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Government Film Links New Mexico Industry Links Albuquerque Industry Links Santa Fe Industry Links Film Festivals in New Mexico Selected Films Made In New Mexico

Movie producers have been filming in New Mexico for a century, especially Westerns. Since 2003, state and
local government has promoted filming here thru tax incentives, funding help, and elimination of 'red tape'.

The impact of New Mexico's film industry has grown from $8 million in 2002
to $657 million in fiscal 2008.

New Mexico's I.A.T.S.E. Local 480 has grown from 79 members in 1998 to 1200 members in mid-2008.

"100 Years of Filmmaking In New Mexico" [1998] from New Mexico Magazine U.N.M. Press 10¾x9 hardcover [12/98] for $24.95

Government  Film  Links

New Mexico Film Office {of the Economic Development Dept.}
New Mexico Film Museum [unfunded 8/2005]
New Mexico Film Locations website
Big House Props & Costumes {state-run non-profit}
U.N.M. Continuing Education 'On Camera Careers' curriculum

Local  Film  Agencies

City of Albuquerque [NM] Film Office
Clayton, New Mexico Film Liaison
Las Cruces [NM] Film Commission
Las Vegas, New Mexico Film Office
Otero County [NM] Film Office
Santa Fe [NM] Film Office
Taos County [NM] Film Commission
Rio Arriba County [NM] Film Office [est. 11/2008]

New Mexico  Film  Industry  Links

definition/derivation of the term 'Tamalewood'
New Mexico Travel Pages
Film New Mexico {occasional} weblog
I.A.T.S.E. Local 480 - New Mexico Film Technicians
New Mexico Actors website
New Mexico Chapter of Women In Film & Television
New Mexico Screenwriters Speakers Series
Allen Theatres - 18 locations in NM [est. 1912]
Pasa Tiempo Film Guide {magazine/slide show}
New Mexico Actors Guide
New Mexico Locations Leasing based in Santa Fe, NM
Elliott Location Equipment based in Albuquerque, NM
Crew New Mexico film industry resource

Charles R Ranch, on County Road 24 in Romeroville, New Mexico
Cook Ranch, near Galisteo, New Mexico
Ruby Ranch, north of Los Alamos in San Miguel County, New Mexico
Staly Ranch, near Montezuma in San Miguel County, New Mexico

Production  Companies  in  New Mexico
Southwest Production Services
White Sands Production Services, based in Alamogordo, NM
Cypress Film Labs in Las Vegas, NM

Albuquerque, NM  Film  Industry  Links

City of Albuquerque [NM] Film Office
City Production Services Directory {by topic}: A-C • D-O • P-Q • R-Z

Duke City Shootout filmmaking film festival [July] [requires Flash ]
Guild Cinema [est. 1966] in Albuquerque's Nob Hill District
New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase [May 2006] in Albuquerque, NM
The Phoenix Agency - actors, models, musicians - in Albuquerque, NM
Cinnafilm™ digital effects technology in Albuquerque, NM
Friends of Film, Video & Arts [est. 2006] in Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque, New Mexico Travel Page
L.A. Stunts Training Center in Rio Rancho, NM
City of Albuquerque's 505 Youth Film Festival for K-12 [May 2009 = #2] at KiMo Theater

Individuals  in  Albuquerque, NM  area
actor {SAG, etc} Cliff Gravel: website • IMDb listing
actress Rachel Ticotin: browse DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Production  Companies  in  Albuquerque, NM  area
Abalone Studios Game Production Services in Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque [NM] Independent Film Cooperative
Basement Films [est. 1991] in Albuquerque, NM
SFX wizard Joseph Conti & Conti Films [est. 2001] in Rio Rancho, NM
filmmaker Christopher Coppola's Ears XXI company
D H & J Productions in Albuquerque, NM
independent filmmakers Egg Murders Productions, LLC of Albuquerque, NM
Fat Man Media [est. 2008] in Corrales, NM
Image Resources, Inc. in NE Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Digital Video [est. 2000] in Albuquerque, NM
Production Central of Albuquerque post-production facility, 519 Central Ave. NW

Movie  Studio  Facilities  in  Albuquerque, NM  area

Lionsgate Movie Studio in Rio Rancho, NM { deal expired 11/2008 }

Philips Stages at North I-25 Corporate Center {formerly Titan/Philips Studios, 2006-2009}
9201 Pan American Freeway NE in Albuquerque, NM

Sony Pictures Imageworks [est. 1993]
facility at Albuquerque Studios (ann. 2007) changed to Downtown Albuquerque office building (2009)
official website • Wikipedia

Soundstage 41 in NE Albuquerque, NM

Santa Fe, NM  Film  Industry  Links

Santa Fe, New Mexico Travel Page
Santa Fe [NM] Film Festival [Dec 2004 = #5]
Santa Fe [NM] Film Office
Santa Fe, NM 'Summer In The Dark' Noir Film Festival [July 2006 = #9]
New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive 1-year program [Jan 2008 = #2] at the College of Santa Fe

Production  Companies  in  Santa Fe, NM
Cinevision Productions in Santa Fe, NM
High Definition New Mexico in Santa Fe, NM
Alton Walpole's Mountainair Films in Santa Fe, NM
Real Deal Productions/Montage 3 Films in Santa Fe, NM
Zia Film Distribution LLC [est. 1993] in Santa Fe, NM

Movie  Studio  Facilities  in  Santa Fe, NM  area
Bonanza Creek Movie Ranch near Santa Fe, NM
J.W. Eaves Movie Ranch on NM Highway 14
Garson Studios [est. 1990] in Santa Fe, NM {Flash only}

official website • {11/2006 news item} • {5/2007 news item}

Film  Festivals  in  New Mexico

RioFest Intl. Environmental Film Festival [Jan 2007 = #1] in Socorro, NM
White Sands Film Festival [Feb 2007 = #3] in Alamogordo, NM

Sin Fronteras {Latino/Latina} Film Festival [April 2006 = #4] in Albuquerque, NM
Taos Picture Show film festival [April 2005 = #2]
Indigenous Independent Film Festival [April 2006 = #1] in Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase [May] in Albuquerque, NM
Organ Mountain Film Festival [May 2005] in Las Cruces, NM
City of Albuquerque's 505 Youth Film Festival for K-12 [May 2009 = #2] at KiMo Theater
Santa Fe, NM 'Summer In The Dark' Noir Film Festival [July 2006 = #9]
Duke City Shootout filmmaking film festival [July] [requires Flash ]
Roswell [NM] Film Festival "1947" [2007 = #1?]
PAHfest Digital Media Festival [July 2006] in Grants, NM
Local Shorts Film Festival [Aug 2005 = #3] in Albuquerque, NM
Northern New Mexico Film Festival [Sept 2007 = #2] in Las Vegas, NM
Silver City [NM] Short Film Festival [Sept 2007 = #2]
Wild Film! International Wildlife Film Festival [Sept 2007] in Taos, NM
Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival [Sept-Oct]
New Mexico Middle-Eastern Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #2]
Fiery Film Fest [Oct 2005 = #5] in Clovis, NM
Taos [NM] Mountain Film Festival [Oct 2005 = #5]
Taos [NM] Shortz Film Fest [Nov 2007]: Flash site • MySpace site
Santa Fe [NM] Film Festival [Dec 2007 = #8]

Mesilla Valley Film Society [est. 1989]
W.N.M.U. - Silver City Intl. Film Society [est. 1994]

Selected  Films  Made  In  New Mexico

"Trail of The Lonesome Pine"  [1936]
filmed in Gallup, NM

"Leave Her To Heaven" [1945]

"Ride The Pink Horse" [Universal Oct 1947]

Filmed in the Santa Fe, New Mexico area. An ex-G.I. appears in a New Mexico border town seeking revenge for the death of a pal, or perhaps blackmail? The locals are evasive, the mysterious gangster Hugo is expected any time now, and an F.B.I. agent needs evidence before he can arrest the bad guy; the finale was filmed during the annual Burning of Zozobra [est. 1924] ritual. Directed by & starring Robert Montgomery; based on the 1946 novel by Dorothy B. Hughes; also starring Wanda Hendrix, Art Smith, Fred Clark & Thomas Gomez {Oscar nom} DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Four Faces West"  [1948]
starring Joel McCrea; filmed near Gallup, Ramah & San Rafael in NW New Mexico

"The Tall Texan"  [1953]
filmed near Columbus, NM {at the Mexican border}

"The Man From Laramie"  [1955]
starring Jimmy Stewart; filmed at Bonanza Creek Ranch, Santa Fe & Taos,
and at the Taos & Tesuque pueblos of New Mexico

"Cowboy"  [Feb 1958]
starring Glenn Ford & Jack Lemmon; location filming at the El Paso Stockyards in Texas, and at Bonanza Creek Ranch & San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico

"Lonely Are The Brave"  [May 1962]

	Filmed in the Albuquerque area; directed by David Miller; script by [blacklistee] Dalton Trumbo, based on 'The Brave Cowboy' by Edward Abbey; starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands & Walter Matthau Universal b&w VHS [5/92] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb
	"The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale In A New Time" [novel 1956] by Edward Abbey [1927-89] Avon 8x5¼ pb [4/92] for $10.80 Univ NM Press 8x5½ pb [10/77] out of print/used BooksOnTape audio [1/88] out of stock/used

"Hallelujah Trail"  [1965]
filmed near Gallup & Tohatchie, NM

"Where Angels Go ... Trouble Follows"  [Columbia April 1968]
starring Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes & Milton Berle;
filming locations included Pennsylvania and Eaves Movie Ranch in New Mexico /tt0063800/

"Easy Rider"  [July 1969]
filmed in California, Arizona & Louisiana, and around Taos, Madrid & Santa Fe in New Mexico

Taos, New Mexico's 40th Anniversary "Summer of Love" Filmfest

more details (synopsis, books, posters, links) on
Magic Lantern's "Easy Rider" 1969 Movie Page

"The Good Guys and The Bad Guys"
[Warner Bros./Seven Arts Nov 1969] /tt0064379/
directed by Burt Kennedy; starring Robert Mitchum, George Kennedy & David Carradine; filmed at
Janss Conejo Ranch & Warner Bros. Ranch in California, at Silverton in Colorado, and at the
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, New Mexico

"The Cheyenne Social Club"  [June 1970]
Co-produced & directed by Gene Kelly; starring Jimmy Stewart & Henry Fonda; filmed at
Bonanza Creek Ranch, Eaves Movie Ranch & Santa Fe in New Mexico /tt0065542/

"Chisum" [Batjac/Warner Bros. June 1970]

Lincoln County cattlemen Chisum and Tunstall fight off corrupt businessman Murphy with the help of gunfighter Billy Bonney. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, script by Andrew J. Fenady; starring John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett {as Pat Garrett}, Andrew Prine, Bruce Cabot, Patric Knowles, Richard Jaeckel, Lynda Day George, Geoffrey Deuel (as Billy The Kid}, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. & Chris-topher Mitchum; filmed in Durango, Mexico and at Eaves Movie Ranch in New Mexico Warner color DVD [5/2007] for $9.69 Warner color DVD [6/2003] out of prodn/used Warner color VHS [5/98] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb

"Flap"  [Nov 1970]
starring Anthony Quinn;filmed in Albuquerque, Madrid & Santa Fe,
and at the Santa Clara & Santo Domingo pueblos of New Mexico

"Billy Jack"  [May 1971 & May 1973] /tt0066832/
filmed in California, in Prescott, Arizona, and in Los Alamos & Santa Fe in New Mexico

"Red Sky At Morning"  [May 1971] /tt0067659/
filmed around Santa Fe, New Mexico

"Two-Lane Blacktop"  [July 1971 cult classic] /tt0067893/
filmed in Santa Fe & Tucumcari in New Mexico

"Bunny O'Hare"  [Oct 1971] /tt0066870/
starring Bette Davis & Ernest Borgnine; filmed in Albuquerque & Belén in New Mexico

"Ginger In The Morning"  [1974]
filmed in Santa Fe & Santa Fe Plaza, Albuquerque & Rancho Encantada, New Mexico

"The Man Who Fell To Earth"  [1976 scifi classic]
filmed in Albuquerque, Los Lunas, Roswell, Fenton Lake & White Sands, New Mexico

"Casey's Shadow"  [1978]
Starring Walter Matthau; set at Ruidoso Downs Racetrack in New Mexico

"The Making of Casey's Shadow" [1978 TV] /title/tt0267706/

"The Legend of The Lone Ranger"
[Wrather Prodns/Universal May 1981]

After a modified version of the Origin Legend (zix Texas Rangers ambushed by evil Butch Cavendish, etc), Lone Ranger and Tonto rescue kidnapped President Ulysses Grant from Cavendish and his gang. Co-produced by Jack Wrather & Lew Grade; directed by William A. Fraker; cinematography by László Kovács; starring Klinton Spilsbury {overdubbed by James Keach}, Michael Horse, Christopher Lloyd, Matt Clark, Juanin Clay, Jason Robards, John Bennett Perry, David Hayward, John Hart, Richard Farns-worth {as Wild Bill Hickok}, Lincoln Tate {as Gen.George A. Custer}, Ted Flicker {as Buffalo Bill Cody} & Marc Gilpin; location filming in California & Utah, and at Abiquiu, Bonanza Creek Ranch, Cook Ranch, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Eaves Movie Ranch & Santa Fe in New Mexico LionsGate color DVD [8/2008] for $11.99 Family Home Ent. color VHS [6/95] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb see also 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Lone Ranger Page

"Silverado"  [July 1985]
filmed at Abiquiu, Cook Ranch, Eaves Movie Ranch, Galisteo, Los Alamos & White Rock,
and at the Cochiti, Nambé, Santa Ana pueblos of New Mexico

"The Milagro Beanfield War"  [March 1988]
Directed by Robert Redford; filmed in Truchas, Los Alamos & Espańola, New Mexico

"Where The Hell's That Gold?!!?"  [CBS-TV Nov 1988]
Co-produced, written & directed by Burt Kennedy; starring Willie Nelson, Delta Burke, Jack Elam,
Alfonso Arau & Gerald McRaney; filmed at the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama
& at Eaves Movie Ranch in New Mexico /tt0096434/

"Twins"  [Dec 1988]
Directed by Ivan Reitman; starring Arnold Schwarzenegger & Danny Devito; filmed at the Mabel Dodge
Luhan House in Taos, and at Los Alamos, the Santa Fe Plaza & the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge in New Mexico

"Powwow Highway"  [Feb 1989]
filmed in Montana, South Dakota & Wyoming, and at Nambé Reservation, Santa Fe & Taos in New Mexico

"Lonesome Dove"  [Feb 1989]
based on the book by Larry McMurtry

"Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade"  [May 1989]
filmed in Australia, England, Germany, Italy, Jordan, and Spain, in California, Colorado,
Texas & Utah, and on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in New Mexico

"Lucky Luke"  [Europe July 1991] /tt0102351/
Directed by & starring Terence Hill; filmed at Las Vegas & White Sands in New Mexico

"White Sands"  [1992]
filmed in Santa Fe, Taos, Estancia & White Sands, New Mexico

"Lucky Luke" TV miniseries  [Italy 1993] /tt0346328/
starring Terence Hill; filmed in Arizona, Colorado & Nevada, and at Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico

"Silent Tongue"  [Feb 1994]
written & directed by Sam Shepard; filmed in Roswell & Chaves County, New Mexico

"Wyatt Earp" [Tig/Warner June 1994]

Less about Tombstone and the famous gunfight, and more about Wyatt Earp's life from childhood and the strong family dynamic of the Earps. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Lawrence Kasdan; co-produced by & starring Kevin Costner {as Wyatt}; also starring Dennis Quaid {as Doc Holliday}, Gene Hackman, David Andrews, Linden Ashby, Jeff Fahey, Joanna Going, Mark Harmon, Michael Madsen, Catherine O'Hara, Bill Pullman, Isabella Rossellini, Tom Sizemore {as Bat Masterson}, JoBeth Williams, Mare Winningham, Rex Linn, Randle Mell, Adam Baldwin, Lewis Smith, Betty Buckley, Alison Elliott, James Caviezel, John Dennis Johnston, Norman Howell, Gabriel Folse & Kris Kamm; won Spur Award for Best Western Script; locations included Chama, Galisteo, Santa Fe, Abiquiu, Las Vegas, Rancho de Los Golandrinas, and the Santa Clara, Tesuque & Zia pueblos of New Mexico Warner widescreen color Blu-ray [9/2007] for $9.99 Warner widescreen color Special Edition DVD [5/2004] 2 disks for $25.49 Warner widescreen color DVD [5/2006] single disk for $6.99 Warner widescreen color Expanded Edition VHS [4/95] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used Warner color VHS [6/95] 2 tapes - out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb • movie posters at AllPosters.com

"Wyatt Earp: Walk With A Legend" 'making of' TV short [Tig/Warner 1994]
Written & produced by Meg Staahl; included on the 2-disk DVD above; full credits from IMDb

"It Happened That Way" 'making of' video [Warner May 2004]
Produced by Raúl Dávalos & Elizabeth Dollarhide; included on the 2-disk DVD above;
full credits from IMDb

"Botte di Natale" aka "The Troublemakers"  [Europe Nov 1994]
Directed by & starring Terence Hill; also starring Bud Spencer & Ruth Buzzi; filmed in California & New York, and
at Abiquiu, Bonanza Creek Ranch, Eaves Movie Ranch, Valle Grande, and the Cochiti & Zia pueblos of New Mexico

"Infinity" [First Look Intl. Oct 1996]

Young Richard Feynman is fascinated with science. He graduates college and marries his high school sweet- heart, who is diagnosed with tuberculosis, then accepts a job with the secret Manhattan Project at Los Alamos in New Mexico, where he studies nuclear physics as well as any medical research that might lead to a cure for his wife's failing health. Location filming included Los Alamos & Las Vegas, New Mexico and Princeton, New Jersey Co-produced by Matthew Broderick, Patricia Broderick & others; directed by & starring Matthew Broderick; script by Patricia Broderick, based on two books; also starring Patricia Arquette First Look Pictures color DVD [10/2002] for $7.98 B.M.G. Video color VHS [1/98] out of prodn/used Intrada Records soundtrack CD [10/96] 15 tracks - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia see also the Richard P. Feynman [1918-88] Page at Maison d'Ętre Philosophy Bookstore

"The Hi-Lo Country" [Polygram Dec 1998]

About ranchers and changing times near the New Mexico border after WWII; also a complicated love story: two cowboy pals are both in love with another man's wife. Directed by Stephen Frears; script by Walon Green, based on the 1980 novella by Max Evans; starring Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup, Sam Elliott, Patricia Arquette & Penélope Cruz; won Western Heritage Bronze Wrangler 1999; filming locations included Pritchett, Colorado and Bernal, Cerrillos, Galisteo, Espańola, Las Vegas, San Jose & Santa Fe in New Mexico USA Films widescreen color DVD [5/2001] out of prodn/used USA Films color VHS [11/99] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb

"The Wild Wild West"  feature film [1999] /tt0120891/

"The Tao of Steve" [Sony Pictures Classics Aug 2000]

Set in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Overweight, thirtyish Dex has a nice job, a nice dog, and he has figured out the secret to success with women, so he has a nice sexlife, too. But that changes when he meets a beautiful and mysterious girl at his tenth high school reunion. Co-written & directed by Jenniphr [sic] Goodman; co-written by Duncan North & Greer Goodman; starring Donal Logue, Dana Goodman, Greer Goodman, David Aaron Baker, James 'Kimo' Wills & Nina Jaroslaw; Donal Logue won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Performance Sony Pictures widescreen color DVD [3/2001] for $17.99 Sony Pictures color VHS [8/2001] out of prodn/many used Milan Records soundtrack CD [7/2000] for $13.98 full credits at IMDb

"All The Pretty Horses"  [Miramax/Columbia Dec 2000]
filmed at Abiquiu, Bonanza Creek Ranch, Galisteo, Las Vegas, Rio Grande Gorge, San Jose, Santa Fe & Taos
in New Mexico, and at Big Bend National Park, Boerne, Helotes & San Antonio in Texas; /tt0149624/

"21 Grams"  [Oct 2003]
Directed by Alejandro González Ińárritu; filmed in Albuquerque, Grants, Milan,
Moriarty & Zia Pueblo in New Mexico /tt0315733/

"The Missing" [Dec 2003]
Directed by Ron Howard; filmed 'all over northern New Mexico'; /tt0338188/

"Blind Horizon"  [March 2004]
filmed in Las Vegas & Santa Fe in New Mexico

"Sin City 1" feature film [Dimension/Troublemaker April 2005]

Filmed entirely at the Albuquerque Studios, using blue/green screen technology. Three connected hardboiled tales, with the highly-stylized look of Miller's graphic novels: an ex-con avenges a murdered hooker, a private eye helps a red light district stay independent from the Mob, and a disgraced cop shields a dancer from a psychotic sadist. Co-written & co-directed by Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez, based on the graphic novel; starring Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Benicio Del Toro, Jaime King, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Brittany Murphy, Devon Aoki, Rutger Hauer & Alexis Bledel; won Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival Dimension Films Unrated Collector's Edition widescreen color DVD [12/2005] 2 disks for $29.99 Dimension Films color DVD [8/2005] for $19.49 Dimension Films color DVD [undated] out of prodn/used Dimension color VHS [8/2005] for $23.99 Varese soundtrack CD [3/2005] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie website

"North Country"  [Oct 2005] /tt0395972/
filmed in Minnesota, and at Santa Fe & Silver City in New Mexico

"Seraphim Falls"  [2006]
filmed in Valles Caldera, Gallisteo Basin, La Bajada, White Sands, Lordsburg, Santa Fe,
Taos & Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico; /title/tt0479537/
"Behind The Scenes of Seraphim Falls [2007 video release] /tt1045816/

"Tortilla Heaven"  [March 2007]
filmed during 2000 in Dixon & at Picuris Pueblo in New Mexico

"First Snow"  [March 2007]
filmed in Albuquerque, Bosque Farms & Moriarty in New Mexico

"In The Valley of Elah"  [Sept 2007]
starring Tommy Lee Jones & Charlize Theron; set in modern-day Albuquerque, New Mexico,
with filming at Milton's Diner on Central Avenue

"No Country For Old Men"
[Miramax / Paramount Vantage Oct 2007]

		Filmed in the Albuquerque area & Las Vegas, New Mexico. A down-on-his-luck Texan finds the money left after a drug-deal shootout in the desert, and a psychopathic killer sets out to get the money back. Co-produced, co-written, co-directed & co-edited by Joel & Ethan Coen; based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy; starring Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Barry Corbin & Gene Jones; listed #1 on TIME Top Ten Best Movies of The Year (12/2007); won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Script Adaptation, Best Supporting Actor {Bardem}; Oscar noms for Best Cinemato- graphy, Best Editing, Best Sound & Best Sound Editing; won DGA Award, WGA Award, PGA Award, 3 BAFTA Awards, 2 SAG Awards, Italy's David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Film & USC's Scripter Award Disney Video widescreen color Blu-Ray [3/2008] for $19.95 Miramax widescreen color DVD [3/2008] for $15.99 40"x27" poster from Amazon for $19.99 full credits from IMDb • Buena Vista official movie site
		"No Country For Old Men" [2005 novel] by Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize For Fiction Vintage Intl. movie tie-in 8x5 pb [10/2007] for $11.20 Vintage 8x5 pb [7/2006] for $12.35 Knopf 8x5¾ hardcover [7/2005] for $17.79

"Hamlet  2" [Focus Features Aug 2008]

"The comedy hit of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival". A failed actor turned inept high school drama teacher rallies his Tucson, Arizona students in staging a politically-incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet. {Actually mostly filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.} Co-written & directed by Andrew Fleming; starring Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue & Amy Poehler Universal Studios widescreen color DVD [12/2008] for $20.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash} see also Magic Lantern's 'Shakespeare On Film' Festival Pages

"Swing  Vote"  [Touchstone Aug 2008]

A majority of the location filming was in New Mexico, especially the town of Belén. An over-achieving small-town, preteen girl sets off an election day media frenzy that casts her lovable loser dad as the deciding vote for the next president of the United States. Co-written & directed by Joshua Michael Stern; co-written by Jason Richman; co-produced by & starring Kevin Costner; also starring Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez, Judge Reinhold, Mare Winningham, Nana Visitor, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman & Gary Farmer with cameos by Tucker Carlson, James Carville, Matt Frei, Arianna Huffington, Larry King, Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, Willie Nelson & Lawrence O'Donnell Touchstone/Disney widescreen color DVD [1/2009] for $19.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash}

"Appaloosa" [New Line Sept 2008]

The town of Appaloosa in New Mexico Territory has fallen under the rule of a ruthless rancher, who shoots the town marshal and two deputies in cold blood. The town merchants hire a new marshal and his sidekick to rid them of their oppressor. Complications begin with the arrival of a mysterious widow who takes a job playing piano at the town's hotel. Based on the 2005 novel by Robert B. Parker; co-written & directed by and starring Ed Harris; co-produced, co-written by & co-starring Robert Knott; also starring Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Lance Henriksen, James Gammon, Timothy Spall & Rex Linn; filming locations included Abiquiu, Rio Chama, Diablo Canyon, Galisteo Basin & Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico New Line Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [1/2009] 2 disks for $14.99 New Line Home Video widescreen color DVD [1/2009] for $17.99 Lakeshore Records soundtrack CD [10/2008] 25 tracks for $14.99 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 latest credits from IMDb • official movie site

"The Men Who Stare At Goats"
[B.B.C./Overture Nov 2009]

A reporter stumbles upon the existence of a U.S. military unit trained in psychokinetic warfare, and is caught up in the search for the unit's missing leader and a trainee on the loose. Directed by Grant Heslov; script by Peter Straughan, based on the book by Jon Ronson; starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Robert Patrick, Stephen Root & Stephen Lang; location filming at Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Willard, Roswell & Zia Pueblo in New Mexico DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; full credits at IMDb

"The Men Who Stare At Goats" [2005] by Jon Ronson S&S 8½x5½ movie tie-in pb [4/2006] for $10.98 S&S 8½x5¾ hardcover [4/2005] out of print/used

"Crazy Heart" [Fox Searchlight Dec 2009]  

An alcoholic country music star has become third-rate, reduced to grabbing a gig as opening act for a rising star that he mentored; but a new relationship with a female reporter and her son helps him get his life together. Co-produced, adapted & directed by Scott Cooper; based on the novel by Thomas Cobb; original music by T-Bone Burnett; starring Colin Farrell, Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal & Robert Duvall; filmed in Albuquerque, Espańola, Pecos & Santa Fe in New Mexico DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Crazy Heart: A Novel" [1988] by Thomas Cobb HarperCollins mass pb [9/88] out of print/used Bookthrift Co. 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/89] out of print/many used

"The Book of Eli" [Warner Bros. Jan 2010]  

A lone man travels across a post-apocalyptic America to preserve a book that contains the secrets of mankind's lost civilization. Co-produced by & starring Denzel Washington; directed by Albert & Allen Hughes; also starring Mila Kunis, Gary Oldman, Malcolm McDowell, Michael Gambon & Jennifer Beals; filming locations included Albuquerque, Carrizozo, the Old Santa Fe Prison, Elephant Butte Dam, White Sands, and the Cochiti, Ohkay Owingeh & Santo Domingo pueblos in New Mexico DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"A Nightmare In Las Cruces" [indep 2010]  

Filmed in Las Cruces, NM; two men robbed a New Mexico bowling alley in February 1990 and shot seven people multiple times. Two adults and two pre-schoolers died; two children and one adult survived. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Charlie Minn; starring Abbey McClellan, Wayno Sanchez, Alexis Gallegos, Alisia Laperuta, Kathy Gonzales, Elexcis Diaz, Cherece Laperuta & J. Eric Sletten, plus real-life participants & survivors of the 'bowling alley massacre'. DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"The Killer Inside Me"  
[Revolution Films release 2010]
Co-written & directed by Michael Winterbottom; based on Jim Thompson's 1952 novel; starring Casey Affleck,
Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Elias Koteas, Bill Pullman, Liam Aiken, Ned Beatty, Brent Briscoe & Tom Bower;
location filming in Galisteo, New Mexico; DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; latest credits at IMDb

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