would, have been as a printed book, this Special Feature now available on the Taos Unlimited and Santa Fe Unlimited websites, will eventually encompass over 150 movies (from the 1950s through the 2000s) and their unique Southwestern locations. I consider myself somewhat of an expert on the movies of the 1950s and 1960s, and I have a massive amount of film info in my brain about films of the 1970s and 1980s, as well. I called upon Aimee to assist me with the later decades (1990s and 2000s), because that is her major area of expertise in regard to film. When Aimee has provided information on a particular movie/location, she will be credited for her contribution. Well, I guess that’s it. Movie Locations of the Great Southwest has truly been a labor of love. I hope you enjoy exploring it as much as I did creating it. Now... on the to movies! ~Jean (July 2011) Movies of the 1950s Fancy Pants (1950)... King Solomon’s Mines (1950)... Rio Grande (1950)... Winchester ‘73 (1950)... Ace in the Hole (1951)... The Atomic City (1952)... The Tall Texan (1953)... Salt of the Earth (1954)... The Man from Laramie (1955)... Oklahoma! (1955)... Bus Stop (1956)... Giant (1956) ... Hollywood or Bust (1956)... Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)... The Searchers (1956)... 3:10 to Yuma (1957)... Gunflight at the O.K. Corral (1957)... Cowboy (1958)... The Left-Handed Gun (1958)... Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) BONUS Sci-Fi “Double Feature”: The Giant Gila Monster (1959)... The Killer Shrews (1959) BONUS Cult Classic: Johnny Guitar (1954) BONUS Best “Mistitled” Rodeo-Themed Classic: The Lusty Men (1952) BONUS TV Series: Bonanza (1959) Movies of the 1960s Home from the Hill (1960)... Psycho (1960)... The Misfits (1961)... Lonely Are the Brave (1962)... State Fair (1962)... Hud (1963)... Lillies of the Field (1963)... The Nutty Professor (1963)... Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)... The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)... The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)... The Hallelujah Trail (1965)... Bonnie and Clyde (1967)... Hombre (1967)... Chastity (1968)... Hang ‘Em High (1968)... The Stalking Moon (1968)... Where Angels Go: Trouble Follows (1968)... Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969)... Easy Rider (1969) BONUS Jack Nicholson Independent Westerns “Double Bill”: Ride in the Whirlwind (1965)... The Shooting (1967) BONUS The Best and Worst of Elvis “Double Feature”: Viva Las Vegas (1964)... Stay Away Joe (1968) BONUS Sci-Fi “Cult Classic” Duo: Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)... Mars Needs Women (1967) BONUS TV Series: Route 66 (1960-1961) Movies of the 1970s The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)... Red Sky at Morning (1970)... Billy Jack (1971)... The Hired Hand (1971)... A Gunfight (1971)... The Last Picture Show (1971)... The Getaway (1972)... Jeremiah Johnson (1972)... The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)... Pocket Money (1972)... Electra Glide in Blue (1973)... Ginger in the Morning (1974)... Lovin' Molly (1974)... The Sugarland Express (1974)... Bite the Bullet (1975)... The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)... Star Wars (1977)... The Buddy Holly Story (1978)... The Electric Horseman (1978)... The Frisco Kid (1979) BONUS Kris Kristofferson “Double Bill”: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)... A Star Is Born (1976) BONUS Sci-Fi “Triple Bill”: The Andromeda Strain (1970)... Logan's Run (1976)... The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) BONUS Underground Movie “Double Feature”: Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)... Greaser’s Palace (1972) BONUS “A Legends Prequel”: Butch & Sundance: The Early Days (1979) Movies of the 1980s Honeysuckle Rose (1980)... Tom Horn (1980)... Urban Cowboy (1980)... Raggedy Man (1981)... Barbarosa (1982)... The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)... Silkwood (1983)... Tender Mercies (1983)... Terms of Endearment (1983)... Places in the Heart (1984)... Murphy’s Romance (1985)... Silverado (1985)... The Trip to Bountiful (1985)... Desert Bloom (1986)... Red Headed Stranger (1986)... Nadine (1987)... Midnight Run (1988)...The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)... Twins (1988)... Young Guns (1988)... Young Guns II (1990) BONUS Sci-Fi “Triple Feature”: Timerider (1983)... Starman (1984)... Robocop (1987) BONUS Zany Comedy “Quartet”: Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)... The Three Amigos! (1986)... Raising Arizona (1987)... Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) BONUS “Midnight Movie Classic”: Lust in the Dust (1985) BONUS TV Mini-Series: Lonesome Dove (1989) Movies of the 1990s Mermaids (1990)... City Slickers (1991)... Late for Dinner (1991)... Thelma and Louise (1992)... A Perfect World (1993)... Red Rock West (1993)... Tombstone (1993)... What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)... 8 Seconds (1994)... Blue Sky (1994)... City Slickers II (1994)... The Cowboy Way (1994)... Speechless (1994)... Wyatt Earp (1994)... Dead Man (1995)... Powder (1995)... The Quick and the Dead (1995)... Lonestar (1996)... U Turn (1997)... Boys Don’t Cry (1999)... Wild Wild West (1999) BONUS Independent “Triple Bill”: Gas Food Lodging (1992)... Bodies, Rest and Motion (1993)... Silent Tongue (1993) BONUS The Maverick Filmmaker “Triple Feature”: Dazed and Confused (1993)... Bottle Rocket (1996)... Rushmore (1998) BONUS John Travolta Paranormal “Double Feature”: Michael (1996)... Phenomenon (1996) BONUS Rare and Hard-to-Find on DVD: Still Breathing (1997) Movies of the 2000s Almost Famous (2000)... 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)... The Rookie (2002)... Off the Map (2003)... Secondhand Lions (2003)... Screen Door Jesus (2003)... Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)... Open Range (2004)... Brokeback Mountain (2005)... Bonneville (2006)... Idiocracy (2006)... 3:10 To Yuma (2007)... Wild Hogs (2007)... Appaloosa (2008)... The Village Barbershop (2008)... Crazy Heart (2009)... Did You Hear About The Morgans? (2009)... The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)... My One and Only (2009)... 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